drotahorror
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I hadn't played this in quite a while but decided I'd boot it up the other day and try to get my first retail game Platinum trophy. I only had about 20 levels to grind so it wasn't a ton of playtime really, a few hours max.
I was really leery of getting the new NFS, but I even convinced a friend of mine who dislikes racers to get it and play with me. I wasn't too big of a fan of Criterion's efforts, Hot Pursuit 2010, and Most Wanted 2012 so I was of course worried about Ghost Games since they were comprised of 80% of Criterion.
But my worries were put to rest. NFS Rivals to me is easily the best NFS since Hot Pursuit 2 on PS2. My non racing friend also played the hell out of it. Rivals is literally the only racing game where I've enjoyed it's open world immensely. Burnout Paradise's open world was okay, had some cool shortcuts and jumps but to me felt a bit bland and uninspired. Rivals has a ton of different environments (snow, desert, city, woodlands, free ways, etc), dynamic weather and day/night cycle, solid graphics, tons of shortcuts, ridiculous jumps everywhere, just a great open world to cruise around in.
But I platinum'd it no problem and enjoyed my time with it once again. I love the way the cars handle for the most part and drifting around crazy winding roads down a snowy mountain is very enjoyable. There are a few faults though. Like having to deal with police NONSTOP if you're playing a racer. You can literally spawn in the game as a racer, not do anything at all, go eat some dinner and come back and you'll be busted. The second you spawn you have broke the law and cops are out to murder you. That was really my biggest issue. Would have been nice to turn the cops off and cruise around as a racer as their cars handle better than cop ones imo.
Oh and one awesome edition to this NFS was freakin weapons. My favorite weapon was the Racer's Shockwave. This ability is so powerful, you can be drifting around a turn right there with an opponent, shock wave them, and they will barrel roll off a cliff. Shockwave is one of the best things in this game and has given me many laughs. It's also fun (and mean) to troll people online. Blowing past a fellow racer (or cop) and shockwaving them as you drive past possibly ruining their race or the points they've stocked up is a good way to blow off some steam in the game if you're feeling frustrated.
I recommend just playing the cop though if you don't want to deal with some of the games faults. You can roam around the island freely w/o any worries (except for other people in your game of course). They also have decent weapons that are fun to use.
NFS Rivals is awesome and since there won't be a new one this year, this'll have to settle people's NFS fix for a while. And it totally does.
I think I typed too much. This game is good!
I was really leery of getting the new NFS, but I even convinced a friend of mine who dislikes racers to get it and play with me. I wasn't too big of a fan of Criterion's efforts, Hot Pursuit 2010, and Most Wanted 2012 so I was of course worried about Ghost Games since they were comprised of 80% of Criterion.
But my worries were put to rest. NFS Rivals to me is easily the best NFS since Hot Pursuit 2 on PS2. My non racing friend also played the hell out of it. Rivals is literally the only racing game where I've enjoyed it's open world immensely. Burnout Paradise's open world was okay, had some cool shortcuts and jumps but to me felt a bit bland and uninspired. Rivals has a ton of different environments (snow, desert, city, woodlands, free ways, etc), dynamic weather and day/night cycle, solid graphics, tons of shortcuts, ridiculous jumps everywhere, just a great open world to cruise around in.
But I platinum'd it no problem and enjoyed my time with it once again. I love the way the cars handle for the most part and drifting around crazy winding roads down a snowy mountain is very enjoyable. There are a few faults though. Like having to deal with police NONSTOP if you're playing a racer. You can literally spawn in the game as a racer, not do anything at all, go eat some dinner and come back and you'll be busted. The second you spawn you have broke the law and cops are out to murder you. That was really my biggest issue. Would have been nice to turn the cops off and cruise around as a racer as their cars handle better than cop ones imo.
Oh and one awesome edition to this NFS was freakin weapons. My favorite weapon was the Racer's Shockwave. This ability is so powerful, you can be drifting around a turn right there with an opponent, shock wave them, and they will barrel roll off a cliff. Shockwave is one of the best things in this game and has given me many laughs. It's also fun (and mean) to troll people online. Blowing past a fellow racer (or cop) and shockwaving them as you drive past possibly ruining their race or the points they've stocked up is a good way to blow off some steam in the game if you're feeling frustrated.
I recommend just playing the cop though if you don't want to deal with some of the games faults. You can roam around the island freely w/o any worries (except for other people in your game of course). They also have decent weapons that are fun to use.
NFS Rivals is awesome and since there won't be a new one this year, this'll have to settle people's NFS fix for a while. And it totally does.
I think I typed too much. This game is good!
I know physical prices have, but I'm really trying to stay committed to a digital future 
