Could 2014 Mean The Return of Need for Speed Underground?

BlackPanthaa writes: There are a lot of things pointing to the next instalment of Need for Speed being a return to the most popular era of games. From comments made by Ghost Games themselves, along with possibly Easter eggs hidden in the game.

[SavageKuma]

Oh if that does happen I will be stoked.

[MWong]

I will return to NFS if they do a true to form NFS:U.

[Nicxel]

I've been craving a racing game for some time now. Nothing out there interests me and I practically gave up NFS after Carbon. Carbon had some crappy drift mode races that were far too unrealistic...as if you're driving on ice haha. Sad that the best titles were the first Underground and Underground 2. If Underground 3 comes out and does the game right then I will be ecstatic!!

[ShinMaster]

Same here. I hope that if they do make a new Underground game it doesn't turn out like the new Most Wanted game.
I realize it's supposed to be good, but it didn't feel like most wanted. When it came to customization, it was severely lacking. And to me, that's a big part of what makes Most Wanted and the Underground games what they are.

Too much emphasis on crashing and huge jumps and little emphasis on car modifications. It was like Burnout with cops and real cars. Great if you're a Burnout fan, but I was hoping for NFS.

[n4rc]

NFS underground 2 probably had the best driving mechanics for fun.. I spent hours just customizing cars..

Make u3 and don't screw it up and I'm in.

[DOMination-]

Surely not made by ghost... 12 month dev cycle? Already sounds ropey

[Gamer1982]

Games evolve they dont go back anymore. They may do a NFS:u in title but will never go back to what made it great in the first place. People need to realise this and move on. This is not always for the better either. Look at Final Fantasy for proof it had 3 great games in a row on playstation in FF7,8 and 9 which all worked after the first 6 which also worked. They evolved it 10 and 12 sold okay so they moved on again and we got the garbage that is ff13. I don't expect ff15 wot be any greater. They won't ever go back to what made previous game back as that would mean admitting failure plus technologys moved on.

[MWong]

@ Gamer1982
Games do sometimes go back to their roots and just evolve the concept (that's what BioWare is claiming to do with DA3). Ghost/Criterion took Burnout and gave it licensed cars. They need to just listen to their Underground fans, play NFS U & U2, talk to some street racers, street trends (aka just do some research) and there you go NFS:U3, a fully customizable car street racer. While insane crashing is cool, I want a street racer again.

Custom doors, nitros, wheels, tires, headlights, hoods, roofs, spoilers, side mirrors, body paint, body kits ... etc (I think you get the point).

[FANTA1180]

my fave nfs series ...this would be awesome.

[imXify]

Perfect fit for new gen !

[Ketzicorn]

Sadly fans have been clamoring for it for years and nothing I just refuse to continue to get my hopes up anymore

[vitullo31]

Yeah same, I've given up on expecting it to happen.. It would be so awesome though I loved 1 and 2 to this day my favorite nfs hands down

[strigoi814]

better be im really waiting for this to happen

[MASTER_RAIDEN]

need for speed underground 1 and 2 were the best NFS's of all time. everything else they have is such utter crap in retrospect. i own rivals and hate that especially for a multitude of reasons. EA just needs to acknowledge the fact that underground is what most fans want.

[FANTA1180]

the original"most wanted" was decent , but i fully agree.

[Nekroo91]

oh i cant customize my car so the games suck....

You realize the original and best nfs had nothing to do with tunning . Did you even played the original hot pursuit games?!

[StoneyYoshi]

Do you understand that The Underground series is what made NFS Popular again? Yeah agreed that Hot pursuit was great, but Underground 1 and 2 blows hot pursuit out of the water! The Customization was one of the best things about the games.

Also that one glitch on one of the tracks allowed you to roam the whole city for as long as you wanted until somebody completed the race. Those are some of my best memories on NFS.

[Zancruz]

I know right... When i hear someone say the Underground games are the best NFS game, I just can't help but to think theyre some punk Ricer Fast & Furious Wannabe. (Lol) Yeah I enjoyed the hell out of the first Underground game (Still Own It) the second sucked and the original Most Wanted was far more exciting racing in a open world in traffic with cop on your butt.

Besides IF it was just car customization they want? Midnight Club 3 DUB Edition remix was hands down the best for it and it was a decent racer too.

[MASTER_RAIDEN]

can you read? i just stated my opinion in saying that underground series is best. i dont care that the original didnt have tuning. that has nothing to do with anything.

anyway ive played almost every NFS and underground 1 is easily the best one of all. what really fries me about the newer games (especially rivals) is that theres almost no real progression in the way cars are given to you. one can go from driving a mustang to a Ferrari in an hours time. theres no sense that you worked your way up to anything. i remember in underground 1 you started out with a volkswagon rabbit and actually went from bad, to better, to best cars. people try to condescend underground fans by saying all they want is customization. nah man...there were plenty of worthwhile aspects (including customization) that went into underground that to this day the newer games have not successfully emulated.

[wannabe gamer]

the way they screwed up the most wanted remake makes me have no faith in this at all. The thing that made MW so awesome was the story and the feeling it gave you, they stripped all that out in exchange for some abstract art BS....why the hell do i need to see 15 cop cars stacked in a triangle spinning at me before a race.....makes absolutely no sense

[DeadlyFire]

Yeah they really messed up Most Wanted's sequel. Cop AI in the game is pretty much non existent. It is non existent in the online mode. With the theme of the game being police and being most wanted it made no sense to me. Rivals might be decent, but I am skeptical of it.

Now that Criterion founders are gone I am beginning to wonder when they rebrand Burnout to NFS: Burnout. You know EA will do it one day. That way they can do two things to please some fans. Create a burnout game and keep a NFS game on the shelf every year.

EA needs to do something better with NFS. Its playing random dice with the ip every year. Rivals at one point was to be called NFS: Millionaire ha. I personally believe EA should give NFS 3 titles. NFS: Burnout, NFS: Underground, NFS: Hot Pursuit. Then rotate them around every couple of years. Although I believe Shift would also be decent for the series.

[SebbyGVS]

Yes please.

[MajorLazer]

After seeing the utter tripe that was the Most Wanted remake, I will not be holding my breath for the Underground remake

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[Zancruz]

I had no faith in this game, Very few Need For Speed games are actually good nowadays and Hot Pursuit was the only good remake last gen. Besides all that the First NFS Underground game was the only good one, The 3rd will most likely be a pretty pile of crap.

[WeAreLegion]

If they do, I doubt it will be anywhere near as fun as the first two. A lot of that original team is gone now. Ghost and Criterion did a decent job with Rivals, but I don't know. I just don't have faith that a good Underground 3 could be made with Ghost.

[Tidybrutes]

Underground 2 was my personal favourite of that gen, followed by Most Wanted.

Not played the recent Most Wanted developed by Criteron on home consoles but really liked it on Vita.

[metalgod88]

Oh god I hope so. Underground was one of my favorite ps2 games and I'd absolutely LOVE to see a next gen underground game. Need for Speed has been missing it for the longest time now and it's about time for a return. =P

[CocoWolfie]

hopefully EA only waited for next gen, as a few months down the line is better then day 1.. but hopefully we'll see :p

[Kujii]

As much as I loved the Underground Series I dont think a new version would be any good. It was the right game at the right time just when tuning cars were becoming very popular.

I imagine the new Underground would be alot like Forza Horizon with cops and in a city. Personally I would want to see a next gen NFS: Shift 3.

[2pacalypsenow]

I hope!!!

[Master-H]

IF they're going to butcher it like they did Most Wanted then i sincerely hope they don't bother putting the Underground title on it.

[_FantasmA_]

I liked NFSU, but I hate EA more. I think my wallet will stay shut. I just don't think it will be NFSU from 10 years ago. Wow, I can't believe its been that long. I remember like it was last week. :(

[urwifeminder]

Would rather a Bur 2 myself I cant get into need for speed.

[SoulSercher620]

If this happens it better be like the originals. Underground 1,2, and the original Most Wanted games were the best and I want them to return to that.

[r3f1cul]

all i have to say is it better not be this god damn burnout for speed style criterion crappy driving mechanics type NFS that has existed for the past 5 years or so... i want my twitch arcade driving style back from the original underground and hot pursuit games not these crappy new NFS titles and i'll not only buy it, i'll preorder it and get all the dlc your willing to make for it

[lifeordeath617]

omg please bring back that underground street racing stuff. i remember when i didnt like racing games outside of mario kart. Everything changed when i played NFS:U on PS2. Customizing cars was so dope lmao!

[01animeking]

bring it back and the customization please don't fuck it up EA

[SavageKuma]

This is the NFS we were wanting for a long time. I hope they give us the full customization treatment and I hope they bring back the story mode. That would be awesome.