The “graphics vs gameplay” debate is as old as time, and it still rages on today with the upcoming releases of the Xbox One and PlayStation 4 reigniting the old-fashioned “console wars” and spec battles between hardware fanboys.
But everyone knows that a game’s visual achievements mean diddly-squat if the game isn’t very enjoyable.
Such a sentiment is shared by Need for Speed: Rivals executive producer Marcus Nilsson, who questioned the next generation of console’s capacity to change how we play and interact with games.
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.
Best NFS in my personal opinion
Highstakes, Hotpursuit 2 and Underground, Mostwanted, The Run.
Rest of those titles are Junk,Crap, disappointing.
Paul writes: "Without further ado, here is my list of the best and worst Need For Speed games in the history of the world! I'll run worst to best, so if you want to know which is the best ever Need for Speed game, you’ll have to read on."
Most wanted 2012 imo was awful, on PS3 the graphics are dreadful, and the crash cam was very annoying. Rival is the worst imo, hated that game. My favourite is Hot Pursuit, great game. Also Shift 1&2 are really good.
High Stakes will always be my favorite. Great cars, great music, and you could see through the windows which was pretty mind-blowing at the time. Best of all it was ricer-free.
Lame. The list doesn't even include any of the originals. NFS 1 and NFS hot Pursuit 1998. Must be a youngster who created the list.
He clearly stated that being this was an Xbox centered site he was going to limit his list to games that released on some form of Xbox. He also stated he had been playing them since OG PLaystation, so pretty sure he's not a "youngster"
From my personal experience NFS I personally don't like.......
The Worst : Underground 2 , Carbon, Prostreets, Undercover, Porche unleashed, Nitro, NFS World, 2012 Mostwanted, Rivals, 2015 Reboot last but not least Paycrap.
Best NFS I personally like :
All ps1 NFS : HighStakes (the best) including NFS 3 Hotpursuit , ps2 Hotpursuit 2 (Excellent game ) ..Underground ( Best so far)
2005 Mostwanted ( Excellent game) Shift 1/2 (Spectacular) remind me of GT , 2010 Hotpursuit Great game but race Waaaaaaay to long in my personal opinion . Last but not least The Run . these are my favorite NFS titles .
After The Run in my personal opinion NFS went down hill fast with Open world mapping crap, always online, multiplayer crap, alldrive, drifting in every freaking corners, no gripping anymore,autolog. None of this crapfest is NFS original formula. until Ea contract Ghost Games to return the original formula back in NFS it will always be Shitty game.
For 25 years now the Need for Speed series has kept its fans glued to their seats, but what are the standout titles?
NFSU2
NFSU
NFSMW
NFS(3DO)
Those are my favorites. Anything released recently is a big steaming pile of hot garbage.
My favs in order: NFS 3 Hot Pursuit, Hot Pursuit II, Both Undergrounds, Carbon, Prostreet, Shift 2 is a masterpiece
NFS looks like a current gen game sorry
Its funny he said that.... I was just thinking about GTA 5 and it looks like a next gen game and probably will play like a next gen game and its only on the XBOX 360 and PS3.
Yeah, I'm confused. Do I get the next generation titles, or am I good with current gen and save money until the big hitters arrive in 2014?
How would next-gen change gameplay in any game? There doesn't seem to be anything that's not already possible gameplay wise, unless it directly correlates to things like AI, physics etc. But that doesn't really 'change' the gameplay.
Graphics are important, i dont want to look at low density pixel/polygon on the screen, look at the detail in killzone shadow fall, driveclub and infamous, it looks stunning even with draw distance, if youre playing a ps360 game and move 200 meters away from a building or whatever it starts looking ugly and blurry, next gen games will look stunning in every way no matter how far you move away from something.