IGN: "In Need for Speed Rivals, Ghost Studios isn't confining players to rigid multiplayer matches, nor are they subjecting them to the chaos of a racing MMO. Instead, players are introduced to a world where friends are seamlessly integrated into the world as they progress through its campaigns via a new feature called All Drive. Players take on the roles of either a racer or a cop, progressing through missions and challenges in the open world of Redview County. As they move through the world, friends also playing the game will be introduced without matchmaking lobbies or loading screens."
After nearly three decades of NFS games, here's a list of the best Need For Speed titles that have ever been released in the past years, ranked by The Nerd Stash.
Paul writes: "Without further ado, here is my list of the best and worst Need For Speed games in the history of the world! I'll run worst to best, so if you want to know which is the best ever Need for Speed game, you’ll have to read on."
Most wanted 2012 imo was awful, on PS3 the graphics are dreadful, and the crash cam was very annoying. Rival is the worst imo, hated that game. My favourite is Hot Pursuit, great game. Also Shift 1&2 are really good.
High Stakes will always be my favorite. Great cars, great music, and you could see through the windows which was pretty mind-blowing at the time. Best of all it was ricer-free.
Lame. The list doesn't even include any of the originals. NFS 1 and NFS hot Pursuit 1998. Must be a youngster who created the list.
From my personal experience NFS I personally don't like.......
The Worst : Underground 2 , Carbon, Prostreets, Undercover, Porche unleashed, Nitro, NFS World, 2012 Mostwanted, Rivals, 2015 Reboot last but not least Paycrap.
Best NFS I personally like :
All ps1 NFS : HighStakes (the best) including NFS 3 Hotpursuit , ps2 Hotpursuit 2 (Excellent game ) ..Underground ( Best so far)
2005 Mostwanted ( Excellent game) Shift 1/2 (Spectacular) remind me of GT , 2010 Hotpursuit Great game but race Waaaaaaay to long in my personal opinion . Last but not least The Run . these are my favorite NFS titles .
After The Run in my personal opinion NFS went down hill fast with Open world mapping crap, always online, multiplayer crap, alldrive, drifting in every freaking corners, no gripping anymore,autolog. None of this crapfest is NFS original formula. until Ea contract Ghost Games to return the original formula back in NFS it will always be Shitty game.
For 25 years now the Need for Speed series has kept its fans glued to their seats, but what are the standout titles?
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Those are my favorites. Anything released recently is a big steaming pile of hot garbage.
My favs in order: NFS 3 Hot Pursuit, Hot Pursuit II, Both Undergrounds, Carbon, Prostreet, Shift 2 is a masterpiece
I have really low expectations for this game i haven't enjoyed a NFS game since NFS Underground
Add Story to the game, good one, Most Wanted had one, Carbon also had (even though slightly lousy) it adds to the experience and gives emotion and goals to the gamer.
That's it is every game open world fetch quest now give me some linear action.
So 14 player cops vs. racers? Seems interesting to me.
On my steam account right now I have 18 hours under Shift, which was okay but very wonky to control, 14 hours on Hot Pursuit, which was actually a blast to play but pretty short.
I know I put about 2 hours on The Run which only required about a hour and 45 minutes to beat on the first play through, and then the new Most wanted, which took even less time to beat....
I just hope they don't keep going with this pattern of removing a lot of content but adding in "multi-player" experiences that aren't actually content filled.