I Will Not Give Need For Speed Unbound A Second Chance

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  • Опубликовано: 9 июл 2024
  • I love reading comments, and one that I see to a near superflous degree, are those asking for a re-review of Need For Speed Unbound a year and a half post launch. This has always perplexed me, and I didn't want to leave this unanswered. So here is a short video covering just why I maintain my stance on EA's latest attempt.
    This video was written by Serp! Moses just did the editing on this one, so thank her for the video
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  • @ultraviolet_channel
    @ultraviolet_channel  16 дней назад +123

    It's been a certainly controversial time since this videos upload, and I need to give you all some updates and words from myself.
    Firstly, many of you have seen and shared Craptastic Jack's rebuttal to this video, we have both been in touch since and had some good conversation hearing each other out. I've had my perspective changed, he understands mine, and we've come to a conclusion wherein we both have vastly different preferences in games, which of course fueled each of our videos respectively. We have no hard feelings, heard each other out, and we're vibin man! So to everyone calling him out, or fueling flames of war, relax, we're grown adults who sorted our problems responsibly.
    To finish off though, I myself to have to apologize for the overall tone and message of this video, I should have kept things far more obvious that this was my own personal thoughts, instead of attempting to change others minds about Unbound, I admit responsibility there. Of course I still stand by my thoughts on the game, but I realize the message that this video may give off and I apologize for that.
    I am ashamed though, that this singular take has resulted in death threats to myself, alongside aggressive DMs and comments to all parties involved. We can do better, I can do better, and I will take this as a learning experience and move forwards. Thank you all for reading, and huge shoutout to Craptastic Jack again for being a real one and handling this well.
    - Moses

    • @dr.sivavignesh664
      @dr.sivavignesh664 16 дней назад +21

      Stay strong. It's the society that's deranged if they are making threats over stating facts about a game. 👍🏻

    • @racerlord2329
      @racerlord2329 16 дней назад +12

      ​@@dr.sivavignesh664 Honestly some bits felt unnecessary to really flame on within the video to the extent that they had. There is also the fact that people do like or even love this game over some past games such as heat. The video almost at least to me felt like people can be told to just flame the devs no matter what they do and possibly the people who like the game too because that's what people on the Internet do anyway.
      That being said people sending death threats over some of this is unexceptionable no matter what the case. I only hope stuff is learned from this and for them to not be at yourself up too badly for this. It might be too late to really save this game but at least criterion are trying their best to make the game (at least online since there's nothing to do in single player once you beat the story) a better experience for most.

    • @dr.sivavignesh664
      @dr.sivavignesh664 16 дней назад +7

      @@racerlord2329 I have to disagree with you on unbound being anything better than any previous nfs titles. Except for the 4k 60 fps on console and good performance on pc there is nothing praise worthy of the game. The car list is 90% heat's car list. As you pointed out singleplayer is barebones to say the least. Online is as cheap as nfs no limits. As a consumer I strictly cannot agree this is a good purchase. It's a fully priced game and the dlc is being sold for even more with even less content. Crew Motorfest is updating singleplayer and multiplayer, with new cars every month , a new map this year all for free. Meanwhile unbound is offering a F2P multiplayer with basic modes 2 years after release. Those defending this should take a look at EA s track record. They never cared about their consumers ever! It's time the consumers stop viewing them as their friend and treat them as a seller of goods/ products.

    • @racerlord2329
      @racerlord2329 16 дней назад +7

      @@dr.sivavignesh664 It's fair to not be able to see unbound as better than any previous games. Imo there's great stuff about unbound but they also took so many steps backwards to the point I do prefer heat in more ways than one over unbound. Same goes for many others when it comes to which nfs is worth your time and of course money. Fair enough as well where looking at the competition they give out more content than unbound for little to nothing from your pockets EA has lost their respect years ago in the gaming sphere yet people still defend their actions it's almost sad. While EA do EA things Criterion are at least trying to make the game better but unfortunately because they are pretty much under EA's thumb videos such as these can make people pretty much wish for both of them to go burn in a flame even tho it's only because of one of them not both. Gameplay wise once more there stuff Unbound do better than Heat did but there also stuff too Heat and other nfs titles did better than Unbound has done and ever will do to the point many people rather Mod Unbound to have some enjoyment while some others you don't need to mod them to enjoy them (same can be said about unbound so at that point it just comes to preference). Even with all of these updates and community support they get even from a bunch of RUclipsrs compared to the competition Unbound is Imo hanging on because of the mostly caring fans in the community rather than people that stare the flaws in the face and spread their thoughts such as this. There's parts of the video people can agree on but others will not or even find unnecessary to point out. The cars being mostly from heat with some new faces (some returning cars from past nfs games) is something I personally don't see a huge reason to flame Unbound for yeah it's disappointing but plenty of other racing games let alone nfs games done similar stuff in the past yet don't get flamed for it either at all or nearly as much as Unbound has (from what I seen anyway). At the end people should spend their money and invest in what they chose Imo but stuff like this can often send a message for better or for worse and in this case it's for the worst.

    • @dr.sivavignesh664
      @dr.sivavignesh664 16 дней назад +1

      @@racerlord2329 you feel pity for the devs. Even I do. But you must understand there is nothing we can do to save them. Hifi rush was successful, yet the devs were closed down. Heat was praised , yet ghost was shut down. A bunch of RUclips videos ain't going to save anyone from companies like EA. I love rocksteady, but should we be supporting suicide squad ktjl? Just because wb doesn't close them? Nope. Unbound has been released. People who like to mod it, will mod it and use it. It's not like they made one mistake and we are trying to burn them for it. Nope. 2 years of development, 2 years post launch. We have given them ample time to even correct it. Money don't grow on trees. Each person's money should be valued. Defending such practices just because we don't want the devs to suffer is pure blackmail. And NO. Unbound updates are only mp which is the worst. Try buying a Ferrari testarossa , the game won't let you. And will ask you to win 5 races with a Ferrari. A full priced game. ! It's as bad as no limits. ( which was atleast free to play ). Please do not defend such practices. If you give EA an inch they will demand an acre.

  • @Vaz_G
    @Vaz_G 18 дней назад +220

    The idea of not syncing your sp and mp garage has to be so stupid

    • @NFSBeast2365
      @NFSBeast2365 18 дней назад +12

      I heard there’s a limit of cars you can buy. 200 f*cking 200 across BOTH story and multiplayer.

    • @Raage.
      @Raage. 18 дней назад +5

      The fucking audacity

    • @ultratheman
      @ultratheman 18 дней назад +21

      ​@@NFSBeast2365
      so they CAN sync stuff across singleplayer and multi-player, conveniently only when it is to restrict you, great.

    • @brandonisburied
      @brandonisburied 18 дней назад +13

      I believe it has something to do with modding and competitive fairness. They want people to have fun with mods in sp. but race fairly with others in mp, since not all players want to mod. I don't like their greed but I don't mind this split between sp and mp

    • @nightwolf9375
      @nightwolf9375 18 дней назад +11

      @@brandonisburiedthat argument goes straight out of the window, considering the Unite devs were able to make the mod compatible with the online MP. (Which is the only reason why people are playing the game on PC lol).

  • @drishavg
    @drishavg 18 дней назад +98

    EA forgot that the Cars Were The Stars.

    • @theweekndxo7438
      @theweekndxo7438 16 дней назад +9

      wait players DON'T want to pay for a premium "speed pass" (battle pass) just to get new shitty wheels????

  • @yugenboy
    @yugenboy 18 дней назад +348

    I just realized that it's cheaper to get the complete DLC Bundle for MW2012, than three body-kits

    • @serperior2264
      @serperior2264 18 дней назад +42

      you can buy MW2012 as a whole for less than three bodykits in unbound

    • @NFSBeast2365
      @NFSBeast2365 18 дней назад +2

      For real?!! 😳 😵 💀

    • @BlackRockStella
      @BlackRockStella 18 дней назад +9

      Somewhere, there's a DLC unlocker for this game.

    • @turbochargedfilms
      @turbochargedfilms 18 дней назад +1

      yeah because its MW2012 and if anything players should be *given* money to play it

    • @lamdang2701
      @lamdang2701 18 дней назад +2

      Nah, mw2012 is trash, i still remember i had to pay to unlock the aiport, such a BS

  • @Mephy.
    @Mephy. 18 дней назад +535

    I don't pirate games normally but thank God I'm on PC so I modded the game to get all the DLC for free. I feel zero guilt against anticonsumerist companies.

    • @serperior2264
      @serperior2264 18 дней назад +44

      good on you honestly

    • @Andiama
      @Andiama 18 дней назад +28

      ea unlocker supremacy

    • @civicrider5556
      @civicrider5556 18 дней назад +18

      Unbound might be the first NFS game which hasn't gotten pirated yet

    • @dr.sivavignesh664
      @dr.sivavignesh664 18 дней назад +27

      Unbound has zero singleplayer content . Even using a cracked copy is a waste of time lol

    • @caboose6411
      @caboose6411 18 дней назад

      @@civicrider5556it’s on steam unlocked. Been there since day 1 of it’s release

  • @FederalPursuitVehicle
    @FederalPursuitVehicle 18 дней назад +252

    BlackPanthaa was the one who requested for the premium speed pass iirc. So I think we know who is to blame for making Unbound a monetized mess.😅
    Edit: Just read the replies and it seems like multiple NFS RUclipsrs requested for the premium speedpass. This is why NFS shouldn't be run by RUclipsrs.

    • @serperior2264
      @serperior2264 18 дней назад +9

      do you know where he said this?

    • @FrozenDrone12
      @FrozenDrone12 18 дней назад +1

      He is a Ricer d*ckriding as well that's why he say NFS Hot Pursuit and Rivals are Bad

    • @NFSBeast2365
      @NFSBeast2365 18 дней назад +1

      Screw that prick.

    • @FederalPursuitVehicle
      @FederalPursuitVehicle 18 дней назад +14

      @@serperior2264 I don't remember where I saw it unfortunately.

    • @serperior2264
      @serperior2264 18 дней назад +4

      @@FederalPursuitVehicle fair enough I suppose

  • @driveri1435
    @driveri1435 9 дней назад +11

    NFS Unbound calling the Audi RS6 Avant a car pack is diabolical

  • @clutch44444
    @clutch44444 16 дней назад +29

    While I agree on some things and disagree on other things, you don't deserve death threats for this video, your opinion is your opinion

    • @priyeshboodhram8375
      @priyeshboodhram8375 3 дня назад

      True though When he review NFS Heat campaign story
      It was awful in Moses opinion , in which I actually agree from his point of view
      But Heat was an apology to 2015 and Payback since they scrapped the speedcard system from Payback
      and god rid of the online only option in which they reversed their decision with Payback onwards

  • @serperior2264
    @serperior2264 18 дней назад +239

    Just a disclaimer for anyone about to comment about the differences on prices displayed on screen and what Moses is saying, this script was written with my storefront in mind (which is AUD) and the recorded footage was from Moses's storefront (which is in CAD). So before you comment, we're not attempting to balloon the prices verbally, they're spoken as the prices for my currency (since I'm the one who wrote this video). If you have a different currency, feel free to do your own conversion! (or just look up how much these cost on your own storefront).

    • @RetroRangerReviews88
      @RetroRangerReviews88 18 дней назад +18

      Australian cost of living is also rough as guts right now. So requesting these prices for bugger all content when luxury living is getting a cart full of groceries is pathetic.

    • @madkaiser4887
      @madkaiser4887 18 дней назад +7

      Ooh a fellow Aussie, but yeah we do have it rough sometimes with the economy

    • @serperior2264
      @serperior2264 18 дней назад +15

      @@RetroRangerReviews88 Couldn't have said it better, why must a parmesan cheese be $4 a packet at coles???? can't have a condiment on my dinner anymore without spending an arm or a leg!!!!

    • @RetroRangerReviews88
      @RetroRangerReviews88 18 дней назад

      @@serperior2264 I’ve heard your scripts. You can definitely say it better 🤣

    • @adityarane8479
      @adityarane8479 18 дней назад

      nice script bro 10 /10

  • @dr.sivavignesh664
    @dr.sivavignesh664 18 дней назад +122

    Would love ultraviolet to make a video on how the gaming industry desperately needs an arcade racer without licenced cars. With FH 4 being delisted ( crew 1 s plug pulled ) and so many bland racing games with real cars and no damage system for more than a decade and the significance of games like split second, ridge racer and burnout 's absence makes has created a void for an innovative arcade racer.

    • @ultraviolet_channel
      @ultraviolet_channel  18 дней назад +47

      It is true, I miss the arcade racer with a burning, burning passion. Nothing really like them these days even though they would sell like hotcakes

    • @dr.sivavignesh664
      @dr.sivavignesh664 18 дней назад +12

      @@ultraviolet_channel oh boy those days were golden even if we didn't know it back then. Scrounged steam to maybe find atleast an indie arcade racer and there are like just 2 games. Gas guzzlers, trail out that's it. After playing so many racing games with almost the same list of real cars it's beginning to become stale. I miss burnout , ridge racer , blur , split second, flat out , twisted metal. Nothing like those classics.

    • @johncarlofernandez2698
      @johncarlofernandez2698 18 дней назад +9

      YES PLEASE. Imagine the freedom of not being held back by car brand's licensing.

    • @RaidenWithBiden
      @RaidenWithBiden 18 дней назад +4

      Wreckfest?

    • @LoganSLRLockwood
      @LoganSLRLockwood 18 дней назад +4

      I'd kill for a Split/Second sequel

  • @SenpaiKillerFire
    @SenpaiKillerFire 18 дней назад +63

    truly gta 5 single player moment. When content is locked behind DLC and body kits behind a battle pass. And online only

    • @piccoloatburgerking
      @piccoloatburgerking 18 дней назад +3

      The difference is GTA Online DLCs are all free so you're not paying anything to get new content (other than having to grind in game for the money to get all the items). I still wish they didn't abandon story mode because it's absolutely fantastic already and deserved more but GTA Online is not the comparison you wanna make here.

    • @lockelol1916
      @lockelol1916 18 дней назад +2

      ⁠@@piccoloatburgerking the content is literally free on unbound. What are you talking abt

    • @ToaGresh300
      @ToaGresh300 18 дней назад

      @@lockelol1916Typical R* glazing

    • @lockelol1916
      @lockelol1916 18 дней назад +2

      @@ToaGresh300 im not glazing😭, the content what we got was literally free, the shop or the bp is entirely optional, who tf wants to buy a 20 dollars bodykit😭😭

    • @piccoloatburgerking
      @piccoloatburgerking 18 дней назад

      @@lockelol1916 What? You have to pay for the dlcs like the video shows unlike GTA Online dlc that release for absolutely no charge. All the "battle passes" and "volumes" in Unbound cost money.

  • @drift_works
    @drift_works 18 дней назад +194

    Ladies and Gentlemen, I present to you, the most greedy and pathetic company ever, Electronic Arts

    • @NFSBeast2365
      @NFSBeast2365 18 дней назад +16

      I hold a grudge since they altered Most Wanted 2012 and killed EA Ghost RIGHT after they released Heat. Also, why in the blue hell is an M3 GTR & Bosozoku Fairlady Z locked behind EA Play?

    • @drift_works
      @drift_works 18 дней назад +12

      @@NFSBeast2365 Most Wanted 2012 Beta with its Dark Story its probably my personal favorite nfs ever, and i do not forgive ea for that 😭

    • @NFSBeast2365
      @NFSBeast2365 18 дней назад

      @@drift_worksI feel ya 😢imagine how awesome MW2012 could’ve been

    • @dyaanahmad5079
      @dyaanahmad5079 18 дней назад +5

      EA games suck now. I hope Rockstar bring back Midnight Club. And JEM release Night Runners and Beamng Drive comes available. That will end Forza, NFS, Gran Turismo, Assetto Corsa, The Crew Motorfest, Test Drive for good. This will give a chance for other killed off and forgotten titles to be revived

    • @drift_works
      @drift_works 18 дней назад +1

      @@NFSBeast2365 yea, everytime i think bout what could been i get mad

  • @polloconpelo4224
    @polloconpelo4224 18 дней назад +21

    That’s not the worst part. The 2 Audi’s in vol 6 were free when the speedpass was active. If you don’t played or get the free cars in the vol 6 speedpass, then you can only get them by buying a catch-up pack. The same will happen with the M3 Touring and onwards. That’s just how worse it gets.

    • @youssef1770
      @youssef1770 15 дней назад +1

      Its not just getting worse
      Just play the mutiplayer instead of shitting on it and never try the game fully💀

  • @TheMr.Logan9
    @TheMr.Logan9 18 дней назад +19

    I guess I might be in the minority here, but I have actually had a lot of fun with unbound. The main reason is that I didn't purchase the game until the Audi update came out. When the devs, who didn't get sent to work on battlefield, said that they are going to fix this broken game with a kaizen model. So, I was able to pick up the game for $15, played through the singleplayer to get used to the game, see the cringey story that desperately needed some form of story arc that wasn't paperthin, and then get online. I was disappointed with losing my f50 that was maxed out with an Arecus wrap, but with how quickly you earn money in the game, I was able to get my bank up to where the only thing stopping me from purchasing a car is unlocking it. I spent the extra money for the Audi and Underground premium pass because the handling you actually want in the game is on the Audis and the underground pass gave you two more cars that have that handling model (as well as some great cosmetics that match the Underground vibe). I am consistently going back to the game once a week because the gameplay loop is so fun. I play multiplayer like a single-player game, do some challenges, smash some billboards, make money on the linkups, buy a new car, and do it all over again. Now that the multiplayer races can start with just 1 person, you can play all the events without worrying about someone joining you. Drift is fun, a little flawed with traffic and a terrible dual drift mechanic. Drag is old school need for speed fun and with unbound's customization you really can suprise people with cars that aren't meta. I will say that so far, I got my moneys worth, but for the people that paid full price and bought the editions that should have included all the DLC, I can understand the terrible taste in their mouths for this game.

    • @EssQuizzicallz
      @EssQuizzicallz 16 дней назад +2

      Its ok bro, it's not minority,just seeing all the lobbies of the game fill is ok for me,i'm enjoying the game too,this people want everything in one day😂

    • @shopwood8010
      @shopwood8010 2 дня назад

      @@EssQuizzicallzfacts. They did the same thing with HEAT… called me all kinds of names because I loved the game when it 1st came out.

  • @Dexter01992
    @Dexter01992 17 дней назад +37

    What even IS their problem at releasing those cars for single player? What makes single player such a thorn in their side that they must sabotage at all costs?
    Who am I kidding... Mr. Krabs, mind to say the line?
    "MONEY!"

    • @RJtheREBEL21
      @RJtheREBEL21 14 дней назад +2

      reminds me of gta v when they used to add the new cars in single player garages then just took it all away and stopped. I was so pissed lol

  • @priyeshboodhram8375
    @priyeshboodhram8375 18 дней назад +10

    The only thing shocks me is that they still charge us for Joe's Polestar 1 , Rachel's 350Z and Eddie's Skyline GTR which appeared in NFS Heat , but got cut at launch of NFS unbound and reintroduced through paywall dlc
    Edit : to own the BMW M3 GTR , EA Play subscription

    • @ethanwayne6973
      @ethanwayne6973 17 дней назад +2

      Note: the Bmw M3 GTR can actually be obtained without paying for EA Play, the EA Play subscription is only to obtain it online faster. Although there is a PC only bug that makes it impossible to get the M3 GTR in single player regardless of EA Play ownership

    • @priyeshboodhram8375
      @priyeshboodhram8375 15 дней назад +2

      Can you buy the car in single player after the delivery mission
      If not I might as well sail the 7 seas and mod the damn game make it available in single player
      Instead of using it for nostalgia

    • @ethanwayne6973
      @ethanwayne6973 15 дней назад +2

      @@priyeshboodhram8375 nope, it only unlocks and gives you the car in Multiplayer mode, but only on the PC version and ironically not because of EA Play (it doesn't give the M3 in single player), but because they forgot to properly code the unlock into the PC version of the game. This works fine on console btw so if you're a console player ignore everything I just said and unlock it normally

  • @NovaSp33d
    @NovaSp33d 16 дней назад +7

    I play on console, after have paid for all dlcs I'm now left with a very disappointing message "Inventory could not be loaded, error code F03". This renders the game useless as you can't get online and you can't purchase or sell anything within the game. EA customer support does absolutely nothing to help. This game is still very very very broken.

  • @xickortv574
    @xickortv574 18 дней назад +24

    I love this take, as a person that still plays Unbound, this could not be more true. The game, multiplayer wise is actually in a pretty alright state. However, if you play single player mode, you're out of luck. As a NFS fan, play NFS HP please.

    • @ethanwayne6973
      @ethanwayne6973 17 дней назад +1

      ​@@CameronKelly-bz6htRivals? Better? First time I've heard those 2 in the same sentence

    • @ethanwayne6973
      @ethanwayne6973 17 дней назад

      @@CameronKelly-bz6ht ah, so you think you're better than everyone. Explains why you like Rivals then

    • @ethanwayne6973
      @ethanwayne6973 17 дней назад

      @@CameronKelly-bz6ht but you're clearly not a part of that "a lot", if you're judging people of their names of all things

    • @ethanwayne6973
      @ethanwayne6973 17 дней назад

      @@CameronKelly-bz6ht exactly, discussion over

    • @not_kjb
      @not_kjb 15 дней назад

      ​@@ethanwayne6973Ethan trust me man as a big rivals fan we do not claim this nutjob lmao

  • @3xtan327
    @3xtan327 18 дней назад +25

    EA really planning to kill all their games, the recent battle pass changes to apex and this…

  • @FlameSkull95
    @FlameSkull95 18 дней назад +84

    I sure love a fanbase that is pretty much another good example of having stockholm syndrome, who pretty much fit the definition of insanity
    I remember when Raycevick made that video about roadblocks in gaming, praising NFS Heat's approach to monetization by just not doing what EA is doing nowadays with Unbound, but alas, I doubt the community financially backing this game up is cognizant of what the consumer has been effectively enabling over the past few years with gaming as far as predatory and straight up apalling de facto scams.

    • @Maximus0451
      @Maximus0451 18 дней назад +2

      Criterion literally adds new playlists and/or gamemodes each update. It's not giving them money for nothing. Though I do agree that some microtransactions are ridiculous, but I didn't buy any of them until Vol. 7 because I like the new drag racing gamemode and new drift handling model for the drift races (plus there were some customization in the BP I like).

    • @FlameSkull95
      @FlameSkull95 17 дней назад +4

      ​I have 2 questions ​@@Maximus0451
      1 - Were the aforementioned game modes added to the single player too, or were they exclusive to multiplayer?
      2 - Did you watch the video?
      If you can't answer neither of these then this case is pretty much closed

  • @super.hero.landing
    @super.hero.landing 18 дней назад +9

    I'll be honest, as someone who, for the most part, enjoys MP races, I do feel bad for all my SP people out there.
    Playing against other people is really the only reason why I come back to Unbound, but SP from day one never had anything to offer for me. So it sucks to say that I never expected much from them in regards to updating SP content, simply because it's foundation isn't all that good to begin with. However, for all of us playing online, it's been pretty fun. I do think the game itself needs a massive amount of work to really reach it's full potential, but other than that I have a good time just jumping in a lobby and playing against other people.

  • @MFBushidoBrown
    @MFBushidoBrown 16 дней назад +9

    you know when you think about it, it feel like more of a scam when day one players have to pay full price for bare minimum content at launch while other people can wait two years and buy the game for way cheaper and experience more content on their first playthough, especially when it is basically rehashing content from games that had those pieces of content on day one e.g. blackbox NFS games (this can be said for all other games as well), not only that, money can be replaced (sometimes) but our time on this earth is irreplaceable. I do not have time to reschedule my life for FOMO content that was free and now is blocked by a pay wall. Hence with Need for speed Unbound, it felt like I spent $60 or more on day one for a $25-30 experience while my friend that got it two years later got a more $60 experience for spending $20 bucks for what is essentially "DRM Content" (completely subjective, i know). also it is funny how this get is "on sale" every 2-3 weeks lol

  • @avalanche450
    @avalanche450 16 дней назад +19

    Some people in this community are far too emotionally triggered over someone not sharing the same personal perspective as them over a racing game.
    It’s okay to have different views and opinions, some objectively better than others, but sending death threats over a game where it’s essentially racing cars half of the time is beyond low.

    • @not_kjb
      @not_kjb 15 дней назад +5

      Fr like yeah some things in this video do come off as hate energy and such but likе, sending death threats is crazy

    • @avalanche450
      @avalanche450 15 дней назад +2

      @@not_kjbit’s absurd smh

  • @GwoppyTrai
    @GwoppyTrai 18 дней назад +12

    As someone who paid for and pre ordered the ultimate edition of Need For Speed Heat in 2019 (like a idiot) it came with a total of 5 KS Edition cars. A BMW i8, Mercedes AMG C63, 2 Mitsubishi Evo Xs, and a Chevy Corvette C7. FREE cars that came with my pre order and edition of the game right out the gate. So imagine my absolute disgust when i loaded up Unbound and saw 3 of those cars (the i8, C63, and Corvette) was being sold for in the store! Those were my cars i already paid for in the previous game and yet they want me to buy them again.
    Not only that, Joe's Polestar 1 (the cover car for Heat) Eddie's Skyline from Underground, and Rachel's 350z from Underground 2 were all unlocks FOR FREE if you simple completed the substories in Heat! So basically, not only did they apit in my face the first time with NFS Heat not being supported, they doubled back just to spit in my face the second time
    After EA stopped supporting NFS Heat all of a sudden, shut down Ghost games, gave Criterion the ropes to NFS, then DELAYED NFS Unbound for Battlefield 2042, i promised myself i would never buy another EA game again. If i would i would get it on a third party PC key site for dirt cheap and go on about my life. Yes they may have cooked with the Underground update and is finally supporting NFS, but that gets negated because, as usual, EA wants to nickle and dime the playerbase for every little thing

  • @ryoasuka4686
    @ryoasuka4686 18 дней назад +12

    I swear youre the only one talking about these major issues with this game. Content creators like blackpanthaa sugar coat this game for having a half ass drag race mode or the new quote on quote cars in the game.

    • @ToaGresh300
      @ToaGresh300 18 дней назад +8

      He condemned the recycling of free content available in NFS Heat for a premium (K.S. Edition cars, Hero cars) at least watch his videos before you criticize him

    • @youssef1770
      @youssef1770 16 дней назад +1

      Lol half of you kids have not watched a single video of him yet you act like you've been a sub of him since he made a channel here💀

  • @TigerChamp99
    @TigerChamp99 18 дней назад +51

    8:27 19 cans of Pringles can last longer than NFS Unbound SP campaign or the time it takes to lose interest on those 3 bodykits.

  • @ivaniii9707
    @ivaniii9707 18 дней назад +8

    It is a travesty that the flight "sim" monetization has crept into driving games too.

  • @MerlautJones
    @MerlautJones 18 дней назад +7

    You just described the problem I had with GTA V. The single-player didn't get any new content, and its side content was already lacking, compared to IV.

  • @Adrianinhd
    @Adrianinhd 18 дней назад +7

    $75 for 3 body kits is WILD. There should be no single item in a game that costs 1/3 of the cost of the entire base game. There's not a single DLC item in ANY game right now that is worth that much real life money.

    • @priyeshboodhram8375
      @priyeshboodhram8375 4 дня назад

      You can simply buy Mortal Kombat 1 premium edition with guest characters included with Jean Claude Van Dam skin with the same price if you didn't mind paying that much

  • @izack0128
    @izack0128 18 дней назад +10

    EA doing what Rockstar does huh?

    • @dyaanahmad5079
      @dyaanahmad5079 18 дней назад +2

      *Ubisoft and Turn10 also joined the chat*

    • @igotnokill
      @igotnokill 5 дней назад

      They been doing this since for over a decade now u ever heard of NFS World

  • @TheOGPro
    @TheOGPro 18 дней назад +101

    I miss when racing games were good

    • @youssef1770
      @youssef1770 18 дней назад +7

      Oh years ago cannot tell you enough how racing games used to be amazing. Now they all suck because of the companies being so greedy and rushing and not actually finishing the game properly without bugs or whatnot

    • @2Shiba
      @2Shiba 18 дней назад +3

      Remember how Burnout was a thing back then?
      Yeah, good times. Good times that won't seem to come back for at least a while.

    • @dr.sivavignesh664
      @dr.sivavignesh664 18 дней назад +3

      @@2Shiba burnout , split second , blur , flat out , ridge racer , twisted metal, fast and furious , midnight club, grid 1 , motorstorm etc

    • @hydra882
      @hydra882 18 дней назад +4

      The sad thing is.. that golden era was like.. 10 to 15 years ago. Theres a whole generation of gamers not even hearing a thing about these masterpieces. (The blackbox era of nfs, FM4, FH1, MC3 and LA, burnout trilogy, gt2 to gt6)

    • @digitalcamaro9708
      @digitalcamaro9708 18 дней назад

      Racing games at their core today are quite good. But they don't have the same creativity or boldness of the golden era 10+ years ago due to these greedy publishers. Unbound online is a blast and is dripping with style but EA is very obviously holding it back. The Crew Motorfest has the foundation but barely any real dev support, and deleting TC1 just made all of the fans angrier. FH4 is getting thrown off the market in 6 months even though it's their second best selling installment. FM8 is hot GARBAGE. GT7 is more or less a joke. Wreckfest is great but is on its way out. And Test Drive Solar Crown is in and out of development hell.

  • @ElMicrowave
    @ElMicrowave 18 дней назад +34

    „Let this game die a slow pathetic death“ *cuts to fun music outro* I love it

  • @cxlciummmiv
    @cxlciummmiv 18 дней назад +8

    ah yes, the classic gta 5 vs gta online treatment. first time?

  • @IPlayKindred
    @IPlayKindred 18 дней назад +5

    oh, so its not about the game itself being bad, its about how its monetized and how it abandoned the singleplayer.

    • @iNathanLite
      @iNathanLite 18 дней назад +3

      Yeah the game is actually good otherwise, just blows they split the sp and mp.

    • @nfsiiihp
      @nfsiiihp 12 дней назад

      NFS ended after Rivals to me anyway but Unbound used to be (USED TO) a great fresh air to me until Vol 5 which made me turn on it completely. Funny how Heat made a response to Payback backlash by removing microtransactions JUST for Unbound to be overloaded with paid items

    • @STRIDER_503
      @STRIDER_503 7 дней назад

      @@nfsiiihp NFS dies when Ghost Games took over.

  • @eoinmaher455
    @eoinmaher455 18 дней назад +7

    Its a shame that EA seem determined to nuke a game that has promise after we finally get a NFS with decent content updates...

    • @ToaGresh300
      @ToaGresh300 18 дней назад +6

      I still remember vividly how people thought of Heat as another mediocre entry and were celebrating the death of Ghost games. Am I being gaslit or something?

  • @user-oq8xj5ws3p
    @user-oq8xj5ws3p 18 дней назад +12

    I do understand this point of view. Although recently I have really enjoyed playing through and doing the playlist and playing with my friend and getting new stuff but I never pay for the pass because it's just not worth the cost

  • @Abel_Unstable
    @Abel_Unstable 18 дней назад +19

    Ubisoft, EA and Activision Games is the only games I consider as "Halal"to pirate lmao.

  • @amysteriousviewer3772
    @amysteriousviewer3772 18 дней назад +8

    Battlepasses are the bane of modern gaming.

    • @youssef1770
      @youssef1770 16 дней назад +1

      Blame fortnite who started with the shit battlepass now every game copies that crap....

  • @FrostiNut
    @FrostiNut 18 дней назад +8

    5:25 There is actually one word. "GREED"

  • @caboose6411
    @caboose6411 18 дней назад +12

    I can get a little over a quarter of a tank of gas in my car, slap it in sport plus and go cruise for hours for 25 bucks, or I can get a really crappy body kit. Yippee

    • @haaxxx9
      @haaxxx9 16 дней назад

      For my car that's basically a full tank of gas (2013 Mazda 2/5MT) that I can just go about 300+ miles in one sitting IF I don't constantly mash it down to the floor all the time... Which is hard for me because that car just have a whopping 100+ HP so getting up to speed requires to drive the car hard and for the second point, it is just too damn fun to drive! Slow as fuck but I manage to get it about 115mph at one point on a straightaway with less than half a tank of gas in the whip. That was a bit too scary for me^^

    • @caboose6411
      @caboose6411 16 дней назад +1

      @@haaxxx9 I’ve got a 2013 328i. I’m constantly throwing it into sport+ and putting the transmission into sport and just flooring it. Somehow though my gas lasts me a fair bit. Most I’ve done was 100 doing a friendly roll race with a M340i

    • @haaxxx9
      @haaxxx9 16 дней назад

      @@caboose6411 AHAHA! You're crazy man! Hope you go to the track soon with your 328i, that car sounds like a blast around corners!

    • @caboose6411
      @caboose6411 16 дней назад

      @@haaxxx9 It probably is but I honestly don’t know of any tracks near me besides the Daytona and Miami tracks. It definitely needs some suspension work but first I gotta fix an oil leak 😂

  • @M8K2E9
    @M8K2E9 18 дней назад +8

    I think one could probably get a real cheap AF eBay overnight from China spec Bumper for an old Civic for the same price as three bodykits in Unbound

  • @dnvnjoseph
    @dnvnjoseph 18 дней назад +5

    Ghost did right by Heat after the backlash they got from Payback but what was their reward??? They got cancelled by none other than Electronic Arts because they went against their "vision". It's real sad to see Criterion go down this path just to please their overlords ever since they started butchering beloved game studios. Oh well, the future seems bleak anyway with all the crap that's going on in the world right now.

  • @hrznn
    @hrznn 18 дней назад +19

    That's why we maintain and support DLC unlockers, soon we'll have more DLCs than the Sims.
    Also, 5-10 years down the road, when the servers will be shut down, half of the cars won't be obtainable, "CoMpLeTe 20 SpEcIaL pLaYLiSts to unlock this car" (even for singleplayer).
    Thankfully, mods exist, but Frosty is barely hanging on for dear life.
    On the note of battle passes, even if you bought it, but couldn't finish it, guess what, you can buy everything through a catch up pack DLC, released 1 volume later, lmao.
    Next, they consulted with community members, who just can't stop yapping about handling, progression, easy cops, and the good old MW05 days, so now we have a nostalgia roadmap to satifsy the vocal minority.

  • @ericshoon5694
    @ericshoon5694 9 дней назад +2

    $75 dollars for a body kit that should be free hell yeah ea that was totally the move that would make your fans play the game more and drop money on the game

  • @Idonthavausernam
    @Idonthavausernam 18 дней назад +5

    In fact, for the current speed pass, you’re paying 10 USD (15 AUD) only for the Mustang you still have to grind for. (the BMW is free)

    • @drivingforalivinx1
      @drivingforalivinx1 18 дней назад +1

      so in comparision, you can get only 1 new car without paying money? nice strategy EA

    • @nsreturn1365
      @nsreturn1365 18 дней назад

      And Forza H5 got the 2023 GT for free, and now few weeks ago the dark horse for free if you played the list, and we even got the sick bodykit...... + Cruising in forza is well the best.

  • @vtec5862
    @vtec5862 18 дней назад +11

    CraptasticJack has called you out dude

    • @Canvas12
      @Canvas12 18 дней назад +14

      Yeah I just saw that shit and ngl I hope nobody starts taking things personally cause I’ve already seen a few comments from people shitting on Moses. I don’t wanna see a bunch of hate comments pile up here

    • @horvathr95
      @horvathr95 17 дней назад +5

      @@Canvas12 Critiquing someone doesnt equal shitting on him. Just for you to know.

    • @Canvas12
      @Canvas12 17 дней назад +16

      @@horvathr95 Then tell that to all the people who didn’t even watch the video and are still shitting on him

    • @youssef1770
      @youssef1770 16 дней назад

      ​@@Canvas12Its not hate comments its the truth everything this ultra guy said was false he never touched multiplayer and stays shitting on unbound like bro💀

    • @Canvas12
      @Canvas12 16 дней назад +3

      @@youssef1770 Yeah he’s so wrong. Everything he said was wrong including singleplayer right? 🙄

  • @MFBushidoBrown
    @MFBushidoBrown 18 дней назад +33

    damn 19 cans of pringles?!?! I didn't think of it like that, you won the debate, not to mention the bodykits are straight up robot vomit

  • @VanillaSpooks
    @VanillaSpooks 18 дней назад +8

    I hate when games spend way too much on customization instead of gameplay, just let me paint the car and that's pretty much all I care about.

    • @nashanthename1886
      @nashanthename1886 17 дней назад +2

      In a game like NFS, you're in the vast minority.

    • @VanillaSpooks
      @VanillaSpooks 17 дней назад +1

      @@CameronKelly-bz6ht oh yeah of course, I was meaning. I myself, do not care about the customization they’ve put it the game that has taken resources from developing the gameplay itself. Hopefully this clears up my initial comment :)

    • @VanillaSpooks
      @VanillaSpooks 17 дней назад +1

      @@nashanthename1886 yeah I understand that

    • @nfsiiihp
      @nfsiiihp 12 дней назад +1

      ​@@nashanthename1886I'd rather be in a minority over making everything about customization.

  • @JavierNitroxx
    @JavierNitroxx 18 дней назад +7

    I fxcking hate car packs it just shows the devs are desperate for bucks and ain’t listening to us, it should be all free ffs

    • @ToaGresh300
      @ToaGresh300 18 дней назад +4

      That’s the beauty of live service, gotta keep the lights on somehow. Or we could just go back to releasing games as is and never touch them afterwards to work on the next one. It’s a business.

    • @lemonhead9628
      @lemonhead9628 10 дней назад +1

      @@ToaGresh300Better if games returned to that and released full polished games instead of the garbage we see now in the industry as a whole.

  • @sungjin008
    @sungjin008 17 дней назад +24

    NFS fandom: We want NFS!
    Also NFS fandom: Modern NFS is suck!
    Me: Sigh...
    This is one of the reasons why I don't like #Wewantnfs like DustinEden. series is doing well, but they say it's dead because there's no new game, and they say it's dead because they don't like the new game. What on earth do you want? Are you trying to give game developers PTSD? If people can retire, franchise should be able to retire too. It was pathetic that the fandom was doxxing UltraViolet because they didn't like the review.

    • @somedudenameddes0121
      @somedudenameddes0121 17 дней назад +17

      Doxxers are annoying and should be treated as criminals, but yeah I'm also annoyed with the state of the NFS Fandom and basically every Fandom I'm a part of because it's like everyone is spreading negativity instead enjoying their things like cars and games, rather just finding something to hate on

    • @axl1632
      @axl1632 17 дней назад +1

      @@somedudenameddes0121 To me the Ricers sects of Ricerground 2 & Most Overrated 2005 they aren't not so different to the Twatter's SJWs; beign a bunch of lowlife manchilds that always doing some childish complainings...

    • @rickyRofficial
      @rickyRofficial 17 дней назад +8

      ​@@somedudenameddes0121 Fr, same here. The game fandom and community is a train wreck.

    • @haaxxx9
      @haaxxx9 16 дней назад +5

      So glad I don't spend time wondering anymore for most video game "Communities" because no matter what you say or do you will get backlash over the simplest criticism that only ties to you. Apparently seeing one person that don't like certain parts of a media or not liking a product at all but still gave it a fair shot on what the product is makes you the worst person on the earth. It staggers me how so many people foam at the mouth because I said "I didn't enjoying playing MW2005 that much."

    • @somedudenameddes0121
      @somedudenameddes0121 16 дней назад +2

      @haaxxx9 giving it a "fair shot" is not what UltraViolet has done whatsoever.
      He complains that there's no new content when he's literally choosing not to play it, and while it sucks it's online only, it exists and it isn't pay to win like UltraViolet seems to believe.

  • @draco2xx
    @draco2xx 18 дней назад +6

    nfs unbound is too casual, i wish it was more aggressive with the story and for the gameplay, missed opportunity from criterion

    • @STRIDER_503
      @STRIDER_503 7 дней назад

      They don't want to upset those 3yos with that hardcore cop chase of MW05 and to me, bullying cops in this game is ironically the most fun shit to do.

  • @bread4228
    @bread4228 11 дней назад +2

    Ultraviolet is the way to go for racing game content that isnt gameplay 💪

  • @ToaGresh300
    @ToaGresh300 18 дней назад +8

    Well that’s a shame, was hoping by the end of the year you’d let us know your thoughts on what has changed/been added.
    I’ll mention this as well since you’re demanding for this game to just die (kinda ironic since you know, NFS Heat), the whole point was not to save Unbound for years to come, they’d rather take the game that they have ready to use to experiment and collect feedback from its player base than to start working on the next one.
    It’s all hopium but it’s better than taking another shot in the dark and then releasing another NFS title that fails to meet fan’s expectations, again.

    • @Plate_Productions
      @Plate_Productions 16 дней назад

      When did we ask for a live service battlepass, dripfeeding already made cars for a year and a half, making bodykits dlcs, locking out new cars behind a paywall and paywalling the hero cars from the last game as a dlc

    • @ToaGresh300
      @ToaGresh300 16 дней назад

      @@Plate_Productions When did we ask for them to drop gamemodes and other forms of content that have actual weight to them *for free* instead of just putting it all behind a paywall?

  • @AirRaid1196
    @AirRaid1196 17 дней назад +3

    Makes me wonder, who the hell is paying for this stuff? It's insane what these companies do to games that already costs an arm and a leg

  • @piotrszczepek4602
    @piotrszczepek4602 18 дней назад +46

    Time for a bunch of why's:
    Why is the single player abandoned despite the fact that a lot of players don't care and don't wanna play online (me included)?
    Why are none of the new Vol 7 features like drag racing and drift pro tyres in single player, despite the fact that both are proven to be perfectly fine working in a solo environment?
    Why, if you fully split single and multi progression, am I still forced to go to the online mode to unlock some BASE cars that cannot be obtained in any other way, outside of game modding - Porsche Taycan and the Delorean? If the servers get shut down (because they will), how are players on consoles supposed to get those cars, if they cannot mod the game?
    Why in order to unlock even the most basic cars online, I have to grind the same events/playlists over and over again, sometimes for multiple hours - good example being the Lancer Evo IX, for which to unlock I had to do 20 playlists in any other Mitsubishi.... which I had to grind for first for like 3 hours to unlock that other car?
    Why is the entirety of free roam online races build around playlists, of which barely any are just a single one race?
    Why are a bunch of races and events online exclusive?
    Why was the single player build around meetups, which force the player to constantky keep on going to the same locations, just to do races that are doable only once per session, and are often worth 2-3k $?
    Why are the cops inconsistent to the level where they just rubberband to you on highways and faster road portions, yet in the city they are so bad and confused on where to go and how to follow you, you could lose them while driving a wheelchair?
    Why is all of the volume content dropped in a way that requires you to grind for 20 hours to unlock a FUCKING CHARACTER FOR ONLINE MODE, a character that you see for an entire nanosecond every like 58 days?
    Why was there no single player story DLC/update? Despite the previous games receiving one?
    I could keep on going on, but here is my point: I did mostly enjoy Unbound for the time I was going through the story. But the moment I went online, it became nothing else than a chore to play. The fact that you have to unlock everything again is only a part of the problem - how you have to unlock it is the core of the issue. And honestly? I cannot be bothered. I cannot be bothered to play for 4 hours to unlock a single car. I cannot be bothered to do playlists to progress through some seasonal ladder against AI, just to unlock a car version I don't give crap about. I cannot be bothered to go through an entire speedpass to unlock a car + a bodykit that I won't use, because I have no reason to do so, because there is nothing for me, as a single player focused person, to do anymore.
    I know that there might be people who will disagree, some will agree, some might even shit on me. But I don't care anymore.
    Just as I don't care about this game anymore.

    • @turbochargedfilms
      @turbochargedfilms 18 дней назад +12

      "I did mostly enjoy Unbound for the time I was going through the story. But the moment I went online, it became nothing else than a chore to play." is a perfect articulation of my experience with it tbh thanks

    • @Raage.
      @Raage. 18 дней назад +5

      Idt anyone will disagree with you on this

    • @RaWStuFFz
      @RaWStuFFz 18 дней назад +3

      They said on a Q & A that it's really hard to modify the game's original source code so it's hard to implement the new content into single player without possibly corrupting anything (I am not an expert and I don't know that else can be done)
      Regarding everything else: yeah that's just stupid

    • @Raage.
      @Raage. 18 дней назад +9

      @@RaWStuFFzand then there's a group of modders called Team Unite who literally unlocked all the multiplier content for single player without source code knowledge

    • @n3xt214
      @n3xt214 18 дней назад

      Unlock content already on single player only with cars only.

  • @Rafagafanhotobra
    @Rafagafanhotobra 18 дней назад +1

    The video ending up with a somber tone and high energy action music blasting right after it

  • @mrbumpsb
    @mrbumpsb 18 дней назад +8

    as soon as I saw a battle pass I genuinely screamed out loud in anger. I am so done with battle passes. lamest bullshit way to implement progression, especially behind a paywall

    • @simeonyves5940
      @simeonyves5940 18 дней назад +1

      Battle Passes should be *illegal* IMO!

    • @drivingforalivinx1
      @drivingforalivinx1 18 дней назад +1

      @@simeonyves5940 worser than forza at this rate lmao

    • @simeonyves5940
      @simeonyves5940 18 дней назад +2

      @@drivingforalivinx1 Yeah, I don't mind Forza going back to Paid DLC, but to have Paid DLC *and* FOMO (the playlist, and FOMO mechanics are something else (along with MTX, Lootboxes, always online DRM, and Multiplayer only unlocks) that should be *illegal!* IMO) is just Greed!
      Hopefully However the next Horizon will scrap the FOMO/Playlist nonsense as Torben Ellert, the Chief Creative Director for FH6 has *Publicly* called the FOMO playlist "Bad Game Design" and has Stated that the Direction taken by Mike Brown (his notoriously Incompetent Predecessor) "Just does not work!" , so, hopefully FH6 will Improve over 4/5 and Need For Greed.
      Sadly as long as Chris Ezaki (who is EX EA and heavily involved in NFS Payback and NFS Heat) is in charge of Turn 10 (and replacing the whole Studio every 18 months!) however, Motorsport is going to remain Dead.

    • @drivingforalivinx1
      @drivingforalivinx1 18 дней назад +1

      @@simeonyves5940 motorsport is just another different story lol. unbound tho is significantly worse in terms of content wise

    • @simeonyves5940
      @simeonyves5940 18 дней назад

      @@drivingforalivinx1 Ouch! If even Motorsport, which is, to put it bluntly, still in Beta, has more content than unbound...that is not good!

  • @xlunxcyx8172
    @xlunxcyx8172 17 дней назад +4

    You have to keep in mind that EA is EA and always will be EA. They only care about battlefield and took many of the team for unbound and forced them onto battlefield because that's their only priority right now. they haven't cared about nfs because it doesn't make what it used to. The team we have at the moment is doing all they can to give a nfs experience with the little resources they are allowed. It's honestly a miracle we get updates in this game. The story was well known to be ass and never be touched again. The whole point of the story was to have hours played in the data and have the cars you could win in campaign to use in multiplayer when said person moved towards multi. Battle passes are just the move these days fortnite solidified it into the multiplayer genre as a whole whether that's good or bad in this case its fucking ridiculous and lazy the way unbound is doing it but EA is the definition of scum so this is what we get. I have been addicted to multiplayer competition since high school and this game is like any other modern multiplayer game, toxic as hell but fun when you get used to it. Out of any of the recent titles heat is obviously volumes better but the unbound boost mechanics with the physics are really fun when you get the hang of it. I do not agree with the prices you guys have to deal with 5 extra dollars is ridiculous, so I completely understand your aggression towards that especially.

  • @ReKNyck
    @ReKNyck 18 дней назад +3

    Id love to see you review this classic arcade racer from 2010 called Blur, a racing game with good physics, mariokart like gameplay, licensed cars and an amazing and creative singleplayer.

  • @Kootamarcus
    @Kootamarcus 9 дней назад +2

    Totally agree. I made the mover over to unbound from NFS Heat and it was just bad expereince. The cars and customization was cool but there are just so many barriers to having fun

  • @charmingpeasant9834
    @charmingpeasant9834 16 дней назад +3

    NFS is now made for the same people who buy FIFA card packs.

  • @krocialblack
    @krocialblack 17 дней назад +3

    Instead investing your money into Need For Speed Unbound, invest that money into the development of Night Runners.

  • @goodie2shoes874
    @goodie2shoes874 18 дней назад +6

    I’m no fan of the monetization and I’m sure EA isn’t giving the devs much of a choice either. I think we can at get hype for what they can do with the next game. If EA lets Criterion cook, I can see the next NFS being an absolute banger.

    • @simeonyves5940
      @simeonyves5940 18 дней назад

      Criterions staff have a *Legally Protected Right* as UK Citizens to *Unionize and go on Strike* to get EA to stop bullying them around, if they do not take it, then they are Culpable along with EA!

    • @goodie2shoes874
      @goodie2shoes874 16 дней назад +1

      @@pathetic_pal Criterion has it in them. They’ve been making steady improvements to the engine that Ghost have been working on with new modes, tweaks to the handling etc. If all of this can culminate into a game that’s inoffensive in its presentation, I think they have a decent shot. Why do you think it can’t happen?

  • @leo_0644
    @leo_0644 11 дней назад +1

    splitting online and offline is a thing everyone asks after years when the game gets shut down, i just hope the offline WILL get everything the online got

  • @D4rkNFS
    @D4rkNFS 15 дней назад +1

    what's interesting, about most of volume update contents, is that they aren't original content, but recycled from original, made during original game development, here are stuff that were made, but recycled later:
    only confirmed ones
    original > Recycled
    Volume 2:
    Hot Laps. This activity had icon which is same, but rotated by 45 degree left -> Probably still same as it was intended, but current logo that what you see today.
    Volume 3:
    Team Trials -> Linkups
    Volume 4:
    Porsche 911 Carrera S 993 Legendary Kit. In original, it is a bit different, the rear fenders wasn't transparent, no green headlights, no Porsche logo on brakelight, some color differences. -> To.. you know how it looks like.
    Porsche Taycan (Doesn't seem like it's exactly original one?) -> Turbo S 2022
    Volume 6:
    Audi: Confirmed for R8 and S5. they weren't behind SpeedPass, because it wasn't thing yet. -> Turned to speedpass, and after volume 6, they became cars behind catch up paywall. There is cop chatter for Audi, found in since day 1 build, wasn't used until this update)
    Infinity Wheels: old ones, that are leftovers (Need for Speed and hearts and circle) -> New ones (no nfs and hearts though, except the circle one was updated to the new one)
    Volume 7:
    Work Meister L1 (For all vehicles -> only for BMW M3 Competition)
    im not only one who datamined these in game files

    • @D4rkNFS
      @D4rkNFS 15 дней назад +1

      befote you think they were supposed to be in launch, it can be possible that most of them were likely developed late (or after 2021 and before summer 2022) in development, not what they were going to be at launch. they likely had roadmap already, before game was even announced. (except for audi cars and
      (likely) work meister l1wheels)

  • @justinrosa56
    @justinrosa56 18 дней назад +3

    I had quit playing unbound a while ago, did not realize that they took a similar path OW did with "OW2", another game I enjoyed playing when it was good.
    How did we go from just paying $60 for a full game to $60 for cosmetics they release every month? Truly baffles me

    • @youssef1770
      @youssef1770 16 дней назад

      ​@@CameronKelly-bz6htlol its the same kids who only played one fucking hour on unbound and straight up quit and never tried ut again theres now so much to do new content too. Why shitting on it everytime if you never tried it before??

  • @LotusEnduroGT
    @LotusEnduroGT 18 дней назад +6

    Literally took the words right out of my mouth.
    I was initially excited to hear that there would be a Year 2 of Unbound, only to have that hope dashed once I saw the Audis were locked behind the *Premium* Speed Pass; something I feared would happen when I saw they even added the free ones in Volume 3. That in addition to dedicated PvP playlists being separate from freeroam playlists (which IMO accentuated how fundamentally broken the MP experience was with how small freeroam servers are) and the dilution of the game's original art style really soured me on the game and just made me realize that I just don't like the direction that the Kaizen team is taking the game. Just a shame it feels like we're in the minority because "ThEy'Re LiStEnInG tO tHe CoMmUnItY".

    • @lukamilic
      @lukamilic 18 дней назад +1

      *"WE`ve BEen COoKIng"* - Criterion
      Cooking what ? Recycled content dressed up as new ?

  • @joelnwadike3181
    @joelnwadike3181 13 дней назад +1

    Every single time he said "body kits" got me😂😂😂

  • @Zorpy_
    @Zorpy_ 7 дней назад +1

    That's on EA's, the devs have no control at it. They have to use this money to still make the game, or just forget the whole franchise.

  • @lawree374
    @lawree374 18 дней назад +22

    Yep, I'm not even considering starting Unbound without the Unite mod, that adds all the stuff from multiplayer to singleplayer and more... Buying Unbound on release was my biggest mistake

    • @youssef1770
      @youssef1770 16 дней назад

      Lmao this is sad to watch

  • @FireFox2000000
    @FireFox2000000 18 дней назад +27

    I played Unbound using a Gamepass trial I had in the past month and got pretty bored really quickly. The physics were good, but the career mode was just tedious.
    Instead, based on this channel, I decided to play NFS Hot Pursuit remastered, since I skipped that as I dropped off NFS after the Black Box era, and I found myself having a blast.
    The main difference I found that made the difference was the amount of sheer padding in Unbound with it's lack of fast travel, grindy meta-progression and repetitive events, or lack of padding per say with Hot Pursuit, where you just drop in and drive when I want and what I want. Honestly a complete breath of fresh air compared to what's being produced now.

    • @NEEDbacon
      @NEEDbacon 18 дней назад +1

      I got to try Unbounded Via steam for 10 hours when they offered it. Where I had to open the EA app. Which even if I already had an account cause EA was so adamant about everyone having Origin "Cause we can totally be like steam". So that was already strike one as I knew this would be the case if I had bought the game.
      And when I get to play it, the characters just do not interest me at all (at least points for making the genric rivals actually have a background, but TXR did that trick way better). And the story I couldn't care less about.
      And then I get to do the actual driving, and it's just heat with a new gimmick with yellow nos. Which I guess keeps up engagement but just still feels tacked on. Not to mention even on medium the rivals are weirdly tough for the start of the game (as in chapter 1, not the tutorial). I eventually put it down to easy to try and do a money glitch at the end of the first big race and had a better time. Sadly couldn't get the glitch to work so I could see more out the 10 hours. And eventually my time was up. And unlike when they did the same with Heat, I have no desire to go back to Unbound. There was not enough in 10 hours to keep me interested or go "Yeah I wanna see the end".
      Cause the story is a worse telling of Most Wanted, the shallow "Choose a starter before we take it away" is even more under cut when half the options can be gotten by the time you're ready for your first big race. And if you didn't just go with the body kit the game kinda pushed on you in the tutorial, it gets changed later anyways. So it's hard to even say it's YOUR car.

  • @mrmaymanalt
    @mrmaymanalt 18 дней назад

    Hey, Ultraviolet. Do you have any plans on making a review on Need for Speed: Underground 1 or 2? They might be interesting to review as not many have done it.

    • @ultraviolet_channel
      @ultraviolet_channel  18 дней назад +2

      I do! Coming very soon actually

    • @stevebrine9657
      @stevebrine9657 18 дней назад +1

      ​@@ultraviolet_channelnfs no limits is much worse could u make a video about it? 3 bodykits in unbound is an amateur to no limits

    • @stevebrine9657
      @stevebrine9657 18 дней назад +1

      ​@@ultraviolet_channelI remember nfs no limits having 40 dollar dlc for 1💀car you should really cover this scummy ea game

  • @taimurahmedrafe4984
    @taimurahmedrafe4984 17 дней назад +3

    omg man was just a little bit angry, but the points are right tho.....sad to see this

  • @nightfurproductions2090
    @nightfurproductions2090 16 дней назад +3

    Can't forget about the corrupted file issues that people are experiencing, makes you start all over from scratch and if it happens again you'll most likely have to make a new account just to continue playing. I've had my save get corrupt once and I had at least 800 hours put into it, the frustration and everything else that I felt when that happened I wanted to throw my controller. Love the videos and keep up the content 👍

  • @AXEL-101
    @AXEL-101 18 дней назад +6

    It's mobile game pricing

  • @gogofapo01
    @gogofapo01 18 дней назад +2

    What's funny is that for less than 3 bodykits in Unbound (with the game included because why buying DLC content when you don't have the game), you can get the gold preorder of Test Drive Unlimited Solar Crown on Steam, which gives you a full AA game, 7 cars, clothes, stickers, the battle pass with the first 20 levels unlocked, and one week early access. How stupid can a company be to put prices that high...

    • @drivingforalivinx1
      @drivingforalivinx1 18 дней назад +2

      they literally charge you money for that "NFS Heros" sort of pack whereas, i can build those cars without paying 😭

  • @KurokishiOcelot
    @KurokishiOcelot 18 дней назад +9

    You guys are real for making this.
    Like you, I only play singleplayer, with very few exceptions. I remember defending the artstyle when it was first shown, and vocalizing that I wanted it to go further, to be like Auto Modellista. I got the game for about 30 USD, and the more I played it, the more I wished I could get a refund. As someone who liked Heat, it infuriated me that people were saying Unbound was better. In my opinion, they made a lot of what I liked about that game worse rather than better, and I wasn't really a fan of Unbound's handling model either. I started excited for the artstyle and left disappointed in just how shallow the game was. (And tired of the 4 or 5 songs I could not stand)
    As the dlc started to come out, someone told me I should go back to the game, as some of the new cars had their own unique handling that "should" fix some of the issues I had with the base cars. But when I saw everything with battlepasses and multiplayer exclusive, I knew the only way I'd be able to play this game is with a Unite mod. But the game isn't good enough for me to go through that effort.
    I appreciate that you guys keep it real. Some of the people who I do watch that covered the dlc still approached it optimistically, praising the cars themselves, but you guys are the only ones I've seen not only address that it's all multiplayer only, but also locked behind a paywall for a game that hasn't earned the right to charge it's own full price.
    Sorry for the long comment, and keep on being real 👍

  • @BlueDrawStuffz
    @BlueDrawStuffz 15 дней назад +3

    The game part is good and all.. (in my opinion) But the micro transaction is just overwhelming. I mean, were talking about EA here.

  • @froyo5869
    @froyo5869 17 дней назад +5

    Now i know the game had a rough launch. And i understand the perspective your coming from, but there also are good things that have happend to this game. They fixed some of the launch issues. But mid way half the team left to support battlefield. With this in mind it is respectable that a very small team has a road map of this game for future updates. But atleast the bodykits and cars dont affect the progression, so then its up to the players where they spend their money. The small team left of criterion knows damn well they cant work on another nfs game for a while (EAs decsion), so they maintain the post launch. They are trying their best and actively asking feedback. So i wouldnt go near as to call the game pathetic because of its rough times, but maybe this is an outline of what the future of nfs could look like (if they choose to bring one back)

  • @AdrielBGaming
    @AdrielBGaming 18 дней назад +3

    Tbh, NFS with the way the franchise has been going recently doesn't hype me as much as it did.

    • @AdrielBGaming
      @AdrielBGaming 15 дней назад

      @@CameronKelly-bz6ht Yeah, that's true. ProStreet & Shift series have grown on me, but I grew up with UG2 as my first NFS game.

  • @mhstopmotionstudios5385
    @mhstopmotionstudios5385 18 дней назад +4

    How the hell did the tone go from "let this game die a slow, pathetic, death" to the upbeat and fun outro theme?

    • @iNathanLite
      @iNathanLite 18 дней назад +1

      The guy is a nutjob

    • @axl1632
      @axl1632 17 дней назад +1

      And then as typical from these guys, they'll wonder why that game was "underrated" in 5 years later, it's a vicious cycle that always beign part of NFS, ever since ProStreet...

    • @iNathanLite
      @iNathanLite 17 дней назад +4

      @@axl1632 Unbound isn't bad, though. They just made the dumb decision to split the sp and the mp progression.

    • @istvanlorinczi2817
      @istvanlorinczi2817 17 дней назад +2

      ​@@iNathanLitehas that ever been a problem in GTA 5, because I don't think I've seen anyone piss their pants over that

    • @iNathanLite
      @iNathanLite 17 дней назад

      @@istvanlorinczi2817 I don't play GTA, so I wouldn't really know. But as far as I can tell, the progression in GTA5 and GTA Online is too different. Not to mention in GTA5 you play as already established characters while in GTA Online you make your own.

  • @GavinGalix
    @GavinGalix 18 дней назад +68

    BlackPanthaa has done irrefutable damage to racing games.

    • @lukamilic
      @lukamilic 18 дней назад +34

      The most annoying RUclipsr in the racing game sphere...
      After he got the R34, everything went downhill about him in my opinion when it comes to content...

    • @HARAxCLARA
      @HARAxCLARA 18 дней назад +11

      I don't he has that much influence over racing games. Maybe the people that buy them but not the actual content.

    • @adamroberts5584
      @adamroberts5584 18 дней назад +7

      @@GavinGalix that's not true at all😂 he is literally the biggest advocate for racing games come on now...😒

    • @drivingforalivinx1
      @drivingforalivinx1 17 дней назад +1

      @@CameronKelly-bz6ht his m3 build will never be finished rip

    • @drivingforalivinx1
      @drivingforalivinx1 17 дней назад

      @@CameronKelly-bz6ht yeah so? I just said my opinion about his m3. i havent been on touch for a while on his car
      atleast i have fun collecting things i can enjoy with unlike some collector who keeps them away in a warehouse collecting dust.

  • @zjay1315
    @zjay1315 15 дней назад +2

    I wouldn't blame the devs. Most of criterion is working on battlefield and the only way for the rest of team working on nfs to get more funding was to monotize the game

  • @still_guns
    @still_guns 18 дней назад +1

    I've been using Unbound Remix mod to get those cars in single player. Of course, I shouldn't have to do that, but oh well.

  • @N4SVideos
    @N4SVideos 17 дней назад +7

    You being UltraViolent with this one

    • @bearbro10
      @bearbro10 16 дней назад +1

      Rare n4s L

    • @youssef1770
      @youssef1770 15 дней назад

      ​@@bearbro10lol cry about it UV fanboy

    • @not_kjb
      @not_kjb 15 дней назад

      Please no more puns 😅

  • @Baschemon
    @Baschemon 18 дней назад +3

    I seriously thank you for this. And..... do I get to choose 19 different flavors of Pringles? If I can? I *KNOW* what I'm buyin'.

  • @Jayballinallday
    @Jayballinallday 15 дней назад +1

    You can use the new cars in single player mode. You can buy them in the ( buy custom) they have the ( leagues Cars) that you unlock like in NFS most wanted.

  • @__Konboi__
    @__Konboi__ 18 дней назад +13

    Y'know, I'm gonna stand by my opinion just as you stood by yours. I hated Unbound's initial release just as much as the next person! But as of today, Unbound (at least for me) is looking pretty good.
    Yell at me all you want, I don't really care! ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯

    • @avalanche450
      @avalanche450 18 дней назад +9

      Man share your thoughts, it’s the internet lol. Don’t worry too much on what other people think.

  • @elsienova4269
    @elsienova4269 18 дней назад +5

    People stuck by Unbound because it is really the first good NFS game in a decade if not longer.
    The racing is actually good, challenging and fun. Drift and Grip builds now have equal power and make cars feel a lot more different between one another, the customization is really good, the story is relatively nice, the style and presentation with the animations and effects is awesome and makes it stand out, and its pretty much the weeb's dedicated racer with how good the anime community liveries are.
    The problem is with everything else that EA forces into their games. The weird grind, the weird campaign pacing, the DLC. Like Whitelight said, Unbound did not save NFS, but it almost did.

    • @Brandonisbored7
      @Brandonisbored7 18 дней назад

      @@pathetic_pal Id rather have the 2015 assets than just a slip and a wing that forza has had since forza 2 lol. You cannot deny NFS has the best customization of any current racing game. reused assets or not.

    • @Brandonisbored7
      @Brandonisbored7 18 дней назад

      @@pathetic_pal Since you can match most kits and they actually fit with no gaps. except legendary customs. each car in NFS has at least 4 or 6 bumper variants skirts or whatever it needs to so it can fit with different parts. other games dont even let you do that. anymore stupid comments ?

    • @dyaanahmad5079
      @dyaanahmad5079 18 дней назад +1

      ​@@pathetic_palWhere is autosculpt? Where is neon and scissor doors? Where is proper tuning? Not in NFS Unbound

    • @drivingforalivinx1
      @drivingforalivinx1 18 дней назад

      far far away from being the best nfs in this decade. that title imo goes to Hotpursuit easily

    • @axl1632
      @axl1632 17 дней назад +1

      @@dyaanahmad5079 Those trends died in 2008, pal; visit a real car meet to see for yourself...

  • @keegangossett2896
    @keegangossett2896 17 дней назад +10

    I agree with your points of the DLC which is absolutely disgusting but I will not agree with you not touching the Multiplayer at all considering you aren’t exploring all the game has to offer which game reviewers actually cover. Yes, I’m aware that the multiplayer split is dumb, but it won’t be fixed until the next game but I still think you should give the Multiplayer a try for a proper review of the game. A side note, each SpeedPass has one premium car and one free car so it’s $10 USD for 1 car and exclusive customization options. The battle pass can be progressed through single player now, granted it’s a grind but you can progress it in that way.

  • @Austindogftw
    @Austindogftw 17 дней назад +1

    It cost less money to buy a 18-in pizza at Grimaldi's in Baybrook Mall in Texas than it does to buy three body kits

  • @eduardoavalos3905
    @eduardoavalos3905 17 дней назад +2

    And worse part is that even if you buy the DLCs, if by some random situation you don't get the items, they are not going to help you.
    I recently bought one of the DLCs and I was missing basically everything (cars and other items) and when I reached out to EA the agent told me that they cant do anything to help me (not even a refund), refused to transfer me to a supervisor and only told me that "they were going to share my feedback with the developers" and then closed the chat.
    So yea, not even if you actually purchase the DLCs you are going to get them, shitty company.

  • @gamingmamba2584
    @gamingmamba2584 18 дней назад +11

    Yet Blackpanthaa still decides to glaze them for everything they do...

    • @lukamilic
      @lukamilic 18 дней назад +11

      He got a Ghost Games tattoo on his hand...says about enough that he`s an EA bootlicker...

    • @iNathanLite
      @iNathanLite 18 дней назад +4

      He's a sellout, of course he would.

    • @adamroberts5584
      @adamroberts5584 17 дней назад +1

      @@lukamilic or maybe he got the ghost games tattoo because he misses the studio dumbass🙄

    • @lukamilic
      @lukamilic 17 дней назад +1

      @@CameronKelly-bz6ht Not studying, I only remember him having one while watching some of his takes on the game

    • @youssef1770
      @youssef1770 16 дней назад

      ​@@lukamilichave you watched any of hes videos to start yapping ? No

  • @Toaster844
    @Toaster844 17 дней назад +3

    Honestly Unbound is a big hit or miss to me. I do hate the fact that they split the Singleplayer and Multiplayer and pretty much only focused on the Multiplayer and paywall locking the shit out of everything new.
    I still prefer NFS Heat in every way shape and form. But the only reason why I don’t touch Heat as much anymore is due to the fact that I feel the game lacks content. In terms of cars. With the new cars EA keeps adding to Unbound trying to play Heat just feels boring. And not to mention I can only play Unbound for like 20 minutes before I get bored and jump to NFS MW2012.

    • @horvathr95
      @horvathr95 17 дней назад

      Wth?! Heat has more cars than MW 2012. So Heat is lacking content, but MW 2012 not?

    • @ghxstdreamy6457
      @ghxstdreamy6457 16 дней назад +2

      You're right but honestly nfs mw 2012 is way more fun than nfs unbound. And I personally think that heat and mw2012 are equal in terms of fun so the lack of contents in mw2012 isn't a really big flaw ​@@horvathr95

  • @Xypt
    @Xypt 17 дней назад +2

    pack it up everybody we goin back to mariokart wii

  • @troypowers750
    @troypowers750 11 дней назад +1

    Back to NFS HP2 PS2.

  • @BloxWich
    @BloxWich 18 дней назад +14

    Ultraviolet, your candid take on Need For Speed Unbound is a breath of fresh air! 🚗💥 It's crucial to stand by your opinions, especially when it comes to games that didn't quite hit the mark. Your reasoning behind not giving Unbound a second chance is clear and well-argued. Thanks for addressing the community's questions head-on and staying true to your views. Keep those honest reviews coming! 🎮🔥

  • @RiC3R69
    @RiC3R69 18 дней назад +3

    NfS CARBON isn't just my fav NfS
    It's also my fav Car Racing Game

  • @wydua2049
    @wydua2049 18 дней назад

    You should try to play Snakeybus and Distance. With string pressure on distance.
    Btw your channel is growing which i did not point out before but it's nice to see. Although i hope that staying in racing game topics does not burn you out as i rememver when you were rebranding from Moses B to UltraViolet saying that you're tired of the community.
    Also have a nice day.

  • @user-rg6um2ri1x
    @user-rg6um2ri1x 10 дней назад +1

    I played this game just so I can use torettos’ muscle car. I won some races. And dropped the game. It was ok but I like picking 1 car and building it up. Not a fan of buying different types of cars just to get a specific car.