Review of The Crew game extension: "Calling All Units"

Some days ago I wrote to you about the extension of The Crew game called Wild Run , now this time I'm going to make an analysis about Calling All Units, which like the previous one is an extension of the video game of the open world racing genre already mentioned (The Crew). It was launched on November 29, 2016 by Ivory Tower and Ubisoft Reflections for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One platforms. In this extension of the game launched in 2014, the player must act as a policeman to arrest the thugs in the city, where he has the best materials (cars) to do the best possible job, whether it is to arrest the illegal traffickers and smugglers. I decided to continue with the revision of the extensions that came out for The Crew because the game and it seemed to be very good and also because of the reception received among the video game lovers and especially the racing ones. For the analysis of The Crew I will base on the most basic aspects that as a user who likes car games I can detail. These include gameplay, graphics and sound.

Ubisoft Reflections Limited (formerly Reflections and later Reflections Interactive Limited) is a British video game developer and a studio of Ubisoft based in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. Founded in 1984 by Martin Edmondson and Nicholas Chamberlain, the studio focuses on racing games and it is best known for creating the award-winning Driver series. Reflections was acquired by GT Interactive in 1998 and sold to Ubisoft in 2006. The company works on AAA games in close cooperation with sister studio Ubisoft Leamington. Wikipedia

In terms of gameplay, I can tell you that it has been greatly improved, with the inclusion of new missions and even a new story mode, which makes the game much more interesting and entertaining than before. The story of the game takes place on the streets of cities in the United States, where, as I told you before, the player this time will have the role of a policeman in order to put an end to street racing and black market operations in the city. It can be used from a motorcycle to a police car. However, we can also play the role of street runners or crooks, what will vary is the objective, which as a policeman is to hunt down and stalk the runners who transport the goods, while if you decide to play as a runner you must try to escape and deliver the goods to their final destination. There are two game modes, which one is where you play against the artificial intelligence. Apart from the normal modes that the game originally had. And the other mode is the famous multiplayer, where the player has the opportunity to be accompanied by other players, by using the Internet connection. The latter is the most important because we learn to work as a team in order to fulfill the objective of the mission we are carrying out at that time.

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In the multiplayer mode we can create a game or even join one that is already created by another player. In terms of gameplay, the Calling All Units extension is based mainly on the missions (which are 12) of chases with the aim of stopping the runners who transport the illegal goods and thus obtain evidence and locate the leader of the criminal gang we are facing, since in the history of the game was developed in several cities in the U.S., where there are several bands as in real life, which are divided by territory. But as I mentioned in advance, we can also have the role of a runner in which we will be the pursued, and that will depend on the fairness of the player. Among the cities in the United States where the game activities are held are Los Angeles, Chicago, Detroit, Miami and New York. In addition we have a series of vehicles available where they emphasize Mercedes-Benz GLC Coupé, Lamborghini Aventador, Abarth 500, Ferrari F12 Berlinetta or Kawasaki KX450F, among others.

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Graphically the game is impressive. The modeling of the cars and also the characters that are driving in the game is outstanding. The visual details in The Crew original and the Run extension were good, but now they're more than good, they leave you speechless, but of course you need a lot of system requirements, so you need to have minimum system requirements for the game to work well graphically and in terms of fluidity, in the case of using a computer. You can see the smoke from the tires when you brake, as well as dust when the chases are over land, since as you know the game is open world and the races usually happen anywhere in the city. The reflection of the car's racing when the chase is in daylight looks pretty cool, actually it's the best thing that's seen in this game, of course except for the sequel The Crew 2 which is enhanced. The settings are very colorful and well created by Ivory Tower. Anyway, as far as the graphics are concerned, I can tell you that from my point of view, it's significantly better than the original game, but with the Wild Run extension, it's not as good as it used to be.

The sound of The Crew "Calling All Units" is good in reference to the previous extension, where there are some significant improvements. Where the effects of the engine stand out, it is very noisy as racing fans like it. The normal sound effects of a race gave a good result, which is what the creator of the game wanted, I think with some ups and downs, but it stands out more from The Crew: Wild Run. Finally the dubbing to our Spanish language and very good, where Ivory Tower did a good job.

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In conclusion, The Crew's "Calling All Units" extension brought some significant improvements, but others not so much. As far as gameplay is concerned, what they did was add some tests, but I think this Wild Run part was better done than the work done, not bad, but this is the feeling that it lacks something to make it more entertaining. Graphically, I think there are quite a few improvements, and if it was good before, imagine the improvements it brings to this extension. In spite of the graphic improvements, the game has a good fluidity. If you're a PC, you have to meet the minimum requirements to have a good experience in the game, because if you don't, it usually gets a bit stuck or even doesn't start the game. The sound seems to me that it had some improvements since the previous extension if I disappoint a little, being the best the sound of the engines. If you are into open world racing games, I recommend you to try The Crew and its different extensions. For all of the above, I qualify for the Calling All Units 8 extension in terms of playability. Technically I give the graphics a 9.8 and the sound a 9 which may not be the best but I do improve.

For all of the above, I give an 8.9 out of 10 to The Crew: Wild Run.