The NFS series really just went to shit after Carbon huh?
I mean ProStreet already was rather bad and to call it an identity crisis might be putting it mildly but then you hit Undercover which has one of the worst art styles I've ever seen on top of having every issue from previous open world NFS games amplified to 11.
There is just SO MUCH BLOOM, you only need to see one screenshot of this abomination to see how bad it is. Just imagine having to play all 10-12 hours of this game with that art style, truth be told I couldn't be asked, after 2 races I looked for mods to make it playable. Landed on the reformation mod, which improves the graphics a lot and also the handling. The game was decent fun for a bit, okay fun might be much but it was a bit enjoyable for what its worth, still there's only so much a mod can do to improve a game thats bad at its core, cop chases like in carbon are still more trouble than they're worth, the story is predictable, bad and forgettable unlike the one in carbon and most wanted, the open world is huge but empty and bland (the mod added in better call saul billboards though, has nothing to do with anything but I thought it was funny), the handling is fine with the reformation mod but like...if you're playing this let's be realistic you probably don't even own it and are gonna pirate it...so at that point just play carbon or most wanted, 2 games this game wishes it could be like.
While I lasted longer in this game than ProStreet idk which game is actually better, the boring dull one with input lag or the boring dull one with awful visuals.
I stopped playing this one 6-7 hours in when I noticed I was barely halfway through and the missions started to really suck, taking down cars is so unfun it hurts, especially with how the AI is programmed to just turn around if you surpass it for even a second making you instantly lose them basically.
Ugh...by this point the NFS series was in dire need of some innovation, or at least some new ideas, or some ideas which this game has a few off but they are really uninspired, you're undercover! But it plays exactly like if you weren't undercover so what's the point?
But hey next years Shift had a new idea: what if ProStreet but again and with an interior camera...
Okay I'll skip to Hot Pursuit and hope for the best
I mean ProStreet already was rather bad and to call it an identity crisis might be putting it mildly but then you hit Undercover which has one of the worst art styles I've ever seen on top of having every issue from previous open world NFS games amplified to 11.
There is just SO MUCH BLOOM, you only need to see one screenshot of this abomination to see how bad it is. Just imagine having to play all 10-12 hours of this game with that art style, truth be told I couldn't be asked, after 2 races I looked for mods to make it playable. Landed on the reformation mod, which improves the graphics a lot and also the handling. The game was decent fun for a bit, okay fun might be much but it was a bit enjoyable for what its worth, still there's only so much a mod can do to improve a game thats bad at its core, cop chases like in carbon are still more trouble than they're worth, the story is predictable, bad and forgettable unlike the one in carbon and most wanted, the open world is huge but empty and bland (the mod added in better call saul billboards though, has nothing to do with anything but I thought it was funny), the handling is fine with the reformation mod but like...if you're playing this let's be realistic you probably don't even own it and are gonna pirate it...so at that point just play carbon or most wanted, 2 games this game wishes it could be like.
While I lasted longer in this game than ProStreet idk which game is actually better, the boring dull one with input lag or the boring dull one with awful visuals.
I stopped playing this one 6-7 hours in when I noticed I was barely halfway through and the missions started to really suck, taking down cars is so unfun it hurts, especially with how the AI is programmed to just turn around if you surpass it for even a second making you instantly lose them basically.
Ugh...by this point the NFS series was in dire need of some innovation, or at least some new ideas, or some ideas which this game has a few off but they are really uninspired, you're undercover! But it plays exactly like if you weren't undercover so what's the point?
But hey next years Shift had a new idea: what if ProStreet but again and with an interior camera...
Okay I'll skip to Hot Pursuit and hope for the best