Need for Speed - Unbound

Zero-Cool · 06-10-2022 4:11pm #1

Coming out December 2nd, 2022. Mix of modern graphics with anime characters and effects. I'm actually really liking the style except for the in race effects like wings, hopefully they can be turned off but maybe more gameplay will give a better look at it and might be okay. Most importantly, the racing looks class and UNDERGROUND as it should be. Also confirmed to be an offline single player campaign with a multiplayer mode which is just lovely to hear.

Also, Current Gen only - PS5, Xbox Series X/S & PC.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2Y8XCe7F9E

Potential-Monke · 06-10-2022 4:54pm

Just watched the trailer. I saw a single Porsche and that makes me happy as there may not be any super/hypercars. Looks like it could be good.

Tazzimus · 06-10-2022 5:44pm

I hope it stays in older tuner cars instead of 2 races and you're in a Koenigsegg.

Fingers crossed the weird style things were just for the trailer.

Offline single player is a refreshing change.

johnny_ultimate · 06-10-2022 5:53pm

Near impossible to tell anything about the gameplay from that trailer, but it is Criterion so I'm cautiously hopefully there'll be something interesting here.

Jordan 199 · 07-10-2022 7:22am

There will be a free 10 hour trial of the game on the 29th of November for those who have Game Pass Ultimate.

Zero-Cool · 07-10-2022 8:14am

I installed NFS Heat again yesterday and it turns out I never even completed the 1st chapter so wanted to give it a proper go but just not having fun with the driving. I'm regretting my Mustang starter car as driving basically consists of tapping handbrake to drift around any kind of corner but it just feels so disconnected, it's not fun. On top of that, story races are level 200, I'm 180 and they are impossible to win so i to do a bunch of races for money to buy parts for a car i don't enjoy driving. I can see why i gave up on it. Might start again with a different car.

Tazzimus · 07-10-2022 9:28am

I played through the ones I never got around to playing recently.

Payback was probably the one I enjoyed out of them all, the NFS reboot with the live actors was all sorts of cringe and Heat was just not fun.

Zero-Cool · 07-10-2022 12:04pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119711803#Comment_119711803

Ha, felt the opposite about Payback and NFS Reboot. The voice acting and story in Payback mixed with awful offroad missions made me quit that early on. I really enjoyed the cheesiness of the NFS reboot in 2015. Great graphics but it was missing the magic it cried to recreate from Underground. The racing became boring as well and that has been NFS's biggest problem, for a racing game, the racing misses the mark so often. I've never played Horizon but always hear how they nailed the arcade racer feel. Hopefully NFS can make the right adjustments for Unbound.

Jordan 199 · 07-10-2022 2:15pm

Last time I played NFS Heat, I was more interested in what type of trackie bottoms to put on my character.

Zero-Cool · 07-10-2022 2:22pm

Great video showing a small clip from ever NFS game over the last near 30 years. These.....are not how I remember them looking :D

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zgfFUIcvZSg

Potential-Monke · 07-10-2022 2:41pm

My hopes have been dashed. Car list seems the same as Heat...

https://www.ea.com/games/need-for-speed/need-for-speed-unbound/about/car-list

I enjoyed Heat up to a point when these fast cars came into play. Like Horizon, it's too fast to enjoy. But Criterion have managed to make fast but enjoyable games before. Why isn't there another Burnout already!

Jordan 199 · 07-10-2022 2:46pm

1992 Honda NSX Type-R in the list. I love them.

Zero-Cool · 07-10-2022 2:51pm

Some great cars in the last but you don't not need that many Lambo's in an NFS. It's like they already paid a bucket load for the license, they're gonna use as many cars as they can but like potential said, it gets boring using those in Street racing especially when their mods become less and less. If you can take a JDM and keep it updated to match them, then great but usual races become blurs when super/hyper cars are introduced.

Tazzimus · 07-10-2022 3:54pm

Wonder will the Porsche RSR be the car to use like in Heat. That thing was a cheat code.

Disappointed it's not full of actual tuner cars, just a heap of supercars again.

Jordan 199 · 08-10-2022 6:01pm

The 10 hour trial at the end of November should be a good indicator if I want to buy the full game.

PopePalpatine · 08-10-2022 11:20pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119711616#Comment_119711616

Yeah, the brake-to-drift physics are my biggest gripe about the newest NFS games. Forza Horizon's success has shown that there's a market out there for street racing games with simplified "simcade" physics.

CiDeRmAn · 10-10-2022 3:43pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119713186#Comment_119713186

I still have the original, on my 3DO, and I still love it.

The PS2 title, Hot Pursuit II, is probably one of my favourites of the series, even now.

Hot Pursuit on the last and current gen consoles is pretty good too

Zero-Cool · 10-10-2022 10:25pm

https://twitter.com/NeedforSpeed/status/1579471964468826112?t=9EHfM55NaDqXhLO0GlpXFg&s=19

Ha

Zero-Cool · 11-10-2022 11:40pm

Small bit of gameplay today. The ingame cartoon effects are a bit much, especially that icon that appears above your car. NFS did tweet that you can remove those effects so at least that's something.

Cars look class but racing looks very brake to drift in that. Need a longer vid without the creek visually assaulting me.

https://youtu.be/iq3LLGUATJo

quokula · 12-10-2022 7:09pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119713352#Comment_119713352

I'd love another Burnout but Criterion really isn't the same studio that made those games, many of their key staff have long since moved on since that series' heyday, they're very much just another internal EA studio these days.

That said, I'm still hopeful for NFS Unbound to be a good game, it feels like this one is putting effort in to reinvigorate the franchise after a few years in the wilderness.

Potential-Monke · 12-10-2022 11:25pm

For a street racing game, there's very few "street" cars in it. That's my problem. I have zero interest in anything that requires massive money to just buy (IRL). Modifying street cars is somewhat realistic and draws me in because I could do it IRL, but just being able to afford a Lambo or Ferrari, etc, not realistic and pulls me out.

Yes, I realise I'm talking about realism in a anime NFS, but it applies to all games. Even GT7, I don't like the races above A.

PsychoPete · 13-10-2022 8:11am

I just can't get into these need for speed games at all, the whole brake to drift is ridiculous maybe I'm just so used to racing games like Forza,F1, Assetto Corsa. I tried to get into Heat 2 or 3 times but an hour is the max I can manage

Jordan 199 · 18-10-2022 5:14pm

https://youtu.be/D5aU75h7Yzs

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Jordan 199 · 03-11-2022 9:53am

Fashion brands Puma, Fila, Versace and others to appear in the game. Link here.

Potential-Monke · 04-11-2022 2:12am

That's exactly what I want in a racing game. Who doesn't remember the classic cars of Puma, Fila and Versace?!

Jordan 199 · 04-11-2022 2:34am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119831254#Comment_119831254

😄😄😄

Zero-Cool · 04-11-2022 9:20am

They announced you can pre-order the Palace edition. That's a clothing brand. Gets you the game 3 days early and a full wardrobe of Palace clothes for your character. Jesus, sounding more like a fashion show than a car game.