
If the drop is successful racers get experience points, and have a 50% chance of getting a part for a special vehicle, or cash. If you fall behind, both sides can hold a button to be transported closer to the racer with the crate. If you’re a cop, you have to stop that drop-off by remaining close to the racer for seven seconds.īoth sides are armed with power-ups, such as EMPs, flashbangs and such - things to slow down or put off the enemy. If you’re a racer, you have to get the crate to a drop-off point - other racers can join in to run interference against the police. The main addition is Chase mode (cops vs racers), which you can join in with other players ( The Crew is a persistent online world, after all), or start off yourself by collecting one of the various crates scattered about America. It’s not a huge amount of missions for the price, so it’s a good thing that it’s not where most of your fun will be had. The story is short, for instance I literally spent less than two minutes in the second mission including the opening cutscene. The only way to progress through the club and get revenge on his brother’s murderer: street racing.Ĭalling All Units adds in 12 story missions, which see you taking control of Clara Washington, a police officer, as she tries to take down the newest MC gang: the Harvesters. If you’ve ever seen Sons of Anarchy, then they were basically the same thing but in cars instead of motorbikes - a bunch of illegal stuff going on across the country, run by them. The story saw Alex Taylor, the protagonist, working with the FBI to join his brother’s old gang, the 5-10s. I had been wanting to play The Crew despite my dislike of driving games, as it seemed an interesting concept - open world races across the continental United States.


This was surprising, given that the previous couple of months were Rayman and Splinter Cell, both older games. Several months ago, Ubisoft began giving away a game a month on Uplay, one of which was The Crew. Reviews // 15th Dec 2016 - 5 years ago // By Andrew Duncan The Crew: Calling All Units Review
