VG247 writes: We got a chance this week to see Criterion’s Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit in London this week, and were lucky enough to grab some face-time with senior producer, Matt Webster.
Matt talked about his “healthy paranoia” as regards the competition, why story isn’t “necessary” to the game, what Criterion’s working on next and more.
Get the full thing after the break
There’s also some new screens below. A new trailer is incoming as well, so keep them peeled.
[Interview by Joe Anderson]
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.
Need for Speed Unbound has been revealed as a super-stylized racer featuring A$AP Rocky, with a brand-new high-framerate physics engine and 4k 60fps graphics. It will release on PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC in December.
Hope that one feature from heat is in the game, the one where you can get pretty much every vehicle to 400+
Need to see more gameplay. Announcement trailer and release 2 months later is interesting but something is off...
I think they are spending a large amount of money getting celebrity endorsement for some reason that could be how they advertise it.
Yes barely two months between announcement trailer and release date is very rare. Still looks good though so I’m optimistic.
Blaze.
What we have not seen yet is the Hidden Microtransactions .
don't think Payback will be "Only" loot boxes and pay to win game. have a feeling this will be Another Microtransactions, loot box game.
Fallout managed that kind of release however given its EA expect to see large be amounts of copy and paste
Maybe they have confidence in the game, maybe it's a good nfs game for a change. A game without caveats. I choose to be hopeful.
By confidence i mean they know it's good and game will speak for itself.
Let's hope the game speaks for itself. I'm dying to play NFS again, have not played NFS since The Run....what is Appealing for me is you can turn that Cartoony crap off. not all of it but smoke you can I hear .
@Retroman
They hit rockbottom with Payback and Heat was big step in the right direction. Not the greatest game ever, but the closest to a truly good game NFS have been in a while. So that bodes well for a Unbound. Just hope they don't drop the ball, as they've done so many times before.
I wasn't feeling the graphics or style here but I can see how many would like it. Just feel like it's aimed at a younger demo than me a fan from the 90s/ early 2000s who thinks the franchise peaked during the underground era
For me it peaked at Carbon, I’m not saying carbon was the best game from the early 2000s but I did like the story. Overall I thought NFS 2015 was a step in the right direction, Payback was a step backwards and then I enjoyed Heat but it was to easy. I like the look of Unbound, it gives me Underground Vibes but naturally I need to see gameplay to make a final judgment.
@Profchaos
You are right NFS peaked from Highstakes to Hotpursuit 2, Underground, Mostwanted 2005. Started declining with Carbon . Last Ditch try The Run collapse after that.
Not super convinced on the art style but I’ll wait and see a proper gameplay trailer before making my final decision.
They could’ve also just given us a remake of NFSU 🤷
Paul writes - "EA know a good thing when they see it, and for multiple years November was Need for Speed month. In a break from the usual routine, I'm going to be looking back at two games here, released in 2005 and 2010 respectively. The earlier game is Need for Speed: Most Wanted, which has the distinction of being one of the very best in the franchise. The second game comes from 2010, and is Need for Speed Hot Pursuit; which I'll talk about just as the Remastered version of the game has hit the stores."
I completely adore this game! In fact its probably my favorite racing game. I recently dusted off my xbox 360 to play Most Wanted 2005. Still a great game, though I do not remember there being such horrible performance. Like massive frame-pacing issues. screen tearing, latency. If any game ever truly needed to be remastered, it this one for sure!
