Tommi84
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First car gamr I rrmember where you could find videos online names 'hownto fix the handling of the car'.
No to make it BETTER to be faster, but to FIX it
Rumor: EA has shelved the "Need for Speed" franchise
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No to make it BETTER to be faster, but to FIX it
Moriarty1889
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First Forza Motorsport and now this……these companies suck.
Gamer_By_Proxy
Member
I wish they'd focus less on being ghetto and more on being fun. I miss the burnout takedown days.
Dalbajobas
Member
EA didn't kill it.. it was Forza Horizon series that cemented it's demise.
There's nothing NFS could offer apart from some interesting story maybe, but in a racing game is that really that important.
There's nothing NFS could offer apart from some interesting story maybe, but in a racing game is that really that important.
Moriarty1889
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EA and MS are a mirror image of eachother it seems. Both destroy franchises and any fan goodwill related to them.
Audiophile
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Their ability to cock up endless franchises that are extremely straightforward knows no bounds.
No BBC=Anger
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Rumor is the last Fast and Furious movie is going back to its roots in street racing. NFS needs a fresh story so tie it in with that. I'd be down for that with a competent dev team at the helm.
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RAIDEN1
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This goes along with EA not pursuing Dead Space 4, and we know where that is now.....You have to be REALLY fortunate to have a franchise 30+ years old, (Need for Speed) to stay strong in this "climate" of gaming we are in...as with all the other franchises that have ceased to exist, the only way they will come back is if there is a game made by the "fans".....in reality the last great NFS game was the one released by Criterion in 2011, at the time they said they wanted to go back to the roots of what made the initial entry into the series so great..Most Wanted though.... one commentator on YouTube said, there is no reward in getting the cars you get, you don't have to earn the right to get better performance cars....which sort of defeats the purpose..The first game from 1994/95 will remain legendary as a fabulous game......without doubt...
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simpatico
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Unbound is the best entry in a long time, but man, it's best enjoyed by deaf people. Really gives Forza Horizon 5, DAVG and Concord a run for their money when it comes to most obnoxious dialog in a video game.
NFS needs to sleep for a little while. I'll be here if she ever comes back.
It's just the AAA space that doesn't know how to budget and market racers. The genre itself has never been better. What are you playing on? Unless you're chained to a console, there is more quality racing content than any person with a full-time job can even consume.
NFS needs to sleep for a little while. I'll be here if she ever comes back.
In some ways we're entering a racing game golden age. The simulator scene has never had more choices or robustness. Arcade scene has Horizon, which for my money is the best real-car arcade racing franchise of all time. Stuff like Tokyo Xtreme Racer, Night Runners and Rush Rally 3 are crushing it on the indie scene. Assetto Crosa Evo could be cooking up a racer to give Forza players a refuge if T10 ever truly turns the lights off. That game is insane already and it's in the infant stages of early access. By the time it's done I expect it to stand alone in the Gran Turismo - Forza Motorsport accessible sim genre. Gonna be hard for anyone to ever catch up.
It's just the AAA space that doesn't know how to budget and market racers. The genre itself has never been better. What are you playing on? Unless you're chained to a console, there is more quality racing content than any person with a full-time job can even consume.
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Of the recent ones, I've only played Heat. Cop chases were fun for a bit, but in all other aspects it's pretty damn mediocre.
Last one I really liked was actually the Most Wanted remake. No cringe-worthy story, just pure car collecting and racing. I wish other open-world racing games would take note.
Last one I really liked was actually the Most Wanted remake. No cringe-worthy story, just pure car collecting and racing. I wish other open-world racing games would take note.
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phant0m
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It's just a tough market now. Forza Horizon perfected the simcade racer so well back with like FH3 that even their own releases feel a little derivative now, let alone room for competition. Gran Turismo owns the pure sim racer (outside of the really hardcore stuff) and Mario Kart owns karting.
Their best bet imo would be to lean heavily into the cop thing but doesn't seem like they have much of anything left in the tank.
Buggy Loop
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I must have missed that, insane. I thought it was widely accepted the guy is a fucking corporate ghoul. What has EA done in the past decade that is even worth applauding
March Climber
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Not saying everyone in the thread did, but enough people did to make me do a double take. Some of them simply because of the person who reported the news. Anyway, here's the thread:
I must have missed that, insane. I thought it was widely accepted the guy is a fucking corporate ghoul. What has EA done in the past decade that is even worth applauding
CLW
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So they could ruin it and close the studio EA was doing it WAY before Phil
forsakkenSoul
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Out of the more recent NFS games, I liked the gameplay in Heat, but I thought the story and characters were way too weak. Payback felt pretty mediocre overall, nothing really stands out. Weak story, same old gameplay, and the characters were just okay.
I liked NFS 2015 for its story and visuals, and the characters were pretty good too, but the gameplay was terrible.
Rivals was actually a good game, good graphics even by today's standards, and the gameplay was fun.
Hot Pursuit and Most Wanted by Criterion are still sitting in my backlog. Haven't played them yet, but people seem to like them. I'll check them out one of these days.
As for Unbound, from what little I've seen, it seems pretty similar to Heat, forgettable story and characters, decent gameplay, but nothing special enough to make me want to buy it.
I liked NFS 2015 for its story and visuals, and the characters were pretty good too, but the gameplay was terrible.
Rivals was actually a good game, good graphics even by today's standards, and the gameplay was fun.
Hot Pursuit and Most Wanted by Criterion are still sitting in my backlog. Haven't played them yet, but people seem to like them. I'll check them out one of these days.
As for Unbound, from what little I've seen, it seems pretty similar to Heat, forgettable story and characters, decent gameplay, but nothing special enough to make me want to buy it.
Principal
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SSX needs to be studied, how do you fumble something like that? NBA Street too... Honestly... Whoever is in charge of EA needs to be fired.
yurinka
Member
sad news if true
Well, there's a perfect storm:
- Game budgets keep skyrocketing every generation and reached a point where big AAA games that aren't top sellers no longer are profitable
- Considering inflation game prices keep becoming cheaper every generation
- Games get discounted or price cutted more and faster every generation
- Players keep focusing their time and money more and more in a few GaaS titles and yearly franchises, and particularly titles released in previous years
- The amount of games keep increasing year after year so there's even less visibility
- Players get giant backlogs from huge discounts, gamesubs or give aways from places like Epic Store or Amazon Prime
- Outside a few top sellers the revenue and profitability keeps decreasing
- Important investors moved away to other tech markets with bigger growth like AI, or became more conservative when deciding where to put their money
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Futaleufu
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To get their hands on the F1 license
kpopSuperstar
Member
This is one of the biggest franchises in gaming, it was a big money maker for EA for decades.
The last one had a big budget and flopped like a fish though.
Fucking modern gaming, the budgets are so high that one failure is enough to end 25 years of history.
The last one had a big budget and flopped like a fish though.
Fucking modern gaming, the budgets are so high that one failure is enough to end 25 years of history.
MayauMiao
Member
Eh, don't matter. Need for Speed is just a branding but it associates itself with bad products so much throughout the franchise that by default everyone will think negatively of any new game labelled "Need for Speed".
Just start with a fresh new IP with actual good game.
Just start with a fresh new IP with actual good game.
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simpatico
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Gran Turismo is the definition of simcade. "Pure sim" is a bit silly when you look at the Ring times in GT7...
Not a knock, simcade is my favorite racing genre.
Fear not, Slightly Mad refugees are going to try and save us again. They came so close with PCars. In another timeline, a proper version of PCars 3 easily takes the simcade crown from Forza and GT and democratizes racing for the next 100 years. They've got my support to take as many swings as they have the gumption for. The Shift series and PCars have the highest highs of simcade racing. Just didn't have the funding to see the entire package all the way through.
It might not have your favorite publisher's logo on the case, but it is worth checking out man. Physics engine running at 720hz on this one.
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phant0m
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lol I knew someone was gonna argue about that
I know it's not project cars or iRacing, but GT is about as "sim racing" as you can get for most people. (it's also one of the 5 major sim racers with a ranked/esports following)
but anyway my point was that FH is so good it's basically eaten the entire market between kart racers and GT
simpatico
Member
Yeah FH might be the best racing video game of all time. I thought FH6 had the chance to make a Call of Duty-esque ascension if it launched day 1 on PS5. But I guess with the big staffing haircut, anything is possible now. If Microsoft didn't drop the bag this gen, Horizon could really have been the backbone of exclusives for it. There is so much potential for it to be a crossover smash hit.
(bruh, 5:30 Ring times in a road car?)
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Agent_4Seven
Tears of Nintendo
Finally! Nothing good was released for 15 years after HP2010. Took them long enough.
They need to go back to focusing on Exotic cars and Exotic sounds.
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Hypereides
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Seems like an apt theme for the thread:
This series has lost its way since EA got its claws into it. At this point, I'd advise any developer doing business with them to practice outmost caution. It really seems like dealing with a predator that circles around its prey. They've wrecked, locked away and shelved so many cherished legacy IPs at this point.
I'm just relieved there are other up and coming creators, both in the indie and AA groups, out there still developing racing games. They'll fill the void these AAA monoliths are leaving behind. With substantially more enthusiasm injected into their games too.
This series has lost its way since EA got its claws into it. At this point, I'd advise any developer doing business with them to practice outmost caution. It really seems like dealing with a predator that circles around its prey. They've wrecked, locked away and shelved so many cherished legacy IPs at this point.
I'm just relieved there are other up and coming creators, both in the indie and AA groups, out there still developing racing games. They'll fill the void these AAA monoliths are leaving behind. With substantially more enthusiasm injected into their games too.
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Jedi games are still good.
xrnzaaas
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The last NfS game I kinda enjoyed was the 2015 'reboot'. Dropped another one (Payback?) and never liked what they offered since then. I also feel like they were completely lost with the last game with the controversial art style (and an option to turn off some of the effects) and a difficulty level that's all over the place.
A shame that the series will end this way, I still remember having fun playing NfS1 on my PS1.
A shame that the series will end this way, I still remember having fun playing NfS1 on my PS1.
drganon
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Not saying everyone in the thread did, but enough people did to make me do a double take. Some of them simply because of the person who reported the news. Anyway, here's the thread:
He looks like someone who hunts humans for sport.
mistuhcahlos
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Bought Hear recently and I'm really enjoying it. Sad to hear about NFS in general though.
YeulEmeralda
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This franchise was legendary for a long time.
Alan Silvestro
Member
Finally!
Now, can we have Burnout Takedown 2, please?
Now, can we have Burnout Takedown 2, please?
