Considerably more resources have been put into making the game look jaw-dropping, menus have been brought together to create a tighter UI, and the cliché-ridden story of the first has been removed in favour of something more general.īut let's not start celebrating until we've crossed the finish line, because The Crew 2 is not a straight podium finish, especially once you start peeling off the outer layer of paint. From offset it would appear that Ivory Tower has taken the criticism of the original to heart, beginning the much-needed process of streamlining the concept.
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The point is, The Crew did exactly what the opening chapter in a brand new series should - it presented an array of strong ideas, a concrete and rock-solid identity, and therefore we, and ultimately consumers, were ready to look the other way when the execution stumbled.īut if you follow this train of thought through to its eventual conclusion, The Crew 2 should be a stroke of genius, an opportunity for developer Ivory Tower to refine their ideas and concepts and present a more robust version of its dream of a gigantic, open, adrenaline-pumping racing sandbox.
That the game ultimately did fumble in a few key areas is then another thing entirely, something we were ready to forgive. There was a level of ambition here that spoke to us the concept of transforming the traditional arcade racing game into something akin to an MMORPG, to adapt roleplaying mechanics and structures to create engagement over a longer period of time, to extend the interest beyond the finishing line and moving it to the car itself.
This is exactly how we felt about the original The Crew when we reviewed it back in 2014.
We give praise to film directors for their level of ambition and creative thinking, even when the most basic parts of their films can't live up to it, and we're often ready to forgive an artist for releasing several dull tracks, as long as they're part of a conceptually strong record. "Obsolete" might be a bit of a strong word, but be that as it may there are clear cases where the quality of an idea is able to carry a less-than-ideal execution of it, at least part of the way. At times they can feel so tangible and the quality of an idea, the execution, the realisation of it, can become almost obsolete next to the idea itself.
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