Is The Crew worth it second hand do you think?

I've just found a very reasonable price (approx' half price) for The Crew.

I wanted to try it since Project Cars is delayed but is it really worth it? The reviews overall are polarising but overall more negative.

What do you think?

I think The Crew is worth full price also.

But yes if you can get it for half, get it and if you like arcade racing games you will have a ton of fun.

If you really want it and your standards can accept its quality, then sure. At the end of the day, it's your money.

I'd personally rather spend my money on a better game.

And what better open world mp racing game is there out there right now?

And quality? i know Ubisoft have had a few hiccups with Unity and Tetris, but The Crew is actually a pretty smooth experience

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The Crew is good so long as you can accept a few things.

1. You're not a graphics whore like all the reviewers out there are.

2. You're willing to pour hours into the Crew to get anywhere.

3. You realize that the handling of your car before you majorly upgrade it several hundred points will handle like a greased brick

4. You think of the Crew like an RPG.

@speedfreak48t5p: Burnout and Need for Speed are both EA who I boycotted a long time ago. I won't touch another EA game for a long time. I was half tempted to go Need for Speed Rivals but I won't give EA money till they sort their sh*t out. I am even cut up by the Dragon Age: Inquisition because I really like RPGs but I won't pay money to EA, so even that I'll buy second hand next year when the price has dropped. Test Drive I would but I'm trying to move next gen now. I have some games on my list for back catalogue on Xbox 360 and PS3 but Test Drive isn't one of them.

@Jacanuk: I don't dislike arcade racers but they can be a little annoying to me sometimes. I've played a LOT of simulators in the form of Forza over the last several years so it can be a bit of a shock. Though, Forza Horizon and Need for Speed have always been fine for me. Grid 1 and 2 are one of the few arcade racers that I literally could not stand because the handling was simply too stupid to put into words. From what I've seen The Crew seems closer to Need for Speed than Grid though so I'll probably give it a go.

@jasonredemption: Hey yeah I'm not a graphics whore at all, I grew up in the PS1 days and still play some good old PS1 games now. Even have my original PS1 plugged into my 42inch LED TV and play it quite often. So no graphics aren't an issue for me. In fact I kind of understand, The Crew is EASILY the biggest racing game to date and possibly the biggest none MMO game ever created. I think it is laughable to expect that sort of scale and graphics like a CGI movie at the same time. Just look at Skyrim it was huge and overall the graphics were a lot lower than the 360/PS3 standard at the time BECAUSE of its size.

Well "pour tonnes of hours to get anywhere" it kind of depends on where I'm going and why. I'm not someone who likes to fast travel in racing games because why the hell wouldn't you want to drive in a racing game? That is the entire point. I get that it takes a good hour to get from one coast to the other. Which means I guess a bit of planning will have to be used and not just me driving from coast to coast aimlessly wasting time.

Handling in games has always been an issue for me. I played a lot of simulation games and when you go from "as precise as technology can provide" to "as functional as arcade racing devs can get away with" it is kind of jarring. That being said games like Need for Speed and Forza Horizon were fine for me. Games like Grid where your car is fishtailing all over the track and it feels like you are turning on tracks like a scalextric car it angers me a LOT. I really hated Grid 1 and 2, like they just infuriated me with how unrealistic the turning was in that game. I did get used to it but after a simulator like Forza 3 and 4 both of which I poured about 100 hours into it was a shock to change.

The odd physics hiccup or some dodgy AI I can probably ignore for the most part. We'll see I'm probably going to go for it and see for myself. Overall the general consensus does seem to be kind of half arsed points like the graphics and some dodgy AI. I think people are overlooking the fun in these games. I'll decide for myself. Besides I really do want a racing game to tide me over till Project Cars comes out.

Thanks for your input.

Nope. I wouldn't play that garbage if they paid me.

How much is it a single player game?. how limited is single player?.

It as much a single player game as you want it to be, just as long as you know its always online since its a mmo.

It´s might be fun though with friends.

I think the crew may not be the most polished game around or the best racing game by any means, but it really does have some interesting concepts and mechanics, so I would definitely go with a half price buy if given the option

For half the prize it's definetly worth it, i have been having tons of fun with this game while playing solo and co op, been having some problems while playing pvp with friends and we keep getting disconnected from the same room and that kinda sucked but other than that it's a really awesome game.

It's a decent game but it could have been so much better than what Ubisoft made it out to be. It's fun to drive cross country and and I do like the RPG elements in it but it basically forces you to win races and missions in order for you to progress in the story mode. I found the last two Need for Speed games of having a better overall experience playing than The Crew. I thought about getting it too since it's half off but I can find better games to play that's not so flawed.

@Dannystaples14: i liked it, so yeah

I've sunk 178 hrs in it.

It's not the greatest "race" game, but if you want a nice selection of vehicles to drive around for fun, across the entire nation (albeit a smaller, deformed USA), it's great fun. I play it a lot with my boys as well. Overall, It's a lot of fun, but it's nowhere near a sim if that's what you are after.

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