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No early reviews for The Crew

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Prediction: This game will bomb hard.

There has been quite a noise about games that have review embargoes on the day of a game’s launch or worse – as was the case with Assassin’s Creed Unity – after the games are available in stores. Consumers aren’t quick to trust games that have launch day embargoes, especially in this era of broken games and ludicrously large patches. Don’t expect any early reviews for Ubisoft’s upcoming open world racer, The Crew. They’re saying that, like Destiny, it needs to be played with populated servers – so they’ll only be opening the game up to reviewers on launch day. Using some sneaky wording though, they’re insisting there’s no launch day embargo.

“We also know that many of you will be eager to turn to experts for their professional advice. You want to read how the pros feel after their carefully considered road tests of The Crew,” they say on the Ubiblog.  “ While we totally understand (hey, we read reviews, too!), The Crew was built from the beginning to be a living playground full of driving fans, so it’s only possible to assess our game in its entirety with other real players in the world. And by other, we mean thousands and thousands and thousands of players – something that can’t be simulated with a handful of devs playing alongside the press.”

“For this very reason, The Crew will be available to media to begin their reviews when the game launches on December 2. There will be absolutely no embargo on any type of coverage once the game is available for sale. While we fully anticipate that you might see some reviews immediately at launch – largely built around the preview sessions we facilitated during the past months or the limited content of the closed and open betas – they won’t be based on optimal conditions or reflect the finished game. We sincerely hope everyone will take the time to customize their ride as they progress through all five regions, explore every corner of the map solo and with friends, dive into our competitive and cooperative mechanics, race to the end of the main campaign, choose a Faction and compete with your crew in Factions Wars, and so much more.”

If you really want to get a look at The Crew before its release, you can take part in the game’s open beta, which kicks off today. Or you can be a savvy consumer, and look out for reviews so you can wait a week before deciding not to buy The Crew.  Here’s the 101 trailer, showing how ambitious Ubi’s racer is.

Last Updated: November 25, 2014

29 Comments

  1. WitWolfy

    November 25, 2014 at 09:35

    Not sure if a trap or new business practice for all future games..

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    • Brady miaau

      November 25, 2014 at 09:52

      Ackbar thinks it is a trap.

      Watch Lego star Wars. Is brilliant, a young Ackbar (I assume here) shouts Its A trap at almost anything that happens.

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    • Captain JJ the fair

      November 25, 2014 at 09:55

      Both

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  2. Alien Emperor Trevor

    November 25, 2014 at 09:38

    I quite liked the little bit of it I spent playing the beta. I rarely play car games, but it seemed like something you could sink a good few hours into. Didn’t take me very long to get the hang of their driving model, wasn’t particularly complicated.

    While this may not sound like much, I thought the in-game map was really impressive.

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  3. Captain JJ the fair

    November 25, 2014 at 09:52

    No surprise. The online of this on Uplay is probably going to be another nightmare. I was excited for this game when they first announced it, but with all the kak Ubisoft has been doing there isn’t a way I have enough faith in them to buy this.

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    • RustedFaith

      November 25, 2014 at 12:55

      Amen !

      Reply

  4. Hammersteyn

    November 25, 2014 at 09:53

    Whoring?

    Reply

    • Brady miaau

      November 25, 2014 at 09:54

      Yes, like prostitution, just more expensive and none of the PG’ness

      Reply

  5. Rock789

    November 25, 2014 at 10:04

    I shall wait before deciding. Have PLENTY to keep me busy in the meantime. And have Forza Horizon 2 for my racing fix! 🙂

    But, for now, I’ll sit quietly in the corner, plotting my next Outpost take over (after finally getting hold of my beloved grenade launcher last night in FC4… “Nou gaan daardie Pagan k@k!!” 😉 ).

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    • Captain JJ the fair

      November 25, 2014 at 10:08

      If we had Forza on pc the other racing games would gather a lot of dust.

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      • Viking Of Divinity

        November 25, 2014 at 10:29

        according to the rumour mill, that’s actually a possibility.

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        • Captain JJ the fair

          November 25, 2014 at 11:20

          It would seriously blow my mind.

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        • Rock789

          November 25, 2014 at 11:29

          If that happens, you guys are in for a treat!!

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          • Captain JJ the fair

            November 25, 2014 at 11:32

            You know how near I was to buying a 360 back when you got it with Forza.
            But buying a console for a single game seems a tad wrong to me.

          • Rock789

            November 25, 2014 at 11:37

            Lol. They are awesome racing games probably the best out there. But yeah buying a console for 1 game can be, shall we say, expensive. 😉 Unless you can get a great price.

          • Captain JJ the fair

            November 25, 2014 at 11:39

            All I have to wait for now is projekt cars for my racing needs on pc.

          • Rock789

            November 25, 2014 at 11:53

            Mmmmm… Project Cars… **drool**

    • HairyEwok

      November 25, 2014 at 10:23

      I soloed a fortress last night with nothing but a Compound bow (15 arrows) Scorpion (90 ammo) and my personal favorite, the elephant gun (10 ammo), my gawd that elephant gun is strong shooting people makes for good lols seeing them fly away. You should seriously try the elephant gun.

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      • Rock789

        November 25, 2014 at 11:32

        Yeah, I find the compound bow SO much more useful in FC4 – I’ve been using it far more than my other weapons. Even last night I finally got hold of my trusty grenade launcher and a silenced sniper rifle – my go-to combo of weapon in FC3 (I enjoyed taking out outposts from afar in FC3) – and yet I still found myself sneaking in, disabling the alarm and then slowly dropping the guys 1-by-1 with my trusty bow… Such a fun sandbox game to play!! Played for 3 hours and only finished 2 story missions – the rest of the time I was just exploring, hunting and liberating! 🙂

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        • HairyEwok

          November 25, 2014 at 12:16

          That’s whats fun about Far Cry, they don’t limit you at all on what you can and can’t do. And now in Far Cry 4 the bows and knives can let you actually get twice the skin with clean kills which makes it SO much better than that in Far Cry 3, they def improved on the games core points.

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      • Rock789

        November 25, 2014 at 11:32

        P.S. I will most definitely try out the elephant gun!! Sounds epic.

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    • CAE9872

      November 25, 2014 at 10:44

      I agree – I am not biting now no matter how good it is.

      Reply

  6. Jonah Cash

    November 25, 2014 at 10:30

    With this game being an always online game I think that that is fair… Just like with Destiny though there will be a lot of reviews out without enough time with the game….

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    • Captain JJ the fair

      November 25, 2014 at 11:20

      Yes. I think they’re going to find it difficult to play an MMO racing game without being online ;P

      Reply

  7. ReaperOfSquirrels

    November 25, 2014 at 11:43

    IT’S A TRAP! IT’S BROKEN, JUST LIKE DRIVECLUB!

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    • Captain JJ the fair

      November 25, 2014 at 11:44

      I think the surprise would be if it’s not.

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      • ReaperOfSquirrels

        November 25, 2014 at 12:14

        I’m hoping it’s not… people need a working racing game that isn’t Forza.

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  8. RustedFaith

    November 25, 2014 at 12:53

    Had a go at the beta already know its boring as crap and mediocre graphics with a fps cap at 30fps.

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  9. Ghost In The Rift

    November 25, 2014 at 17:14

    Im not playing a game where a young Korean boy with rich parents out race me:-

    Reply

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