Need For Speed: Carbon - Reception

Reception

Reception
Aggregate scores
Aggregator Score
GameRankings (PC) 78.47%
(X360) 77.51%
(PS3) 76.26%
(PS2) 75.04%
(GC) 74.25%
(Xbox) 73.28%
(PSP) 71.00%
(GBA) 69.33%
(NDS) 66.50%
(Wii) 65.39%
Metacritic (PC) 78/100
(X360) 77/100
(PS3) 75/100
(GC) 75/100
(PS2) 74/100
(Xbox) 74/100
(PSP) 73/100
(NDS) 70/100
(Wii) 67/100
Review scores
Publication Score
GameSpot (PSP) 7.9/10
(PC, X360, Xbox & NDS) 7.6/10
(PS3, PS2 & GC) 7.4/10
(Wii) 7.1/10
(GBA) 6.5/10
IGN (PC) 8.2/10
(PS3) 7.9/10
(GC & Xbox) 7.8/10
(NDS) 7.5/10
(Wii) 7.4/10
(PSP & GBA) 7.0/10

Need for Speed: Carbon was met with mixed to positive reviews. IGN gave the PC version an 8.2 out of 10 and the PlayStation 3 version a 7.9 out of 10 citing "It's not revolutionary, it's not brilliant, but it's good, deep racing,". GameSpot gave praise for adding more movie clips, customization and solid gameplay but was critical about frustrating boss battles and under utilizing police chases.

Electronic Gaming Monthly gave the game an average score of 8.0. Hyper's Daniel Wilks commends the game for its "large gameworld" but criticises it for its "easy, drift course mechanics suck cutscene 'actors'". The Australian video game talk show Good Game gave the game a 5/10.

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