Need for Speed Unbound

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A new Need for Speed title has been announced and releasing on 2-12-22.


Find out more about Need for Speed Unbound: HERE

ABOUT THIS GAME
The world is your canvas in Need for Speed™ Unbound. Prove you have what it takes to win The Grand, Lakeshore's ultimate street racing challenge. Across 4 intense weeks of racing, earn enough cash to enter weekly qualifiers, beat the competition, and make your mark on the street racing scene while outdriving and outsmarting the cops. Pack your garage with precision-tuned, custom rides and light up the streets with your unique style, exclusive fits, and a vibrant global soundtrack led by A$AP Rocky and AWGE that bumps in every corner of the world. Express yourself to the fullest with the freshest new art styles and signature tags that represent what you're all about. With separate single- and multiplayer campaigns, this latest edition in the Need for Speed franchise from Criterion Games™ delivers hours of electric, adrenaline-pumping action.
  • The world is your canvas — Graffiti comes to life in Need for Speed Unbound with an all-new, unique visual style that blends elements of the freshest street art with the most realistic-looking cars in Need for Speed history. Access a brand-new toolkit of high-energy visual and sound effects to express your driving skills, including Burst Nitrous, a new boost tactic that delivers a dizzying rush of speed.
  • Start at the bottom, race to the top — To get to the top, you gotta take risks. Choose how and when to put it all on the line, pulling huge drifts on the street, outdriving the cops, or placing side bets with your own earnings against rival racers. Time is money, so find the fastest way to earn enough cash to enter the weekly qualifiers and make it to Lakeshore's ultimate race, The Grand.
  • Run these streets — The more you race, the more you build heat. While the cops pile on the pressure, you gotta make tactical decisions using new escape mechanics to take control of the chase. Do you outrun the cops, battle them head on, or hide out in Lakeshore's underground? Run these streets, and you'll reap the rewards.
  • Express yourself with full capabilities — Pull up to a Meetup and show off your unique style with hundreds of cosmetic items to choose from, including exclusive gear from some of the world's pioneering fashion innovators. Extend that look to your ride, transforming your cars with unique wraps and cutaways for the ultimate legendary custom. And when you take first, don't forget to stunt on the competition with your own personal win poses.
 
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Initial trailer did nothing for me, mix of styles was interesting but need go see it in action and gameplay.

Still wish they would just remake NFS underground 2 and most wanted (original one not that crap one that was made years later)

Give them updated graphics and leave rest alone
 
Mark1989 said:
Initial trailer did nothing for me, mix of styles was interesting but need go see it in action and gameplay.

Still wish they would just remake NFS underground 2 and most wanted (original one not that crap one that was made years later)

Give them updated graphics and leave rest alone
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Fingers crossed that Criterion Games have listened to the community on this?
 
Mr G said:
Fingers crossed that Criterion Games have listened to the community on this?
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Dunno, I'm not sure how many games they have done in need for speed franchise if my memory is correct they did the most wanted modern one and it was awful.

Ghost games did Heat and Need for speed I think if I remember right, I didn't mind need for speed despite the inability to pause it..
 
Mark1989 said:
Dunno, I'm not sure how many games they have done in need for speed franchise if my memory is correct they did the most wanted modern one and it was awful.

Ghost games did Heat and Need for speed I think if I remember right, I didn't mind need for speed despite the inability to pause it..
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They are more known for the burnout franchise; I didn't mind Heat actually it wasn't a bad title however Ghost Games are now history I believe?
 
Mr G said:
They are more known for the burnout franchise; I didn't mind Heat actually it wasn't a bad title however Ghost Games are now history I believe?
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Unsure, maybe in the minority but burnout was great up until paradise.

Revenge and Takedown were it's peak and there peak for me
 
Mark1989 said:
Unsure, maybe in the minority but burnout was great up until paradise.

Revenge and Takedown were it's peak and there peak for me
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If only these were remade in today's engines! I won't judge it just yet until more detail drops and perhaps a demo but given its sudden announcement and short release window, i doubt a demo is planned.
 
Watched Lirik play this last night and it looked ok, nothing great and certainly not a full price purchase.

The one major thing he had that looks like it's how the games designed is your in 'lobby's / maps' of 16 people and when you get to a race location it will only ask the other 15 if they want to join providing they aren't already in a race. This meant he was struggling to get races started as he had no one in his lobby to play against instead of it scanning all active players online and pulling them in when queuing for a race.
 
Had a quick blast with my.game pass ultimate sub, same old same old NFS.

There is a modding team called Project Unite for NFS titles heat, payback etc. They polish the game with better visuals, allow for better customisation etc. They'll probably make do it for this too.
 
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I can't stand what's become of NFS. Even Underground, while good, was hardly what the series started as. It was never about street racing,

Had they just kept with the spirit of the first five games, they would've probably ended up with a much better game, just like Hot Pursuit was better than practically anything that came after because it more or less stuck to what NFS stood for instead of all of this street cringe and terrible tacked-on stories. Granted it was basically Burnout with an NFS skin on but still better than the rest of them.

Not touching this with a bargepole until deep, deep discount, if even then. It looks the same as the last few entries, just with some dumb AF cartoony effects that look completely out of place during actual races.
 
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