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EA has announced Need for Speed Unbound, the 25th installment of the popular racing franchise developed by Criterion Games.
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EA Announces Need for Speed Unbound, a Next-Generation Street Racing Fantasy Releasing This December
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Oh, no god save us all from cricketion.
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The last two were like that and they were still trash.
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Now with loot boxes...
Naa, it'll just be P2W. They'll have "Speed Coin" that you purchase with real money so you can buy in-game vehicles and mods that are needed to beat the game.
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They have ruined this franchise, and the NFS series was one of my favorites, good times playing NFS II SE in Glide on a Voodoo2 back in the day, really good times
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I've tried numerous times to get back into this franchise over the last decade and have never quite been able to. I have great memories of playing various releases on the first and second PlayStation back in the day but after that, it's been hit or miss and mostly miss. I took a peek at this yesterday and thought it just looked horrible but as I'm much older now I have no idea if younger folk will feel differently about it and make it a hit.
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Last NFS I got any enjoyment out of was The Run. I also liked Shift2, but it was only NFS in name, not spirit. Otherwise the series ended for me with the 6th game. Any other game I tried and I tried a lot of them was either terrible or barely mediocre.
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Woooow, they want $70 for this thing. Good ol' EA, pushing those 9th-gen console prices on PC: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1846380/Need_for_Speed_Unbound/
I see that like most EA games, it also requires the use of Origin. I wonder why SW Squadrons doesn't use Origin on Steam.
I see that like most EA games, it also requires the use of Origin. I wonder why SW Squadrons doesn't use Origin on Steam.
Aaahhh yes, I forgot about NFS Shift. I did enjoy those. As you said, NFS in name only.
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Yep, The Run was one I liked as well. I think I got about halfway to three-quarters through it before I got bored with it. I can't remember if I tried Shift but I do remember trying the Hot Pursuit remake which wasn't horrible but I got bored with it pretty quickly. Those were the last ones I played though.
I think I'm just bored with racing games in general now. I loved Test Drive back in the Pentium days and got into NFS and GT on PlayStation(s) but after that nothing has really grabbed me. I got Dirt a few years back and that was fun for a bit. Lol, I did find some enjoyment in watching a Truck driving sim video about a month or two ago.
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Here's why. You still have to have an EA account to at least get it but after that, I think that maybe you can launch without Origin. It's a shame. I got this for free through Amazon a while back and still haven't gotten around to playing it.
"INTERNET CONNECTION; EA ACCOUNT; STEAM ACCOUNT; ACCEPTANCE OF EA USER AGREEMENT (terms.ea.com) REQUIRED TO PLAY. YOU MUST LINK YOUR EA AND STEAM ACCOUNTS TO PLAY; EA WILL SHARE YOUR ACCOUNT ID AND INDIVIDUAL GAME AND PLAY RECORDS WITH STEAM TO VALIDATE YOUR PURCHASE AND/OR REFUND REQUEST. ACCESS TO SOFTWARE CONTENT IS LIMITED TO ONE EA & ONE STEAM ACCOUNT & IS NON-TRANSFERABLE AFTER PURCHASE"