The Crew 2 Reviews
Despite the flashy boats and planes, this sequel to the ambitious open-world racing game is underdeveloped where it counts.
The Crew 2 is big, confident, and stuffed with arcade racing action but it's an uneven and unfinished package.
An impressively huge, occasionally beautiful map doesn't make up for mediocre driving and a lack of multiplayer options.
A successful sequel where it counts the most, only a few potholes slow The Crew 2 down in its drive to become the ultimate road trip.
Other than brief moments, no part of The Crew 2 is captivating enough, including the rubberband-based gameplay, the events themselves, and the overall setup of the open world
The Crew 2 is an uncanny mess and I'm enjoying it anyway
As far as its single-player experience goes, Ubisoft's open-world driving game is fun, varied, and accessible.
Skip The Crew 2 until a patch or five. Even then, maybe check to see if the handling has improved at all.
Unfortunately, The Crew 2 is just too inconsistent to fully recommend.
The Crew 2 comes off as appealing when looking at a spec sheet of what it has to offer.
Right now, this is an awful lot of not very much.
While it certainly improves upon the original in many ways, The Crew 2 is a step backwards overall. Its rubberband AI is some of the worst in recent memory and its version of America feels empty, not at all like Forza Horizon, the game it really wants to be.
It's not bad, but it lacks imagination outside of the singular gimmick that you can change vehicles at any time, and ends up just being rather average.
The Crew 2 suffers from limited activities and challenges, with the exception of major quests, the difficulty of controlling air races, the lack of game play for the multiplayer mode at least for the time being, AI which is the first major problem in this game, not to mention the absence of the story mode. The game offers a larger and more detailed world and the ability to move between different vehicles easily and a more accurate development system compared to the first part, Ubisoft still has the opportunity to fix the mistakes of the game in the future and bring it back on track.
Review in Arabic | Read full review
Sure, I can fly a plane as high as I can then drop from the sky as a car and continue my path to nothingness but the fun of that can only last so long. I wanted The Crew 2 to be the new pillar for arcade-style racers. Instead, we are presented with a missed opportunity.
A better game than The Crew but still a few steps behind the Horizon Series, despite its variety on vehicles.
Review in Spanish | Read full review
The Crew 2 is a fun game in a lot of ways, but lacklustre in others. For every enjoyable event there may be another that is frustrating or simply a little boring. The open world can be great to explore, but thanks to being able to fast travel to every event you don't ever actually need to physically cross the USA. Ubisoft should be commended for really taking a risk with The Crew 2 by adding so much and taking proceedings less seriously, but while The Crew 2 is a good arcade racer it still doesn't quite rank among the best.
The Crew 2 is a racing online game without the online part. This leaves us with some good views, some nice rides, but without something strong enough to keep going.
Review in Italian | Read full review
Some strange design decisions create a racing sequel that's arguably worse than the original, and only time will tell whether it recovers from its poor start.