The NFS franchise died with Slight Mad Studio left and made Project CARS.

This Most Wanted looks like Burnout Paradise reskin.

This post has been edited by Cheesenium: Jun 6 2012, 09:29 PM

Not gonna get it then.

Hated Burnout Paradise as it feels like its a kind of game that is designed to be really fun and addictive in the first 30 hours or so. After the initial play time, the game just become a chore and boring to play. Same thing happened with Hot Pursuit.

Not to forget the random card pack system that is used in Mass Effect 3 multiplayer will probably be in the game again. They are also using the dreaded Skill Mods and some sort of Boosters from NFS World. If i want to gamble, i might as well go to a casino, than playing a game with random card packs.

I never like Criterion, to be honest. Their PC port are terrible while the games has no longevity.

Seriously overrated developer.

If you are talking about classic NFS, that will be something like The The Need for Speed, original Hot Pursuit and High Stakes. Underground was never part of the older NFS and it is no longer feasible to make an Underground as putting neons and bumpers on cars are no longer the fashion these days. And it look stupid on cars these days.

Then, EA asked Criterion to make NFS games, instead keep making more Burnout games, while let the excellent SMS go to develop Project CARS on their own as an independent company. Black Box wont make any more retail NFS, but they will focus on the stupidly expensive MMO. Yea, i am still playing cause i have tonnes of Boost from January's cheap sale. If you dont have a tonne of Boost, just ignore NFS World because the whole game is a rip off. I still want my RM100 back for those Boost.

They need a new studio to take over the NFS series with something interesting and new, instead of rehashing Burnout with licensed skins or making terrible games like The Run. EA do have a few good racing game studio, which is the studio who made NFS Nitro and also Firemint who made Real Racing 2 on iOS. I just hope EA will give them the chance to build a proper NFS.

I desperately wants to see the new Most Wanted succeed, because i loved Black Box's Most Wanted but from the looks of it, it's like a burnout paradise reskin with licensed cars. It could be good at the end, but i really doubt so as Criterion seem to focus a lot on the multplayer side of things. The single player is probably gonna be terrible, similar to Hot Pursuit 2010.

Oh wait, since when EA dont butcher their games? Dead Space 3 becoming a Lost Planet clone. Mass Effect 3 becoming a Gears of War with a crappy Horde mode. Battlefield 3 becoming a CoD clone where everyone prefer to cramp in the subway throwing grenades. Dragon Age 2 becoming a rubbish game. Instead of making something original, at least what other major publishers tried to even though they milk the crap out of it, EA decided to just copy their competitor's product and call it a day. EA seems like they just dont want to make a compelling single player games anymore.

This post has been edited by Cheesenium: Jun 7 2012, 11:17 AM

A lot of things are wrong with Criterion.

- They lie all the time. Was Hot Pursuit a good game? No. The game was terrible in so many ways and regardless of that, both Hot Pursuit and Most Wanted won numerous awards at trade shows for some strange reasons. Hot Pursuit was a shallow, uninteresting game.
- Hot Pursuit single player was meaningless. There is no purpose at all and there arent even a quick race mode to setup your own races.
- Multiplayer was equally bad. Lack of depth and car balancing is just terrible.
- PC support is non-existent with ATi card performance issue still persist today.
- Expensive cars DLCs like 9.99USD for a handful of cars, while PC do not get any DLCs at all.
- Cars handles like tanks on rails and i am not expecting realistic rFactor styled physics. Just something that is fun to drive, but the physics just get in the way of the fun.
- Exclusive cars like Cayman and a couple for 360. Why cant the PC and PS3 players get the same content that they have paid? We all paid 60USD for the rubbish game.

The Run is another piece of shit. To be honest, NFS franchise died after Shift 2 released. At least SMS knows how to make a decent racing game that is fun to drive, despite its all only closed track.

Criterion thinks they are good, but the truth is, they are just terrible at making decent games.

Wont be buying this game then, its just another Burnout reskin with licensed car.

Criterion should not be responsible for the NFS series. EA should get a new studio that knows how to make a NFS game.

The crash cam is a huge turn off. And the lack of story and any sort of customisation made it even worse.

I am all for simple and fun arcade racing games, like Bang Bang Racing on Steam which is a damn good simple racing game. The problem is Criterion never make decent arcade racing game with their intrusive crash cam and heavy emphasis on multiplayer without worthwhile single player content. Their AI has always been abysmal and single player has barely any content. Physics wise, Criterion's cars are never really fun to drive because they feel incredibly on rails like a slot car, while their tracks are just terrible and boring to drive on.

Not every game has to move to multiplayer only it will be fun. Nor every gamer out there wants games to be multiplayer only.

This post has been edited by Cheesenium: Jun 29 2012, 11:42 PM

I am playing project cars with a 360 pad. No problem so far.

Better than the arcade shit that criterion is making.

If you liked Hot Pursuit, with its physics, crash cam and little content, you might like Most Wanted.

I manage to get my hands on the Gamescon build, the game looks good on PS3. Gameplay is very much similar to Burnout, except you get cop chases that is similar to the original Most Wanted.

Looks like this might be another shitty game from EA.

What is wrong with EA this year in releasing mediocre games?

No longer in the game, im afraid.

This is essentially Burnout Paradise with licensed cars.

It is Criterion where annoying crash cam is forced upon you, even though you hate it. I doubt they will ever let you turn off that thing.

To them, it is a feature.