Alex Connolly
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SolidSnakex said:
Solid, you have just made my day. Or evening, as it were. Hype received!
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New Need For Speed Hot Pursuit revealed [EA-CONF]
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Solid, you have just made my day. Or evening, as it were. Hype received!
Diablohead
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Most big games today require having them really, so I would say 100% chance.saladine1 said:
GitarooMan
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Doubtful I would say, a lot of arcade racers don't have them (or need them IMO)saladine1 said:
Dedication Through Light
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twinturbo2 said:
I was under the impression that the NFS: Hot Pursuit was not the NFS that Criterion is working on.
twinturbo2
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It sounds like Criterion is saying that Hot Pursuit is not the NFS game they're working on, but I'm just hoping that they're covering their asses, lest I have a heart attack.Dedication Through Light said:
twinturbo2 said:
If Black Box is doing this Hot Pursuit, then all my hype for this is gone. I know they made HP2, but their track record with the rest of the NFS games isn't too hot. The only other one I liked was Most Wanted. Hoping they can get me excited for this one, if it is their game.
MadOdorMachine
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And Criterions track record is any better? I'm being completely serious. Their games have been declining since arguably Burnout 2 or 3. I'm nervous the game will be a let down either way, but I'm cautiously optimistic.Cerberus said:
SolidSnakex
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MadOdorMachine said:
I'd say that they're. Paradise is very highly praised despite what some longtime fans feel about it. And from a technical standpoint they're way ahead of Black Box. A good example of that is that Black Box's open world racers still run at an unstable 30fps, meanwhile Criterion created a stable 60fps open world racer on their first try this gen.
MadOdorMachine
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I agree with you on the technical side, Criterion has that hands down. What I'm concerned about is track design and gameplay mechanics. Steering in the Burnout games is much different than NFS. Their level designs are also full of places to make you crash. A pole sticking out here or a concrete wall there, right in the middle of the damn track. You crash all the time. If they can fix that, then I could probably deal with the steering issue, but NFS isn't about crashing at all. Man I hope they don't screw this up.SolidSnakex said:
bumbillbee
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I really want to be excited about this. I fucking loved the Hot Pursuit games (plus High Stakes), although Porsche Unleashed is still my favorite. But I'm not a fan of open-world racing games. Just give me awesome cars, a decent balance between simulation and arcade handling, well-made tracks in a variety of locations (both A-B type and circuit), good multiplayer, and I'm sold.
AlphaTwo00
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You're doing it wrong. :lol High level races in Burnout Paradise usually are competitive enough that it's obvious people screwed up for their own damn fault.MadOdorMachine said:
twinturbo2
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EA's not going to break my heart, are they?
plagiarize
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eh, could be subtitles for different countries (ala porsche 2000/porsche unleashed and high stakes/road challenge) but i'm guessing yeah, it's just two different queues.Odrion said:
60 fps + cops + criterion = best nfs game since... probably Hot Pursuit 2 i'd bet... maybe even High Stakes (since High Stakes had all the Hot Pursuit tracks in it as well as as many new ones).
MadOdorMachine
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As many guard rails as they have around corners, I don' think so. Crashing is a major part of the gameplay and I'll admit parts of it are really fun, like knocking an opponent into a wall, but guess what, those walls are there for that. It doesn't need to be in a NFS game.AlphaTwo00 said:
AlphaTwo00
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Scrolling back into their library (Burnout 2, specifically), I have faith in Criterion that they know what track design is.MadOdorMachine said:
Ninja Moomin
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twinturbo2 said:
almost certainly, yes.
MadOdorMachine
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I agree. BO2 was great, but that was many moons ago. When is the EA conference? Isn't this supposed to be unveiled today?AlphaTwo00 said:
NinjaBoiX
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No, no it wasn't. Nice cockpit view, graphics and sense of speed, but everything else was woeful. Distorted SFX, long load times, too few tracks and cars, and worst of all, absolutely awful handling. Criterion can only be a good thing for this series, it needs help.NinjaFusion said:
MadOdorMachine
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15 more minutes till the EA show starts right? After seeing Crysis 2 I can't wait to see this. I'm so hyped. I really hope this is the NFS we've all been waiting for.
MadOdorMachine
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It's on!
Dedication Through Light
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Criterion lies!!!! They did Hot Pursuit!!!
So buying it!!
So buying it!!
MadOdorMachine
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Looks like an updated National Forest level! Looks great. Pursuit mode looks real similar to the BO games.
SpeedingUptoStop
will totally Facebook friend you! *giggle* *LOL*
MOTHER FUCK YES!!
MadOdorMachine
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I'm still cautiously optimistic. They weren't driving very fast, and all they showed was one online match, but damn did it look good! This looks like the game I've been waiting for since HP2. This is going to be an amazing E3!
Metalmurphy
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op_ivy said:
It looked nothing like Burnout. It looked like HP2 on crack
MadOdorMachine
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Yeah and knowing Criterion the campaign should have a decent length as well as solid online play. There's still a lot to find out. I wish they would have given some details, but this is the best NFS has looked in years imo.Tokubetsu said:
GhostRidah
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exactly how it was for me, I stopped playing NFS games after that and I can not wait for this, it looks so good and the online will make me get even more hours out of it. hyped!glaurung said:
Goldrusher
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site:
http://hotpursuit.needforspeed.com/
trailer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hJQRSB6IqE
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http://hotpursuit.needforspeed.com/
trailer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hJQRSB6IqE
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A Black Falcon
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Why is this "NFSHP" and not NFSHP3... this "dropping numbers from things that need them" is really stupid, but more importantly, the game itself looks fantastic.
As they said, Need for Speed is back. I'm actually excited for a Need for Speed game for the first time since NFSHP2, and that was a while ago... very awesome. The game looks great. You can play as both the police and the speeders, the music was epic chase stuff and not rap, it was daytime and not night, lots of touches from NFSHP and HS were there like the spike mats, roadblocks, and police chatter, and more... good stuff. Oh, the menus remind me of the NFSHS menus, too. I wonder if that's intentional? This really looks fantastic, NFS is back to what it should be, and away from the many years of not very good Underground-style stuff that it's been through for years now. The track looked like classic NFS stuff too. This looks like it could be a great game.
As they said, Need for Speed is back. I'm actually excited for a Need for Speed game for the first time since NFSHP2, and that was a while ago... very awesome. The game looks great. You can play as both the police and the speeders, the music was epic chase stuff and not rap, it was daytime and not night, lots of touches from NFSHP and HS were there like the spike mats, roadblocks, and police chatter, and more... good stuff. Oh, the menus remind me of the NFSHS menus, too. I wonder if that's intentional? This really looks fantastic, NFS is back to what it should be, and away from the many years of not very good Underground-style stuff that it's been through for years now. The track looked like classic NFS stuff too. This looks like it could be a great game.
Goldrusher
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Indeed. Day one.
Criterion delivered.
Criterion delivered.
