New Need for Speed: "Most Exciting and Best Looking Need for Speed Game;" Focusing on Innovation

During Electronic Arts' quarterly financial conference call, Chief Executive Officer Andrew Wilson talked about the next Need for Speed title.

[Az1mov]

Don't they say that every time? the catchphrase... If need for speed doesn't change hands, to another publisher, it will stay mediocre. Best looking, not hard to achieve, however innovation takes brilliant minds with a vision - Not a copy/paste template.

[Jon61586]

Well the latest one had a lot more good than bad. I'm looking forward to when they start using motorcycles. I just think the time is ripe for such a foray. I think if they can do the customization od NFSU2 the maps of Most Wanted 2 and Rivals and the police from Most Wanted 1 that to me would be the best racing game ever.

[Az1mov]

those elements combined would make for a solid package alright :) future will tell, but it seems that they are driving this franchise to the grounds. Arcade-ish racing games' future never looked so bleak though

[Retroman]

That was the "PROBLEM " with Rivals and Mostwanted combining 3 games into one.
most gamers including myself said WTF? is this? if this New title same as the reboot always online combine with criterion Mostwanted combine with Rivals combined with need for Speed Shift we have another Flop on our hands .

[FITgamer]

The OG Most Wanted was the last good NFS. Series has fell off since.

[Princess_Pilfer]

Hot Pursuit (2010) says hello. I know it's secretly a lovechild of Burnout 3 and Hot Pursuit 2, but it is (ironically) the most true to the series roots (barreling down winding open roads in supercars at 140 mph) thing the series has done since... well since Hot Pursuit 2. It' also the best thing the series has done, since ever.

I know nostalgia is a big thing with people and Undergound hit during the Fast and Furious craze which made it an instant hit with all the tweens and early to mid teens, but there were actually NFS games before Underground, and Underground (and it's spawn) isn't even that good. Hilarious "gangster" nonsense is hilarious, Midnight Club 3 was better at customization, and everything controls like a tank (or a shopping cart depending on the game and your use of the handbake/slow time thingy.) The Underground series does not have the precision control necessary for the tight, technical city tracks to be interesting (even much faster paced and more obviously arcadey racing games like Midnight Club 2 and 3 have sharper controls) and nor is it big on the windy open roads and high speeds, save a few freeway races, that its controls can handle.

[Liqu1d]

I'd rather have them focus on making good driving physics. And just make Underground 3 already.

[UCForce]

And hopefully, the next one is not always online. I can't believe why they included it the previous one.

[monsoon_moon]

Or a new Most Wanted that's actually deserving of the title. Either or.

[Liqu1d]

I'll gladly take a worthy successor to Most Wanted.

[Inzo]

Or just remaster Most Wanted.

[frostypants]

The last NFS to have anything approaching realistic physics was the original back in '94. Every NFS since then has been 100% arcade.

EDIT: I see some of you have never actually driven a car...

[monsoon_moon]

I don't want a racing sim from NFS. I have Forza for that. I want an arcade racer. No one thinks NFS is realistic.

[andrewsquall]

Which would be done best on a game engine built from the ground up for the driving genre, not Frostbite.

[StormLegend]

Please just go back to the Hot Pursuit series. No more story mode cutscenes or nightime only worlds

[samden]

The original Hot Pursuit will always be the best!

[Goldby]

u talking ps2 or GC?

[StormLegend]

The second one is my all time favorite!

[Drizzy]

I'm with you on the night time only, give us dynamic weather already!

[ChiefofLoliPolice]

Who on gods green earth wants dynamic weather in a NFS game? Seriously?

[Retroman]

Amen Travis. Someone see the Light . No more unnecessary live action cutscene ,no more nightmare racing only world . could not pause the game ,no more constant drifting . Please !!!!! go back to old-fashioned Hotpursuit style .

[Goldby]

to be fair about the constant drifting in the new one, that would have been due to the set up you had on the vehicle.

stick with grip and you get minimal sliding in the back. the drift option tho is way to loose.

[Adexus]

Haven't been a fan of NFS since Most Wanted, ever since they changed the handling model to a slow, "more realistic" one.

[samden]

To a slow, tank like one
FTFW

[Adexus]

Tank like, perfect description of how NFS feels these days.

[solderman]

I can't believe EA killed Burnout in favour of Need for Speed. Crying shame.

[ninsigma]

Burnout revenge was a fantastic game (only burnout I've played).

[DrGonzo]

Lotta buzz works in only 1 statement...the proof is in the pudding EA. 'Focusing on innovation' doesnt mean shit.

[TimelessDbz]

Another NFS 2010 would be awesome. So sick of open world racing games . Burnout paradise was boring beyond belief and the open world NFS games besides the last one were boring too.

[dohji]

If it don't have local multiplayer I won't buy. Said it for the last need for speed and I'm sayin it again.

[TimelessDbz]

Guess you won't be buying it then. Split screen is dead.

[Nodoze]

Cannot wait for another hipster/gangster wanna be Fast Furious storyline /rolleyes

[ClickbaitAF]

I still don't think they can top NFS Underground 2 and Most Wanted.

[CyrusLemont]

Underground and Carbon were more like the RPGs of racing, and for that reason we'll probably never get a sequel, because RPG generally means lots of customisation and content built into the game, which is like an oxymoron to associate with EA.

[billybonez]

Would like to see exotic, muscle and tuners live in harmony with a well put togather progressive system.

[quent]

Not interested, with that so called reboot they've dumbed it down to such an extent that it doesn't even compare to the past games in the franchise from 10-15 years ago, you're shiny Frostbite alone won't save the series if this continues

[deaddragonz]

I always wanted a Hot Pursuit 2/Underground/2/Most Wanted hybrid game with sprinkle of Carbon.

[masterfox]

I do really wanted to try the last Need for Speed but that always online thing put me off the game, I hope they do good thing this time. Most Wanted was awesome game!

[Evil-Gouki]

No moar hipsters and bro-fists plz

[Inzo]

If its always online looks, gameplay, amount of cars wont matter, I simply wont buy it.

[Huey_My_D_Long]

Fuck NFS, EA I want my Burnout back.

[Goldby]

i don't know why they didn't just put the to together. licensed vehicles from need for speed, destruction from burnout.
Need for Speed: Burnout

[TheOptimist]

And this is how the hype starts and when the product is out, disappointments sets in. This gen is filled ith such examples.

[PersonMan]

Is it online only? If so, it's a no-buy for me

[annoyedgamer]

Another day another paid promotion by EA.

[andrewsquall]

Not made by Criterion. Will be on Frostbite again instantly rubbing salt in that last wound of the sentence before this one. Moving on.

[Guyfamily999]

Last one I really enjoyed was Most Wanted from 2012. With more world content and some adjustments I really think that formula could work again. It was pretty fun.

[Goldeneye007]

Oh, it's EA? No thank you. I'll never let them swindle another penny from me. Screw EA.

[Ninver]

Gameplay > graphics, or bring both! This game already sounds like a skip. They've been spouting the same nonsense every nfs iteration for years now. It's getting old fast.

[bmky]

EA innovation = Always Online

[XXanderXX]

After realizing how confused EA has become with NFS am thankful that T10 was a studio they could never have bought .

[BenRC01]

Wheel and VR support or GTFO.