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Carbon

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: May 14, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I personally like this game alot. But I tend to me more of a car game type person. Some may like it some may not but I give it 4 stars overall. And the price was right! SO 2 thumbs up from me.

JEG

This one is fun! Nerve wrecking but fun! Takes practice!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: April 01, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Fun for everyone! takes practice but alot of fun to do and you get to laugh at your self and others! Makes you think how in the world did we get our licenses?

Good...

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: March 09, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Like I said with the Need For Speed Pro Street, it's fun for the non-racers for about 3 seconds, but it's pretty intense for the racing game jockeys. It has different modes of game play, like you can free roam and get the cops mad (my favorite part), or just dive straight into the races. I may sound like I have a mixed idea with this, but I don't. The final verdict: I would get this game, but don't expect to stay with it until yo beat it.

Great game, lots of fun.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: February 25, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I rented the game and then decided to buy it. I haven't been able to beat the kingpin yet, but I have had lots of fun working my way through the game. I really like the way the wii remote becomes a driving wheel, so much that I decided to disconnect my Xbox. I think the game is a bit too difficult toward the end, but it is still fun. If you look for Need for Speed cheats for Wii, then you can get what you need to get through almost everything. I plan to try and then buy other driving games from Electronic Arts. They did a really nice job and I am pretty picky when it comes to games because I don't have a lot of leisure time in my life.

I do want to warn women that the game assumes you are a man by presenting a video scene every so often (as the game progresses) where your ex-girlfriend shows up. I have seen nothing explicitly sexual so far, but there are some implications that your character was romantically involved with her.

For EA games, I would recommend designing a three setting choice, to widen your potential audience:
1. Story for people who'd date women
2. Story for people who'd date men
3. No story

After writing all that, I feel that I should add, as a heterosexual male, I was good with the story and thought it was a worthwhile addition.

Good game, controls a bit awkward

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: February 16, 2008
Author: Amazon User

This game is very well written for the Wii. Good graphics, good gameplay, and overall it is a lot of fun to play. The controls are a bit weird and take some time to get used to. Other than that, if you enjoy racing games, you really can't go wrong with this one.

The best story for the best nfs

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: February 05, 2008
Author: Amazon User

this is the best racing game i've played. the story is great. the city looks great. my favorite part is running from the cops. i also love to get more property. great game ya fun

Wii Carbon Racer

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: January 26, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Awesome!! Can't stop playing!! You like to race cars....like weaving in and out of traffic...out run the cops....hit cars and keep going...spin out and survive flips and crashes...Then this is your game!!!

Great racing game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: January 19, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Fun game, I love it when the police start to chase me. It's fun to try to loose them.

Nearly impossible to play on the wii

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 3
Date: January 12, 2008
Author: Amazon User

This is nearly impossible to play with the wii controller. Graphics are very dark (I have a 47" 1080i Visio HD tv). Maybe I need to try it some more but my initial impressions of this with the wii is unplayable.

If It Wasn't For The Poor Controls...

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: January 03, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I like most racing games, and I thought this game looked amazing, especially with the new motion controls, but boy, I was way off. This game is beautiful graphic-wise. It has many cars to choose from. The gameplay was solid and hasn't changed too much from the other games. Those were the few positives of NFS Carbon.
Now we get to the negatives. The controls are the worst part of this game, making it the reason it got two stars. If it wasn't for the poor controls, this game could be great. The controls seemed clear in the instruction manual, but were extremely confusing, difficult, and frusturating in the game. They only work about half the time. The car seemed to do the opposite of what I wanted it to do. It also seemed as if I had barely any control of the car. I also remember turning the Wii remote almost all the way around to do a simple turn. I can't even describe how frusturating it is to be in first place and almsot done with the race, but then crash or fall due to poor controls. I know that most people who say a game has poor controls don't take the time to figure them out carefully, but I did. I read the instructions (which is only a few pages) and examined my motions carefully. I've read that you can change the controls to using the thumbstick, but that's just boring. If you want to control a car with a control stick get, save some money and buy it for another system. And besides, what's the point of having motion controls that barely work. I also wish this game had an option to change the time of day at a race. All the races take place at night, which is pretty cool, but it can be a little hard to see sometimes. I also got tired of always racing at night.
Basiclly, NFS Carbon has poor controls that leave you frantically flailling the Wii remote all over the place. It seems like EA took time on the gameplay and graphics, but just carelessly threw in the controls. I highly reccomend buying this on another system like the PS2. This game is only for die-hard NFS fans. Thanks for reading.

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