Wonko_C
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EDIT for clarification: I'm not asking for a NEW NFS in the style of the old ones, like the recently released Hot Pursuit, (which is a great game but it was just a new Burnout in disguise) I'm asking for the re-release of the first NFS titles all rolled up into one like THPSHD is doing bringing back stages from TH1 and 2.
Where is my "Need For Speed Classic HD", EA? NFS 2SE, 3, High Stakes and Porsche Unleashed on PC were great arcade racers, with features that most racers today are lacking such as:
Different weather on every. single. track: Rain, day, night, fog, dusk, freaking THUNDERSTORMS. The rain effects were impressive. I think it was the first time where the camera actually could catch some droplets of water. And the skyboxes were beautiful, with clouds scrolling towards the camera, not this boring stock-photo sky wallpaper that is commonplace nowadays. NFS 3: Hot Pursuit looked especially good with a 3DFX graphics card.
Environment Variety: We're tired of city environments. NFS had snowy mountains, deserts, forests, jungles, coastlines, villages, farms, countrysides and I probably made up some of those, but you get my point.
Engaging Career: You had your standard medal system progression in career mode, but your car damage carried over between events and you had to decide which parts to repair and pay, this motivated you to win your races with as little damage as possible to have enough money to buy better cars. There were also the High Stakes events, where you can actually lose your car permanently if you lose the race.
Good Music: The menus have some of the best menu music in game history, you could choose to race with rock or techno music, and the tracks were interactive, always changing depending of how were you doing in the race. Just listen to this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69-J2m_GyhI
EA could mash up NFS 3, 4 and 5 into one game with touched-up textures and geometry, all the tracks from those games togheter, High Stakes' career mode, Hot Pursuit's cop chases, and Porsche Unleashed's car upgrade system, add online play, 1080p at 60fps and release it digitally as a "best of" like Activision is doing with Tony Hawk's Pro Skater HD.
Hundreds of hours were spent on those games but with good reason: The graphics, music and style were the complete package, and the handling was actually good, the cars had a well done sense of weight compared to pretty much every modern NFS title. In the end it probably all boils down to nostalgia, but I must not be the only one who wants the old NFS back, right?
Where is my "Need For Speed Classic HD", EA? NFS 2SE, 3, High Stakes and Porsche Unleashed on PC were great arcade racers, with features that most racers today are lacking such as:
Different weather on every. single. track: Rain, day, night, fog, dusk, freaking THUNDERSTORMS. The rain effects were impressive. I think it was the first time where the camera actually could catch some droplets of water. And the skyboxes were beautiful, with clouds scrolling towards the camera, not this boring stock-photo sky wallpaper that is commonplace nowadays. NFS 3: Hot Pursuit looked especially good with a 3DFX graphics card.
Environment Variety: We're tired of city environments. NFS had snowy mountains, deserts, forests, jungles, coastlines, villages, farms, countrysides and I probably made up some of those, but you get my point.
Engaging Career: You had your standard medal system progression in career mode, but your car damage carried over between events and you had to decide which parts to repair and pay, this motivated you to win your races with as little damage as possible to have enough money to buy better cars. There were also the High Stakes events, where you can actually lose your car permanently if you lose the race.
Good Music: The menus have some of the best menu music in game history, you could choose to race with rock or techno music, and the tracks were interactive, always changing depending of how were you doing in the race. Just listen to this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69-J2m_GyhI
EA could mash up NFS 3, 4 and 5 into one game with touched-up textures and geometry, all the tracks from those games togheter, High Stakes' career mode, Hot Pursuit's cop chases, and Porsche Unleashed's car upgrade system, add online play, 1080p at 60fps and release it digitally as a "best of" like Activision is doing with Tony Hawk's Pro Skater HD.
Hundreds of hours were spent on those games but with good reason: The graphics, music and style were the complete package, and the handling was actually good, the cars had a well done sense of weight compared to pretty much every modern NFS title. In the end it probably all boils down to nostalgia, but I must not be the only one who wants the old NFS back, right?
