prince1142003 wrote:vegettoxp wrote:I keep bring up this point, I think NFS lost it touch with the TRUE FANS of NFS after NFS: Most Wanted. To this day I still ENJOY playing this title. I hope I am wrong about Shift, But I just don't see any light at the end of the Tunnel for EA. They Need to go back in time and recapture that magic from NFS: Underground and Most Wanted.
It really depends on how you define true fans. Yeah, Underground and Most Wanted were the cornerstones of success for the recent NFS franchise, but the olden NFS games had little to do with cops, and the very first NFS simply involved racing high-end cars on a track. Shift is geared towards those kinds of gamers, who can sit down and race on a circular track for 5-6 laps (maybe even more). That's a type of gameplay that really doesn't lend itself to open world and police. While I admit, those two elements worked great in Most Wanted and created a lot of fandom, I feel that this return to the "roots" so to speak is a nod towards the fans of the original NFS games. If you look at those who liked ProStreet and those who didn't, I can guarantee you that most of the fans who didn't like it were Underground or Most Wanted players compared to most who did like it were probably olden NFS game fans.
I just think that saying NFS has lost its touch with TRUE FANS is very much a simplification, and the statement really needs to be qualified. I personally liked Most Wanted and Underground. But I preferred games like ProStreet and Porsche Unleashed. And I'm looking forward very excitedly to Shift. Yeah, there are those players who won't like Shift because of their preference for open world. But that doesn't mean those are the true fans of NFS.
Of course this was just my opinion. I am one of those Fans who are used to the old ways of NFS titles. I have played Carbon, ProStreet, and Undercover. When I play these games, I don't get the same feels I get from playing Most Wanted. Like I said, I hope Shift does good, but it's gona go up against tough titles that are already out there and they might be better then Shift. I know GRID is old, But I am pretty sure that GRID will play a lot better then Shift.
Sorry that I wasn't clear enough about the TRUE Defination of "True Need For Speed Fans." Most of my buddies that play NFS Titles perfer the OLD Ways of NFS. Cops, Chases, Highway and Open World. Now I am not saying that everyone has to like what I like. I am pretty sure that there are guys in here that enjoy driving around in Laps and don't like the Open World. But in my case, I enjoy getting BUSTED and CHASED by "CROSS."
I hope I clearned up any mess I created regarding the true defination of "True Need For Speed Fans." If someone has a better defination, please share it with us.
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