This game does not deserve all the hate it gets.
It deserves solid criticism, sure, but wanting it to be just like Forza is plain ignorance. Every single damn racing game nowadays looks the same, and I'm tired of it. Unbound flipped the bird to all that and made sure to have something that NFS always had above others -- style. The driving effects and the sound sample system are stunning and signal a breath of fresh air amidst all the games nowadays which have their art direction dictated by lifeless suits rather than passionate artists.
The handling is the best we have in modern NFS. You can grip very hard and completely disable Brake 2 Drift if you wish so, or embrace drifting all together, hell, you can even find an in-between if you are feeling adventurous. The burst system is a great addition to the gameplay.
The story is indeed confused about what it wants to say. Trying to paint the racers under a good light is just weird. A few college kids complaining about how the cops are evil for going after them right after pulling 300 KM/H on a public highway and ramming others into traffic is silly, plus all the political discourse it tries to engage with despite being on the fence about all it wants to say. Many parts of the plot are not explained or given much substance, like the game's main villain. To sum it up, the revenge plot is a great idea, but the execution is subpar.
The dialogue tries to be cool and hip with its wording but it just ends up being alienating. Though I don't think it's as bad as the stuff we've seen in The Crew 2/MotorFest and Forza Horizon 4/5 as, at least in here, they try to be expressive to a degree instead of the 1-dimensional puppets we got in those other titles. That said, Rydell is by far the best and most relatable character.
An issue I hope Criterion improves with updates are the content updates. I'm not a fan of live-services and I'm happy with most of what we got in the base game for it's single-player mode, but the multi-player needs some meatier content. The Porsche celebration update is interesting, but we could've received a few more cars. I'm not asking for dozens of cars to be added with each update, but more than 1 would be nice.
All I wish for is that people would realize that, despite it's flaws, Unbound is trying to shake up a genre that's been left in the gutter for over a decade. There are no other arcade racers in the AAA market right now, and the other racing games we do have might as well be cast in the same mold.
It deserves solid criticism, sure, but wanting it to be just like Forza is plain ignorance. Every single damn racing game nowadays looks the same, and I'm tired of it. Unbound flipped the bird to all that and made sure to have something that NFS always had above others -- style. The driving effects and the sound sample system are stunning and signal a breath of fresh air amidst all the games nowadays which have their art direction dictated by lifeless suits rather than passionate artists.
The handling is the best we have in modern NFS. You can grip very hard and completely disable Brake 2 Drift if you wish so, or embrace drifting all together, hell, you can even find an in-between if you are feeling adventurous. The burst system is a great addition to the gameplay.
The story is indeed confused about what it wants to say. Trying to paint the racers under a good light is just weird. A few college kids complaining about how the cops are evil for going after them right after pulling 300 KM/H on a public highway and ramming others into traffic is silly, plus all the political discourse it tries to engage with despite being on the fence about all it wants to say. Many parts of the plot are not explained or given much substance, like the game's main villain. To sum it up, the revenge plot is a great idea, but the execution is subpar.
The dialogue tries to be cool and hip with its wording but it just ends up being alienating. Though I don't think it's as bad as the stuff we've seen in The Crew 2/MotorFest and Forza Horizon 4/5 as, at least in here, they try to be expressive to a degree instead of the 1-dimensional puppets we got in those other titles. That said, Rydell is by far the best and most relatable character.
An issue I hope Criterion improves with updates are the content updates. I'm not a fan of live-services and I'm happy with most of what we got in the base game for it's single-player mode, but the multi-player needs some meatier content. The Porsche celebration update is interesting, but we could've received a few more cars. I'm not asking for dozens of cars to be added with each update, but more than 1 would be nice.
All I wish for is that people would realize that, despite it's flaws, Unbound is trying to shake up a genre that's been left in the gutter for over a decade. There are no other arcade racers in the AAA market right now, and the other racing games we do have might as well be cast in the same mold.
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