Need for Speed’s Reboot to return to its underground roots
The way NFS was always meant to be.
Need for Speed’s Reboot to return to its underground roots
The way NFS was always meant to be.
See, I really really enjoyed Shift, and didn't like the "Underground" genre. Maybe that's just because of the nostalgia of playing original NFS...anyone remember how you could go and sit in some of the cars in the showroom with the "3d" imagery of the interior?? And the Lambo getting 202mph on the one straight, if dont hit any cars.....good times...
True story, Nfs 3 to 5 allowed you to do that, the last of the true need for speed titles, the underground games where utter schitte cashing in on the F&F generation and
i would rather play a game with variable scenery like this
than one that looks like this (need for speed was always about exotic cars in exotic locations, not this tuner schitte below)
there's a reason why aeroplane wings on the back and tacky vinyls on the side died out so quickly in the real world tuner generation
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Awesome, haven't really played a NFS game properly since the 2 underground games, glad its going back to it.
the original 6 NFS games up to hot pursuit II
Most wanted was pretty good, and a return of exotic cars. most wanted also had a pretty varied map
carbon was a ok, pro street looked good but handled crap, undercover was a collosal handling and graphical failure.
the 1st shift game was really good, it was like a breath of fresh air, it was ten times better than blackbox ever did during the prior years
Shift 2 looked impressive but the handling was a bit too loose and disjointed, sales also sucked thats why a shift 3 was never made (technically project cars is shift 3 since it uses an evolution of that engine)
Hot Pursuit 2010 was extremely impressive, probably the best of the 3rd wave nfs titles
THe run looked good but failed in the gameplay department and with its schitty sticky ai
most wanted reboot looked stunning at times, pity it didnt sell so well
rivals looked good but a game that cant pause, seriously ?
Most wanted has to be my favourite in the series. It had it all combined (and wasn't limited to "ooh badass night-time racing"), and was all optional. I felt the Underground titles semi forced you to "pimp" your ride, where Most Wanted didn't. And as you say, it was the return of the exotic cars...The whole game just worked quite well.
They then lost the plot again with Carbon IMHO. Can't comment on some of the others as I kinda gave up, tried The Run. The F%&#ING annoying ai "catchup" crap really pissed me off. If I can overtake EVERYONE within the first 1/3 of the map from all the way in the back, why do i then have to constantly fight them all when I'm ahead only to lose right at the end despite a perfect run, because the AI can somehow go 300km/h through that last turn.
Damn Dohc, you just broke my heart with your hateful belligerence towards NFS Underground- I had so many fond memories of that game! xD