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[Comandr]

Honestly thought it looked great. The drift transition scene was very persona 5.

 

[ACESHIGH]

It's Frostbite, one of the most impressive game engines. I guess some people have not seen pre-release videos of Battlefront and Battlefront 2. Was that a CGI?

Oh, and NFS Unbound is next-gen only, so what is the reason to believe it's not gonna look like that?

Frostbite is trash for everything but FPS.

 

[ReBurn]

Looking forward to this coming to EA Play next year.

 

[anthony2690]

I actually quite like the art style, I'm genuinely quite curious about the game, I think the wings look a little tacky when jumping, but the rest looks pretty stylish in my opinion.

 

[Stuart360]

Frostbite is trash for everything but FPS.

It is usually but NFS: The Run was also on Frostbite and that game looked stunning at the time, it was a great game too imo. In fact i feel like playing it now lol.

 

[Vindicator]

Ayo das some cray shit fam.

 

[DragoonWalker]

Car list from the official site. Map is there too.

Thanks, looks like mostly the same car list from Heat which was mostly the same car list from NFS 2015. Really not a fan of padding out the car list with like 5 variants each of particular models... It's about time they put Tesla and some newer cars in there. Way too many expensive supercars, not enough old shitboxes you can customize to hell. I know they lost the license but a street racing game without Toyota is a like shooter without pistols. This is streetracing they're talking about, most kids don't have lambo money. Hope they kept the engine swap option from Heat.

Where does it state those screenshots and trailer arent cgi? Because it IS. There is a very small 5 second clip of the actual graphics and gameplay.

The rest is just a cinematic.

How blind are you guys?

Have you played the past few NFS? Questionable gameplay aside, they look amazing in real time gameplay, on any system. This is next gen so the jump is easy. There's gonna be no downgrade. How ignorant are you?

 

[VeganElduderino]

looks really good to me

 

[Markio128]

Yas breadbin!

 

[EDMIX]

It is usually but NFS: The Run was also on Frostbite and that game looked stunning at the time, it was a great game too imo. In fact i feel like playing it now lol.

Agreed.

If the team feels they can do it, more power to them.

Since the whole Mass Effect Flop, I don't see EA forcing any team to use engines they don't want to use, so I doubtful they are using this engine under duress or something lol I think this looks great and also thought NFS The Run looked great too.

If it works for them, I'm ok with it.

 

[flying_sq]

I'm liking the art direction, but only if those cartoon like elements around the car are actually part of the game.

 

[Mossybrew]

I am way too old for the layer of cringe trash that this game is coated in. The last racing game I enjoyed was Wreckfest, no tryhard wannabe characters or HIP STYLE THE KIDS LIKE THESE DAYS. Ugh.

 

[Alan Silvestro]

 

[Black_Stride]

Frostbite is trash for everything but FPS.

All the Need for Speeds have been Frostbite since 2011.
DragonAge Inquisition was Frostbite.
FIFA, Madden and NHL have been Frostbite since 2016.

In fact there are more non-FPS Frostbite games than there are First Person Shooter Frostbite games.

 

[TheGecko]

Hot garbage.

 

[Stuart360]

Agreed.

If the team feels they can do it, more power to them.

Since the whole Mass Effect Flop, I don't see EA forcing any team to use engines they don't want to use, so I doubtful they are using this engine under duress or something lol I think this looks great and also thought NFS The Run looked great too.

If it works for them, I'm ok with it.

Pretty crazy to think this is 11 years old -

 

[drotahorror]

" if a player wants to complete a task or simply vibe. "

Exclusive: Need for Speed Unbound Has Finally Been Revealed, And It Looks Very Different - IGN

Need for Speed Unbound has been revealed as a super-stylized racer featuring A$AP Rocky, with a brand-new physics engine and 4k 60fps graphics. It will release on PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC in December.

www.ign.com

Please just put me out my misery if this is how EA's PR or developers talk. I wonder how many times we'll hear the word 'vibe' in NFS Unbound?

Anyways, artstyle is pretty sweet. I would like to see a bit more gameplay though, like 10 minutes of uninterrupted.
Definitely more hype than I was with the initial leak.

 

[Tunned]

I'm glad I had very low expectations, this has peaked my interest. The press release states that they have made a new physics system, comparable to other big franchises, so fingers crossed it feels good.
I could not give a rats ass about current pop culture, I have no clue who this Asap Rocky is and I don't care, the music is going on mute the moment I start the game. And if the special effects annoy me, I'm sure some one of PC will mod them out.
Can't wait to see more.

 

[Calling 911 Melts Beams]

we're a 'desire for acceleration' household so we'll be skipping this one

 

[ShirAhava]

I can't even remember the last time a NFS game was good I went on a gamepass spree with the series and they all really sucked except one that I thought was just ok

 

[saintjules]

Who the hell asked for asap rocky

No its Travis Scott

Which one is it bruh?

 

[nikos]

not enough old shitboxes you can customize to hell.

This is usually the first thing I look for. I love 80s/90s cars, shitboxes or otherwise. They belong in these games.

 

[ACESHIGH]

All the Need for Speeds have been Frostbite since 2011.
DragonAge Inquisition was Frostbite.
FIFA, Madden and NHL have been Frostbite since 2016.

In fact there are more non-FPS Frostbite games than there are First Person Shooter Frostbite games.

And that's the problem. Terrible engine tailor made for Battlefield. Andromeda in particular suffered a lot for it.

 

[deriks]

I actually liked it

But I really hope that those effects are just for the trailer

 

[A Most Virtuous Cat]

Based on opinions going around it looks like the art style is divisive. This is what we need more of, enough with the cookie cutter inoffensive bullshit that means nobody has a strong opinion either way.

Amen brother!

 

[Johnny Concrete]

I once said that cartoon style graphics combined with realistic shaded stuff doesn’t mix well, but this game actually makes it work.
Maybe because the stylized elements still maintain a form of realistic lighting or something.

Looks pretty.

 

[Killer8]

Now that i've seen it in motion, I really like the way it looks.

God bless them, they are trying with this nearly 30 year old franchise.

 

[GHG]

Pretty crazy to think this is 11 years old -

I actually had a lot of fun with this game for what it was several years ago. I got it cheap and the simplistic nature of it just being a series of stages was actually refreshing.

 

[[Sigma]]

New driving physics/handling huh? Now that's what I want to hear. Hopefully it's fun.

 

[SJRB]

Beats in that trailer are dope as fuck.

 

[Black_Stride]

And that's the problem. Terrible engine tailor made for Battlefield. Andromeda in particular suffered a lot for it.

Literally the only game that had a problem with the engine.
Every other Frostbite game runs and plays well and devs havent complained about it.

Everyone talks about Frostbite being a terrible engine but have no points to back up their claims beyond Andromeda had a troubled dev cycle.
Bioware already had experience with Frostbite making DragonAge Inquisition, people just blame the engine for Andromedas issue but that game was likely cursed from the get go.

 

[AtomicStarving]

I like the style but that trailer looks fucking weird. Gonna wait for the real gameplay.

 

[makaveli60]

Looks unique, that’s for sure.
The question is, will they surpass NfS 2015 graphically? It’s still one of the most realistic looking games IMO

Edit: not surpassing in “realistic” sense, of course thanks to the artstyle, but technically

 

[Futaleufu]

Car list from the official site. Map is there too.

Not many surprises except for the Mercury Cougar

 

[BigbyTheSheriff]

I'm liking the art direction, but only if those cartoon like elements around the car are actually part of the game.

They are.

 

[UnNamed]

The trailer has given me vomit, headache and epileptic attack at the same time.

 

[Black_Stride]

The trailer has given me vomit, headache and epileptic attack at the same time.

 

[Mobilemofo]

Day 145 Rental for me. Reminds me of the Ridge Racer that was raytraced back in the day (not THAT raytracing). Also, asap rocky having his own mode... Fuck off.

 

[BusierDonkey]

 

[PSYGN]

Kinda reminds me of the hyper-stylized Spiderman movie but applied to cars.

 

[Bernd Lauert]

Pretty crazy to think this is 11 years old -

Damn, stagnation is real.

 

[Radical Dreamer]

this benz looks so good

 

[TGO]

I'd boom her

 

[TheThreadsThatBindUs]

NFS: Underground sequel?

Sign me the fuck up, dawg!!!

Diggin the art style too. The cell shading especially for the smoke effects works really well. The kid's sketchbook effects, not so much; so hopefully, those are just for the trailer.

 

[ShakenG]

I always try at least 1 NFS title on each system and this doesn't look too bad. Hope this turns out to be something worth picking for that arcade itch.

 

[Caio]

I'll stay tuned. I liked it.

 

[CC-Tron]

Does it have a New Game + mode? NFS Heat didn't.

 

[OZ9000]

I don't care for the hip hop street style. The visual effects are unique, that's for certain. I hope you can turn them off.

 

[freefornow]

Criterion returns

 

[Fart Knight]

Which one is it bruh?