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Need for Speed Rivals - New Screens
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Canis lupus
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Looks ok, might get this at PS4 launch if its a good mix between HP and MW.
Ricerocket
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looks good. But I hate that every car game has to have screens that are never what it is when you actually play them.
Bullshots.
maplelord93
Banned
Thought the video they showed at e3 was pretty awesome too...
PC Screenshots
These kind of shots of racing games really tell me NOTHING. I simply can't tell how good the game looks, because every screenshot of every racing game in the past 8 years has looked exactly as good as every other one, lol.
Need for Speed Rivals: Next-Gen, 2013:
Neef for Speed Hot Pursuit: Current-Gen, 2010:
That being said, this game does look great from that E3 demo.
Need for Speed Rivals: Next-Gen, 2013:
Neef for Speed Hot Pursuit: Current-Gen, 2010:
That being said, this game does look great from that E3 demo.
That doesn't make the gameplay they showed at E3 any less impressive, does it?
Last 3 NFS games sucked bigtime, Criterion hasn't made a decent game since 2008, they are apparently co-developing this with Ghost? Don't see how anyone can get excited about this.
Give me back my wheel support, stop with the damn rubberbanding and stop turning this into Burnout without the badge with the dumbass drifting mechanics.
Screenshots could be PC but still, they don't give a good view at how the game actually looks.
Give me back my wheel support, stop with the damn rubberbanding and stop turning this into Burnout without the badge with the dumbass drifting mechanics.
Screenshots could be PC but still, they don't give a good view at how the game actually looks.
You talked about visuals not gameplay.
This thread isn't about that gameplay. It is about the bullshots.
Impressive visually, Jesus Christ.
Anticitizen One
Banned
those aren't bullshots. The version they had at E3 looked like that. The past few NFS games have been graphical benchmarks too and lmao at people saying "PC screenshots" you know damn well the PS4 and Xbox 1 can output that same graphics quality.
Face it Tiger..
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SolidSnakex
Member
Plus it has dynamic weather and day/night cycles. Always welcome since that's still so rare in racing games.
StalkerUKCG
Banned
Game looks pretty but I can't help but feel these titles have lost their "soul" Underground and the first Most Wanted played great but they have been steadily going downhill since.
maplelord93
Banned
Of course they are.
I made a random gif from this video for comparison: http://www.gamersyde.com/stream_need_for_speed_rivals_e3_showfloor_gameplay-30239_en.html
ThoughtsOfSpeaking
Banned
I thought the Mclaren F1 was exclusive to forza?
anyway, I want this game but if EA thinks im paying anything near £55 for it they have a sad mistake. Greedy ************
anyway, I want this game but if EA thinks im paying anything near £55 for it they have a sad mistake. Greedy ************
Always-honest
Banned
No. It's never like that.
Paladin CL
Member
Looks decent but im not buying it because EA once more decided to keep the Porsche license to themselfs even when MS gave them Ferrari.
Of course it is, not everyone is running a middle of the road machine running at a puny 1080p. Nothing in those screenshots is impressive by today's standards.
Always-honest
Banned
Bullshots are different from pc screenshots.
I made a random gif from this video for comparison: http://www.gamersyde.com/stream_need_for_speed_rivals_e3_showfloor_gameplay-30239_en.html
Thanks for the link.
Apparently it still has that annoying crash camera.
I made a random gif from this video for comparison: http://www.gamersyde.com/stream_need_for_speed_rivals_e3_showfloor_gameplay-30239_en.html
Didn't look that bad.
Are we looking at different screenshots here? You just hear the word bullshot and think "HOLY SHIT IT'S ALL PHOTOSHOPPED!" - Nothing in those screenshots are out of the ordinary. Even current NFS games can manage those visuals bar the wet reflection and possibly some of the environment detail.
thesuperfunk
Member
The original first two NFS titles will always remain my favourite in that regard - just great fun titles!
So much truth in this. Though you should of said bad burnout in terms of mechanics. Also since they can't do camera events right not interested in another title where shit like that screws my timing.
ThoughtsOfSpeaking
Banned
Blame EA for not letting them maken a fucking burnout.
Burnout revenge >>>>>>> Every EA racer this generation.
CamHostage
Member
Criterion is the franchise management team now for Need For Speed, so they will be involved with all NFS going forward. That said, they're not developing the game, and if they're smart (I haven't heard impressions of Rivals but it sounded less arcadey than MW,) they'll let these other developers do what they do best and allow the variety that NFS is known for come through the various editions. People gave NFS a lot of guff in its prime because there was a new one every year ("Goddamn, enough with the Need for Speed, who buys all those?!?), and partly that was a fair slam because some games were rushed, but mostly I felt it was unfair because there were some great NFSs in that timeframe and they constantly kept changing the formula (if you liked sims better than arcade racers, just wait a year...) Criterion has had to rebuild the franchise since taking it over and the dissolution of EA Black Box, and they have so far done it the way they already know how (with more Burnout-type games and a remake of Hot Pursuit,) but ideally they'll be broadening out the brand now that there's a second team in place.
Also, EA Ghost was founded by ex-DICE guys, some of whom (although not the main guy) must have been around during the RalliSport days. People think DICE=Battlefield, but it used to be an eclectic team. Plus, DICE sending little seedlings of itself out in the world to make use of its Frostbite engine is hopefully a good thing, if that main crew is going to be wrapped around do Battlefield and Battlefront then let the guys who specialize in other types of games make their mark elsewhere when they're ready.
Everyone's hailing Criterion as the saviors of the series but damnit, The Run despite it's bullshit campaign wasn't THAT bad, it was definitely better than Criterion's effort (hello time trials), why they fucked over Blackbox instead of giving them another chance with more time then usual to create a great title is beyond me.
Glad to hear they're not actually helping on the development side, maybe this series has a chance now that it's in the hands of another developer and let's hope Criterion stays away cause they only seem to be interested in Burnout rehashes.
Mad Bowser
Banned
Graphics wise the game looks great. But whats more important is the gameplay which I think it will suck.
Always-honest
Banned
It's not that they are particulary impressive. But too clean and composed. Obvious bullshots but it might look like this in motion, yes. Not in a gameplay screen. Ofcourse we just may have different eyes.
It's about what I'd expect out of a cross-gen title:
-Better reflections
-A fair amount of tessellation
-Improved texturing on the cars
-Some moderate enhancements to the objects in the environment and draw distance
Notably these are all things you can turn off and get pretty much the same game working on current-gen.
Windom Earle
Banned
Why is it so blurry. Tone done that FXAA pls.
The image quality is obviously heavily downsampled, but it's not that hard to get close.
Here's a screenshot derFeef took from NFS: Hot Pursuit (2010):
