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2c-b
03/01/09

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I'm actually kinda excited about this. My biggest issue with the NFS games in recent times (well, mainly underground and most wanted) has been the terrible "rubber band" style catchup system with the AI. Words can't adequately describe the frustration I get from doing a race 10 times in a row, being in first place for 90% of it and then getting overtaken just before the finish (despite already going the max speed).

At first I thought this might have just been an issue with my in game car needing better parts, but then I realized that by simply sitting in second place for the majority of the race, and then overtaking just before the finish, all the bullshit AI catchup is avoided. Unfortunately so is all the fun, since you realize that the driver in first place purposely slows down to let you go in front, only to then go speeds faster than possible in your own car to take the lead again.

Given that this game is an MMO, I'm working on the assumption (perhaps wrongly) that the races will all take place against real people. As such, there shouldn't be any need for "catchup" style effects ... right ?
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Knoxximus ver. 5.66
03/01/09

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Geez...we already have Test Drive Unlimited and Burnout Paradise. This is just unecessary.
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radink
03/01/09

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Will this make it to consoles?
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-MasterDex-
03/01/09

@radink: As far as I'm aware, this is a PC exclusive and the consoles will be getting their own NFS game completely seperate from NFS:WO. The whole idea is focused on rebooting the series and getting back the higher sales it enjoyed with Underground.
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Xi Yan
03/01/09

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I thought you could already do that in Hot Pursuit 2? Which is...what? an almost 10 years old game?

Way to innovate EA
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2c-b
03/01/09

@Xi Yan: Did Hot Pursuit 2 actually support dual monitors with the hud spread across both in custom positions? If so that's pretty impressive for such an old game.
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bakalhau
03/01/09

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Why is that screenshot from NFS Most Wanted?
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-MasterDex-
03/01/09

@bakalhau: They're using the same areas that are in Carbon and Most Wanted for the game. Even if this is shopped, the actual game will remind people of those two series.
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HioMrSan
03/01/09

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I'm a little confused as to why this is so special? So the interface windows are able to be moved, re-sized, and closed to however the end user likes? So just like any other PC mmo right? They go a step further and allow completely customized UI skins. Isn't this the norm rather than anything creative?
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-MasterDex-
03/01/09

@HioMrSan: It is the norm with PC games but ports tend to just throw the same hud into the game that the console version had, therefore making it difficult or awkward on the PC gamer to use it efficently.
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Kazzahdrane
03/01/09

@HioMrSan: Exactly, they're making a big thing even though most PC MMOs have this sort of UI functionality.
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-MasterDex-
03/01/09

@Kazzahdrane: I think what's unique about them is that they are independant of the game screen, sort of like the widgets that vista uses. This would allow them to be moved to another screen if you were running a dual screen system. It seems like an idea that could catch on.

This is just speculation from the positioning of the windows in the screenshot however, I could be wrong and someone f*^$ed up the shop.
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-MasterDex-
03/01/09

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It's nice that they're thinking about the PC gamers during development but I still don't see myself getting this.

Ever since NFS:U2, I've been disappointed by the series, each new outing seems to have less than the one that came before it. Whether it's less cars, less customisation, less game modes, etc, there's always something missing that should have been there.

I've been fooled into believing 3 times now that things would be different, that they actually made a proper sequal but each time I've been disappointed.

I'm avoiding that disappointment this time around by not getting NFS:WO.
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forkintheworld
03/01/09

@-MasterDex-: Ya' know, I feel the same was as you do about the NFS series as of late. My largest argument with it all was, I was paying 60 bucks for a game that I would play for about 6 hours, set down, and never pick back up again, because I played all the content.

I may try this one, though, because it's free.

And free's free.

And I love free.

However, I do feel like it's gonna, for some reason or another, be crap. Free MMOs never strike it large, for some reason...
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-MasterDex-
03/01/09

@forkintheworld: I believe the 'free' tag will be true to EA's vesion of free, i.e. Free to download but microtransactions are required to play the game properly.
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FromDebris815
03/01/09

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I've loved need for speed all the way since "The Need for Speed" I think it was called for PS1. I've been disappointed in the past with some of their titles, but I am absolutely going to try this out.

Anyone else still love playing Motor City Online? Just me?
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lolgreg
03/01/09

@FromDebris815: Need for Speed 2 and Need for Speed 3: Hot Pursuit were good times back in the day.

Never played Motor City Online but I'm somewhat looking forward to this game being free and all.
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khronos27
03/01/09

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Those graphics are pretty good for a free MMO. Maybe this won't be crap.
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Nulls
03/01/09

@khronos27: I don't see where it says in the linked article that is a in game screen. It only says that it is a screen shot of the user interface.

I don't think the actual in game graphics are going to look like what is in this screen shot.
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-MasterDex-
03/01/09

@NullsRevenge: I don't see any reason why they wouldn't be the in-game graphics. The car and track detail is very much in-line with the graphics of today. Nothing prerendered looking in that screen.
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Nulls
03/01/09

@-MasterDex-: This is a browser based game so it cannot be compared to other games that are not browser based.

The linked article doesn't say this is a screen shot of in game graphics, just that it is a screenshot of in game user interface which would be the chat window, the icons, and the gauges.

The picture itself is probably a screenshot from a different NFS game used as a placeholder. This game was just announced so I doubt the graphics are even in the game or look as polished as it does in the picture.
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-MasterDex-
03/01/09

@NullsRevenge: This isn't a browser based game. It will be a full downloadable game that you install on your hard drive and play.

And I don't doubt that the picture could well be a shop but I don't think that the actual game will look any better or worse, if anything it'll have even more polish.
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LllusionX Mailed the Fission
02/21/09

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WORLD OF WARCRAFT KILLER, CONFIRMED!

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TheFamous1
02/21/09

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Is this for consoles? I haven't even heard of this game until now.
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LllusionX Mailed the Fission
02/21/09

@TheFamous1: nobody's heard of it until now. and if they have, they wonder to themselves, how can you pull off an MMO without people?
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flagg
02/21/09

@Lllusionx: you mean..like eve online?
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LllusionX Mailed the Fission
02/21/09

@flagg: you can assume there arent people guiding giant ships in space right? with cars, you cant have that kind of assumptive perspective. with space ships, you could be on earth commanding them.

to rephrase what i said, how can you pull off a "racing" MMO without people?
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LllusionX Mailed the Fission
02/21/09

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i am disapointed. i was hoping that the abbreviation was going to stand for "not safe for work".

how do you even have a racing MMO? will everyone be living in the world at the same time? because that sounds dangerous and poorly made, IMO. :/ sorry EA.
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cyruss
02/21/09

@Lllusionx: well Test Drive Unlimited was a MMO Racing game... i thought it was really good too.

if it was more of a sim then i'd say this would be good, but it's a NFS game, so it will just be yet another stupid boring arcade racer by EA
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LllusionX Mailed the Fission
02/21/09

@cyruss: it wouldve been done right had it been done by Criterion. it wouldve welcomed a MMO with crashes, flips and races through a city or state. that wouldve been epic, but no, EA wont give up after failing with it's last NFS game. where do they keep getting money from?
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Chalkdust
01/30/09

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Ugh, give up while you're behind EA and just quit. You've run Need for Speed into the ground, and so now in an effort to "reboot" the franchise, you're releasing THREE new games within this year after just releasing a new game in 2008? WTF.

Here's an idea: take all the worthwhile ideas you have for those 3 games, combine them into one, and spend at least 2-3 years making it. Sell, profit.

Hot Pursuit is rolling in its grave...

"Need for Speed Nitro on the Wii and DS will not be a Mario Kart clone - Nintendo already does an excellent job with that," said Munro.

What you did there, I see it.
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Talleh
01/30/09

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So...to stop the franchise from stagnating and being formulaic, they're releasing three new games? Wouldn't be a better idea to not cram it down people's throats when they're obviously bored with a repetitive franchise? Couldn't they just let it die? I do not want the exact same franchises to be around in ten years, the only ones that aren't around anymore because the studios collapsed when they failed to release a game that wasn't a re-hash for the fifth year in a row.
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Shiryu
01/30/09

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Good. Now, here is hoping for some top quality racing action on the Wii. Take note, EA: I will ->NEVER EVER<- buy a racing game on the Wii that looks or moves worse then Burnout 2 on the GameCube.
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