Need for Speed 2017: Paying it Back

By Ghost Games - May 9, 2017:
Join us as we go Under the Hood of Need for Speed to discuss customization, offline experience and what to expect for 2017.

[crazychris4124]

I hope they improve the police chases. Cops is the last game were just retarded.

[MecheSlays]

Literally.

[MecheSlays]

And they had insane teleportation skills. they would just pop up from no where

[Whirlwind_Fanfare_08]

Very retarded indeed.

[Retroman]

Ghost games Wouldn't be in this mess if they did not add always online,no pausing ,weak cop chase ,rubber banding racing ,drifting every freakin corner .
I would advise everyone to wait for YouTube reaction first .
Make Sure Ghost Games heard Us .

[TitanUp]

Always Online could be an EA mandatory "feature". I can't guarantee that of course I don't work with EA but most of the time publishers set guidelines for their product.

[Princess_Pilfer]

That's what happens when EA absorbs companies. All Criterions talent fled the EA machine and EA promptly merged what was left with one of it's other studios, and chances are they hamstung what good work Criterions ghost could have done with corperate meddling.

In the last 12 years there have been 2 good NFS games, and one of them was good because it was basically just Burnout 3 + Hot Pursuit 2. 2/9 is pretty poor odds. It's not worth getting your hopes up.

[Retroman]

Princess_pilfer

Im sooooooooooooo fking glad someone realize and Understand in last 12 years there been Only 2 good NFS games .

[abstractel]

I am def against always online and some of the live action was a bit hookey, but the gameplay was really fun IMO and the graphics were gorgeous. Perhaps it felt a bit smaller than other entries, but overall really enjoyed it as an arcade racer. I think if they have grown from the experience that this one will be better which would make it a title to look forward to IMO.

[jokerisalive]

Give us NFS MW 2005 sequel or a game just like it WITH a real story driven OFFLINE campaign and I am in. Stop with the whole 'Internet Required BS' that some devs want to keep justifying. Carbon was a sequel/prequel and was good also I would LOVE to see something along the lines of those games with a HOT NFS covergirl like they had also to keep it interesting too.

[InTheZoneAC]

Ea just needs to let Criterion handle nfs again and keep any requirements out of it. And give us another burnout Paradise-type game.

[EazyC]

Yeeeees, they just need to take the Paradise format and update it to next-gen! OG Burnout fans complained but I absolutely adore Burnout Paradise. The online was amazing too! I remember doing those challenges where everyone had to do a certain task, it was so cool

[InTheZoneAC]

Paradise and motorstorm(entire series) were my most played racing games on ps3, topping GT, nfs, and whatever else

[RavageX]

Their version of Most Wanted was terrible. They need to stick with Burnout and not try another NFS.

[InTheZoneAC]

They had two nfs games and both were the best we've seen since PS1 days...

[KwietStorm_BLM]

Is anyone but the janitor even left at criterion?

[Retroman]

Are you Fking Serious? Who in the Hell want Criterion to Develop need for speed again ??? let them do Burnout only . no more combing NFS with Burnout again . or NFS The Run with NFS Hotpursuit or NFS High Stakes with MostWanted shit. that's why Rivals failed , mixing shit up.

[mafiahajeri]

Need for speed hot pursuit was the last decent Need for speed game the last one was rubbish

The sense of speed is whats important to me, the last one felt like you were being held down when driving. Which reminds me a remastered midnight club with updated graphics and physics and online support would be bonkers.

[yeahokwhatever]

MC3 Dub Edition Remix is my favorite arcade racer of all time. Id buy that instantly if they could put it on PS4 in 1080 60fps

[Jls1]

nfs died when black box left after nfs undercover but nfs hot pursuit 2010 was really good though havent bought a nfs since then

[jokerisalive]

Agreed black box was great.

[MilkMan]

The issue with all these games boils down to two things. Excitement and fun. These lack in even games like Forza Horizon 3.
Graphics are fine, but for an action racer, one needs excitement and fun.
Not narrow street, not streets crowded so densely that if you reach 30mph it's a miracle, not this whole "if you find the jump then cool", open world racers just lead to fatigue, as all open world games do. Racing to the destination, racing on your event, racing to get back to where you want to go when you lose/win an event.
and when you crash the animations and such seem to be a second thought.
Burnout did all of this (before paradise city) very well. Even driving was exciting, now everything else is just puffing along.
There was hope with Blur and Split/Second but these games never got the attention they deserved.