Which side of EA's "Need For Speed" franchise are you on?
Oh joy, here we go: A debate on which era of the Need For Speed franchise is the best... Let's just get this done.
I'm going to come right out and state that I don't believe that NFS has truly been NFS since 2002. That's the year Hot Pursuit 2 came out, and I believe it's genuinely the best in the franchise. The whole era leading up to it is everything NFS should always strive to be: car rosters dominated by European exotic supercars, locales set as far away from the city streets as possible, hard rock music to drive to. It's pretty much perfect.
Then 2003 came, and brought Underground with it. Ugh, this is when the series went into its first Dark Age. Why are they bothering with this story nonsense, why do I have to start off in a crappy little Honda, and why am I racing city streets? This whole era, that lasted until 2009, is pure garbage to me.
Then Criterion took control of the series starting in 2010, with their Hot Pursuit game. Unfortunately, these ultimately felt like "Burnout with NFS branding" instead of true NFS. At least the rosters were chock full of exotic Euros again.
Now Ghost Games has the franchise, and they've driven it straight into a new Dark Age. Back to the import tuner rice buckets, back to the city streets. No thanks, I'll just play DriveClub instead. Damn, that honestly feels more NFS to me than games actually released under the NFS label for something like fifteen years(well, twelve at the time it came out; I didn't get into it until very recently).
So what about the rest of you? Do you agree that NFS is best when it's about racing exotic supercars on scenic open roads? Or are you the type that would rather deck your car out in tacky vinyls and race it downtown?
NOPE, I want to be as far away from the downtown urban streets as possible. Sorry.
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Originally Posted by
Ktiger41
Forget eras. You only need to play 2 games. Need for Speed Hot Pursuit 2 and Underground 2.
The former, I've played.
The latter, I'm never touching. Not even with a mile-long pole.