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Teaser (Reveal) Countdown on NFS Website (The countdown ends on August 14, 2019 at 4:00PM CEST)
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Crazy how the game is supposed be coming out this year and we haven't seen a single second of it. Wonder why they decided to not show it off at E3.
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Even Garden Warfare 3 is coming this year and EA didn't reveal the game yet.
I know I'm probably asking for a bit much here, but I'm really hoping they make some much needed tweaks to the handling and physics. I'm not exactly expecting Forza Horizon level handling and physics, but some kind of improvement would be nice.
I'm playing Burnout Paradise for the first time right now and wondering why EA can't just give the game to Ghost and tell them to mod in some licensed vehicles and customization.
Announcement to release times are getting shorter is my guess.
What I don't like in all newer NFS games is the handling. It just doesn't feel like a car cornering. It feels more like a metal brick lying on a plate and being shoved around by a magnet that you're moving along underneath the plate. It doesn't feel satisfying in any way.
I wish we would get a new age of arcade racers. But that's too much asking for.
I've had the same dream, but car makers won't play nice with having their vehicles crumpled like cans in a mainstream videogame.
I know, it's stupid.
I think not having licensed vehicles would allow them to experiment with the gameplay more.
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No publisher will ever make an AAA racing game without licensed cars in 2019 (there are exception of course, but NFS is not), people are buying these games because they want to drive their Ferraris and Lamborghinis.
Forza Horizon is eating their lunch hard, so I hope they embrace the stupidity and go apeshit with the police chases, the tuning and the corny storyline instead. Need For Speed was best when it wasn't taking itself too seriously.
In a way I love that NFS is always trying something different, even if it doesn't work. It tries to be all things to all people, and will rotate through different styles and approaches from game to game. People seem to bash on it because often they miss the mark, but what other racing series has gone through car & driver exotic worship, street racing sub culture, pro circuit career racing, cops and robbers, road trip adventure, and action heist backwards and forwards?
The handling may have gotten too easy and the mtx in the last one was a hindrance, but I'm glad NFS still exists in a world where most other arcade racers are dead and buried. Especially as PS gamer who doesn't have access to Forza Horizon. I hope the next one will focus on exotics in closed circuits once again.
NFS2 was my first NFS game, and I will always remember the menu music... as it kid there was just something so classy about it, especially as I scrolled through the selection of beautiful exotic cars that were once just posters on my wall.
Still, Burnout is dead and NFS is the closest we have. Dangerous Driving just didn't quite recapture the magic, thanks to its budget constraints.
The handling may have gotten too easy and the mtx in the last one was a hindrance, but I'm glad NFS still exists in a world where most other arcade racers are dead and buried. Especially as PS gamer who doesn't have access to Forza Horizon. I hope the next one will focus on exotics in closed circuits once again.
NFS2 was my first NFS game, and I will always remember the menu music... as it kid there was just something so classy about it, especially as I scrolled through the selection of beautiful exotic cars that were once just posters on my wall.
Hated the map management and checkered grid roads of Paradise, plus the fact that way too many of the races eventually had me going through the same roads over and over, rather than any kind of well designed circuit route. That said, the handling is brilliant, maybe the the best handling ever in an arcade racer, the cars just feel so good to drive, every single of one of them. Love all their designs too, which pay homage to real cars with a cartoony bent. Damage modeling is a joy to behold, sad it seems we haven't really evolved past it (BeamNG physics need to be in proper racers).
Still, Burnout is dead and NFS is the closest we have. Dangerous Driving just didn't quite recapture the magic, thanks to its budget constraints.
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Prepared for the same reaction I always have these days. Underwhelmed, and a reinstall of Hot Pursuit to give me that NFS fix instead.
Please be good.
My man! Hot Pursuit is the shit. It's such a chill game to relax to.
My man! Hot Pursuit is the shit. It's such a chill game to relax to.
I actually liked NFS 2015 but payback somehow felt worse. I don't know how playground games get the Forza horizon games feeling so perfect, makes me wanna do some Voodoo magic to resurrect criterion
While in the minority, I enjoyed NFS2015 but really wish they'd take a few years (I know Payback came out a while ago) and make a FH clone but more tuner focused. I'd play it.
Though I'll play any NFS because I'm a sucker.
Though I'll play any NFS because I'm a sucker.
That is actually true. :D Sad, but it is the price you've to pay to license some brands.
But we always have... had :( ... FlatOut for that.
Where are we at in the NFS cycle? Is this going to be the misguided attempt at cloning HP2/UG2/MW that fails due to them having no clue why people actually liked them, or the always online open world blandathon, or the "lets make it like the Fast & Furious movies" one?
I mean, Hot Pursuit 2010 was a huge success both critically and commercially. In no way was it a failure of mimicking what people loved about the first two HP games. I'd say it's one of the top 5 arcade racers ever.
Aside from that, when they announced that NFS wasn't going to be at E3 they released a statement talking a little about what 2019's game will be like
So it doesn't sound like it's going to be a 2019 take on any existing NFS, but rather a game that's a unique take on the brand. This year is the 25th anniversary of the series, so it should be something big.
Unless this game is trash tier like Payback was, I will probably buy and play it eventually. I think ever since NFS was Criterion-ized the series has gotten worse and not better. Hot Pursuit 2010 being the only exception. Series peaked with MW2005 of course.
It's a shame Black Box got shut down because I actually enjoyed some of their more unorthodox takes on the franchise. The Run may not have been exceptional but it had character, dammit. Whereas the Ghost games have felt really designed-by-committee and lack that type of creative vision. I'm hoping this one is different!
It's a shame Black Box got shut down because I actually enjoyed some of their more unorthodox takes on the franchise. The Run may not have been exceptional but it had character, dammit. Whereas the Ghost games have felt really designed-by-committee and lack that type of creative vision. I'm hoping this one is different!
I bought burnout revenge on xbox one x for 5 bucks yeaterday. I forgot how much I loved this game. In hignsight i think its better than paradise
Yeah, I didn't care for HP2010 but I recognise it was one people really liked, that jab was aimed mainly at NFS2015 and to a lesser extent the Most Wanted "remake" (which failed to capture any of what made the original special).
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The last five or so NFS were all that combined in one spectacular mess of a game. After trying to play them during the last couple of months I'm feeling like I'm done with NFS for good.
Ive been saying this for years. What Need For Speed Needs...is more of RAZOR FUCKING CALLAHAN
Starting fresh seems to be what they're going for as they've wiped their Youtube and Instagram accounts
