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11/10/09
I loved all the Burnout games before Paradise but I'd like to see NFS go back to its earlier days before all the Fast and Furious bollocks took over. I want to race a Ferrari through the desert, damnit! And I want cops chasing me, if I can, please!
Something that was a blend of the old NFS and Burnout 2 would be great. Just give me a new Burnout 2, thanks! #needforspeed
11/10/09
Yea I was a huge fan way back from Burnout 1, but they really mucked with the entire formula with B:P. Hey guys, let's take our winning formula of fast-as-your-eyes-can-handle driving and add a health dose of wait-what-street-was-I-on-again confusion. No guys, not everything needs to be open-world.
At least close it off when I'm in a race that's too fast for me to make navigational decisions on top of just trying to keep the damn car on the road and in one piece. Too many races finished at an intersection directly above or below where I was supposed to finish, fully negating the last 5 feverish minutes of my life, and I was just left not wanting to play anymore.
Hearing Criterion is now on NFS makes me kind of hope they can step away from this horrible direction and just give me the next-gen Burnout I always wanted.
But I doubt it. Until then it's Midnight Club for me. Ah MC:LA, how you lovingly place markers around town for me to drive towards and not get lost or have to constantly pause the game and interrupt what is supposed to be a blisteringly fast car race in order to just read the fucking map... #needforspeed
11/10/09
It's fun to mess about online with some friends for a bit but that doesn't last. Showtime or crashtime or whatever was no replacement for crash mode; and the racing, as you very rightly said, was unfocused and required too much map-reading (when it was out I had a SDTV too, which was awful).
While I still enjoyed Takedown and Revenge for the chaos it created, I still like Burnout 2's simplicity. #needforspeed
11/10/09
I picked up the first two Burnouts from the bargain bin way back and found them deceptively competent. Then 3 came out and blew my mind. It was everything I ever wanted in an arcade racing title. I thought I'd never leave the franchise behind after that. At this point I just wish they'd release a straight port of B3 on PSN so I can relive the good old days I had with that game on the original XBox Live. That game was tight and focused and just fun. #needforspeed
11/10/09
I'm going to go out on a limb here and say you're too used to the other games. Again, I don't know much about the series itself, but what I do know is the fact that the game DOES expect you to know your way around the city on some level. If you're constantly distracting yourself by looking at the map on every single race you're simply "doing it wrong". #needforspeed
11/10/09
All I can say about Criterion's NFS is that it had better have a key configuration option (because having options isn't last gen dammit!!!) and it needs an event list, or I'm simply not buying it period. Criterion's basically shown that their attitude is "so what if hordes of fans are complaining? We're right and they're wrong so they can suck it!" so if they don't get it right on the first try, there's no point in hoping they'll fix it later.
11/10/09
I just don't -want- NFS. Its always been a series about fairly arcadey racing.
I just want more Burnout. Theres so much more you can do with that franchise that NFS imo. #needforspeed
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Most of the DLC for EA games are pretty much either time savers (item unlocks) or variations of cheat codes (mega powerful weapons etc). You don't need them, dare I say it, if you are playing the game properly, you wouldn't want to buy any of it.
It's perfect, you still get the full game, but people that don't want to put in the effort, or just like buying DLC for some reason get that option too. #needforspeed
11/10/09
Whats next?
If it stays at that, fine I'm good.
But what happens if they take it one step further and lock you out of content with the only way to get access being to a purchase.
Imagine having a game with Easy, Medium and Hard mode. But Expert mode costs 5 bucks. The possibility of -that- kind of bullshit is what scares me. #needforspeed
11/09/09
I don't care if it's the same game as Burnout 3, reskinned and made nextgen.
I don't care if it's my old Xbox disc of the game, in a new box.
I will buy this game, no matter what. #needforspeed
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I remember reading a review of the very first Need for Speed and it wasn't positive. So I've never been that interested in them. Just haven't tried 'em. Oh well, kind of like that saying, 100 million satisfied customers can't be wrong. #needforspeed
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I really wished that EA would have released them on Steam instead of Undercover and Shift. #needforspeed
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You can't assign each game their own year, claim there's 15 games in 15 years when several years don't appear on the scale, such as 1995,1996,2001.
It makes me brain-freeze.. i'll stop trying to get it to make sense.. #needforspeed
10/21/09
Underground 2 kinda fucked up the nice formula they had with the first one. #needforspeed
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I liked High Stakes and Underground. But PU is the only iteration I LOVED. #needforspeed
10/21/09
Which I completed most of U2 before he did, and it was a fairly fun game. I liked learning where the shortcuts where, pimping my ride n all that.
Though I didn't get massively into it to warrant going and purchasing any of the new ones.
I guess if I run out of games to play over the coming months I'll look into them. Not had a new racing game since Prologue. #needforspeed
10/21/09
10/21/09
Is it just me, or is this article sound like it was written by EA? That's the vibe I got from the article. #needforspeed
10/21/09
Its just you. Name me another 15 year old Racing IP that manages to put out a game every year, and have people buy it.
Its almost like EA are masters of slapping a one digit higher number or new title on the same game and have it sell. I wonder if they do this with any other franchises... hrm...
Well, at least while they're pushing rehash, they've also been helping fund new ips. Which is more than you can say for... you know... that OTHER guy...
(will smith) #needforspeed
10/21/09
I was simply commenting on how the article was written. It sounded like PR and not something written by one of the editors here. #needforspeed
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Agreed. Hot Pursuit was amazing, and everything that's come after it has just gotten worse and worse. #needforspeed
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