Need For Speed: Most Wanted (2012)

so NFS: Most Wanted is released today....anyone picking this up on PS3? I am grabbing it today. If you don't know about it or Criterion games take on racing games you are missing out.

This game is essentially Burnout Paradise 2....shame on you if you don't know about Burnout Paradise.

Played Dirt and Dirt2 - waiting for Dirt3 to drop in price on Steam or eBay -
My ALWAYS rule of thumb is to NEVER pay more than $20 for ANY PC game....
So being on the bleeding edge of newly released games is something I just can't afford - which also allows me to see what issues people are having with new releases / patches / network issues.

Kind of like your Star Wars game... it's less than $15 new on eBay so it has reached MY target price - but it looks like all the enthusiasm has died for the game (still only subscription too right?)

- Then again I typically only buy one game a year - and that is dependent on what the group here is playing and it needs to be a STRONGLY liked from everyone here and all playing it before I consider saving my pennies to get it..

Consoles (to me) are a waste of (my) time - I did have an Atari 2600 emulator - it was the only one I ever owned and that was a joke present one year - I think it was powered up for a maximum of 2 or 3 min and then found it self at Goodwill the day it was given to me. So I guess I can't talk about consoles MUCH - but still... I don't ever see one in my house.

I like the Rally driving games for something to do when other games are patching, I've never completed any one of them though.

A year or so ago Sarge linked us to some free to play driving game that we messed with - twice.

Duck wrote:Played Dirt and Dirt2 - waiting for Dirt3 to drop in price on Steam or eBay -
My ALWAYS rule of thumb is to NEVER pay more than $20 for ANY PC game....
So being on the bleeding edge of newly released games is something I just can't afford - which also allows me to see what issues people are having with new releases / patches / network issues.

Kind of like your Star Wars game... it's less than $15 new on eBay so it has reached MY target price - but it looks like all the enthusiasm has died for the game (still only subscription too right?)

- Then again I typically only buy one game a year - and that is dependent on what the group here is playing and it needs to be a STRONGLY liked from everyone here and all playing it before I consider saving my pennies to get it..

Consoles (to me) are a waste of (my) time - I did have an Atari 2600 emulator - it was the only one I ever owned and that was a joke present one year - I think it was powered up for a maximum of 2 or 3 min and then found it self at Goodwill the day it was given to me. So I guess I can't talk about consoles MUCH - but still... I don't ever see one in my house.

I like the Rally driving games for something to do when other games are patching, I've never completed any one of them though.

A year or so ago Sarge linked us to some free to play driving game that we messed with - twice.

I am not a Console gamer by any means. I bought the PS3 because it is hands down the best BluRay Player out there and was only about $50 more than a standalone BR player at the time.

SWTOR goes F2P in November I believe. the game is still doing well, but I was just sick of the WoW style combat. SWTOR was a great game and the story and quest lines were outstanding, I was just hoping for better combat personally (which I got with Guild Wars 2). I might install the game again when it goes F2P.

$60 is steep for a Console game and I rarely pay full price for console games, but I have several friends that are getting it on PS3 so I will get my moneys worth at launch price (this is the first PS3 game I have ever paid full price for). I also have a full setup for my PS3 and driving....102" screen, gaming chair, cockpit frame with wheel and pedals, and 5.1 surround sound so racing games are very immersive for me.

I would check out Planetside 2 at release even though it is a FPS...at least it is Free to Download and F2P.

if GW2 does a guest system to boost sales, I will send you one as I think it is one of the best MMORPG's I have played in a long time.

still havnt picked up GW2, things come up that are out of my control....like...heat come to mind.

but will be getting this before the snow flies, and im housebound for 4 months.

I bought the PS3 because it is hands down the best BluRay Player out there and was only about $50 more than a standalone BR player at the time.

Great point....

SWTOR goes F2P in November I believe. the game is still doing well, but I was just sick of the WoW style combat.

Killer for me too
Guild Wars 2

High on my watch list still.


I have several friends that are getting it

That's where its at for me..... IF you can classify this gaggle as friends.... 🤣


If GW2 does a guest system to boost sales, I will send you one as I think it is one of the best MMORPG's I have played in a long time.

Deal - Just don't tell Bubba.

I'm keeping an eye on Guild Wars as well, waiting for a sale. I also need to check that my PC (particularly the video card) will run the game.

Grand Theft Auto.... HA!
I remembered another one... and I DID NOT CHEAT!

🤓

Duck wrote:Grand Theft Auto.... HA!
I remembered another one... and I DID NOT CHEAT!

🤓

Cannot wait for GTA V

FYI, just because I like to brag:

that screen is the size of my house!

Mike wrote:that screen is the size of my house!

It has taken me several years to get to this point slowly upgrading everything. Here is a picture series of the basement remodel I did a year and a half ago: http://jondotcom.smugmug.com/Other/Basemen...7&k=D8znzr4 I am not in the pics since I am the one taking the pictures, but you can see a couple of pics with a buddy of mine that helped me with the construction.

I would like to upgrade the screen sometime since I built it myself...currently it is 102" and the max I can go with the projector location is 110". This setup definitely makes for an immersive driving experience.

I have been flip-flopping between NFS and AC.. but I haven't played the last AC, it is still sitting in its dust jacket. So AC is right now sitting second fiddle, though BF3 is looking at the party as well. Luckily Dust 541 is holding on for FPS action, so NFS may win out sooner than later, waiting until the next store update for any price changes, missed the pre-order 10% off by a few hours.

As a let-go I got the 1hr full game trial for NFS, just to see if it is better than the last NFS criterion did [as in actually open world]. Here is to hoping it is actually BP2, the original Burnout Pardise is still a favorite of mine. Still have it installed and turn it on every now and again for the ambiance/music alone, same with Borderlands..

Guild Wars 2, am hoping for price drop or Christmas present.. it will be worth it no matter when I get it. Even without any time for it. Thank you o'daughter mine.

Montivagus wrote:I have been flip-flopping between NFS and AC.. but I haven't played the last AC, it is still sitting in its dust jacket. So AC is right now sitting second fiddle, though BF3 is looking at the party as well. Luckily Dust 541 is holding on for FPS action, so NFS may win out sooner than later, waiting until the next store update for any price changes, missed the pre-order 10% off by a few hours.

As a let-go I got the 1hr full game trial for NFS, just to see if it is better than the last NFS criterion did [as in actually open world]. Here is to hoping it is actually BP2, the original Burnout Pardise is still a favorite of mine. Still have it installed and turn it on every now and again for the ambiance/music alone, same with Borderlands..

Guild Wars 2, am hoping for price drop or Christmas present.. it will be worth it no matter when I get it. Even without any time for it. Thank you o'daughter mine.

How is Dust 514? I have heard from people in both Planetside and Dust that Planetside feels more polished. Got any suggestions on getting into the Dust BETA?

I have about 10 hrs in the game and played many many hours on BP. I will say that there are some improvements of NFS (BP2) over BP and there are some downgrades.

Improvements:
Multiplayer!!!!!!
Licensed Cars!!!!
Graphics
Easydrive UI
Exploration Incentive
Autolog

Losses:
Crash mode
Stunt Runs
Feels like a smaller map
Manual vs Automatic (I don't really care about this one)

Overall it feels a little shorter as a game in whole, still open world, and l feel like the game caters to exploration a lot better and multiplayer is seemless. I am still having a blast, and crashes still make you LOL literally but also yell and scream WTF!!!

I will probably get to about 40-60 hrs of game time before it gets moved down the priority gaming list for me. Planetside may hurt it some too, but that is only because it is SOOOOOO much fun for me right now.

Hadaka wrote:How is Dust 514? I have heard from people in both Planetside and Dust that Planetside feels more polished. Got any suggestions on getting into the Dust BETA?
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Losses:
Crash mode
Stunt Runs
Feels like a smaller map
Manual vs Automatic (I don't really care about this one)

Overall it feels a little shorter as a game in whole, still open world, and l feel like the game caters to exploration a lot better and multiplayer is seemless. I am still having a blast, and crashes still make you LOL literally but also yell and scream WTF!!!
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Dust:
I got in with the PS-Plus deal, which has been more than worth it for me, and is about to get better when the Vita gets some love. Otherwise you have to buy the 10$ add-on to get in. I haven't played planetside, as for Dust, there are a lot of items that they are rolling into the Beta that are not yet available. So potential is outstanding, but not all implemented. You can see EVE all over the place in the development and plans forward. The actual gameplay is nice and definitely fun. No real insurmountable problems, they had a problem with drops prior to entering a game, but during it was fairly stable. Some CQC and distance shots, Vehicles can be a game changer, teamwork as well. Especially when everything is implemented.

NFS:
The Multiplayer in BP was fun to me, any improvements on that should be nice. I can assume the smaller map is for content rollouts, similar to the island in BP. Heck they even had plans for airplanes and a sewer system addon at one point. Hopefully they planned for expansions and are going to push it this time. Stunt runs were fun, crash mode was the best they gave us toward the older Crash... that will be missed, if just for playing bouncy bouncy with your car. As long as the crashes didn't go the way of other racing games I will be happy. Will probably get it later this week regardless.

yeah, multiplayer is pretty seamless from single player. I never got into multiplayer on BP. Autolog is a fun metagame...there are jump/billboards, races and speed cameras and autolog tracks all of it and puts up your friends that also have the stats for that specific item. You can then try to beat it and get bonus points for doing so. It is sort of an offline multiplayer piece of the game

But with NFS:MW multiplayer it is basically open world but the "host" can pick a speedlist that is either a custom made list of races or a premade list.

Each race can be restricted to a class or unrestricted.
List is 6 races long.
Races consist of different things, like pure racing through the streets
Speed Camera - You basically try to get the highest speed at a speed camera, but your opponents can crash into you messing it up.
Drift Race - see who can drift for the most total yards
Jump contest, near miss contest, king of the arches, etc

You can then build your own list out of all the different competition types with up to 8 players. The "host" can make the game private or public or friend list only.

Crashing does take you into a cinematic in the game that is ~5-10 sec long.

Don't know if there is running from the cops in multiplayer but it does exist in single player.

I think Criterion wanted to do BP2, but since it didn't have the large brand name like NFS, they decided to make a NFS game that was essentially BP2, but I think EA watered down some of the game to get it released early and build in DLC for later.

Overall I am giddy playing the game in multiplayer and have a blast...lots of OMG did you Fn see that!!!!!!! Single player was more of a #@#$ @#$@ %@#$@ #@$ you piece of @#$#@ in the beginning because the races can be very tough.

Things I don't like:

When you unlock an upgrade...it is car specific, so when you unlock a new car, you have to drive it a while to unlock on the upgrades.
Rubberband AI - No matter how good you are or how fast your car is, even if you "Take out" an AI opponent, they will be able to catch up with you.
Some of the races are ridiculously hard, while others are ridiculously easy. I spent an hour doing 1 race just to get a single upgrade.

The rubber band phenom is typical in a lot of racing games, especially when it is a limited field. So I can't discount them on that.

The bonus cars for exploration is new, though it has given me the benefit of beating a bunch of the 'jumps' & 'speed traps' that you have set.

The speed traps are a nod to the 'own the road,' nice but not as nice as the extra races the 'own the road' was in BP. The addition to the billboards as jump spots is pretty nice, I will take that over the ballet of stunt races that was before. Heck the overall integration of the AutoLog [which Criterion pulled from BP to the NFS] is really really slick, what with the limited billboards above everything showing best scores/times/jumps. Does an effort in making up for all the lost content in the form of challenges @ roads.. but they added cops that give chase so .. meh.

I haven't delved into multiplayer, mainly because I have only played it for an hour or two, just last night, starting at midnight.

BTW that race you spent an hour on is on my AutoLog as 'beat hadaka' he spent xx number of times running this race. Heh.

Right now my only beef is how fragile the cars seem, I used to be able to shunt off of any car I pleased with the right angle. Then again this could be because I am in a glorified go-cart of an Ariel Atom, which I plan to ride until its 100%... or I find the Koenigsegg or Raptor.. or just switch to the BAC Mono or Viper. Meh probably the Atom or the Mono until they are at least a few unlocks in or I get tired of their semblance to papercraft.

Montivagus wrote:The rubber band phenom is typical in a lot of racing games, especially when it is a limited field. So I can't discount them on that.

The bonus cars for exploration is new, though it has given me the benefit of beating a bunch of the 'jumps' & 'speed traps' that you have set.

The speed traps are a nod to the 'own the road,' nice but not as nice as the extra races the 'own the road' was in BP. The addition to the billboards as jump spots is pretty nice, I will take that over the ballet of stunt races that was before. Heck the overall integration of the AutoLog [which Criterion pulled from BP to the NFS] is really really slick, what with the limited billboards above everything showing best scores/times/jumps. Does an effort in making up for all the lost content in the form of challenges @ roads.. but they added cops that give chase so .. meh.

I haven't delved into multiplayer, mainly because I have only played it for an hour or two, just last night, starting at midnight.

BTW that race you spent an hour on is on my AutoLog as 'beat hadaka' he spent xx number of times running this race. Heh.

Right now my only beef is how fragile the cars seem, I used to be able to shunt off of any car I pleased with the right angle. Then again this could be because I am in a glorified go-cart of an Ariel Atom, which I plan to ride until its 100%... or I find the Koenigsegg or Raptor.. or just switch to the BAC Mono or Viper. Meh probably the Atom or the Mono until they are at least a few unlocks in or I get tired of their semblance to papercraft.

Yeah, that xx times isn't very accurate, after missing gold on it by ~1 mph twice for the Bugatti Veyron, if I didn't get a perfect run in the first quarter of the race, I just hit "retry". I probably did that about a dozen times in a span of about 10-15 min.

I haven't spent much time going through and setting records...just hitting gold for different cars...currently I am just working my way through the list of unlocked cars alphabetically. I might get a bug up my ass about beating times and actually make an effort to provide you a challenge. 😉

Hadaka wrote:Yeah, that xx times isn't very accurate, after missing gold on it by ~1 mph twice for the Bugatti Veyron, if I didn't get a perfect run in the first quarter of the race, I just hit "retry". I probably did that about a dozen times in a span of about 10-15 min.

I haven't spent much time going through and setting records...just hitting gold for different cars...currently I am just working my way through the list of unlocked cars alphabetically. I might get a bug up my ass about beating times and actually make an effort to provide you a challenge. 😉

I think the only annoying part about rubber-banding is when the cops do it. I had a 100k pt cop chase going and the only reason I got stopped is because of the damn rubber banding coppers. It was still fun but annoying.

And the Atom car gets infinitely more drivable when you put on one of the stability upgrades.

And yeah you setting records with a car that is going twice as fast.. not really a challenge for you.