The Worst NFS Ever - Casino Edition

[@Cez-ario]

Payback problem was that everyone wanted a storyline based on the fast and furious movies, we just forgot to specify to them that it was the first 3 movies and not the 3 last movies

[@desperatetogetsomehoes]

I actually kind of enjoyed the game, the story was over the top, and super cheesy, but i felt like it was kind of a charm of the story. The handling was fine apart from offroad races, i wouldn't say it is one of the worst games, it's flawed, but i think it was fine

[@Cez-ario]

@@desperatetogetsomehoes I completely agree, racing games nowadays have this weird thing where everyone is your friend and we all cool, only need for speed games keep trying to avoid this trend to some extend, only bad thing for me was the slot machine gameplay for parts, other than that, all good

[@rodracer4567]

​@Cez I may be the only one who thinks this, but I like the family friendly vibe of modern racing games. I prefer upbeat and optimistic games.

[@ash_1419]

@@desperatetogetsomehoes it's mehh

[@Cez-ario]

@@rodracer4567 The Family vibe is a cool touch, but it's kinda too much, like I said before, everyone is your friend or is just cool that you are there beating everyone, a bit of antagonism could work well in addition to that, kinda on how Unbound worked but more fleshed out, the last 3 nfs games have this problem, they kinda end a bit too abruptly, payback is left on a cliffhanger, heat kinda just ends and unbound leaves too many loose ties, it's not like on most wanted where everything build up on the last race and then the game put you against the wall in a final pursuit where the objective is just survive until mia clears the blocked road, and when you escape, even though with some questions left your biggest feeling after that pursuit is just "holy shit it's over and I survived that" and you feel satisfied and not questioning in a "wait... that's it?" moment

[@TheCamSays]

I think the funniest thing about when I played this for the first time, I played it right when they were introducing the abandoned cars that you would find in free roam. They’re like the bait crates you find in the world as random police chases. Get the car, escape the police and you keep the car. First car I got was an RX7 and I used that as my main race car and upgraded it to the max rating. I was out running supercars with a ‘90s tuner car and ended up beating the game with it. I don’t really hate this one like most people. Had my fun with it but see its issues.

[@alieffauzanrizky7202]

I liked the game only because of the progression. The progression of beating bosses one by one by racing their crews first, added with a considerable increase on difficulty by each chapter just make the final race feels super worth it, knowing how much you've done just to reach that level. Though the story were a bit ridiculous, and the offroad events feels unnecessary, it's a great game, just not worthy to have a "need for speed" as a title.

[@marmedalmond9958]

@@alieffauzanrizky7202 how did you get the rx7?

[@alieffauzanrizky7202]

@@marmedalmond9958 on the gas station somewhere on the top left of the map. It appear randomly so might wanna check it out the later day when it's no there today

[@nathanmartin5049]

@@alieffauzanrizky7202 I don't think those cars are available anymore. It used to be every month would have a different car somewhere on the map but after a few years this ended and you can't get those cars anymore. So if you missed the RX-7 or the most wanted BMW etc. you can't ever get them now.

[@alieffauzanrizky7202]

@@nathanmartin5049 Nah. I very recently replay the game a few weeks ago and the rx7 is still there. That's why i commented

[@nicholasrocher2742]

I think Ghost Games really had an uphill battle when it came to taking over from Black Box. They stumbled with 2015 (I hate the fact that it was - and still is - always online and there were some technical issues at launch) and they crashed and burned with Payback, but they got back up and redeemed themselves with Heat. I think, had EA not taken them out back to join Black Box, Visceral Games and Pandemic Studios, they really could have done something great. I am happy with Criterion at the helm but honestly EA needs to stop handing NFS over from developer to developer and let them work their magic instead of what they have done with the IP since the early 2010s.

[@CertifiedWTRPerson]

but ghost didnt take over from blackbox, they took over from criterion in 2013

[@zardians_of_galaxy]

@@CertifiedWTRPerson yea they hired to find a new game formula for nfs series, hence why after heat they got sacked

[@CertifiedWTRPerson]

@@zardians_of_galaxy the reason they got sacked in 2020 was because of most wanted fanboys complaining and because they went Quality over Money and EA is EA

[@zardians_of_galaxy]

@@CertifiedWTRPerson they actually being praised by the community after releasing heat, but as you said EA being EA

[@CertifiedWTRPerson]

@@zardians_of_galaxy heat is a great game and shows that ghost is the series hero, but EA wanted some coins

[@redratcrawford]

Payback is probably better than the actual fast and furious game. Also agreed, realism doesn't need to be everywhere.

[@MidnightApex-ml6jc]

GT purists would say otherwise.

[@sambeezy007]

I agree. 5%-15% of realism is OK. Not 75%.

[@Mr.Midnight06]

Oh, THIS game. I said this in the past but I didn’t think this game was THAT bad. I could have fun with it despite the atrocious upgrade system.

[@rodracer4567]

Said upgrade system is a deal breaker for me. That one thing just ruins the game completely for me. If it weren't for the UNITE mod getting rid of it, I'd probably swear off Payback forever

[@Yattu_B]

Theory : The Arkwright Files said "The collector is a slave, the house is just a pawn." And that means the high speed task force in nfs Heat is owned by the collector... "The collector is a Slave." The collector has a boss, which is most likely someone like Kobashi or Another Mysterious Figure... Hopefully we find out more in other nfs games...

[@LilnormieX]

​@@Yattu_Byeah Too bad ea killed ghost I really like the 3 games cuz they were connected to each other and I really like the lore more than the mcu

[@tehangrybird345]

One thing Payback does very well is the special missions. Being able to switch between multiple cars, and having action movie like scenes is really cool!

[@Journey_to_who_knows]

The highlight of this games existence was that video where Blackpantha pushed Jake Paul off a cliff

[@edothebad]

Can't wait for NFS The Run review ! Starring Jesse Pinkman !

[@Nicktechnoo]

I never knew there was SO many NFS games lmao

[@BlooTeg]

oh there's A LOT, and I'm only getting to the bad ones for now LOL

[@c0ya1]

​​​@@BlooTegunbound wasn't made by ghost games. It was made by criterion. Ghost went defunct back in 2020.

[@ENKTDeeColon_and_randomnumbers]

They only released them yearly since the mid-90's 😅😅😅

[@SummonerArthur]

Yeah, 2015 is a lot of nfs. I used to like the 2014th but it feels dated now /s

[@szybkiwojtas7895]

NFS Payback was a failed attempt to recreate the Forza Horizon vibes.

[@joeymations9821]

How? Like I'm genuinely curious of what from the game made you feel that way

[@user-nj6bt5gy4s]

@@joeymations9821I played a bit of it too and it was just a boring racing title. A lost of racing games in that time period tried replicating horizon but never was able to deliver like horizon did.

[@hubson1443]

I would say it's way more similiar to NFS's adaptation of Fast and Furious into a game. It's def not close to Forza Horizon imo

[@ggspooks7915]

i think he said that because the open world felt something like in horizon.. the way you can cut across the map and all that... the direlicts are a give away too​@@joeymations9821

[@SDRIFTERAbdlmounaim]

4:38 unbound isn't a ghost game, it's back to Criterion !

[@jellybIood]

Favorite channel recently. Keep up the good work Blue 👍🏻

[@BlooTeg]

holy moly thank you so much! I'm glad you enjoyed it!

[@ethanthompson7741]

Another thing I really disliked about payback was that there was not a single character in that game I actually liked. The closest was Jess being somewhat tolerable

[@prostreetfairladyz8402]

Tyler's cool too, what you on about ? theres some likeable characters in this story

[@ethanthompson7741]

@@prostreetfairladyz8402 Heeeeeell naw. Tyler I disliked the most bro.

[@prostreetfairladyz8402]

@@ethanthompson7741 what he do to you ? the man fought for whats right in the story :v

[@RonaldMcVale]

Even saints row 2022 has more tolerable characters.

[@noisyreceivrer7]

This game had a good story, but what ruined it for me was the off-road races (the handling model for dirt :/). I could barely drive, Id have to switch to easy to even have a chance at winning. Other than that the drifting is fun, and I guess I the drag racing?

[@ΙάσωναςΠαπαδόπουλος]

Personally i believe nfs heat was better in every single way other than the drifting, offroading i agree was a pain.

[@rachidmaktar9566]

​@@ΙάσωναςΠαπαδόπουλος da story is better

[@ΙάσωναςΠαπαδόπουλος]

@@rachidmaktar9566 it depends, nfs payback's story was the only thing it had going for it and nothing else, while there are only four missions that stand out. Heat on the other hand was simpler, but better, more focused on cars than the hollywood action payback went for, amd it worked more as an introduction to the game.

[@rachidmaktar9566]

@@ΙάσωναςΠαπαδόπουλος roger

[@Legendkilllz]

Dude that’s exactly why I haven’t beaten the game yet. The dirt racing is atrocious.

[@SFH_Jenkins]

Need for Speed Payback is to this day the best Videogame in the Fast and Furious Series.

[@chickenstrapped2271]

That invisible wall at 11:50 physically hurt me

[@BlooTeg]

great level design

[@franklinclinton2560]

And the new NFS games have the worst car handling

[@blakedmc1989RaveHD]

NFS II SE from 1997 would like a word with ya i bet every dollar i got u would not complain about tha newer NFS games handling once u've experience NFS II SE

[@dalelumina3]

​@@blakedmc1989RaveHD >undercover

[@blakedmc1989RaveHD]

@@dalelumina3 sorry Undercover was more playable than NFS II SE from 1997, trust me i've played both, NFS II SE is still worse on tha physics and handling than even Undercover lol

[@franklinclinton2560]

@@blakedmc1989RaveHD nah, maybe worse than Payback, and the future rest, but 2015 is worse than all of them.

[@blakedmc1989RaveHD]

@@franklinclinton2560 i've played NFS 2015, still not worse than NFS II SE! heck even Undercover's Handling/Physics is still tolerable than NFS II SE! i smell someone who never played a NFS game before Underground 🤣i stand by my NFS II SE claims because i've lived through it my young padawan

[@maxxtoan8596]

That why I wait stick on OG era of NFS (94-02 with expection of 10's Hot Pursuit)

[@randomstormtrooper3345]

Nice pfp. It's no isdera commendatore, but it's still such a cool looking car

[@blakedmc1989RaveHD]

OG era for life, well tha exception of NFS II SE havin' tha worst handling and physics in NFS history, yes even worse than Payback's Handling/Physics lol

[@SleepyPopups]

Dude Payback being called NFS Casino Edition is literally spot on Also like you said: Fortune Valley is based on Las Vegas (which we know as the land of casinos)

[@mutantlavalampderg412]

This is the game where the nfs soundtrack completely gave up

[@NotSoToasty_RO]

The collector acctually appears in heat...like not phisically. He is the one who gives you the DB11 at LVL10 and the P1 at 20. He only speaks to you at the cell phone. That was a nice eastter egg. There are a lot in payback too.

[@atk1152]

NFS payback feel like they're trying to replica NFS The Run with over the top action scene but location is meh, unlike the Run where location change as you progress through the game Payback location is just Sand and city

[@kaltonic]

one of my biggest gripes about this game is the respawns. you respawn when you dont need to be respawned and lose time, or you dont get respawned when you need to be respawned and just better off restarting the race

[@BlooTeg]

true, forgot to mention that!

[@RyuusanFT86]

I still think we should have a Pro Street 2. More Street Tracks like Touge and highways, more tuning like combining NFS Shift and Underground 2. Would be a banger as long as the handling is better.

[@BlooTeg]

YES!

[@Wrazzix]

Agreed! Pro Street is easily my top 2 fav nfs

[@elimejia5749]

I would love to see a sequel to prostreet, prostreet is my favorite nfs game for being different. But the problem is it would not see well.

[@KMakoENVtuber]

The thing is, people would complain about the lack of cops…so nah, they won’t do that sadly.

[@theferrarist1062]

Pro Street is like top 3 racing games of all time when it comes down to atmosphere and aesthetics. They absolutely nailed everything they where going for. Too bad the supposed bosses are absolute trash, like the game manages to invest you in this race for status and reputation even without a real story, and once you get to the top you find the most dumbed down AI in the history of mankind, driving badly tuned cars. They should really make a sequel, polish it way more and do something innovative and unique, like allowing to freely explore race days facilities in VR

[@DRIIVE34]

This was literally not a bad NFS game. The only thing I didn’t like was the offroading and speed cards. Payback literally has the best drift physics in the whole franchise.

[@nitrocreeper10]

Exactly. Got a kick out of the multiplayer, but only found cheaters after long enough

[@timeIesz]

Yea I agree

[@joshsilverback3565]

Yes drifting was actually fun as hell in this game.

[@QueenNala487]

No bap . Drifting is a chef kiss on this game

[@ineedandrenaline]

Speed cards are the only thing keeping me away from getting this game again.

[@edibleandsentientautomobil5396]

It's a good day when Bluetag uploads

[@BlooTeg]

today was a good day

[@armasplaygrounds6355]

Funny, but as much as people hate Payback, it's the closest to what we'd expect an NFS game to be. A revenge story as simple as a stick, racing and different disciplines to give it more versatility. We don't need Underground, because that age has passed and any try at reviving it will end up becoming Heat and Unbound, which are full of cringeworthy and pointless conversations and make no sense whatsoever, not to mention the uneven difficulty spikes

[@phantomparadoxfr]

I loved payback, my only big problem with it was how driving long distances kinda felt like a chore. In heat, if I need to get from one side of the map to another, I’ll gladly drive there, but in payback, I usually just fast travel

[@CoSmicGoesRacing]

I think the handling plays a big part in that. Especially driving to off-road events or challenging the roaming off-road racers. Honestly though, Fortune Valley, IMO, is one of the best open world maps ever put in an NFS game.

[@vouk9349]

The desert "country rock" sound you were reffering to is called stoner rock

[@Michael_Afton40]

Bro I tell you If EA was smart they would revive Ghost and Blackbox And combine Ghost BlackBox and Criterion Just imagine Ghost with their amazing graphics BlackBox with the execution And Criterion with the ideas Bam perfect studio

[@Mccaigg]

Only disagreement about the whole video is that *Unbounds* music selection is no where near as bad as *Heat*

[@kyototomokui6676]

Payback has a bug in one of the missions that makes the game literally unbeatable, and it still hasn’t been fixed.

[@LargoChip39]

Idk about you guys but I loved the fact that they put roaming racers in the game. It makes it feel less empty and it’s a fun little thing to do when your bored. It’s nothing crazy but it’s enough to give you something to do for fun

[@CoSmicGoesRacing]

This is one aspect that’s overlooked. I think it’s an overall improvement from Underground 2’s Outrun system in Free Roam. The Outruns were really fun and the varying landscape of Fortune Valley makes for very interesting races.

[@MasouShizuka]

This is why most wanted hits most of the right spot. The fact the main player character is a mute helps players to get into whatever type of driver they are. Imagine a game like zelda but the protganist is links gay streamer cousin who speaks too much.

[@Bardia006plus1]

when Bluetag is talking about the "worst", you know it's gonna be a good video

[@sirmidnight2039]

small nitpicks: the cutscenes when during jess' missions can be skipped and the cinematics when you wreak a cop can be turned off in the options, along with muting the characters during races. Beyond that, I agree with everything said in the video. Also wish to mention that I got this game after a friend convinced me to try it out; came to love almost everything, especially the offroading much to my surprise. And low and behold, by the time I shelved the game, I found that I actually platinum'd the game to completion.

[@BlooTeg]

Oh yeah, I just thought it was really weird for the cutscenes to break the flow of the game haha but yes, people let me know about the cinematics, didn't know that! still, if you like this one, that's alright! a lot of people seem to misunderstand that these are just my views on the games and you shouldn't "stop" liking it if you do, that would be ridiculous

[@sirmidnight2039]

@@BlooTeg I still come back to the game from time to time to cruise during the night time cause the game just *Hits* different when "Gravedigger" by P.O.S. or "Lean Back" by SUR starts playing(Which by the way, the OST is tied to the time of day it is in game, making the OST not wear its welcome too quickly). Cause you are 100% correct to say that the vibes of the game are Immaculate.

[@sianobocian]

Except the upgrade system (which was fixed in united mod) payback is one of my favorites. The story was great, the missions were creative, soundtrack SLAPED and, graphics were ok and tuning was fine. Also handling model was much better than 2015. Also there were some things to do after story. I still miss the car hijacking missions.

[@spencerboyce6227]

9:24 that is also a problem I have with nfs rivals where whenever you touch a rock or skim a wall the game will pause for 30 seconds and show you slow motion footage of your car crashing, and I just have to sit there like “can we get back to the race or not?” Like, this isn’t burnout just let me continue getting chased by the cops!

[@Nobodylikesme246]

I played the game several years ago, and I somehow quit about 4hrs in, don't remember why.

[@davikra]

i had so much expactations for this game and they just trowed a slot machine to upgrade my car

[@julianc.6589]

Babe wake up new Blue Tag video just dropped

[@hw_driver5988]

You forgot rivals from the ghost era

[@Ruftinator]

I remember a 16/17 year old me being incredibly hyped for this game to release. Pre-ordered the deluxe edition even. I was a tadbit sad however when the game finally came out and didn't completely live up to expectations. Don't get me wrong, I still played the shit out of it and really enjoyed myself while I was at it but I just couldn't ignore that this game was pretty lacking in delivering what most fans wanted and I could never really shake the disappointment of paying €80,- for this game with it being like it is. When I'll build a new rig I'm absolutely going to revisit this though. Had a lot of fun playing this and even more in the photo mode!

[@muhammadwahaj11]

I really hated the spin the wheel and get an upgrade you want or you don't want. I uninstalled this game as soon as I came to know of that and the sad part after this I never played any need for speed after this one 😅

[@RealMakarov]

u cant even buy maxxed out parts, u have to literally work on a car

[@muhammadwahaj11]

@@RealMakarov not to mention the fact that sometimes if you have an offroad car and you get an upgrade that is more suited to a drift or race type car that upgrade is wasted 🤣

[@RealMakarov]

​@@muhammadwahaj11 there re so many combinations which are extremely hard to match and have little to no tuning potential

[@takumijager2372]

Heat was good. Really good

[@igotnoodlesgold9193]

dang you missed out on nfs heat when it was really fun to play and before the cops got nerfed to the ground :(

[@evandaymon8303]

With you on that rant and people asking for everything to be realistic. It’s starting to become highly generic now that all games got to have this realistic look.

[@Ernestinhomugiwara]

There's only one thing I think you should have mentioned...this game is not for us Gamers or people who cares about It's for the NEW GENERATION who plays fortnite and FIFA, eats every year release like water. These people pays for it, likes it, wants to buy cards and stuff to differentiate themselves from others They will continue to push these kind of games, because people buy it, people buy the loot boxes

[@helloScuffed]

Need for Gambling: Payback Casino Debt. Another good game idea that was ruined by corpo greed

[@lucasqrs9096]

it's funny cause payback is my favorite of the new need for speed games, and everyone despises it xD

[@alexanderpena129]

i remember wen i was back in payback fucking offroad races was CANCERRRRRRRR literally almost broke my system bc of this one race

[@ACWall985]

only songs i liked during my short time with this game were: City Rejects-Ho99o9 Trap and a Dream-A$AP Ferg n only cuz i played those the most and i already knew the songs

[@thelaw11]

I guess Payback is a hit-or-miss title for the audience . I enjoyed NFSP because I was able to play with the latest cars (still ended up only using RX-7s and Challengers but we don’t talk about that) and having a shitty story didn’t do me wrong , actually I enjoyed Outlaw’s Rush and still replay it now-and-then

[@zer0slayer1]

if there was no card system it's a solid game. The card system hurts it A LOT imo.

[@Dr.Livingdark]

Don’t let this distract you from the fact that Bluetag’s TV screen is perpetually moving

[@joaodasilva4174]

Hey, in the part of the offroad with the yellow Porsche Panamera, you put a spoiler above a retractable spoiler. You're Crazy?

[@BlooTeg]

hell yeah.

[@orest395]

I’d love to see him review the Tokyo xtreme racer/Tokyo xtreme racer drift series

[@Lazy_ness]

8:20 this is the same reason why i hate fh5's map

[@Lazy_ness]

and its all because of that stupid br eliminator mode that 4 year olds play

[@terry2295]

With every video you make I'm more happy that a friend introduced me to your channel.

[@BlooTeg]

I'm glad to hear that!

[@vapo6372]

Mom, dad, come!! The blue rat is talking about another game from a dying franchise!

[@BlooTeg]

LETS GOOOOOOOO

[@adventurouseddie9369]

It sucks that ea will never put money down to completely replace the handling for need for speed. The brake to drift handling originated from Hot Pursuit 2010 and now here we are, still jank asf.

[@S3metalsymphony]

On the next NFS game, we'll get a post credit cutscene with razor holding a BMW key and saying "Fine, I'll do it myself.."

[@kauandesu6440]

The American Cassino Edition

[@xlso23]

After Payback NFS soundtracks went downhill

[@gilbertoquinonez1974]

I completely agree 💯

[@gameboyadvancedsp6727]

4:02 Finally someone who agree games doesn't always need to be realistic to "feel good"! Sadly I'm not sure if we'll ever convince everyone... Call of Duty is a perfect example. While not ruined its gameplay is damaged by making the camera shake excessively, from running to shooting, to the point I fight more seeing the world then my enemies, because that's rEaLiStIc. It's an arcade shooter on who has the best aim and others and you add mechanics that harm those gameplays? Really? However, despite many of us complaining this in MWll (2022), you have no idea how many liked it. If you even dare to say CoD is an Arcade Shooter first and realism is just an overkill (even if you just point the mechanics), the backlash you'll have is just overwhelming... People don't know what's good for the product and only want what THEY like in every game... Realism ≠ better, folks! Yes I can also like realism, but only if it give sense. It's funny how MW2 (2009) fixes it by only having realism in graphics. That's it. MW2 is beautiful to look, and play, then the modern ones. Maybe the simple texture that doesn't make the soldiers blend (easily) also works. That said, BO2 cartoon-y world actually makes it more fun to "engage". I don't know how to explain, but the looks really grab the fun!

[@hawken796]

This game had a good variety of events and funnily enough, the best story in the franchise. But man did they mess everything else up hard. Unbound still doesn't have drag racing, so in a way, this game has more content than unbound.

[@Ametisti]

IIRC The Crew did a slightly similar chance based upgrade system, but it did seem to bias on giving you actual upgrades, and didn't leave ya staring for hours at a slot machine. I thiiink it was worse in the sequel, but I didn't buy it.

[@nubuntuuser]

9:35 you can switch it off in settings

[@glowmeerkat]

12:30 is that theo 😂😂

[@BlooTeg]

yes lmao

[@DanyTheBlueSniverior]

The fact that this is the last NFS game that had Rock music in their soundtrack. Well, "Country Rock" for a game set in a deserted place was something expected lol.

Almost 20K keep it up bro! You're nailing it

[@BlooTeg]

thank you!

[@saturnv691]

You make a good point with the handling, It honestly baffles me how every ghost era need for speed gets it wrong, NOONE likes the drift or die system, I ended up quitting playing heat 4 hours in because of how annoying the drifting got.

[@alifnaufalmaulana9458]

Skill issue? I can drift just fine lol

[@LilnormieX]

Skill issue Try drifting in 2015 without the proper upgrades

[@ggspooks7915]

I love your videos dude, great sense of humour!

[@realmustangboy6437]

Pretty sure you can disable slomo cam when takedowns

[@avalanche450]

Payback is the last nfs game I expected to admire in some aspects. From the continuous day and night cycle, free roaming racers you could challenge like in 2015, the twisty canyons and mountain roads in a big desert, replayable missions, and a pretty okay soundtrack! I'm glad you continue to speak your mind without letting triggered clowns bully you for having an opinion. Keep doing your thing Bluetag!

[@BlooTeg]

thank you so much!

[@mixy4244]

If it haven't got so much microtransactions it could be even best racing game of 2017

[@Fr0zZZZZZ]

Man, acho legal que um br ta conseguindo entrar na comunidade dos gringos kakakak, tmj ótimo video

[@blaco7933]

Quando descobri que ele era Br eu fiquei em choque

[@hectoreacabral]

Sério que é BR? kkkkkkk que dahora

[@ez33kiel6]

I don't like offroad racing in nfs, i just feel like trying to include a half-assed offroad handling model and completely open map takes away development time when they should be focused on making the on-road driving as good as possible. Also completely agree with the day-night cycle thing you were talking about, nfs2015 has a million times more character than this game....

[@Platypudding]

Imo Unbound is the worst NFS game. Sure, Payback definitely has its flaws like lootboxes and does lack some qualities compared to the older games, but Unbound is just bad. They're trying to be diverse and inclusive, which is fine, but they've focused on being diverse so much it actually impacts the game in a negative way. Almost like the game is being too diverse, and it honestly doesn't even feel like a NFS game. At least Payback felt a bit more natural and loose unlike Unbound where the "diverseness" feels forced. Again, I do not have a problem with diversiveness in games, but it's too much in Unbound and I hope the next NFS game will be better.

[@gifproductions9597]

7:14 - it would be fun to make a character, something like in forza and assign yourself to event type and the other two would be filled by those characters, so if you choose that your character wants to race then Miller stays as Getaway driver and Mac is drift/rally expert. If you choose to be a drift expert then the Tyler will stay as racing expert and miller still would be a getaway driver. Basically - swap your character with one of those guys and the other stays.

[@NeroVingian40]

This reminds me of what happened to me recently. Context: I have never play any Forza game, ever. I was visiting a friend’s house, and he booted up FH5 (we’re both car guys). He was playing it for awhile, and I noticed that the game has a lot of NPC chatter. Like, a LOT. It’s goes from your NPC friends talking to you about the festival, to the radio stations talking about the festival, to “I-just-don’t-know-who-anymore” talking about, you guessed it, the festival. I was like, “is it just me or this game has a LOT of talking for a racing game?”, and my friend just laughed at me and said it felt fine for him. Idk, man, that certainly kills most of my hype for that game. I ended up not buying it, it’s just not my type of game. I bought Grid Legends instead, because sim racing (lmao, ok, I know what you’re thinking, but I was going to get GT7 later, until GT7 came out and it was an online game and that blew off my hype for it as well).

[@Yattu_B]

Theory : The Arkwright Files said "The collector is a slave, the house is just a pawn." And that means the high speed task force in nfs Heat is owned by the collector... "The collector is a Slave." The collector has a boss, which is most likely someone like Kobashi or Another Mysterious Figure... Hopefully we find out more in other nfs games...

[@randomdudeface]

I am the world's biggest fan of this game. I love absolutely everything about it, and there's nothing I hate about it. And dare i say the apparently most controversial opinion in the history of opinions... I loved the upgrade system. In fact, i love it more than 2015's or Heat's upgrade system. This has and always will be, my favorite NFS game, my favorite racing game, and my favorite console game.

[@BlooTeg]

that is definitely controversial, but it's nice that you found an appreciation for it!

[@Just_Max101]

9:42 well there's a setting for turning it off and on, in my opinion it's kinda cool they have that feature

[@sol3mke748]

Good quality man, keep up what you do

[@BlooTeg]

thank you!

[@TheSuperZOS]

A good diversion from this would be to look at a *good* NFS game for a change That being Hot Pursuit (2010) Let's be honest, it's one of the last truly great NFS entries and for some reason people tend to overlook it Not as much as ProStreet, but still

[@ggspooks7915]

Nfs payback isn't that bad, I can still appreciate it for doing a heist scene kinda vibe

[@X-god29]

the reason we got speed cards is because the game is based on gambling its trash i know but dont hate the game just because they made based on the story

[@lolmanboss]

What I hated about this game, to quote Mac on this:"Just press the drift button" it felt like I was driving on rails. That and the roulette tuning. The rest was OK at least and the ambience was just right.

[@DaWolfetrax]

Finally a reviewer that shares my opinion, this game is terrible in every way apart from the graphics, which are decent enough.

[@josephyepez877]

Kerela in the background….nice touch

[@FrancescoPastorino]

the main problem was the casino machine for cars upgrades, the rest of the game was ok (if compared to the '10s need for speeds) and the progression system was quite challenging to invite you to race again and again. some problems (like the cutscenes of exploding cops or the fact that you must drift to take every corner unless they are large) came from Rivals (i found it cool anyway). i don't understand how is it possible that NOONE is not able to recreate something really good like it was Driver San Francisco, it has a perfect driving system for the genre and also the story was good

[@not_kjb]

Man i was so disappointed when Tyler's house got blown up in the cutscene without him in it

[@starstruckp4808]

It’s genuinely one of my favorites, definitely up in my top 5. One thing that I will never forgive is that card system, than can go straight into the trash. It nailed a lot of things and I never regretted picking it up for $12. Even though they bumped up getting these cards without spending a dollar, it is still a drag that they exist.

[@art_nt_nk8353]

i don't think it was that bad in my opinion, the graphics were good, the storyline was a good, for me the parts that rlly pissed me off were the gambling system for performance parts and how the police system worked. but all in all for me, it was a rlly fun game to play.

[@ShadowMokujin]

Ah the Porsche rsr took over this and nfs heat tier list

[@MarvelousGames07]

Need for Speed Unbound makes Payback look like one of the GOATs of the series.

[@KhakiCap]

The video name kinda stunned me for a second, since at first I thought EA had actually made a physical slot machine for casinos only and not another digital casino disguised as another game. Kinda made me think of that Cash Bandiloot slot machine in british pubs. Happy to see another one of your videos, keep up the good work. (Forced realism in games makes me go scream internally and makes my PC scream like in opera hall)

[@BlooTeg]

LOL thank you!

[@nubuntuuser]

You must try need for speed rival very underrated game

[@leo_0644]

I agree on the slow down thing when you take out cops, my fav nfs game is rivals cause of how chaotic it is, but there the cops are like tanks so your gameplay isn’t stopped every 2 second, but on newer games its really annoying cause even if they crash buy the selves it slows and turn the camera to them

[@paritoshd]

Where's my Orange Golf R32, EA? Give me my Kuru mobile!

[@Sweet-wc2lj]

This channel is HEAVILY underrated!

[@BlooTeg]

thank you!