Asphalt Legends Unite Review - The Final Verdict

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Published 2024-07-23
Asphalt 9: Legends has been around since 2018, first launching on mobiles and PC and garnering attention for its visual fidelity. It's received extensive support through the years, including console ports, but Unite is perhaps its biggest yet and a pseudo-rebrand of sorts.

Featuring improved visuals, a new track in Singapore, overhauled multiplayer modes, a new PvP mode called Team Pursuit and crossplay, Unite purportedly offers a lot for long-time fans. Unfortunately, the matchmaking in its "ranked" modes is subpar, while Team Pursuit is a poor imitation of Hot Pursuit from the NFS series.

Coupled with annoying progression systems, egregious monetization, horrendous rubberbanding and a repetitive Career Mode, Asphalt Legends Unite feels like a drag. Its arcade gameplay and visuals may prove enticing - plus it's free-to-play. However, the real meat of the experience is incredibly lacking when it's not actively trying to aggravate you.

All Comments (21)
  • @RileyHell
    We need a good free-to-play racing game. There's tons of ways to do it with fair monetization, these companies are just greedy as hell.
  • This is the type of game you’d love as a 5-7 year old back in the day
  • @Gac3la
    I remember Asphalt used to be a good racing game..
  • @GrumpyGer
    I wish we could get a new Ridge Racer
  • This game is fun but’s it’s sadly ruined by aggressive micro transactions
  • cars are cool but at the end of the day it's just a mobile game and the races are waaaay too short to actually be fun and honestly I think a 4 is being very generous I'd give it 1.5 simply based on the nice cars and the nice graphics
  • @mofkergt
    In an alternate world where asphalt 8 airborne wasnt ruined by greed and the 9th sequel is actually fun and enjoyable
  • @Lawry200
    I still play this but the grind feels impossible when u are f2p
  • Gameloft found their golden egg in asphalt! Used to love their N.O.V.A series 1 to 4, still holding out for a proper sequel thats just a story single player thing till now. Even loved their Dungeon hunter games 1 to 4, their modern combat games too 1 to 4, 😅 wow am starting to see a trend..And I really really loved Wild Blood, such an experience on a mobile phone, that made my days. But now....
  • @YohTaiSai420
    Had my niece give it a try after the unite update. She was like, "Can I buy a car?" Pure soul, I wish we could.
  • @itsmaistro
    They still have the gas system on a console game? Idk about this I just downloaded it
  • @mtjoleolkaelle
    I play the game on my iPad … how do I transfer my iPad account to the ps4 ? Or is it even possible to play with one account on both devices?, thanks
  • @Gac3la
    Also, exactly as Disney SpeedRun, races are super brief, you cant RESTART a race, MTXs everywhere..it sucks.
  • @famingo4363
    Once the whales try out non-free racing games, they'll realize how much fun they could've had with multiple games with all cars unlocked for a fraction of money they spent to unlock one car in Asphalt