The graphics on Undercover are actually so painfully bad that the color palette and the filters literally make my head hurt after looking at it for a while

the only redeeming factor of this game is that it had an AMAZING soundtrack. Introduced me to Pendulum, Justice and Nine Inch Nails

Actually I loved this game as a kid, nowadays I do realize that it's mediocre but back then it was a lot of fun to play with my brothers

The goddamn ”BUSTED” scenes in undercover are just amazing. There’s soo many of em’. As a kid they literally made me scared of cops!

Need for Speed: Underwhelming

One thing this game did extremely well; the cop radio chatter is so realistic. Like, I've just parked up to listen to it sometimes, its just better than all the other games so far

Do you know what's sad? It's that this is the last Need for Speed game to utilize the MW and Carbon concepts. The environment traps, the slow motion ability, and enhanced customization options. Those concepts were they key of a good NFS game

I remember loving this game on the PS3 in 2012. BUT, even I will admit that both Midnight Club Los Angeles and Burnout Paradise (and NFS Hot Pursuit 2010) were objectively better games.

“You’re in deep.. right where I want you to be.” THAT’S WHAT SHE SAID

I feel like every single ColourShed Need for Speed video starts with: "By the mid 2000s Need for Speed..." But, I also feel the Hot Pursuit 2010 got very close to the height of Need for Speed's in the early 2000s.

This game is like that traumatic childhood memory. I keep forgetting it but when I'm reminded, it hurts. I remember being so excited for this game after Pro Street. They even had a website dedicated to this game with a video of an "interrogation" where you could find clues and stuff. Too bad this game was so unfinished and dreadful to play.

I remember not even taking a second look at Undercover and just enjoying the hell out of Midnight Club, GTA IV & Burnout Paradise in 2008.

I'm really hoping to see Tokyo Xtreme Racer series reviews

The game came out in a very strange moment: It had a lot of assets recycled from Burnout Paradise (look at the traffic cars) it had a nice selection of cars, but unlike MW you can´t finish the game with your starter car no matter what you do, once you reach the countryside you need something that goes 310kmh+, it was like a transition game between the PS2 era NFS games of MW/Carbon to the 360 era Hot Pursiut/the run but failing to be as good as all the previous mentioned.

EA: Dev, make good game, here's 1 week, a piece of string and 10 bucks. Dev: B-but that's not enou... EA: I said make game >:( Dev: *does what he can* Game: *ends up being bad* EA: Why you made bad game? >:( Dev: **surprised pikachu**

There’s a mod called „NFS Undercover Remastered“ which fixes all the ugly graphical effects and makes the game look more like ProStreet. It also adds more traffic, etc. If you are playing on PC, give this mod a try. The developer has put a lot of work into it.

All I remember from this game as a kid is how poor the Anti aliasing was and how infuriating it was not being able to sell your cars for money.

overall, at least the game has unique car list, soundtrack, and atmosphere. oh and busted scenes

It’s weird to watch reviews like this because I remember Undercover as one of my favorite NFSs.

10:50 I like your writing on that part

I actually enjoy this game alot, the music is good, the driving is solid, the variety of events is decent. It's not underground or most wanted level, but it's solid.

In my opinion , ps2 version plays better than the blackbox version

I remember it being so easy that I completed the game without braking. Steering is so sharp you can just let go of the accelerator and still make sharp corners.

Adore the fact that you make these reviews. In depth, detailed and after a 20 minute history lesson passionately written. You always have an act for making me want to go and get lost in the game every time. Although it must take you months to put a single one togerher I hope you keep them coming. Loving them. Each and every one.

You mentioned the PS2 version early on, and I personally had that since I still only had a PS2 at the time. It was basically a reskinned Most Wanted with some stretches of highway added, and the story kinda thrown in as a side thing. When I later picked up the PS3 version I honestly preferred the PS2 one, mostly since it was actually driveable and didn't have the horrible framerate issues.

This was my favorite game as a kid the police chases were so fun back in the day. And blowing up the gas stations was insane, it kept me a big fan of the game fading with every lacking release for years

I played this game as a kid, I personally loved the shit out of the game... It was my introduction to NFS franchise. Idk, but this game just has a special place in my heart.

There's so little original and/or fleshed out that there's nothing this game needs more than time. If Black Box had all hands on deck (Undercover+Prostreet+Skate+NBA) and two years for each installment, this would've been a home run. The wii and ps2 version faced the same fate, not enough development time.

Awesome vid man, as usual 👍

finalyy, cheers to you for making this

One of my favorite childhood game brings back good memories.

Undercover and Most Wanted are my childhood

When i was a kid this game meant alot to me especially the cars and customization

this game has a lot of issues but damn, the feel of speed is immense in this title. it feels really fast and even at very high speed you control through tight corners like a flash

I've been waiting on this review!!

I'm playing this game right now on my PS3 and it doesn't have ANY framerate issues like you've shown here. However, it has this weird problem where some roads don't load properly and the game hangs for a few seconds on an empty void.

I personally loved this game, had a great atmosphere and story

You need to do NFS heat, it has fixed almost everything you mentioned in the carbon review

Another fantastic throughout review Loving the content🔥🔥👍

Love your videos. Thanks!

I have to find it absolutely hilarious that when a channel like ColourShedProductions gave a negative review of Undercover, everyone was like “yeah it’s a bad game” Yet when IGN did the same thing, everyone started crying over their opinion

Funny story time: "Need for Speed" is what I call my weekly county arrest report.

Really love your videos

Awesome review man, keep it up! :)

Yes, i ve been waiting for this review for years!!!

Anyone remember Maggie Q ? 😄

i really enjoy these reviews

Thanks for the review pal

Unpopular opinion: I actually like Undercover

PS2 and Wii version is much more fun and better in many aspects since its having much more solid base from Carbon. Big release fails terribly to even carry over the best from ProStreet. I always recommend ps2 version over big release. Wii also has the best splitscreen in the series up to 4 players while ps3/x360 has nothing. PSP version is also quite bad mainly to severe gameplay fuck ups like police but also graphics and feature cutting from Carbon Own the City

Undercover is like the Sonic 06 of the NFS franchise. Incredible potential to be the best, falls short due to shortened deadlines and incompetency from its creators.

Omg a new video! Awesome

"very dangerous"

“Makes Resident Evil 1 look like Metal Gear Solid”. Hahahahahhahaha.

I actually really enjoyed Undercover.

I loved this game if I’m honest. Incredibly nostalgic for me, not to mention an incredibly diverse soundtrack along with pro street

I love Undercover. The Style , Music , Overall Atmosphere. It has his Issues of sure but damm it was cool

I love this game man , the nostalgia just fuckin hit me like a train

man, you keep doing reviews of games of my childhood, are you me by any chance

Finally bro thank you

I remember when I as in high school and at that time Gametrailers (remember them?) rated it as one of the most disappointing games of the year.

The god Spence bless us with another one 🙌

I had played UG1, UG2, MW05, MW12 and Rivals. As I played undercover, I noticed alot of stuff. 1. Bloom. in MW, it can go from bright to dark (rain) and doesn't make the sun a deadly lazer. 2. Detail. The game lacks detail that the MW has (even UG 1 and 2). 3. Bugs. I don't see any bugs on my playthrough yet...or have but not affecting my gameplay. Although it has some points. 1. Cars. The cars are alot like the other nfs that makes me tempted to save cash for a specific car because I don't want to instantly waste it. 2. Damage. This is what I was hoping for in carbon, the damage system. I kinda like the aspect of fix your car or it's bye bye for you (almost all rally games, and some racing games). And this is the reason why I loved rivals, and hot pursuit. 3. Cutscenes. I like them cheesy cutscenes. Cringeworthy, but it's like a novelty in the NFS franchise (since all are now 3d modeled characters doing the scences rather than the actual cross saying "EVERYONE" on NFSMW). 4. Map. It's HUGE, just like MW (05 and 12), UG2, hot pursuit and rivals that makes driving more enjoyful. 5. Pursuit breakers and the speedbreaker. Correct me on this one, but this is the only game with the pursuit breakers and speedbreakers still implemented. I think HP 2010 onwards removed that function. But correct me (I believe that UC and ProStreet are the only ones with the speedbreaker and UC has the last pursuit breaker function) I am on neutral since I liked the game but I also disliked the game because of these and other more aspects. Still, I would store this game along with the others on a very big spaced hard drive so I can show it to my future children and grandchildren since games like these could be gone after alot of years pass... But I would like a remade Undercover with alot of things fixed (including the live action cutscene). I wish the developers had been given alot of time to make it a much more better game.

Amazing review Iagree with all aspects..

honestly I cant wait for the Assassins creed 2 review.,but dont worry mate there is no pressure to push it out take your time its better that way.

Review NFS Hot Pursuit 2010. 5 star arcade racer.

A review of some of the games in the Test Drive series would definitely complete your racing game reviews.

Love your channel. Can you please do a review of Dangerous Driving and NFS Heat

PS2/Wii felt the less empty (content wise) and it was very fun Also I finished the game 98% because there were one cost to state too hard and one checkpoint race much harder even with cars like the Carrera, 911 GT2 (Rose's) or even the Zonda Other than that, I loved yeeting the Police 911 GT2 with the civilian car glitch (when you are in a Pursuit and there is a road block, you have to hope there is a civilian car ahead of you, turn on Speed braker, and push the car to the road block, and watch the magic YEETER)

I remember this was the most divisive game in the series.

Ah, waited for this review

finnaly a review(DUDE REVIEW THE PS2 VERSION NEXT!!!)

The frame rate wasn't an issue on the pc version. But yea this game needed more time

Wow I haven’t played this game in like 6-7 years on my iPod touch

All I can remember are the loading screens in the PS2 versions. Truly fascinating back as a young child.

the music near the end made me expect a prank or a magic trick lol

Story, cars, physics, customization, police, music...Everything in this game was great...

12:23 - front flip for style xD

its sad because all black box games were so SICK if you're from black box hats off to you. great games.

I had this on X360 and played it alongside playing Most Wanted at my cousin's house. I LOVED this game! Fun arcadey driving and good pursuits made it really fun and I didn't feel like I was playing a horrible cousin of Most Wanted at all!

I was 12 years old when that game came out and i really enjoyed the story back then :D

I used to enjoy playing this one, even after I completed the story

The Porsche in undercover is my dream car

The PS2/Wii version was developed by a B Studio Exient Entertainment who previously developed Handheld versions of other EA games so there was obviously no plan to make them work on the main version

I'm drunk and about to smoke my routine spliff of the night. Why am I watching reviews for games I already beat and 100%? I just answered the question myself....

I remember getting that game for Christmas when it came out :D I actually quite liked it then but I wanted to try it out again a few months ago and absolutely couldn't do it. The controls are quite bad imo and it's crazy difficult to spot obstacles 😅 really one of the worst NFS games. Either way I'm looking forward to your review of Hot Pursuit 2010, which is definitely better although I remember really missing the customization options.

I'm probably one who had a good experience on this game, it takes me back when the 7th Gen consoles and HD TV were still a huge thing back in the day and I always loved the feel of the environment which reminds me of being in Miami and the late 2008-early 2009 vibes not to mention the soundtrack was probably one of the best out there.

This game was a massive part of my childhood, I used to love this game because of the warm colours, the amazing soundtrack and high driving sensitivity. It felt really good driving around the whole map especially in the faster cars and I understand that there are same types of races almost everywhere (which after a while might feel extremely repetitive and boring) but after completing the story it feels super worth it, working through the grind. Also I can't really confirm the part where you said that consoles have a really hard time with the frame rates as I never had a home console but my dad's old work PC never used to show any signs of frame drop back then, it's probably due to game optimization being better for PC. Even still, to this day I still hold NFS Undercover in a higher regard than games like NFS Carbon and in some cases even NFS Most Wanted.

I remember spending $60 for the PS2 version. Worst purchase of my life.

NFS heat seems to have got the series back on form

OMG the BLOOM

its infuriating how journalists are hounding Rockstar and CDPR for doing crunchtime on games but where absolutely silent when EA and Activision milked Black Box and Neversoft until there was nothing left

as a kid, I always hated that I was a cop, I just didn't get the story for this type of games

''Need For Speed Undercover was considered the lowest point of the series'' until Payback happened.

This thing I think needs a remastered version of graphic, plot and gameplay. However one most important question always haunts me: YOU ARE AN UNDERCOVER COP in this game, but you are needed to hurt your colleagues deliberately to finish your mission... It doesn't make sense... Your target should have been minimizing the casualty of police and damage of public properties. The whole game in a nutshell: It says you were supposed to destroy the Sith, not join them!

I liked how the camera zoomed in on cop cars at the star of a pursuit

Whoa, I did not know MCLA and Undercover came out in the same year. What a difference, MCLA has aged incredibly well, while Undercover is just completely forgettable.

Undercover on PS3 wasn't that bad. It helped me introduce myself to new music. I wasn't into Nine Inch Nails or Puscifer but you better believe I am now. It took years but I went back to the soundtrack and remembered it all. I was broke and could only afford a game every 6 months or so. I picked this up with the (for some reason) Spain exclusive steelbook case. I still have it too. I tried going back to it but my save must've gotten corrupted. It says 100% but when I launch the game it asks me to start a new game. Fuck that. I hated getting the Platinum trophy. Those last trophies were hard to get. Online (which was pretty much dead at the time) and some trophy I think that I needed to drive a lot? Or do many races? I forget.

Dude this game was very nostalgic with the gameplay and soundtrack

Atmosphere and soundtrack are awsome imo