How They Killed "Need For Speed" Games

[@Spatnz]

Download Asphalt Legends Unite and don’t miss out on Black Friday offers gmlft.co/Spatnz ! #asphaltlegendsunite #alupartner

[@ДмитроНикишенко]

boooring

[@Unimportant_in_polish]

I disliked this sponsor comment, why would anyone play asphalt at this era.

[@Latintendo]

@@Unimportant_in_polish i like asphalt 8

[@gecttakhla4249]

Fuck no

[@periquito_8454]

No thanks!

[@geograymon55]

My problem with the art style change of Unbound is that they didn't fully commit to it. Imagine the insane things they could have done with car customization if every car had a cell shaded comic book look to it.

[@br4ndon955]

I just realized that we could have gotten an open-world Auto Modellista game if EA committed to this. Real missed opportunity

[@Otherface]

To be fair, even just half of it made people hate the game, to the point of calling it the new worst nfs game. I think it was for the best that they didn't do so.

[@toughbreaker3378]

​@Otherface Nfs Undercover should take the crown as worst nfs game

[@Tha-mountain]

​@@toughbreaker3378*been

[@NotSponsoredByEA]

Payback is worse. Give me a break

[@tafYT.]

you know you talk fast when .75x speed sounds normal

[@phil3986]

Omfg you’re right😂

[@Goblin_Hater_37]

If I had a nickel for everytime a youtube talked really fast, did general news from time to time and play minecraft, I would gave two nickels, which strange because it happened twice

[@Bow2erk]

i did that, and then saw this comment. Glad I'm not the only one

[@Deputy_Doofus]

He also sounds like Peter Griffen

[@DJ50ACES]

It actually makes the video understandable

[@danielferrieri7434]

It is so weird to see Spatnz's face.

[@Crystal_Dylan]

I know right I got super used to him being the little shy guy avatar.... but I'm not complaining about him showing his face if he is comfortable with it.

[@dj_justanotheruser_yt]

HIS NAME IS WILDSPARTANZ

[@deathsyth8888]

That's just an AI generated image. Spatnz's true face is inconceivable.

[@valk2768]

Honestly the only thing annoys me about the face cam is that he’s ALWAYS doing pistol hands when he’s talking 😂

[@nojouplays5493]

When did he become ginger tho i remember him being fat but i remember him having a soul

[@widianto04]

Seeing KZbin reviewers trashing Need for Speed Unbound, while in the same video promoting Asphalt Unite... shame on you

[@GoddessOfMisfortune]

yeah, massive lack of self-awareness.

[@Cyb3r6yoza_]

Facts lmfao

[@KeckowyChleb]

Truly the worst mobile games ive played. Literally every game after 8 basically softlocks you. Doesnt allow you to get blueprints and the pay on replay races are LITERALLY NOTHING. So its literally unplayable without microtransactions.

[@Imnottheoutline420]

Exactly dawg wtf

[@swilleh_]

both are garbage. At least this way he got his money back lmao

[@smallbutdeadly931]

Note that NFS Most Wanted's (2012) gameplay was basically like a newer version of Burnout, and not as much of a faithful NFS game. Still really like it tho.

[@some_body_else3636]

"it's burnout" who cares, all i want from a game is to be good and fun and MW12 actually archived that

[@spooks5467]

Holy shit dude I keep on running into ya lol

[@aleglinny]

@@some_body_else3636 100% agree with you, What else does it need if it's fun already?

[@Arvac]

it felt like criterion wanted to make a burnout paradise styled game but they were forced to slap the "need for speed" title to it

[@igotnokill]

​@@some_body_else3636Except it failed to meet the expectations of MW 05' which is without a doubt a better game

[@FluffyAngelUwU]

Who's gonna tell him people like MW05 and not MW12???

[@Spooderman77]

MW12 wasn't that bad

[@carborn7954]

@@Spooderman77 MW12 is not a NFS MW game It is burnout

[@jamergamer_nl9066]

The problem is that they called it most wanted while it's nothing like most wanted except the black list feature ​@@Spooderman77

[@FluffyAngelUwU]

@@Spooderman77 I'm not saying it isn't good, I'm saying it isn't a NFS game

[@Spooderman77]

@@jamergamer_nl9066 yeah thats the problem, they should’ve called it anything elsr

[@burnhart]

the biggest problem with the always online stuff is that when the company closes the servers theres often issues with just playing singleplayer

[@garrettgoss2691]

HOW DID THEY GET SUCH A WILD CAST FOR THAT MOVIE?!

[@BaDArxz]

It was still a great movie that, unlike Fast and Furious, uses practical effects instead of egregious amounts of CGI.

[@envixous_402]

@@BaDArxz True, the cars that they used in the final race were actually built and used for the scenes

[@pizzathehut2264]

Some of these complaints are valid. Like the voice acting being annoying. But many of these complaints are just goofy. Always online? You CAN play offline ya know. Grindy? You were literally saying Asphalt legends is a great game. Bruh that game is thee most grindy racing game off all time. It takes a life time just to unlock a skin. Handling? Yo it’s not that hard to get used to. It’s better than GTA handling! Expensive? You don’t need the DLCs to play the game or to progress. Besides, they now have a “DLC” that you can get all the season passes for only $10.

[@danielcifuentes2603]

U can play offline yes, but what sucks is all the new content is online only, plus they dint have enough races imo for offline

[@Someguy7291y]

In the end there was no need for speed…

[@katlehosuping5663]

Oh my g

[@Ytpooplol]

also Rip midnight club LA 😔

[@OmegaCorsair]

Midnight club LA Was so good back then, Plus I heard Fans brought back the servers on PS3 so that’s cool.

[@CyanRooper]

Midnight Club Still Cancelled Soz

[@marsxavier5956]

most of the fan base don't like the 2012 most wanted but it my personal favourite after the 05 most wanted

[@some_body_else3636]

probably because it shares a name with the highly nostalgia viewed most wanted 2005, like there's legit people saying MW12 is the worst game in the series and forgetting about shit like unbound and no limits, you know the fucking mobile game

[@ArthurLopes39]

Not watching a guy trashing on NFS while hosting an Asphalt 9 ad. Racing game youtubers are a joke.

[@zSTALKn]

You don’t come to this channel often, do you?

[@Am1R2005]

Talk about how a racing game is greedy while advertising a car themed slot machine

[@ArthurLopes39]

@@zSTALKn No, thankfully. Never heard of this guy before. Only clicked because it got on my homepage since its NFS related.

[@swilleh_]

he got his money back after that flop of a racing game lmao

[@RKDxNT3000]

Buddy They just released Volume 9 update.

[@some_body_else3636]

you know the series is in such a dire state i wouldn't mind for them to "remaster" the older games even tho there's a reason they haven't done so already

[@Twiggo_The_Foxxo]

​@@some_body_else3636they can't because of licensing

[@PrinceJay-tsi]

Best update ever

[@dexfox4356]

@@some_body_else3636 Probs due a lot of licensing

[@TheD4rkZEK]

I have 75 hours in Unbound and I love it D: have yet to encounter a crash or anything game breaking and I am having a blast driving with my tuned Mitsubishi at 300 km/h crashing into a random player at mach 9. I also *LOVE* the artstyle besides the characters too.

[@oli_gordon]

I have 130 hours almost all achievements

[@Tha-mountain]

​@@oli_gordonopinions?

[@ArthurLopes39]

@@TheD4rkZEK 400 hours here and I share the sentiment

[@Ayemonkey]

@@Tha-mountainit’s fun I really like the new game mode only down side is bikes aren’t free roam

[@geo2888]

Honestly, the story isn't supposed to be the main selling point. At this point, due to the large amount of content, online is the biggest thing. I love it, even to achiving 500 hours clocked in.

[@ZeyanALU]

The audacity to talk shit about NFS while sponsoring Asphalt legends unite...

[@mistercreeper3029]

This is the first time that I see his face!

[@doctortwilight]

I do like the art style a lot, but I also feel like they didn't do enough with it. If they had only the racers cel shaded, while having cops and pedestrians look realistic - it would have an interesting contrast. It would also be great if stuff like jumps were highlighted by cel shaded elements. Cars could be cel shaded as well for any specific sequence too, like a loading screen or a cutscene. There's a lot of things that could've been done to utilise the art style at its full potential, but the devs went the boring way either due to lack of creativity or EA stepping on their balls to release a NFS game, not caring for the craft. The story, yes, is ungodly garbage. It feels like a +50 year old guy was made to write a zoomer/gen alpha relatable story after watching a few YT vids and scrolling TikTok for 5 minutes. And there's just plot points that make no sesne. Also A$AP Rocky brings nothing to the table, only a rant about something (I don't remember it, I played the story over a year ago and it's not very memorable) and being a racer in the top class that sucks at driving. One time Rocky got quite literally flung at me during a race from hitting a traffic car.

[@ToeiTVETF1USAEffectsEditor7708]

Spatnz should bring back "This week on the Internet"

[@zedakick]

For the windowed issue in Most Wanted 2012: Alt + Enter forces the game into fullscreen, it's baffling that a setting for that wasn't intergrated in the PC port.

[@noname-zt2zk]

They also killed burnout

[@theotherjared9824]

Most Wanted having an event where the cops relentlessly chase after you while disabling the quit to menu option in the settings was absolute peak, which is sad because a ps2 game is far better then the newest releases.

[@Tha-mountain]

Lockdown... Leave u can't use your car (in that game mode, should be all modes)

[@KVGKQuake]

The original NFS Most Wanted was peak NFS. Even though it was released in 2005, it still holds up. Story is actually pretty decent, graphics aren't awful (even being almost 20 years old), and the cop ai is pretty great, too. If EA were to just remaster it as an anniversary edition, it would sell like crazy. I'd get a new system just for that game

[@dreyga2]

the cop ai is pretty great too? It's the soul of the game. This clown, spatz doesn't know shit.

[@kraosdadafusfus8034]

Knowing them, they actually might. EA needs to patch the hole in their finances left by DAV.

[@boris001000]

Mods keep it alive as well!

[@swilleh_]

Cars on rails, piss filter, boring world design, barely any visual tuning and you can't spin others but they can spin you. Gotta be blind if you count it as the best nfs, no wonder music and story gets praised so much because fans are blind. Unbound/burnout12/2015 are still much worse. Also if they EVER remake/remaster MW or any of the classics it will set everyone on fire.

[@kraosdadafusfus8034]

@@swilleh_ I should try NFSU one day. It's quite deep.

[@alexb859]

Awesome video!!! Also I subbed :), I also got a request, can you do why Hippos should go extinct plz?

[@BrainDamageIV]

Spatnz Face Reveal before GTA 6

[@SnipeDude500]

oh my god, a good most wanted 2012 review in the big '24??

[@mcwildstyle9106]

Ngl dude it’s kinda feels surreal seeing you for the first time. I was so used to your shy guy avatar but I love the change. Keeping going spantz my boy

[@spaceboyctstudios2934]

1:27 True. The “Need for Speed” movie isn’t what killed the “Need for Speed” franchise… But the “Need for Speed” movie IS what killed Touchstone Pictures.

[@spektacles1927]

Spatz, I agree that NFS has had many issues in recent years, but with the Kaisen approach to Unbound's online it seems Criterion is trying to guage what will work better in the future. Also I would recommend checking out Heat cause a lot of people say its the best of the more recent NFS games, with the Cops being so challenging in that game that they updated the game to nerf them, and from what I recall it doesn't have DRM like Unbound

[@DezzaSpeed]

Man I'm old, the game that everyone hated at launch(I liked it tho) is now a benchmark. Guess I'll have to wait ten years to see people talk about the Unbound in the same way. Glad that you didn't compare it to 2005 Most Wanted. It's actually hilarious how every NFS game is heavily criticized at launch only to get praised when the next game comes out, it's literally been happening since the early 00s.

[@ChillNarzigGuy]

They also MURDERED Alice: asylum, EA needs the Ubisoft treatment

[@enderkatze6129]

So what were the two Games you mentioned at the very start about vehicle Games where your Vehicle is a mobile Base?

[@EpicRobloxianReal]

You should defo play NFS Heat and Most Wanted 05 if you enjoy the NFS franchise. Most Wanted 05 is an unbeatable classic and Heat is a spiritual successor (in many ways) to MW05 and is leagues better than Unbound which is surprising since it is the second newest mainline NFS game.

[@JenNittahl]

There are Tweaks you can make to Most Wanted to make it look better and DS4 to make the Controller work. One of my all time favorite games, the Soundtrack is awesome too.

[@_bluewaffle_]

Napoleon Dynamite:

[@bradleylott3822]

Thats foul

[@Trenkaser]

I kinda like the facecam. It makes Spatnz feel more human while ranting like a human

[@DonathanXVI]

my biggest issue with unbound is the separation between offline and online progression PLUS all the post-launch additional content was only unlockable in the online mode…. it’s like unbound is begging the players to go online and grind the battle pass :/

[@zeke7100]

the only need for speed game I liked was NFS:World. Hands down the best game. Had tons of customizations, tons of upgrades, tons of missions, large open world map. It was great. And then EA shut down the servers and to this day are super anal about people making their own servers.

[@meatbug8611]

You did not just make an asphalt ad and then make fun of NFS

[@nsawatchlistbait289]

MW12 < MW05 but both are insanely good games

[@Rogue-Mike]

Bro should've played OG MW05 & NFS Carbon as a comparison. Those games were peak and had customizations. MW2012 was just Burnout Light.

[@meatbug8611]

And underground 2

[@Turnil321]

I miss burnout

[@Gamezoner911]

Criticising one game while shilling another is wild

[@nonAehT]

8:45 Alt+Enter is the default button combination to switch between fullscreen and windowed. knowing this can save you a lot of trouble.

[@Blurgamer17]

The one time where _Burnout: Fairhaven_ gets a positive spotlight.

[@Mysteryman61350]

That is not what I thought Mr. Spatnz would look like, I pictured something more like a grown up version of Gibby from I carly mixed with some features from John from John tron.

[@AimanCool440]

Need For Speed: please don't kill me, I'm innocent🥺. EA: No, you're done, no more upcoming need for speed game next year.

[@zSTALKn]

GRID: 💀

[@ImpishFemboy]

Invest in shy guy masks, it would be funny.

[@roachraider6169]

9:52 "Need for speed: Unwanted"😂😂

[@saiharsha5353]

Maybe the real need for speed is the friends we made Seriously tho, blud just wanted to glaze mw2012, which I'm not against. That game was flamed way too harsh.

[@WMan37]

7:38 I didn't stop complaining because I stopped caring; I stopped complaining because I _genuinely_ stopped buying games that do this, no matter how hype I was for them. The industry is vast and I can replace something instantly, I will not put up with this, ever. It's generally pretty easy to avoid as long as you just blacklist EA, Ubisoft, and Activision/Blizzard, from your sphere of interest.

[@Murstruck]

I would say this The police chases like heat were fun

[@dontkickmychick6076]

7:17 SPATNZ YOU CAN'T SAY THATTTTTT

[@GrandpaConners]

👩‍🦽‍➡️

[@zeedotyy9096]

Don't worry he gotta pass👌🏾

[@Bug3ater2]

holy crap I've only had the 2017-19 version of Spatnz connected to his voice. This is so awsome sauce

[@kip4993]

Hi Spatnz what's your opinion on Need for Speed Carbon?

[@judojamie379]

all this makes me think is whatever happend to burnout?

[@nightsky0211]

BIG NFS fan since MW ‘12 (my very first NFS game in the early-10’s). I love Unbound for sure, but its story, plus its characters, can use a lot of work. I don’t mind the cars and its customization, they’re pretty noice. And with wraps existing, it’s letting your imagination run wild (for example, I made two car wraps based around “Yellowjackets” and “RWBY”). But I feel like NFS would get more value if their old titles get modern releases (no revamps, please). It would bring NFS back into the fold amazingly and get a pretty significant fanbase to boot. Also, the NFS movie is a blur. Watched it as a tween, and it still don’t make sense today.

[@ggspooks7915]

NFS Unbound is a sleeper hit.. this dude promoting asphalt tells you everything you need to know.. we come across number rats you often. The concept will always be stronger than speaking fast over a mic and pretend u know shit 😹 The games obviously have glaring issues but it's literally not the end. If anything the games are blossoming. You find full lobbies of multiplayer till this date on NFS MW2012, RIVALS, NFS 2015 not payback, Heat is still active and Unbound is going strong DESPITE their so called public perception. People hated mw 2012, people hated rivals but theyve now come back to love it. The next release will be something. Please don't fall for doomer mentality

[@Numbers225]

womp womp

[@ggspooks7915]

@Numbers225 9 likes vs 1 womp womp.. ill do ok

[@Numbers225]

@ womp womp

[@boysrule0909]

i personally found NFS unbound much more fun compared to other NFS games in the multiplayer aspect, since it's been getting a lot of support from the devs and they have added in a lot of nice content lately. i feel like most of the criticism for this game are towards the singleplayer, dialouge, etc, but the online mode is an absolute banger that everyone should try

[@ggspooks7915]

@@Numbers225 let's gooo 2 womp womps vs 13 likes and an encouraging reply

[@takuminightcore1886]

Need for speed just literally just created an update based on the original NFS most wanted and this video came out

[@takuminightcore1886]

Need for speed just literally just created an update based on the original NFS most wanted and this video was definitely being created before the update came out, but one of the things that we do need to remind ourselves that this game was not being completely utilized by criterion during the time because those people were working on battlefield 2042 and we all know what happened with that game so if you ever take a look at the online portion of the game, it’s actually really really good and I’m surprised not that many people have been talking about it. They just added a new PV with the most wanted update and it’s actually really fun. Sure they are still bugs and whatever that definitely do need to be hammered out but with an overtime, the game has gotten a whole lot more optimized over the time compared to it was back from launch where it was unoptimized it crashed a lot and also one other thing too. It is not as bad as if you would probably say like test drive unlimited solar crown.

[@USAis1Official]

Yeah it’s so odd to see your face spatnz

[@AutismKidd]

Asphalt 9 promo in NFS video :/ Wow, what a great video!

[@unusualuser4405]

It’s so weird to see your face speaking because I had just associated your voice with Shy Guy

[@Slavove]

I for the first like 15seconds thought you were playing a clip of a guy talking, I didn't realise that was actually you

[@awsome1010101]

As someone that's played both, you should play "Most Wanted" from the mid 00's, maybe just mod out the piss filter. If you have the complaint about needing to go to a garage to change your car rather than doing it on the open road, then that's still going to be a complaint for you, but it makes sense to me personally that you can't just drop and replace your air intake and crank shaft on the side of the road while the cops are looking for you.

[@PS5ProROGPhoneROGAllyuser]

And with that, Need for Speed Mobile is their next best thing since they know the mobile market has huge potential.

[@bluuboii8989]

1:30 "the need for speed games killed the game franchise" *Immediately mentions asphalt 9/legends unite right after that (unintended but great example)*

[@Smolflake]

1:48 Correction, you cannot transfer your progress on the following platforms Playstation 4/5 Nintendo Switch.

[@Sup-x9u]

Where is the shy guy?

[@xXSecks_GamerXx]

Why the face cam all of a sudden?

[@Ricys]

for the record nfsmw 2012 ended up the way it is due to ea cutting down and rushing criterion to develop it quicker and simpler. theres beta versions of ps3 test builds that have storyline basics implemented, and a different vibe to the map, also starting in a bmw m3 gtr type grey e92 as if it was the successor to the original most wanted (which it was supposed to be). it also had garage menus and such where you owned vehicles instead of the random exchange throught the map.

[@tiseril]

Please, consider changing your haircut

[@HEXAN-SC]

Good joke having asphalt sponsoring this vid It’s just a niche game nowadays I cannot stop adoring Unbound, this new mode is genuinely some of the most fun I’ve ever had in need for speed, you can feel there’s love put into this so it doesn’t matter that it isn’t incredibly popular

[@clem.ent.3246]

If you like arcade racers, you need to look into Split Second : Velocity, it's an incredible game that sadly isn't talked about much

[@Qimchiy]

I love NFS The Run. Unfortunately I can't buy it, but there are other ways.

[@battlefieldnerd1002]

Is that a BLUE RAY GUN I see on the right side of the video?!?!?!?!

[@redskullz0660]

What a Weird time to make this video

[@inCawHoots]

Alt Enter makes it go into full screen.

[@kjsworld2]

Never did I expect spatnz to make an NFS video 😂

[@Ian_Paneque]

Burnout: First time?

[@LeGamingProPlays]

that window type reset problem has been hapening to me on titanfall 2

[@Inveestigator]

2:00 ngl it kinda just looks like slower Fortnite Rocket Racing

[@biscuitpetra]

The whiplash from seeing his face after such a long time is wild

[@monsiu]

Holy shiii how did we go from something like Need for Speed The Run to this?! Smh

[@blanche_azur8648]

I haven't had the chance to play the newer NFS games but Ican remember how much I enjoyed playin MW05, Carbon, MV12 and Rivals, what a shame...

[@danielburroughs-reed2677]

I am a big fan of Need For Speed Most Wanted 2005 and think they need a remaster of it ASAP.

[@Eeveethegamer26]

Not happening

[@ArjunePersaud-o9p]

one of the reasons why most people prefer the older ones is also cause of accessibility most normal people dont own a super computer to play games im still running a 7 gig laptop

[@landonoswald5824]

a little thing to add when i moved to pc i had to buy the game i luckily manged to buy the game for 7$CAD when it was on sale and recently they made a big dlc bundle of all that 150$ DLCS and made them 20$CAD. i managed to buy the game and all dlcs for 35$CAD

[@Subieghost]

Gonna wait 10 years when everyone's talking about how the Need for Speeds suck now, and games like Unbound were great back in the day.

[@davidrodriguez3444]

TBH you kinda look like Napoleon Dynamite

[@metalofgear5474]

I have fun on it. I love doing gauntlet races. Shame there’s only 6 of those.

[@XD-sc4ix]

IMO I feel like racing games in general are dying they're always either realistic racing games like need for speed or mario kart clones

[@mr.copium]

Finally, people now see that nfs mw 2012 is a good game. I know that this game doesn't deserve to be named after legendary mw 2005, and if it was named nfs Fairhaven, it would be more copailing to fans, but I'm still love 2012 entery in this franchise.

[@isdtechnologies3509]

Video about dying one racing franchise, sponsored by other racing franchise. Hmmm...

[@BMoney8600]

Man I wish EA was like it was back in the early 2000s

[@triangle8181]

That... That is not what I expected you to look like..

[@LeadHAver]

bro i thought you where jschalt

[@troypowers750]

NFS HP2 on PCSX2 sounds like a better NFS introduction to Spantz. Oh, and uh... 2005 is the real MW.

[@dude10067]

As someone who played competitive Need for Speed Heat, Unbound was one of the most disappointing entries in the franchise: It just didn't work on release The story is mid It didn't get decent drifting until late in it's dev cycle Multiplayer and single player don't share progression The online is constantly under maintenance or won't connect It's a shame because the game IMMEDIATELY prior to it just works and is good.