Need for Speed: Most Wanted might share a name with the 2005 original by EA Black Box, but current series developers Criterion are making the Need for Speed franchise very much their own.
After nearly three decades of NFS games, here's a list of the best Need For Speed titles that have ever been released in the past years, ranked by The Nerd Stash.
Need for Speed: Most Wanted debuted in 2005, with the Xbox 360 version being the first then next-generation title in the franchise.
This game was awesome! I remember reloading my save if I didn’t get the pink slip from my blacklist rival
Paul writes - "EA know a good thing when they see it, and for multiple years November was Need for Speed month. In a break from the usual routine, I'm going to be looking back at two games here, released in 2005 and 2010 respectively. The earlier game is Need for Speed: Most Wanted, which has the distinction of being one of the very best in the franchise. The second game comes from 2010, and is Need for Speed Hot Pursuit; which I'll talk about just as the Remastered version of the game has hit the stores."
I completely adore this game! In fact its probably my favorite racing game. I recently dusted off my xbox 360 to play Most Wanted 2005. Still a great game, though I do not remember there being such horrible performance. Like massive frame-pacing issues. screen tearing, latency. If any game ever truly needed to be remastered, it this one for sure!
If you don't want people to think you're making a sequel, a top tip is to not name your game the same as the original!!
why not Burnout Paradise 2 then and stay faithful to what you have always done ?
Need for Speed 2012 is obviously another episode on Need for Speed.
Haha, apparently they don't make sequels to their own games anymore, either! Everyone wants more burnout!
But you should take into consideration what makes those games great.
I would rather a Burnout Paradise 2 but that doesn't mean I won't get this Day 1 since it has licensed cars.
If Criterion wants to wait until next gen for Burnout Paradise 2 or something similar then that is fine by me.