I bought this game hoping it would be a second 'most wanted'. A game with a cheesy story which I didn't mind.
They did keep the cheesy part, but the story is missing.
This is typically the kind of game my girlfriend hates. As she lays to sleep, she can hear me burn those tires in the corners and when burning out. However, this time she was pleasantly surprised and happy that I bought this game.
I hoped that this game would be much like NFS Most Wanted. I really liked the crappy story, the fake characters and the fact that you were the centerpiece of this entire story. This time however, undercover would prove to be of a different kind.
Let me start off by the thing that really surprised me. I'm myself a very sporty driver and in my daily life i usually drive like a psycho. It really surprised me how much the sound and the feeling of driving a car in NFSU was the same as in real life. Even to the way you can take a curb, speed up and feel how your car starts sliding. This is as realistic as it can get , except for the fact that some of these cars have too much grip; but what do I know, i don't own a Lotus to say that it isn't so in real life.. so...
Apart from that, i'd have to say that after one hour of playing, i was totally bored. The side missions keep repeating and story goes from bad to worstertestest (or some word that is worst than worst). I find it difficult to keep playing the game when there is no real objective inspired by a cheesy or good story. This time, all you get, is a story that looks as if somebody made it up in 5 minutes time...
So I didn't really get far in this game, and honestly, the only good thing about it, is that it feels realistic in the way you can drive and slide with the car. The screens look OK, but the lack of a good story that makes you want to look for more makes this a game that I wouldn't put on my priority list if you don't have it yet. Buy if you like driving around and enjoy bugging the police you might think about it, but other than that; don't expect too much from it.
The only person that was really happy with this game, was my girlfriend, as I stop playing after an hour, which is not what I usually do. And when your girlfriend likes a game you bought, you know something's most definitely wrong.