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Take a look at Need for Speed Unbound without its cartoon-ish effects

YouTube's 'CROWNED' has shared a video, showcasing what Need for Speed Unbound would look like without its cartoon-ish effects.

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Vengeance1138929d ago

Would look like? All the effects are just a toggle On/Off in the settings, everything totally optional. This isn't some amazing edit the "youtuber" did, just a normal part of the game to have them off.

Azraeia929d ago

next up... what grand theft auto v looks like without subtitles!!!!

DarkZane929d ago

I don't know if it's different on PC, but on console, you can't deactivate all of them, just one.

Christopher929d ago (Edited 929d ago )

I get your point, but this video is to show people who might be interested in playing it but don't like the effects. As someone playing the game, the effects are extremely minor, but if you dislike them, just turn them off.

Elit3Nick929d ago

They're not, actually. You can't get rid of the cartoon smoke, but you can get rid of the other effects by choosing the "cloaked" options

CantThinkOfAUsername928d ago

Nice Bullshit. There's not a single option in the settings to disable these effects. The only option is to tame them down using the Cloaked Driving Effects, which still keeps the smoke and light trails.

This YouTuber did indeed tweak the game to remove the smoke but hasn't removed the light trails and overhead lines yet.

Maybe play the game before lying and shitting on someone who has.

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PS_HCT929d ago

I prefer the look without the effects. I'm more interested in the game now.

SimpleSlave929d ago

It went from mildly interesting looking to shovelware looking. Nooice! It should sell some more copies now for sure. 👍

dumahim929d ago

I'd want it off myself. Everything looking pretty realistic and then having these cartoony effects happening all the time, it's too much of a clash in styles for me.

z2g929d ago (Edited 929d ago )

this is just a setting in the game. No magic or post production wizardry has taken place here.

also - i played the demo of this game. its fine. I'm probably a bit too old personally for the portrayals of the street racer characters and how they are portrayed. Heres my issue with the game as an art director in real life putting my art director hat on. The cars and environments are rendered very realistically. they look as close to real life as the engine and the console horsepower allow them to be. Then you have the characters - which are not at all realistic looking. They intentionally look like cell-shaded cartoons. That in and of itself is fine and even looks cool. But when you put the realistic cars/world together with cartoon people, theres a huge disconnect for me. Its two styles that don't necessarily go together. The graphics effects that they put around the cars (which personally i think are pretty cool from a design perspective) almost seem to bridge the gap between the 2 rendering techniques of world/characters. Removing the graphical effects almost widens the disparity of looks. So while its every players choice as to whether they want them or not, from a design perspective, its almost a disservice to turn them off (unless you have accessibility needs that they interfere with).

Just my .02 cents that im sure nobody cares to hear.

DarkZane928d ago

On consoles, you can't turn them off, you can only put an effect that look like normal grey smoke, but it's still an effect.

Either it's different on PC or the person posting that video clearly modded the game.

CrimsonWing69929d ago

I like the effects, not gonna lie. It's just that contrast between semi-realistic and some punk drawing over a picture. It's a cool style.

Kurt Russell928d ago

I like the style too. I think we're in the minority.

CrimsonWing69928d ago (Edited 928d ago )

Haha it seems like it.

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Need for Speed Unbound races onto Amazon Luna cloud gaming service

Luna+ subscribers can stream Criterion’s open-world arcade racer on Amazon’s cloud gaming service.

Amplitude5d ago

There’s no way the Luna player base is more than 50,000 people. I’d love to see their numbers

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Need for Speed will return in “new and interesting ways,” says EA

Support for Need for Speed Unbound has ended as Criterion focuses on the new Battlefield.

RaidenBlack139d ago

Plz no live service only NFS.
You already tried that with the reboot which was online only.

FinalFantasyFanatic138d ago

I can totally see them doing that again.

andy85139d ago

Just give me Underground 2 remastered

Fonsecap138d ago

Don't known if you're aware, but there is a modding team remastering the game in unreal engine 5, look for it it's looking good.

ApocalypseShadow139d ago

But no Burnout since you bought the competition to kill their game. And what's left of Criterion who stayed, were put to make your game need for speed. Don't care what ways it comes back. It's EA. No buy.

CosmicTurtle139d ago

They bought Criterion for their middleware engine Renderware I believe. But the studio was a bonus.

Amplitude5d ago (Edited 5d ago )

Burnout and Motorstorm were by far the best arcade racers. Forza Horizon is up there too.

Need For Speed is like that guy you used to kinda be friends with in high school who’s now a broke homeless drug addict but you still nod when you walk by, hoping he’ll get better. But he never will

TheColbertinator139d ago

I enjoyed NFS Heat but they never built properly on that.

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When To Expect A New Need For Speed Game?

It's been more than 3 years that no sign of a brand new Need For Speed games has emerged, but when are we going to get a fresh NFS anyway?

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andy85158d ago

When to expect a great one should be the question. Must be 15 years

Dandalandan117158d ago

Why can't they just give fans what they want?
Remake NFSU, NFSU2, or the original Most Wanted.
Or what about a new Burnout game perhaps?

Deathtracker158d ago

We've been waiting for these remakes since, like, forever.

badboyz09158d ago

I'll wait for Midnight Club😁

The_Hooligan158d ago

Same. They should remaster the trilogy. I'll buy it day 1. I still have all three for the PS2.

Michiel1989158d ago

fuck need for speed, give us a new burnout by Criterion

Fonsecap158d ago

Search YouTube for Need for speed underground 2 remaster, modders are porting the game to UE

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