Need for Speed: Rivals
Players assume the role of both cops and lawbreakers in Need for Speed: Rivals, which is the inaugural outing of Ghost Games – the rebranded EA Gothenburg studio in Sweden. Ghost Games is made up of talent…
Need for Speed: Rivals is an adventure developed by Criterion Games, released 15 November 2013 on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.
What Need for Speed: Rivals is
Need for Speed: Rivals is an adventure game developed by Criterion Games and released in 2013. It was published by Electronic Arts. It is available on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Frostbite.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Need for Speed Rivals is a 2013 racing video game developed in collaboration between Ghost Games and Criterion Games, and published by Electronic Arts. It is the twentieth installment in the Need for Speed series, and the debut title for Ghost Games.
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action and open world. It supports multiplayer for up to 6 players online. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player.
Where it sits in the Need for Speed series
Need for Speed: Rivals is the 72nd of 84 entries we hold in the Need for Speed series. It arrived 8 months after Need for Speed Most Wanted U. The next entry was Need for Speed Rivals: Complete Edition in 2014. Its critic score of 80 is 6 points above the series average of 74. The highest-rated entry is Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit - Limited Edition at 92.
How it was received
Need for Speed: Rivals holds a critic score of 80 out of 100. That places it above 64% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2013 averaged 70, so it scored 10 points above the year average. Players rate it 74, 6 points lower than critics did — a gap worth knowing about before you buy.
How long it takes, and what that costs
A full completion run takes around 31 hrs.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Intel 2.4 GHz Core 2 Duo or AMD 2.8 GHz Athlon X2, 4 GB RAM and AMD Radeon 3870 512 MB or higher performance; NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT or higher performance; Intel HD 4000 Integrated 512 MB or higher performance. At 4GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 30GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it launched against
Need for Speed: Rivals launched on 15 November 2013, within three weeks of Assassin's Creed IV Black Flag, Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag, The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds and Super Mario 3D World. All of them reviewed better. It was a PlayStation 4 launch-window title.
Released around the same time: Assassin's Creed IV Black Flag, Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag, The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds, Super Mario 3D World.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Need for Speed: Rivals yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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