Kwansu Dudes
Member
You need to pull up the map, select the mission (you need to press X/A) then press right on the D-Pad lol. Yeah, pretty ridiculous and unintuitive. There has to be an easier way but I haven't found it.
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Need For Speed (2015) - Review Thread
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You need to pull up the map, select the mission (you need to press X/A) then press right on the D-Pad lol. Yeah, pretty ridiculous and unintuitive. There has to be an easier way but I haven't found it.
Windom Earle
Member
I can't deal with that art direction. It's not 2003 anymore. And fuck always online!
BladeoftheImmortal
Member
Is this the new one from Criterion?
Mayjaplaya
Neo Member
If you're talking about the filters and fake film grain and fake lens flares and shit, that's sadly much more of a 2015 thing than a 2003 thing.
And yes, fuck always online.
This is just wild speculation but I'm guessing the constant rain and permanently wet roads and cars are to make the game look better, and possibly for more post-processing fodder, which ties back to the fake shit I posted above.
I hate it though. It's way too pervasive and way too annoying.
User 479360
Banned
Why is it always raining!?
I'm nearing the end game stuff, I think. It says I'm at 51%, but I'm near the end of the speed stuff and getting up there in one or two of the others. The Outlaw is the one I'm behind on, and I hope his missions won't get too nuts because the cops are crappy in this game.
It's getting kind of insane. The AI is perfect, and you need to be too.
I'm nearing the end game stuff, I think. It says I'm at 51%, but I'm near the end of the speed stuff and getting up there in one or two of the others. The Outlaw is the one I'm behind on, and I hope his missions won't get too nuts because the cops are crappy in this game.
It's getting kind of insane. The AI is perfect, and you need to be too.
Keyser Soze
Member
The Criterion people you want creating a driving game have all move to another company.
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1119200
BladeoftheImmortal
Member
Oh, thanks.
Always-honest
Banned
I think Just want a new Burnout Paradise. With the customisation of this NFS. And daylight.
I don't like games where it's dark all the time.
I don't like games where it's dark all the time.
Uh yeah they all of a sudden noticed PC players don't like being capped at 30fps..because they didn't saw this in Rivals either because the community had to fix it to run it at 60fps it is ridiculous.
User 479360
Banned
Does anyone else ever feel like the handling gives out a bit on occasion?
The night/shine also makes it harder to see where to go when the path is curving all over the place.
The night/shine also makes it harder to see where to go when the path is curving all over the place.
panda-zebra
Banned
hah, no intention of buying this game given this thread, but will have to check out some yt videos simply to experience this given that comment.
protip: an empty 6 pint milk bottle holds 6 pints of whatever you got.
The 60fps thing was never fully fixed in Rivals. Unlocking the frame rate led you to always 'lose connection' to the host during certain races (even if playing offline) thus making them uncompletable unless you reverted back to 30.
Windom Earle
Member
Mostly talking about the color palette and night only. But you're right, there is a lot of post processing going on.
It's been available since last week on EA Access via Xbox One, there's a 10 hour free trial.
The game is not very good. You cannot pause the game, tutorials appear in the middle of the screen and black it out (without pausing the game), midrace so you crash into walls, the transition from dawn to midnight (there's no daytime) happens instantly - literally the world just turns to blackness suddenly.
Gamezone
Gold Member
Reviews will be out soon enough.
CelticVegas
Banned
I hope is good!
CelticVegas
Banned
Doesn't seem like deal breaking things. Beside this, what's good? Customization? Atmosphere?
The deal breaking things seem to be framerate issues, rubberbanding, empty streets and (debatable) horrible cutscenes.
CelticVegas
Banned
Not for me, i don't care about framerate and the bad cutscenes are a +, they make everything more funny!
Daffy Duck
Member
Seems like a dud, oh well just as well my son will be playing this just to blast about the city in the cars after I unlock everything.
Click on the race you want to do, then right on the d-pad to choose teleport.
The game takes place over one rainy night.
Karak
Member
Hey you still get some adjustments for driving in the opposing line lol. So do it until your hearts content.
privitsan02
Member
After Assassin's Creed Syndicates overall bashing session on GAF, I'll wait out for reviews once again to get a clear picture of what's going on. Who knows, could be another Phantom Pain situation where I'm in the minority and the reviews don't really help.
I've played it and enjoyed it quite a bit. Can't be the only one who thinks its pretty good. I know its not Forza but it wasn't aiming to be that either.
Best wishes.
I've played it and enjoyed it quite a bit. Can't be the only one who thinks its pretty good. I know its not Forza but it wasn't aiming to be that either.
Best wishes.
lem0n
Member
Most people sticking around in this thread DON'T like it, so that's why there's that overall feeling in this thread. I, along with a lot of other people, liked the Beta for what it was. I'm glad I'm not alone here. Every game has issues, along with this one. Always online and no pause don't bother me since I'm online all the time anyways and I'll just wait to get to the garage to pee. I probably won't keep the game long enough for it to become a drink coaster when the servers go down because I trade games in. Day 1 patch will address the AI, from what I understand. People bitching about an empty city would bitch if there were more traffic cars because they kept hitting them and theres no rewind like Forza or quick recovery like Burnout.
Thought this could use a quote for the newest page.
No offline
No justification for no offline
No pause
No drag racing
No manual transmission
No cockpit view
No wheel support
No clue what they were thinking.
Plinko
Wildcard berths that can't beat teams without a winning record should have homefield advantage
No buy.
Sigh. Was looking forward to this one.
There is zero reason for always online. Zero. Sad.
F0rneus
Tears in the rain
To think that when they were teasing the game...I was expecting it to be the besf NFS since Most Wanted 2005. Dear God... This game sounds like such a piece of shit. Damn.
Hah, was just about to post these exact same things.
Can't stand the rubberbanding AI at all. Just when you think you've got a good lead, NOPE!
http://gadgets.ndtv.com/games/reviews/need-for-speed-review-759906
Rating (out of 10): 6
Pros
Police encounters add variety
Amusing albeit cringe-worthy dialogue
Entertaining story
Cons
Poor handling
Limited customisation
Unfair AI
Rating (out of 10): 6
Pros
Police encounters add variety
Amusing albeit cringe-worthy dialogue
Entertaining story
Cons
Poor handling
Limited customisation
Unfair AI
Phat Michael
Banned
How the hell did you work this out? Thanks anyway!
You will know exactly who it is when you see him. Think it's the first guy you meet. Spike maybe?
a secret-boss
Banned
augh rubber banding AI
Kiddy Dong
Member
Honest question, is there any other way for developers to do racing AI without having it rubberbanded? Just about every non-sim racing game I know of seems to have people complaining about the rubberbanding. I can't think of any other way to program the AI without it being impossible to catch up or a snooze-fest.
Rubberbanding, when done right, can actually be a very good thing because it keeps races close without being unfair.
Phat Michael
Banned
Day 1 patch is supposed to calm it down allegedly.
CloakedPuppet
Member
Yeah, it can be a challenge trying to gauge whether a game is good/bad/awesome through NeoGAF threads (or reviews for that matter). Negativity runs rampant in gaming culture specifically when a title is released for a franchise form one of the big publishers. I think it comes down to knowing yourself and what you'll enjoy paired with the ability to sort smart or shallow reviews and garbage, shit-posting from smartly written, valuable impressions.
I've seen and heard enough about the new Need for Speed to know that I'll enjoy the hell out of it.
nikos
Member
I'll never understand the complaints about the game being always online. I've had a cable connection for over 16 years and I'm pretty sure the rest of the world, at least in places where this game is being marketed, is up to speed by now. If your connection is down and you can't play one day, it's not that big of a deal. You also can't do a lot of other things.
If it has to do with servers eventually going down, rendering the game unplayable, that's how games with dedicated servers have always worked. Nothing new. People won't be playing the game at that point anyway.
People seem to be complaining just for the sake of complaining, especially because this is EA and NFS. I'm willing to bet most of the people complaining never had interest in the game anyway. It's shitposting, if you ask me.
If it has to do with servers eventually going down, rendering the game unplayable, that's how games with dedicated servers have always worked. Nothing new. People won't be playing the game at that point anyway.
People seem to be complaining just for the sake of complaining, especially because this is EA and NFS. I'm willing to bet most of the people complaining never had interest in the game anyway. It's shitposting, if you ask me.
Phat Michael
Banned
I'm with you on that. It's a minority of people who have a current gen console who don't have reliable Internet. I also don't get the "split screen" complaint.
I haven't played couch coop since guitar hero or fifa so I don't see why people expect for halo 5 to have split screen.
DeepEnigma
Gold Member
No. That is definitely not it.
The game should be able to be played single player like it always has. Has nothing to do with "NFS/EA tho". All companies catch flak for shady practices.
If it is a minority, then why are more than half not subscribed and playing online with both consoles? Maybe connected features do not concern people, thus they just play their single player games. NFS has always had single player. The reason is for EA to cut you off eventually which makes your game a dud, but "NFS3 is out, go grab it".