digoutyoursoul
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Can't be any worse then Night Trap on the Sega CD surely?
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Need For Speed (2015) - Review Thread
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Can't be any worse then Night Trap on the Sega CD surely?
Thank god!
No offline play
No drift mode
No drag racing
Do I have that right?
Wait, what in the fuck!? I assumed the online requirement meant multiplayer would be pushed down my throat when I just want an Underground sequel... but it's online only WITHOUT literally any reason???????
No drift mode
No drag racing
Do I have that right?
Wait, what in the fuck!? I assumed the online requirement meant multiplayer would be pushed down my throat when I just want an Underground sequel... but it's online only WITHOUT literally any reason???????
Steve McQueen
Member
Tried the beta on Xbox One and PS4. Both had framedrops. A day one patch might fix this, but I think I'm fooling myself.
SliChillax
Member
You missed no pause and no pvp. Surely I see the huge benefits Ghost games talked about when they said it's online only.
Leafhopper
Banned
They just didn't want to call the game Underground 3 with FMV.
Even though that's basically what this is. Well with less customization, modes and...
Nevermind this isn't Underground at all.
Arstechnica review says you can join a Crew and race together, I never knew about that so I'll have to try it.
But they also said you can't teleport and the last few Criterion games you had to play online to progress :/
double jump
you haven't lived until a random little kid ask you "how do you make love".
I foresee a bunch of reviews with half truths in this threads future.
Speaking of, which website or reviewers do y'all think provide the toughest but fairest criticisms ?
I've been shitting on this game since it was announced but if they dropped always online I would be playing it no questions asked. Just gonna have to wait for a good bf or used discount as of now.
Speaking of, which website or reviewers do y'all think provide the toughest but fairest criticisms ?
I've been shitting on this game since it was announced but if they dropped always online I would be playing it no questions asked. Just gonna have to wait for a good bf or used discount as of now.
cj_iwakura
Member
Do you get to play as Aaron Paul?
Finaika
Member
I rather play as Imogen Poots.
The fact that this game is online only is so sad. I loved Underground 2 and this one looks like it might have potential for a good NFS, but always online is a complete deal breaker for me. On the one hand I hope the server will experience so much trouble and EA get bad marketing and never release an online only game again. But on the other hand it's EA and they never learn.
DeepEnigma
Gold Member
What resolution is that? Looks rather blurry.
Also after seeing that, sure quells the "looks better or on par with Driveclub" like the earlier EA bullshots being shown (which I still laughed when people said that).
letmetrythisname
Member
Please be awesome. Please be the Midnight Club V I've been waiting for.
SomedayTheFire
Member
No drag racing? Lame
Or maybe Need for Speed: Underground.
Lol wait you cant pause?
cj_iwakura
Member
I'm more than okay with that. That film was better than it had any right to be.
the online component was never, EVER needed for this game....Ghosts said it was insanely connected and shit....when it is the most tacked on garbage I've ever seen.
Other than that....its a good racing game with good customization. However I can see it getting really stale, very fast. The beta got utterly boring spamming the same races over again and it will be exactly the same come launch. No drag races and very limited styles of events is what made me not buy this game at launch.
Other than that....its a good racing game with good customization. However I can see it getting really stale, very fast. The beta got utterly boring spamming the same races over again and it will be exactly the same come launch. No drag races and very limited styles of events is what made me not buy this game at launch.
LordOcidax
Member
No manual gearbox too...
Could they be using some server side graphics processing or some of the game stored on the server?
Probably not....the game looks decent....but its so blurred and smeared and at night that any graphical issues anyone has is hidden very well due to the setting and vasoline filter.
I can't remember as well but I think the Beta was at 900p on the PS4....it definitely was not a sharp picture.
Miss the cockpit view in the last iterations of need for speed. It always game me the feel of more control of my car. Especially in need for speed underground. I currently have NFS Rivals which I play in spurts of like 30-40min to drive the prototype jaguar undercover vehicle and it sucks having to drive seeing the outside of the car or from headlight view as I feel like I over and understeer a lot because of it.
Nfs has never had cockpit unless you count shift
NFS Porsche had cockpits.
Shin-Ra
Junior Member
The shots in the OP show ~900p + heavy post AA and filters + still frames from lossy video
These are direct PNG captures without the video compression
Still very soft but much cleaner overall.
Turin Turambar
Member
dat filter......can't stand it lol, I didn't like it in the beta and I don't like it now.
autoduelist
Member
I like it a lot, actually. I can't quite put my finger on it, but it just works for me.
DeepEnigma
Gold Member
Looks on par with a much softer looking GTAV (and I would argue some textures/lighting not as good). Was hoping for better with the shots and videos they showed earlier this year.
Is it comparable to Most Wanted with the gameplay?
You cant pause the game, there isnt even a multiplayer mode as far as i know.
JohnnyWestlake
Banned
THere's a lot in there - but it works. There are very frequent times when you're using the dash cam that you actually pass uncanny valley and could swear you're watching the live action FMV's. The effect is that good. (Helped by the fact the FMV's have a generous amount of grain on them)
Neuromancer
Member
No wheel support
No cockpit view
No manual transmission
No daylight
No offline
No thanks
I will be surprised if all the reviews are as positive as these first few. I wonder if there is an embargo in place depending on what score sites give it.
No cockpit view
No manual transmission
No daylight
No offline
No thanks
I will be surprised if all the reviews are as positive as these first few. I wonder if there is an embargo in place depending on what score sites give it.
SliChillax
Member
Just like in Rivals, even though you can play with computer AI the game acts as if you're playing in an online lobby.
I forgot about that, makes no sense.
All I see is surprisingly nice looking grain. There's no "piss" since the street light shot is warm and the gas station is cool. If anything, it's a little oversaturated.
Also, where are you seeing CA? I see a little blur around the distant light sources, but it's the same color as the light and doesn't turn into a fringe.
Lord Error
Insane For Sony
Does always online in this game means you have to have an EA account? If so, that's no use to me. No way in hell I'm ever creating EA account after all the Fifa account theft BS that was going on seemingly forever on both XBL and PSN.