Short of the kinds of explosive action in less realistic titles like Split/Second and Blur, Asphalt 7 delivers everything I’ve ever wanted in a mobile racing game.
Want to make it to the top? A career mode lets you race for over a dozen trophies across widely varying tracks. Want to keep track of how many miles you’ve traveled and how much you’ve earned? A Need for Speed-styled Asphalt Tracker has what you want, although its constant requests to post achievements on Facebook do grow a little annoying. Looking for a quick spin? Jump in the QuickPlay mode and either choose a track or let the game choose it for you. This outing benefits from the best features of the Asphalt series (and similar racing games), which means there are plenty of activities to choose from.
True, we’ve already seen many of its 15 tracks in other games, but the entire package has reached such a pinnacle of visual and technical perfection with Asphalt 7 that it’s hard to justify shunning it for its predecessors–especially when it only costs 0.99 cents.
These games come out so often that it’s tempting to treat them with the same disdain heaped on the Friday the 13th movies from the ’80s, but the difference is that Asphalt titles usually get better with each new release. Even so, it’s an Asphalt game, and you’ll have a good idea of what to expect if you’ve played the previous six.
