Need For Speed......

Amatsubu said:
Wholeheartedly agree. IMO, the only thing this series needed was updated graphics/handling, a wide selection of beautiful cars and tracks and an atmospheric soundtrack by Rom Di Prisco. EA have shot themselves in the foot countless times by trying to innovate a nearly perfect franchise and catering to a wider audience. Seems they've long reached a point of no return and are afraid to go back to the roots because they're afraid a game in the spirit of old NFS won't sell. I bet my arse it would. Just like Codies thought there would be no interest in Dirt Rally;p

As far as I'm concerned, Need for speed ended with High Stakes (even though the new Hot Hursuit was enjoyable). Underground was too far removed from what NFS stood for and should have been made a separate franchise.
Click to expand...

EA learned from the masters like Gremlin, Team 17, Mindscape and Psygnosis.

Its just a shame they went to crap. When you make a game with incredible intro and music the game doesnt even need to be good!

The amount of games I fired up on my Amiga as a child just to watch the great intros!


Playstation brought back some of this for me, especially intro's like Ridge Racer v4

 
Guest2 said:
EA learned from the masters like Gremlin, Team 17, Mindscape and Psygnosis.

Its just a shame they went to crap. When you make a game with incredible intro and music the game doesnt even need to be good!

The amount of games I fired up on my Amiga as a child just to watch the great intros!

Click to expand...

Damn, I loved Lotus so much as a kid, remember playing it with my dad on weekends:D
 
SonniLombardi said:
Yeah apparently it's really bad on this game. A maxed out tuned car with not outrun a car lesser than you (A.I) etc.. They will always catch up. Ridiculous really.
Click to expand...

If this is the case then no sale at all. Even when it's on sale I won't get it because that stuff makes the entire game pointless in my opinion.

What's the point in any racing game where you aren't rewarded for being faster?
 
This was my personal favourite:


I did love Underground and Underground II, though - the music, the look, the mods, the modes... worked beautifully.
 
Tbh I wouldn't mind a new Juiced game. I thought they were pretty good when released. Certainly better than social integrated NFS games etc we get these days. God I hate fluff in driving games just give me some progression like earn cash for cars and plenty of em and some good beat music and open road tracks and good driving and I'd be happy. Remove rep crap, points for thongs like drifting or doing what not and no damn social crap.
 
I can picture it now, it'll be just like in the latest Most Wanted:

"Wooooaahhh yeah awesome, I've got the Need for Speed(tm)"

Zooom..... veeeeeeeee.... errrrrrrrrrkkk.... zooooom

SMACK!!! - into invisible wall

"Sorry - you don't own the DLC content for this area, opening Origin online marketplace now. Only £7.99 for 2 cars and a tiny extra area of the map, buy buy buy"
 
uncle_rufus said:
I can picture it now, it'll be just like in the latest Most Wanted:

"Wooooaahhh yeah awesome, I've got the Need for Speed(tm)"

Zooom..... veeeeeeeee.... errrrrrrrrrkkk.... zooooom

SMACK!!! - into invisible wall

"Sorry - you don't own the DLC content for this area, opening Origin online marketplace now. Only £7.99 for 2 cars and a tiny extra area of the map, buy buy buy"
Click to expand...

Did you watch the video? or did you the miss the part where it clearly said "free content"
 
thought: they can only support current models, hence no g25?


But yeah, the game generally looks pretty constrained from that video above. Most of the lacking customisations will be due to licensing restrictions from the car companies I bet.

You're never going to get a decent game out of big companies now. Its all quick cash making schemes and cut backs/limits on cool features, so they can manage a 10 year plan on trickling basic features out in new rehashes of the same game.
 
Last edited:
Well, I can safely say it's the first NFS since the new Hot Pursuit that leaves me completely indifferent. Awful rubber-banding, night racing only, yet another fictional LA, always online, customisation not even nearly as deep as promised and annoying brotard atmosphere.

They couldn't have done much worse. Or maybe they could because I expect the game to run like crap when it's released, as per usual trend in the gaming industry:p It doesn't really bode well that the it's been pushed back four months to unlock the framerate.
 
Anyone played this yet on PC. Is it that bad. I'm not after a racing sim, but days of yore like NFS Underground with wheel support type of fun arcade action. If it a lemon I'll avoid but I can t find much info on the pc version.
 
I take back my earlier post. Ditched the BRZ I started with and having great fun with other cars.

Just takes a bit of readjustment coming from GRID Autosport to NFS.

Would definitely recommend.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top Bottom