Wednesday 6 January 2016

Need for speed (2015) review


Well well well so its all true then. What "they" have been saying. Mixed feelings it is then. Don't get your coffee, this is going to be a really short review.

Why, the new Need for Speed game, of course.
Reading about the cut scenes people were talking about in forums felt like may be people were exaggerating a little and that it cant be that bad. After all, people do tend to....exaggerate about games.
But after loading it up and having a couple of hours with it I can say without reservation, "WHAT THE HELL WERE EA THINKING?"
Yawn, seriously! Its just UN-INTERESTING cut scene and drift fest. I tend to give games the benefit of the doubt, I always have ever since I have been gaming, but I cannot give this thing any benefits from the doubts it has. 

I liked that the police were in the background and not really interfering as much. So they did do some things right, I'll give them that. At this point, i'll go with the critics and say I have mixed feeling about this. You can't hate it, but you can't like it either.

It looks like EA tried to bolt on the best parts of all previous games into one game, except the problem there is that those best parts worked for the themes those games were made for. In this NFS it feels like an interior decorator kept forgetting what theme is meant to be implemented. 

Here is what made the original great:
A no fuss thrill ride. Cops there but not interfering excessively (Hence it made it fun to grossly outrun them with super cars -hah catch me if you can!). Digressing a bit, the first Need for speed Most wanted game is the best cop chase game ever so lets keep cop chases as a separate NFS franchise. Back to what made the original great; the videos were about CARS, about what made them special, about its history. There were videos of the real versions driving on actual tracks.  I loved watching those videos in the original road and track version. Use real cars, make it fun, turn it into a THRILL RIDE again EA.

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