Have they innovated since most wanted? That was the last one I played for more than 20 minutes.
I played every mainline nfs and thats a bit unfair. The golden era certainly started to end with Most Wanted. But they really tried to have some kind of new spin or gimmick in almost every title.
- Carbon: Autosculpt, Canyonraces, fast paced drifting
- Prostreet invented the festival racer for better or worse. Top speed runs are still insane and werent matched ever since by any game
- Shift 1 & 2 were Gran Turismo/Forza at home but atleast avaivable on PCs.
- The Run was framed as a race through the entire country and had those enviromental desasters.
- the criterion games were a weird burnout/nfs mix.
- Payback introduced offroad races and story missions
- Heats campaign with seperate incentives at day or night
I’m not saying all of these games or features were bangers. But you cant deny that NFS underwent constant changes.
which one? they made two most wanteds, seven years apart, both completely different
There was only ever one in 2005, silly. 2013 was some form of PsyOp! Mass-hypnosis! There is no 2013 Most Wanted! I refuse to believe!
(Do I need to add /j at this point?)
probably, because i happen to love the second one.
Sad to see the franchise go. With NFS gone the big budget AAA arcade racing genre is almost dead. Forza Horizon still exists but its the same game with a different map for over a decade now. Mildly hyped for Clutch in the next year though. It could be something fresh again after a long time.
After the mild desaster of Unbound they invited tons of youtubers and tried to listen to the community. It could have gone really well for the next entry. But tbh i rather see NFS dead than suffering through yet another entire decade with only mediocre releases.
I loved Heat despite all its issues. But that was 7 years ago… And the only nfs title i really enjoyed since 2011(?).The best NFS game in recent years was the Prostreet Pepega Mod. Yeah, its a meme mod but the gameplay additions were fire and its just so much fun.
Goodbye NFS. Its probably for the better
I think the latest NFS got too much flak. They were still strong 7/10, atleast they had some semblance of progression unlike Forza Horizon
I bought Unbound for only $5 and I feel robbed.
Ignoring the political yapping in my ear for the first like 45 minutes about “police and politicians are oppressing street racers” (that literally cause thousands in damages and definitely cause multiple fatalities every race),all of Criterion’s NFS games have bad driving models compared to Black Box, which is literally the most important part of a racing game. IMO, the gameplay peaked with Underground 2, and the story was best with Most Wanted. I didn’t like MW or Carbons driving model changes from U2, but they are miles better than anything Criterion made. Heck, even NFS The Run feels like a proper NFS game, and that game was BlackBox’s worst NFS game.
I wanted to like Unbound, and even liked its art style, but it gave me too many reasons to not like it. Uninstalled in under an hour, couldn’t get a refund because I didn’t buy it on Steam.
You forgot Undercover, which is understandable. But that game is worse than The Run.
Ngl ea bought alot of studios in like 1990s-2000s
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