Where did you get that it was Frostbite? This interview implies its Criterion's own engine: https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-needforspeed-tech-interview
Wiki says the first Frostbite NFS game was The Run in 2011.
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Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit (2010) is what next gen Need for Speed should be
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Where did you get that it was Frostbite? This interview implies its Criterion's own engine: https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-needforspeed-tech-interview
Wiki says the first Frostbite NFS game was The Run in 2011.
ITT people are confusing Hot Pursuit to Most Wanted (2012).
This is the last NFS game I played with this gameplay structure. Coming to this game when it was announced that Criterion was developing a NFS game, I was really expecting a Burnout-ish style of gameplay. So playing this game at first took some time to get a feeling for the more weighty feel.
As much as NFS games are tied with police being in the mix, playing as the police has never been my favorite part of the series. So having the 2 separate campaigns(if I remember correctly) and having to switch between the 2 to advance was kind of a turn off. I did like having the Burnout feel of taking out cars when playing as the cops.
I never finish the complete campaign and moved on to other games. The groundwork that Criterion laid for the NFS moving on was great and their follow up, the open world racer that is Most Wanted is a game that I truly enjoyed. Most Wanted had the gameplay they introduced with Hot Pursuit with the open world style of Burnout Paradise, which is still one of my favorite games of that generation.
Shout out to the iOS version of Most Wanted. One of the first mobile games I really got into.
This is the last NFS game I played with this gameplay structure. Coming to this game when it was announced that Criterion was developing a NFS game, I was really expecting a Burnout-ish style of gameplay. So playing this game at first took some time to get a feeling for the more weighty feel.
As much as NFS games are tied with police being in the mix, playing as the police has never been my favorite part of the series. So having the 2 separate campaigns(if I remember correctly) and having to switch between the 2 to advance was kind of a turn off. I did like having the Burnout feel of taking out cars when playing as the cops.
I never finish the complete campaign and moved on to other games. The groundwork that Criterion laid for the NFS moving on was great and their follow up, the open world racer that is Most Wanted is a game that I truly enjoyed. Most Wanted had the gameplay they introduced with Hot Pursuit with the open world style of Burnout Paradise, which is still one of my favorite games of that generation.
Shout out to the iOS version of Most Wanted. One of the first mobile games I really got into.
Holy shit I forgot about this. I didn't get a smart phone until like 2014 or so. This game was absolutely the one that had me askin my mom for her phone. It was pretty good... well it's probably pretty bad but at the time!
Criterion's hot pursuit was amazing
Criterion's most wanted was the biggest flap in the face I ever got
Criterion's most wanted was the biggest flap in the face I ever got
My mistake on that, I don't remember much but it had a few visual settings I couldn't adjust to my liking though it is an older game. I don't think the new games support traditional MSAA; maybe it's just Payback that didn't since it's one of the most recent ones I tried.
best arcade racer ever
nothing comes close
Oh man! The memories. God these games were really cool.I'm ticked off by the fact that you didn't post the definitive edition with Tokyo in it:
There was a NFS thread not too long ago and Alex Ward (former Criterion) popped in and spoke about how much they had to fight with EA to get this game made. In particular he mentioned that he's a fan of the early NFS games and felt that the game should just be about racing and cop chases in exotic cars. So basically, no Underground stuff where you're taking a Honda Civic, Ford Focus or Dodge Neon's and upgrading them into something faster. And I agree with that. NFS shouldn't be Gran Turismo. Don't get me wrong, GT is my favorite racing franchise. But it built its legacy on starting some and working your way up. NFS should be about hopping in some exotic car and going fast right away. There should be no starting small and working your way up.
Hopefully Ghost looks more toward HP2010 as an inspiration for NFS2019 and less toward the Underground and Fast and the Furious franchise. And I mean this across the board. In terms of driving mechanics, location, music, car selection and so on. HP2010 is what injected new life into the series after it struggled with games like ProStreet, Shift and Undercover. So give that formula another try.
Hopefully Ghost looks more toward HP2010 as an inspiration for NFS2019 and less toward the Underground and Fast and the Furious franchise. And I mean this across the board. In terms of driving mechanics, location, music, car selection and so on. HP2010 is what injected new life into the series after it struggled with games like ProStreet, Shift and Undercover. So give that formula another try.
My favorite racing game ever. Loved every second of it. It was my first and only Platinum trophy until Spider-Man this past fall.
Unfortunately I don't see Ghosts going that way. Majority of the fanbase wants the Underground/Tuner stuff (I do...but to an extent, I still want the exotics which NFS was originally known for). They really gotta nail down a good driving feel in the physics and balance between the tuner/exotics stuff. They still haven't found a perfect medium between the two imo.
You're probably thinking about any other NFS.
ONE THING TO NOTE: THIS WAS ONE OF THE LASTEST TO NOT BE OPEN WORLD. Sure, there's an open world, but it's literally there just for you to relax driving, there's not any kind of reward from doing so. That's it. Every race in the game (which you select from a menu) has a pre-set route that you can't deviate from. They're point to point races.
Or maybe instead of that halfhearted burnout paradise remaster, we should have gotten a Need for Speed 60fps Hot pursuit remaster for current gen
Looking through this thread, it seems like a whole lot of people are confusing this with NFS: Most Wanted (2012). This was an event based racer with 2 campaigns (Racer/Police). There was no driving to events, you selected from a list.
The powers were rad, the multiplayer was rad, and the campaign was rad.
Edit: Most Wanted 2012 was also rad, btw. I just wish the crazy intro "boss" monsters when you were unlocking a new skill or area was actually something they worked into the game, rather than just for a cutscene.
Like, imagine if you had to race a mission evading THESE:
The powers were rad, the multiplayer was rad, and the campaign was rad.
Edit: Most Wanted 2012 was also rad, btw. I just wish the crazy intro "boss" monsters when you were unlocking a new skill or area was actually something they worked into the game, rather than just for a cutscene.
Like, imagine if you had to race a mission evading THESE:
^Basically sums it up, now watch the next game be Hot Pursuit and once again be called Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit (2019).
You're probably right.
I have it on Origin too, may as well give it a spin.
Yes, yes. It is an absolutely fantastic game, a masterclass in game design. The car handling style was accompanied PERFECTLY by the route design. This is something that later installments relying on Criterion's drifty handling failed at. MW2012's urban setting and 90 degree turns was just not a good fit. Rivals had way too many tight routes and the cars were too heavy, not to mention that unless you upgraded, your cars were waaay too fragile and the cops were way too aggressive. HP2010' country roads, highways with long winding turns? Yes please. Perfect. They also nailed the cop behaviour. They weren't nearly as suicidal as in Rivals, instead there was proper escalation.
There is also a purity to HP2010's general design. There is very little to no fluff. It's a game that put all the emphasis on the actual gameplay, and didn't really waste time and effort on anything else. Sometimes less is more - it ensured very little downtime between events, short loading screens and no cringeworthy story. It reminded me of the classic, pre-UG NFS games in a really good way.
There is also a purity to HP2010's general design. There is very little to no fluff. It's a game that put all the emphasis on the actual gameplay, and didn't really waste time and effort on anything else. Sometimes less is more - it ensured very little downtime between events, short loading screens and no cringeworthy story. It reminded me of the classic, pre-UG NFS games in a really good way.
THIS! Nothing is even remotely close. I don't want a new NFS, just give me a new Midnight Club. Especially a direct sequel to MC2/3.
best arcade racer ever
nothing comes close
High stakes was the shit! Yea, I can agree one of my favorite racers of all time. Yup
Hot Pursuit games were the best NFS sub categories in my opinion. I'd like a HP2 remake/ re-imagining. One of the great arcade racers.
The one thing I dislike about this (and Criterion racers in general) is the lenghty unskippable tutorials about anything new.
Yeah, I always hated that about criterion's games. Makes replaying them with a fresh save file annoying.
And this is where I hope the series doesn't continue the trend of what Hollywood is doing.
They saw the success of the early Fast movies and EA followed with the Underground series. With Payback, it really looked like it was going with the recent Fast movies(which I gave up after Fast Five).
Rivals is the last NFS game I played and really enjoyed. I was excited to play NFS(2015), but by that time my interest in gaming was dwindling. I did buy the game, but never played it. :/
By far the biggest issue with Payback is that it feels like it should be a 3rd person action game rather then a racer (as well as the typical awful writing that comes with EA games)
It's more Watchdogs 2/GTA then NFS at that point. So you feel limited by the game rather then just enjoying racing around
It was the last truely great Need for Speed. The graphics, the gameplay, the sound effects. All of those were well done.
It sucks it might be stuck on last gen but I hope PS5 backwards compatibility is able to play any game from that generation. Would be awesome.
I would also love to see Midnight Club return but seeing where Rockstar are these days I doubt it would come back.
It sucks it might be stuck on last gen but I hope PS5 backwards compatibility is able to play any game from that generation. Would be awesome.
I would also love to see Midnight Club return but seeing where Rockstar are these days I doubt it would come back.
I should have said consoles. But yeah the PC is the definitive platform for preserving games. After all it is the easiest way to play Outrun 2 in the best graphical elements and gameplay.
I am saving up to get one.
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And that's exactly why I dislike this and every other NfS game since then. Need for Speed and Burnout need to be their own things and not some NfS x Burnout hybrid.
I like this line of thinking.
Just take the game as is, change the map and up the graphics. Kind of like GTA Vice City Stories and Liberty City Stories being almost the same core game but with different missions and map.
Yep I loved this game. Need For speed Hot Pursuit (2010) was the cops vs racers. Had 2 campaigns you could switch between. You could emp, spike strip, turbo,a nd a bunch of other neat sutff. It was so good. Also there mainly Sprint and Circuit races that i remember.
Need For Speed Most Wanted (2012) while still kinda rad was open world. So you just had to drive around to find new cars and do the events for the cars and that type of shit. It started the open world trend in NFS games that while I love in some (Underground series) I wouldn't want in the Hot Pursuit series. I think I've played every NFS since then except Rivals which looked like a clone of Most Wanted with a Hot Pursuit skin on it.
Need For Speed Most Wanted (2012) while still kinda rad was open world. So you just had to drive around to find new cars and do the events for the cars and that type of shit. It started the open world trend in NFS games that while I love in some (Underground series) I wouldn't want in the Hot Pursuit series. I think I've played every NFS since then except Rivals which looked like a clone of Most Wanted with a Hot Pursuit skin on it.
I'm surprised they didn't try a real Underground 3, given that the Underground aesthetic is the easiest one to sell skins, lootboxes or whatever EA wants. It's basically made to buy vinils and shit.
Hot Pursuit, indeed, was amazing. Probably the last Need for Speed I've liked.
Hot Pursuit, indeed, was amazing. Probably the last Need for Speed I've liked.
I forgot where I read about it but I heard they were originally going to make "MW2". Like a straight sequel taking place years after but they ran into issue and made what we have today. Will see if I can find the source.
Without a doubt my favourite NFS game. Just incredible atmosphere, great fun and amazing multiplayer. Loved it to bits. Gimme a remake or remaster and I will be there 100%.
