The REAL Reason NFS Unbound Isn't Popular

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[@CLAPDFROTHY]

The real reason why nfs is unpopular is that it’s made by ea

[@nicholaiseay1650]

We need ghost making need for speed again

[@shopwood8010]

How so? They’re also responsible for HEAT which I went back to permanently😅

[@ssaiyyrissssuzzuyyaa]

Yea fuck ea 💀🤣

[@Tha-mountain]

@@nicholaiseay1650 ghost fizzled out

[@nicholaiseay1650]

@@Tha-mountain ghost was kicked out by ea that's why they don't make nfs games anymore

[@noahm]

This game is a perfect example of gaming in 2020s. Sent out incomplete, broken and not through through enough. Look at other games EA has published over the recent years, even the latest Star Wars game.

[@reekid_ace]

I wouldn’t say broken, it rarely crashes or bugs out for me, unless there’s something I’m missing.

[@saiibox3174]

Broken ??? Incomplete yeah but Broken no im sorry the game its pretty polished, somes bugs his state at day 1 was really really good for this point

[@noahm]

• Pop-in and texture loading is a huge issue, at least on PS5. • Several players including myself have found the game “too easy”, while lots of player also struggled. On the hardest difficulty these players have reported that they’ve consistently won by long lengths and were never busted by cops, all while using cars that were unlocked through campaign progression. These players have also reported that they got severely underpaid each race/day/night compared to others. • Easily evade cops even in Heat 5 by just going on top of the train tracks. Helicopters lose sighting of you, “run out” of fuel, and have to leave. Easy cool-down/evasion.

[@reaperxz3ro]

@@noahm I don't have issues with pop in and I play pretty frequently on PS5 as far as story mode goes, mid maxing your car you'll beat pretty much any AI, and kind of hard to make a good AI in racing that will compete on the same level of the racer in an arcade racer where racing lines can be exploited just to take a faster route by a few seconds. As for the cops it alright, I've heard the majority of players said the cops were too hard so they toned it down

[@AhmadWahelsa]

There is nothing broken aside from laughable storyline and barely anything to do after it, like man why can't they bring the discovery and exploration aspect of Underground 2, where hidden races is a thing and you also got stuff like unique parts and sponsors

[@andrewwhite2863]

Another point that wasn't mentioned is the soundtrack. A lot of the NFS players were complaining about that. The older NFS games had a better balance in music selection compared to unbound.

[@stephenreed3381]

I miss older NFS soundtracks. Shift 2 Unleashed actually got me into a couple bands, one of which I saw in concert, and I still listen to songs from the original Most Wanted to this day.

[@digitalcamaro9708]

I'm a huge hip hop fan and I agree. They really don't fit the high strung racing in Unbound imo. They should be saved for the garage and cutscenes.

[@astronomy7823]

HEEEEEEEEEEY WE WANT SOME MOOOONEEAAAY

[@real1x272]

@@astronomy7823 GIVE ME THAT CASH. GIVE ME LIKE 8 FIGURES.

[@afikkusan]

Honestly, EA has millions to spend on licensing. And they decided "hey, let's license 72 random noises instead of bangers like those from older NFS"

[@sabrinah2378]

I think the splitting of multiplayer and singleplayer has had a huge effect as people who played the campaign have a hard time moving to multiplayer as you have to grind all over again and since the new content is only coming to multiplayer a lot of people are not coming back knowing they'd basically have to restart the game just for some new cars

[@DJDIRTYYELLA]

When i figured out that the singleplayer cars didnt carry over i started playing online only.. i might not ever finish the game 😂

[@GOASTxMOUSE]

That along just made me not want to play it

[@ALVARRARI]

@@DJDIRTYYELLA all my single player cars carried over idk what you mean, you just have to upgrade them again which is super easy.

[@k-popop]

I do for pvp nfs unbound it is amazing

[@AJD-LsUp]

I’m in that situation right now Just got the new console last week and unbound was the first thing on my mind & first download just finished the single player story last night I just haven’t started multiplayer yet I’m just not sure about it

[@spinyslasher6586]

My biggest gripe is how police chases feel in the game. 2005 MW still remains the best when it comes to police chases, and without that or the police role play that Rivals and Hot Pursuit had, the game just feels a lot more barren and laid back. Also the soundtrack is absolute garbage, forcing me to turn off the radio and just use spotify, which doesn't really sync well with the game itself.

[@halochamppp]

My reason why I don't like it is because it's not realistic. For example, black women are known to be one of THE worst drivers, but in this game, they're some of the most skilled opponents 😂😂😂😂😂 it's ridiculous!

[@Robert_D_Mercer]

@@halochamppp lmaooo bro it's an arcade racer with cars stopping in a second at 150miles an hour. Ofc ur gonna get some more fantasy with that. lmao u bastard

[@getamaraine]

@@halochamppp💀💀

[@halochamppp]

@django5061 it's true, facts

[@vermilion6667]

The soundtrack part is too damn true 😂. Even from Heat, I had to turn off the music volume & play old NFS playlist in Spotify & it feels even better 🤣🤣

[@danviv64]

I just want NFS to fill the void left from Midnight Club 😢

[@Thunderbirdelan]

Won't happen buddy that game died in the glory days of gaming if it were still here today we would shit on it as much as we do nfs

[@MONTR65]

​​@@Thunderbirdelan who knows maybe if Rockstar took their time with it like they do with GTA and red dead, we could have gotten 1 or 2 really good midnight clubs

[@kasrakh86]

Same. I miss midnight club too

[@Thunderbirdelan]

@MONTR65 the midnight club we all remember on the ps2 back in the early 2000s sadly won't come back. They killed the game off when the Japanese car club it was named after disbanded after an accident.

[@claptoutshtbox3393]

Really wish they would bring that one back, just finished another play through of Midnight Club Los Angeles about a month ago. Really wish Rockstar would bring it back.

[@PROPHYZ]

Reason Nr.1 and this is a hot take - if you can't get the soundtrack right in a NFS, it won't work.

[@cryo9shadow91]

Reasons why I liked heat so much, everything seemed to just fit

[@mohamedmomo196]

​@@cryo9shadow91Heat's soundtrack sucked too.

[@tb1235]

​@@mohamedmomo196It was better than the garbage in Unbound.

[@mohamedmomo196]

@@tb1235 yeah but let's just say the bar wasn't high

[@somabomadoma]

Unfortunately, with every new nfs release, these soundtracks just keep getting worse and worse.

[@salz_]

My biggest gripe is the physics just not being as competent as previous titles. Black Box era NFS games played so well because the physics/handling/whatever just worked well. It didn't emphasize on some brake-to-drift mechanic or had unpredictable vehicle behaviors. It made it accessible for having realistic(ish) driving with the arcade touch being that cars have extra grip. This of course allows you to basically heave cars at high speed and still maintain a decent amount of control. It was so good that even I picked it up as early as 6 years old. This game still has the DNA of 2015, and it really needs to kick it off completely so it can start getting it's footing, along with the points you've presented. It's a bit of a crime for EA to be hesitant to work on this a bit more.

[@awdrifter3394]

This is the main reason why I didn't even consider buying NFS Unbound. I bought NFS Heat and that's exactly how I felt about the handling. It almost has not relation to how a car handles in real life. While it's an arcade racer, it should still have some basis in real life, especially when you're using real cars.

[@maidoll_fei]

Actually unbound are better on full grip handling. It feel like old school nfs and even it act like having real weight transfer (brake or lifting accel to turn more). And able to break traction and oversteer if turn too hard. But they want to please everyone so they didnt remove the old drifting handling. It would be better if they take grip handling as standard.

[@MONTR65]

​@@maidoll_fei that's just not true. Watch gameplay of really good players with both drift and grip cars. You will see that the way they have to drive is really weird. Cutting corners randomly, smashing through everything, going off road. Nothing realistic about it. The burst nitro just messes the gameplay up and punishes taking proper racing lines.

[@maidoll_fei]

​@@MONTR65 The "full grip handling" is talk about setting and parts. Some car are still able to drive in mirco drift even in full grip tune. Like FXX-K EVO. About the nos things. Yes it is unrealistic but it create a fun strategy unlike any other game in the market. with this strategy thing we got lot more overtake / close racing unlike any other game with basic arcade physic And it still faster / earn more nos when taking racing line.

[@maidoll_fei]

I dont expect every game to be "forza". Being realistic in a game not necessarily fun. If every racing game are try to be "realistic" "sim" you going to get a similar game with no "new" game mechanic. because "game mechanic" are not real. Look back to the history. When need for speed shift/shift 2 try to be realistic. You got lot more physic bug and unbalance car and cant easily have close racing. Only HP2010 and unbound both run on this "DRS catchup boost" thing they both have lot more fun MP. (Yes they both still have balance problem but it still have lots of car are decent and able to catch up with nos) I dont think unbound is perfect. I dont think burst nos in corner are intended design so it feel not smooth. And they still add a input steering delay to make player feel like "you are driving a car" but not "you are the car". So we got a random/unpredictable steering

[@iiiredsix5468]

4:00 Dude I strongly agree with you on this one not just because you have to grind for all of your cars again but the fact that those challenges you have to do to unlock cars require classes that no one wants to compete in it. Most of the time, players will not join the playlist you hosted, and It's nearly impossible to try and complete those challenges, especially for low-end classes. Honestly, I don't mind having to grind for money now ever since they added their Link up update on free roam, but trying to complete those challenges to unlock more cars is just ridiculous.

[@RuntzSZN]

Lmao I completely over half just joining and playing races 🤣

[@MJMoonwalker332]

What I'd like is increase session amount of players to 30 or 40 Make a solo or ai race option for playlists Decrease amount of Races required to unlock cars Allow fast travel in story Keep gane alive by adding updates

[@dcgamingstation]

Bro, I support everything you said in the vid and I’m a solo player. Being chased by cops is way too often and it becomes annoying. Criterion please see this vid!!

[@KayezTP]

Same issue as heat. Cops be OP ASF

[@briantucker4568]

I discovered there's a bridge you can park under that thar cops won't find you. It's across from a river, and the cop cars drive in circles around you, or fall in the river. I'd set that area as my destination and lose them there when I got too much heat.

[@Woody2Times]

@@KayezTP people like you keep getting police nerfed bot

[@kuru-yami9416]

@@Woody2Times because they need the nerf

[@kuru-yami9416]

@Just a normal person hard” jumps dont always work like that especially level 5 cops.

[@ESV_Voided]

Another thing you should mention trigger, is the nos being effected by contact with other players. The 3 second delay from making the smallest contact with someone else going around a corner, makes it very rough for a competitive point of view. Hitting a wall or a local traffic car is fine for me. That 3 second delay of not being able to use burst nos, or farm burst nos kills momentum and fun close racing between friends.

[@RuntzSZN]

I honestly never had this problem 😂 burst nos was easy to farm

[@romansodermans8090]

Post story still being locked into the restrictive day night cycle means I probably won’t play it again now that I have finished it. In heat it was great when all the events were unlocked for whatever you felt like racing and they had those 4 highway races set up well. The day racing not involving cops was also way better for exploring and day races felt way different because they didn’t have traffic. Unbound got much better physics, vehicle classes, but they still failed to give a good reason to drive at night post story, ruined the ‘legit’ day time driving and exploring, and I think made the story too boring by not really having that many car options during the okay through that you could actually use.

[@Justeeeevy]

The thing on top of that that made Heat even more fun were the High Heat races and whatnot. Just having a system where you can continue to unlock stuff even past the main story and after you have all the races and regular top tier upgrades is so fantastic. The act of outrunning the cops over and over with the pressure of losing that ultra plus upgrade you got from a Heat 5 race is so adrenaline rushing, especially with mods like Unite which massively increase the difficulty is incredible and I don’t get that out of any other modern racing game.

[@alexallen126]

@@Justeeeevyand the fact that your Heat level doubled as a multiplier, which gives incentive to stay out and keep earning money. The heat system in Unbound is complete trash. You should earn money for taking down cops, and much more money for escaping pursuits.

[@splashboi898]

If you quit game while still playing itll resume where you left off assuming youre not in the middle of a chase or something. Still a terrible concept tho

[@Rexperto6454]

I have a few more things. To me personally the way cars handle in this game is some of the biggest pile of horseshit I've ever seen in a racing game. It's just not fun at all. I've played Most Wanted, Pro Street, Forza Horizon 5, Grid, various Mario Kart games but never felt steering a car so annoying in a game. Cops are also nothing but a tedium. Every time you make a little contact the screen goes crazy for a moment and it's so unnecessary. People said the Most Wanted cutscenes are corny and they might be right but Unbound cutscenes are cringe incarnate. Even if you choose a white girl as your character her voice actress is a black woman so at the beginning it was confusing as hell sometimes when they were talking to each other in the car. Oh and the music.. How could that be so terrible. From Underground 2 to Undercover like 80% of the tracks for legendary songs no matter the genre. You can also feel how they wanted to make this game really reeeaaaly diverse and went completely overboard with characters that are POCs.

[@jeffreylieberman1668]

This is one of those games that's going to make you wish that you never invested a moment of your time

[@azerfire6054]

You missed another reason - the very unforgiving difficulty.

[@curtisdickson6277]

Yeah this crap is ridiculously hard

[@likearaplikearap1144]

The goat was nfs heat

[@smilloww2095]

Imagine if heat had 5 classes

[@jezreelbatistapalmero699]

Absolutely! Heat was heat indeed!

[@brothername]

I am gonna delete it, its repetitive, and after every single race I have to run away from police for 10 minutes.

[@loneliberation3483]

No point whining about games being only made for the new consoles anymore. The old ones can't handle modern stuff and anyone who even vaguely considers themselves a proper gamer would've already got one. Scalpers aren't a big deal anymore and everything has more or less stabilized, you can easily get a console now, there's tons of them.

[@nicholaiseay1650]

I still prefer nfs heat because of the reasons of nfs unbound. I still play nfs rivals to this day and its a 10 year old game. Made by ghost.

[@Lulnateee]

You hit the nail in the coffin, the grinding is insane & then when i saw i had to basically start over online i just said no, i havent even completed the main campaign

[@DoubleO_Rondo]

Money glitch I got 22 mill

[@HLGJammer]

Seriously, I had to grind to level up to buy the Volvo 240, that's some bull. Just wanted to beat the game with it like I did in Payback and Heat.

[@Lulnateee]

@@HLGJammer yea eventually i caved in & gave online a try & i grinded as much as i can grind i got a perfect line up of cars now, still haven’t bothered finishing the campaign 😅

[@HLGJammer]

@@Lulnateee if you finish the campaign some of the cars actually carry over to your online. When I saw they were separate I finished single player because I was further in lol

[@grandoblivion5268]

Unbound is really good, just not better than Heat imo. Splitting SP/MP and not having all the cars I have in the other is some bs.

[@brandonmartin285]

Lmmfao shit is trash

[@elimendelsohn2879]

I just find it annoying when I’m turning left or right the car will just spin out off a cliff if you go over a tiny bump in the road that and no good drifting and no drag racing made this game a huge L

[@Killerwhale317]

The game mechanics didn't feel right, so I quit after only 10 minutes. I'm glad I didn't buy it.

[@MadisonSquareGardendidJFK]

Woke nfs unbound is a android tablet game

[@illustriousfreedom.9745]

I think another reason why Unbound’s not doing as well as it should be is the near endless injection of left-leaning political bias throughout the story mode. Left-leaning “woke” political bias has been pretty much hijacking almost all of western entertainment for quite some time now and it has divided so many people in terms of their viewpoints on various things (not gonna get into them, obviously, but if you know, you know). Case in point, as much as I genuinely appreciate representation in any form of media as long as they’re done sincerely, I play most (if not, all) racing games to drive my favorite souped up cars in gorgeous-looking environments and just have a good time doing so. If I want to be lectured on critical race theory and all that, I’d go on Twitter lol I hate using this traditional red pill edgelord phrase because it’s been so overused now out of context, but get woke, go broke. Then again, this is just one of my pretty much countless problems with the game. If you were to ask me, Unbound’s my second least favorite NFS behind Rivals.

[@revy1370]

The game tried being political in a left wing sense and it came off as desperate and out of touch. The constant radical left pandering in video games and most media has become very tiring and predictable. Hopefully this fad dies off sooner rather than later.

[@thoraneh7365]

I'm left leaning but I hate it when games shoe horn in political commentary where it's not a natural part of the story. In a single player RPG adventure game it feels less disconnected but it just feels forced in something like a racing game. Let it be what it is.

[@The--Ghostspider66]

In old nfs games there used to be Risks and and amazing story that had a purpose Every single race every single car Character and cutscens mattered Every nfs had its dark side but in a good way something that made it special I still have all my classic nfs games and really enjoy playing them from time to time I bought the new ones too but never felt going back

[@wiseguy240Winston]

Strange because Unbound definitely has risk factor in limited attempts, cops chasing yielding rewards if not caught and making bets on races to beat certain races to win money. Unbound also can take money from you if you lose an event or bet.

[@The--Ghostspider66]

@@wiseguy240Winston yes I agree

[@LBRECK]

It would capture my imagination more if our character didn't have voice lines. Its kind of weird tbh. The MW05 dialog type/ assumptions in conversation would have been great here. There is so much pointless chatter in Unbound lol. Also bring back police chatter that would have been awesome

[@The--Ghostspider66]

@@LBRECK lol so they did the opposite Also I don't think I've heard anything about next nfs yet Unfortunately nfs been in a tough spot for many years I think after undercover the old style was abandoned But you know EA they're greedy despite Their multi million dollar companies around the world they aim For the highest pay before they even start any project I understand it's business But some developers in some companies are gamers themselves and they work with passion Which results good games

[@TheCapitalWanderer]

amazing story, lmao.

[@RiverNihil]

I bought the game full price on early release/all bells and whistles edition price. Love the handling, love the aesthetic and I was diggin the story... However I hated progression in general but then I found out I had to repeat progress in multi and it totally took the wind out of my sales with this game. I want to go back, but for now im gonna kick it with the crew 2 until Motorfest.

[@MilitiaGamingCommunity]

Understandable

[@carbonx0718]

TC2 is still the king 🗿

[@paulcarmi8130]

Don’t go back, then they win

[@jakubkotas3617]

exactly that, and making money in online is pain...probably the last nfs game i ever bought, ill just go with forza from now on

[@RiverNihil]

@@paulcarmi8130 homie they already got my money, i think between me and the devs im the loser here

[@6Kaktusi9]

I'm not even surprised that almost everyone there is black ._. woke lvl has reached it's peak in our times...

[@blowmonkey51]

Mandatory internet connection was not mentioned as a huge blow to the game. Whilst games like Elden Ring, Doom, do not require internet.

[@MilitiaGamingCommunity]

That’s a great point

[@SpeedsterGT7913]

Translated by Google: Let's be honest and realistic, lately street or urban style racing games will not be the same as before because the automotive brands do not want to see their models doing clandestine races. Festival-style racing games like Forza Horizon and the upcoming The Crew Motor Fest and motorsport-style games like Forza Motorsport and Gran Turismo have become more popular lately.

[@Underground3]

It design around GenZers who spend soo much time on instagram and twitter. instead around the focus of today car culture. It blatant from the way they act on twitter, the character designs, the god awful soundtrack, the lack luster of a pursuit system, and lack of races type from previous NFS games. Where is drag and pink slips races? we don't know, but apparently this is a convincing "Illegal race setting"

[@C.I...]

I know the new test drive is set in Hong Kong, but can you imagine a game based on the scene there? It's a real life NFS situation, with police going after any car that looks modified in any way. There are some great videos of the meets out there.

[@Eddie42707]

I deleted mine after a week on PS5. It’s not how Need for Speed normally plays. Graphics nice though gameplay trash.

[@bankait_rex1860]

Nah brother the reason why it failed is cause most of the racing games are failing as well, people are not into racing games like they used to, no matter what they do people will just get bored and move on, you have to have elements to challenge people, I played unbound for a month straight did everything I could and got bored just sitting on lobbies waiting for something to do, sad to say I keep buying this new games and get bored and go back to NFSHPR reason why, there is a challenge cops vs racers is the best thing ever done in a racing game and if nfs would do something like this and open it up for every game console you will see a spike.

[@satyaprakashsahu907]

I tried it last week and the main problem for me was the cringe end scenes after each race. These made me feel like i am a cringe tictok guy.

[@IrfanNasir]

I recently played and completed the game, and to be honest, the campaign appeared very short to me, considering I had purchased the Palace Edition, which included some pre-unlocked cars for the career mode. What frustrated me was that the races in the game were tier-based, and I couldn't use the McLaren, which was free, to earn cash. The police chases also seemed weak, and I share your frustration regarding the separate multiplayer. Unfortunately, I made the mistake of selling my McLaren from the Palace Edition while trying to sell another car, and I couldn't get it back. This was different from NFS Heat, where the Deluxe Edition offered free cars that you could recover even if you sold them. Another downside was the drift modes. The drift system was based on distance covered, which initially proved frustrating because time also played a crucial role in it. After finishing the career mode, I rarely played the game and am losing interest in it. The game would have been better if they had worked on improving it.

[@zgarner2]

I'm not the biggest fan of how they implemented the cell shading but my reason may be different from most. I wished that if they were going to take that route then make the whole game cell shaded and just not the effects. I'm personally still waiting on another epic fast and furious style nfs similar to that of 2015 but better

[@goodie2shoes874]

Maybe that would be a cool approach if they ever switched game engines. But I doubt they’ll do it after the backlash from unbound.

[@PeugeotRocket]

I kind of agree with you. Part of me still feels undecided if I like the mix of realistic graphics and cell shading.

[@nephewd8818]

Or at the least give us the option to turn all of it off

[@NewAgeSlaves]

2015 was so good imo especially its visuals

[@Soundsofthewood]

2015 was good on the game play. The story and characters were rather lack luster at best.

[@SWebb-tg1ki]

Crew 2, i wish it was offline, but feels to me the best racing game out there with tons of different vehicle types and activities. Why cant games do this but make it offline? Would be perfect!

[@Avenger460]

it is now

[@davidb4150]

The story was semi woke. where the antagonist was a girl boss. and the voice actor for the male choice sounded like he was trying to sound like every race.

[@Mr.Frog21]

No it was pretty woke, if you do the racer SOS missions most of the racers cry about racial and social problems in the game lmao.

[@AlexMedina-xi3gx]

I absolutely hate and despise the prologue. You start off with your girl with you reviving a junk car from the dumps. After you choose one of the 3 options you go through the prologue with racing and money. You fall in love or like your car during the prologue making it looks nice and after the final race you help out to drop off someone’s car to a place while your girl bring your car back to the garage. The car you dropped off was in the middle of nowhere and no one was answering. You came back to the garage and your girl brought her whole crew/gang to steal every car in the Garage. She stole your car and you don’t get it back until way later in the game. It was a setup and now you lose your car you knew and loved. Hate it and deleted it after that. Might just be a major me problem tho.

[@youmadxd8801]

Underground 2 is still the best by far and thats sad. At this point GTA is a better racing game then most of the new NFS's lmfao

[@karsenkeeble390]

I dont mind the anime stuff but just please give people the option to turn it completely off in the settings

[@alexanderrodriguez1409]

I don't play racing games that often, but NFS heat got me addicted to the cop chasing and whatnot just like hot pursuit on the Wii back in 2010. The thing that discouraged me to buy unbound was the art style and the fact that it looked like NFS heat expansion pack. I know I might sound cynical and a bit ignorant but that's how i feel as a casual consumer when I see NFS unbound

[@roflmao5642]

nfs heat was fun as hell

[@Lord_Head_As_S]

I would also say, adding an offline mode too. finding races is a bit challenging at times.

[@Daniero1994]

What I don't get about criticism of this game, is that it's aimed at realism of the game. I think a lot of people seem to forget that NFS in general is not realistic to begin with.

[@vmdenis3350]

Bad things - blackwashing, bad music for racing, story not existing Good things - good design, good costumes, plenty of races

[@bunguschungus2572]

The biggest issue to me is the soundtrack. ITS. GARBAGE.

[@edu_829]

Honestly, after Undercover I get so disappointed with the franchise that I stopped playing until Heat. And after seeing them stopped updating the game that early make me lost all of my faith with the franchise. I had good times with heat, but after all of this disappoinments doesn't make me wanna play NFS anymore 😢

[@GuerrillaGorilla023]

As a car enthusiast who grew up on NFS, Burnout and Fast and Furious I feel like I outgrew the NFS series, especially the ones made by Criterion. I find this tragic because Burnout Paradise is one of my favorite racing games period. At the end of the say it comes down to controls feeling to simplistic and unrealistic. It was fine.... until I actually learned to drive and drift and all the crazy stuff we aren't supposed to be doing on the road. Now NFS games feel boxy and unpolished compared to something like Forza or Grid.

[@GainingDespair]

I don't care for narratives or political elements in racing games. I simply want to race on a track, the more unnecessary content a game has, the less I enjoy it. The last NFS game I really liked was Shift.

[@legoclayface]

Underground, Underground 2, Most Wanted, Carbon, and ProStreet were the peak of the Need for Speed franchise. Fast-paced and fun racing, fantastic soundtracks, cheesy but cool stories, actually tolerable voice acting, split-screen multiplayer, and no wokeness.

[@mrnrfan182]

The day / night gimmick got old the game before, this just drove home how tired I was of it. The cops were god awful. I started to loathe run ins with them. Stopping every few hundred feet to wait for one to drive by while trying to get to my next event. After a couple of weeks it wasn’t a fun risk / reward mechanic, it was literally impeding my ability to get to the next race and enjoying myself. I was a HUGE fan of Hot Pursuit. This was just Hot Garbage. Why is it so hard to create a game that celebrates car culture? Give me a variety of cars, customization options, good handling, a variety of race types, and a constant stream of rewards and cash. Why does there need to be a lame story and gimmicky features? Make a fun, accessible game that celebrates cars and has great racing and people will play for years. I’m tired of cringe inducing character dialogue…here’s your story: you’re a car enthusiast that wants to race cool cars and win money….Done.

[@Shourya412]

The main problem is they don't provide dlc story or hidden parts as in heat they didn't even allow us to use the ks kits and mantis kit which were owned by ea

[@ChinooCochino]

I honestly hate the anime effects during gameplay, during cutscenes I’d deal with it but idk to me it breaks immersion while playing the game when a bunch of cartoon like effects start flashing all over the place

[@_Kaori_Miyazono_]

1 the game engine is trash. 2 Cars doesn't feel like cars, they feel like tanks 3 Limited tuning compared to the old game 4 shitty cops 5 trash story. That's it, that has been the problem of all new nfs games since pro street

[@holysinner96]

Im 9-10 hrs deep in NFS: Unbound and my HEARTH HURTS because of the GOOFY PARODY of racing this game turned out to be... I have never played, heard or watched anything more CRINGY than this game's dialogs between the characters, and I don't understand why everyone is amazed by the "artstyle" and the "graffiti" - they're dogshit. The whole game is waaay to childish and it looks like it was literally made for 8 y/o kids who don't really give a f about cars/racing. People like to think NFS2015 had cringy cinematics and NFSPayback was also corny or w/e and they both were 'bad' - No, THIS GAME IS BAD. VERY BAD. NFS Heat, Payback, 2015, Rivals, aaaand yes, Forza Horizon - that is on my PC right now, and it will stay like that, until I see an actual racing game that doesn't push a weird agenda and NewAge-RadicalLeft-propaganda.

[@Rakonax]

i bought this game, the first nfs for me since carbon, for the "anime style" and was disappointed it was just comic stuff. i wanted a game capturing the spirit of Initial D not some random rapper sht

[@JOLLY-E]

i hope criterion and ea see this video and fix the issues and mistakes that were made . cuz i really love this game and i don't want it to die out 😢

[@toygamer9022]

You kidding right? Those mf piece of shits just banned my account right now just because i told the truth So you think they do really even care?

[@sid_wo0dy183]

Save your breath mate, they’ve given up on this game along time ago

[@JOLLY-E]

@@sid_wo0dy183 how do you know ?

[@sid_wo0dy183]

@@JOLLY-E it took them 3/4 months to release a crappy update which contained stuff that should of been in the game in the beginning. Now look we haven’t had another update since or heard a anything, they’ll drop this game like they did heat 😴

[@bruszli1255]

Same been saying the same even before launch lmao,the sad truth is that they wont,they will let it die out cause "EA-This is the way"

[@shopwood8010]

I went back to HEAT because I discovered that I can best my pb’s from my PS4 on PS5. 😅

[@reaperxz3ro]

An idea that I heard from another video can't remember who made it, but the idea was to introduce sponsors and have like "sponsor battles" kind of how like group or team battles were done in NFS carbon and have certain areas dominated by teams/sponsors and depending on the team who is winning we get unique customization options or something like that. That would be pretty cool

[@KYOTOvisions]

I personally dislike it because the art style feel unimpressive. I like the way nfs heat looks alot, mainly compared to unbound

[@LOANWOOLPH]

EA black box was the best dev team for nfs. I dont think criterion can ever make a game like they did

[@HunterMagunter]

Burnout paradise

[@jesusnavarrete6317]

“EA games….destroy everything”

[@tobiasrex8052]

My personal reason for not picking this game up was the reduced earnings from races compared to NFS:HEAT in turn making it take longer to make noticable progression with your vehicles. And the biggest nail for me not getting the game is having to grind a SECOND TIME if i want to play online with my buddies (who are also not getting the game after i told them they have to grind a second time since their story cars dont carry over). I just dont have the same amount of time to play titles as i used to and with so many great titles out (Elden Ring, Legend of Zelda: TotK, Monster Hunter: Rise Sunbreak, Bloodborne, etc its hard to to even justify getting this game if i have to grind a a good amount (twice) before i start having fun in a NFS title. For me it just aint worth the squeeze.

[@Music-vr7sz]

How would you know that if you never played it?

[@tobiasrex8052]

@Music-vr7sz Doesn't take more than a simple Google/KZbin search and go through multiple reviews bud. I do that with every title before I pull the trigger on purchasing any game nowadays. A lot of games are now just glorified "Player Engagment" services under the guise of video games for companies to use & get shareholders to invest more. Meanwhile the game either arrives unfinished with promises of fixes later years down the line or gets shutdown because player retention reached abysmal digits.

[@HoroJoga]

The hip hop aesthetic killed the game for me on day one.

[@Vitrated]

theres has always been a hiphop element in NFS

[@captainfalcon2878]

@@Vitratedexactly lol what a dumbass

[@valentincelestite9861]

"Something we've never seen before in a Need for Speed game" Hum... NFS Nitro anyone ?

[@Music-vr7sz]

It's almost like I and many others predicted this. Only we got attacked for it. First off no cel shading is not used in anime and only morons called it anime. It was urban graffiti style and it looked like garbage. Anime would actually be cool. Second the trash soundtrack with no rock music or classics. Third the woke marketing campaign that was intentionally divisive. Fourth a garbage story with garbage characters and garbage dialogue. Fifth terrible collectibles and side missions. Sixth the emphasis on betting and not expecting to actually win races. Seventh the terrible cheaty AI. Eighth the horrendous inability to repeat events if you lose. Ninth the weekday cycle that makes you lose events if you progress the day and the only day you can repeat is Friday and only if you force it. I still haven't beaten it. I stopped on week 3 I think out of boredom. Edit: Forgot the constant atrocious police chases, lack of fast travel, random events easily missed, terrible car tiers limiting vehicles per race, unbalanced cars within those tiers. So much and I didn't even try the multiplayer.

[@i3ertram530]

i first played the game as of this week, as i was very hesitant on the main artstyle. I will say it didn't feel as repetitive as other NFS titles i have played, was fun enough to where i didn't feel bored or feel like i was grinding it down to its bones. It was generally speaking a enjoyable experience, especially seeing as a i picked it up for 20 something euros on steam.

[@chrismills8251]

I'm definitely having a fun time with it, 99 cents basically with ea play this month so definitely worth a dollar

[@elimendelsohn2879]

Wait huh less repetitive you mean you didn’t notice the only 3 event types in the game over the same 5 tracks, did we play the same game?

[@TraaaaaasshBooooaaaatttt]

​@elimendelsohn2879 come on, there's 4 types of events. Get it right

[@Music-vr7sz]

How? This was the most repetitive and grindy NFS to date.

[@TraaaaaasshBooooaaaatttt]

@Music-vr7sz ikr. Im so fed up of the same tracks over and over. They really got that big map doing nothing. Super lazy

[@RedWiko]

The real reason of it's failure is that it focused into more new gen story, art style and propaganda, basically it's made for Gen Z and not the NFS original fans!!

[@C.I...]

I got NFS heat for free, and I quit more or less at the start, partly because it was IMPOSSIBLE to make my character look like anything other than a stupid fat zoomer gimp. If that's the start you get, how is any of the rest of the game going to be okay? Then the horrendous music came on, and I'd just had enough.

[@sxepink]

Agree with alll of this. The animated characters and visual effects DID threw me off but i ended up getting the game anyways and giving it a chance. It grew on me a lot and i play it almost everyday and enjoy it, and the visuals are indeed satisfying and add to the thrill. I agree with everything you said about additions to the game and also think that an World online leaderboard for race times, activity records and all of that would be super cool to have as well for those who are competitive

[@chrisbee9643]

so what you say is basically this: The game looks mild okay, but is missing a lot of features Heat already had... And you are still ending up, making a positive review... And people wonder, whats wrong...

[@sxepink]

@@chrisbee9643 yes I give this game a positive review, have a good time everytime I play it, which is very frequently. And I did not play Heat, as I got bored after 10min of gameplay

[@nikolassovtich1309]

@@chrisbee9643 You know people can give their opinion right, not everyone has to hate the game 🤦‍♂️

[@chrisbee9643]

@@nikolassovtich1309 what has logic to do with opinions?

[@NotoriousMach]

I had to play Midnight Club LA nowadays just to feel some type of emotion while playing video games. MCLA actually is a game with soul and energy, compared to the games from nowadays. It still surprises me how superior it is to these games. From the soundtracks, the car customization and the story, everything is far superior than any game ive played for the last 7-8 years. (ESPECIALLY TRASHBOUND). And the worst thing abound Unbound is the corny characters, bland unseasoned gameplay and music. Theres literally NO ROCK SONGS OR ANY SONGS THAT ARE ENJOYABLE. Unbound would seriously be a 0/10 game for me.

[@nowhere529]

Every character in the game looks like they are from Da Hood and so does the sound track, than you have those effects that don't fit the game.This game is was destined to fail with gamers but be popular with those pushing The Message.

[@MrSaywutnow]

It doesn't take 8 minutes to say "this game is unfathomably shit, and an insult to the NFS franchise."

[@MilitiaGamingCommunity]

I disagree with that statement. I think there is definitely some nuance to why the game didn't really land with the NFS community.

[@nowhere529]

@@MilitiaGamingCommunity Really there isn't, The game just reflects the corporate greed and overly online along with characters and music courtesy of SBI. Oh wait that's every triple A game, How I love Retro gaming now.

[@C.I...]

@@nowhere529 I can say my PS2 is coming into its own. The GT4 Spec II mod just released, and Racing Battle C1 Grand Prix is getting an English translation after all these years! Now you can even burn DVDs that boot in slim PS2s with no modchip using freedvdboot gui.

[@Dadee3]

*The ultimate turn off for me was using the rapper A$ap Rocky to market the game. It just gave off "young/dumb tiktok generation" vibes.*

[@C.I...]

Why would you name yourself "As soon as possible gravel". What an idiot.

[@scrubz7441]

Once they stopped using metal all games fell off

[@nyahahahahaha2087]

This normies don't get it, they just try to copy the art style of Initial D, because the market in initial d are so vast to they just try the new style.

[@kiLLjoy24CALI]

This shit it's not rocket science. Less arcadey, more realistic. I'm not talking about simulation realistic, just enough realism and customization.

[@P_D-px6iv]

It's an arcade racing game NFS has always been an Arcade focused franchise If you want realism go back to that shit-show Forza Horizon

[@jasonkoroma4323]

Realism makes games worse. What an L take.

[@M3PH11]

0:10 this is what it looks liike if you take acid and go drifting

[@svk_zoltan]

If they fix the playlist overlay, the aux bug, pre-shift bug and performance issues I will be super happy with the game.

[@Tha-mountain]

Also allow shorter/longer gears without moving up a gear

[@smilloww2095]

Exactly what I've been saying. This comment could've been made by me

[@clorasmcsmugger2653]

We should be able to make custom races like in Forza. Community made races would make for higher replay abilities

[@Arindam_Gaming]

I play AA game Everspace 2 released in 2023 April. Absolutely Awesome & yet another example to ignore AAA products of the 2020s.

[@jaymac7203]

The reason i didn't buy it is the ridiculous cartoon effects coming out of the back of the car! I like as much realism as possible, even in more arcade style games.

[@Lady_Aleera]

I wouldn't consider myself a hardcore gamer, Im more of a casual, but if I find a game I love, I'll easily put 5k+ hours into it, I did that with Heat, Rivals, HP, Payback.. Unbound I'm one of those that just hate the game so bad it makes me cringe 😬, idk about the vol 2 update, it may have made the game slightly better, I'll never know because Idc, I sold my copy last year and moved on to better racing games. I'll still play heat and rivals almost daily for a few hours each, chasing those times ⏱️ I get way more enjoyment out of those nfs's, unbound was one of the worst racing experiences of my life, I'll never go back

[@MilitiaGamingCommunity]

It you haven’t played the current version of it and you might miss 2 more updates. Games can turn around. And more often than not, a game at launch is nowhere near what it eventually becomes. But also, play what makes you happy

[@Lady_Aleera]

@@MilitiaGamingCommunity that's cool it'll get more updates, wish heat could've gotten that 🙄 I probably still wouldn't come back to unbound, especially when the crew 3 or solar crown comes out 😆

[@Luiszelaya06]

Lady u sooooo OP . U SO FAST WE CANT KEEP UP WITH U

[@hawkeye4324]

I’ll spare y’all 8 minutes. Bad soundtrack, horrible acting, boring storyline and, of course, EA made it.

[@Hituvuvuvu]

I loved the story and characters. I agree whole heartedly though. The night and day grind was ridiculous, I thought the story itself was too short. The online is just OK. I knew it was a matter of time before EA did there thing and ruined another game

[@TheUltimateHacker007]

The story couldn't be any longer. Every time I start driving, the characters would start endlessly nagging about some bs and they all sound like nails on chalkboard but it just keeps going

[@RuntzSZN]

@@TheUltimateHacker007 story wasn't even that bad 😂

[@RuntzSZN]

I kinda liked the night and day spiced shit up for me

[@Hituvuvuvu]

@@RuntzSZN coming back to this comment I guess you’re right. The switch up was kinda cool.

[@MsTribus]

SO TRUE, I grew up with NFSU1 and was hoping this would go back to that direction but I feel like it caved to the filter / TikTok genZ culture. I get it financially but I don't feel concerned

[@CookiePlays69]

2 years in they still haven’t abandoned it and i don’t get it it’s so dumb they left heat which is a s tier game and went to unbound and STILL making updates for it

[@suzukits2508]

The thing that pisses me of the most is the fucking woke shit.

[@wingsofblackedbrandy4798]

The story mode is embarrassingly bad. I got this game on sale for like 8 dollars and got all the dlc packs for like 10 and honestly it’s a good deal. But man I’m playing the game 15 minutes in and the dialogue. Character models. And the goofy art style hurts my eyes. I actually muted the voices all together and subtitles. Other than that the gameplay is fun. Just a watered down version of heat and heat was 100 percent better.

[@dylancourville8708]

I couldn’t stand the characters for more than 5 minutes. The game is obnoxious. What a turd

[@APOLLOPATRIOT]

Offline mode races are rigged and I barely gain a little bit of money ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯ . That's why I'm playing Need For Speed heat that game is very very fun ! And Need For Speed Unbound needs to add some Underground 2 soundtracks as well .

[@ChrisJohannsen]

Lol at me watching this after volume 9 and you're worried about nothing after volume 3.

[@kritinokhandiar2432]

You didn't even outline the ass music that robs the game of it's potential vibe. It's horrifying to play this game for more than 2 hours trying to grind or just making a build. NFS was known for good music and in last 2 games it's been a downhill!!

[@original__gmebvy]

They’re taking too long on putting updates out and the roadmap for said updates and added features should be more detailed and clear to the community. Updates should be every 2 months tops and weekly engagement with the community should be at least 2 to 3 posts a week.

[@Ivorys_slushie]

Tbh i really wanted that nfs unbound went all in for the jet-set radio artstyle and that the soundtrack had more variety, its a decent soundtrack actually i loved some of the songs but it doesnt really fit for a game fast paced like need for speed and it doesnt have a "vibe variety" and genre variety unlike underground, Rivals and Hot pursuit which had the best and most diverse songs in the franchise that all gave me different feelings unlike unbound's that sounds all the same

[@jacolomer]

This is spot on. I'm actually one of those that quit after two or three weeks of playing it... and I did for the exact reasons you mention

[@gergelytoth5613]

The cartoon thing is terrible and I miss the Turbo ability of Hot Pursuit and Rivals. That was the coolest thing. Damn you EA, you ruined our lives removing it.😔Maybe this is why so many famous people commited suicide after that.

[@FORNAX.0]

I actually personally really liked unbound, more than even heat, my two main gripes with it though were the map and the music. the map is just infinitely more uninteresting than heat imo and the music... well everyone knows about that already

[@1God10]

Literally explains the main reason in the first 45 seconds on the video.

[@nedvictor6854]

If they added Drag Racing in NFS Unbound, that would be amazing. Also, if they added the Vortex Car as well as the Acura Integra Type R with the Vortex Car Body Kit and Rims from NFS Underground, I personally would be excited. But that is just my opinion.

[@rustinpeace770]

Too specific. What are you expecting them to add every bodykit??

[@哈哈哈哈-n7y]

Nah, with unbound's super broken ai, you will have zero chance in drag race.

[@aayobruv]

I really enjoyed this game tbh. Cops got annoying, but they’re supposed to be annoying. I liked the character design a lot, and I think it really suited the style and storyline of the game, over the cringey designs in previous games. I also just played with air stream animations off. I really don’t think this was a bad game. In fact I thought it was a good follow up from heat. Even if I didn’t like the style and design, it still wouldn’t be a big take away.

[@jaredbeilstein209]

My big problem with Unbound is how in later days of the in-game week, it's crazy easy to get cops latched onto your ass and it takes _forever_ to get them off of you before they call for backup. I've gotten legit so mad that I couldn't start races because I've been running from the 5-0 for ten, fifteen damn minutes. That, and also betting on other racers _MAGICALLY_ gives them an extra 200 horsepower

[@BigBaller226]

Its a shit fucking game that intro pissed me off. Bloody Mario kart DS has better and more fun driving physics