How They Killed "Need For Speed" Games
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- Опубликовано: 10 фев 2025
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today I talked about Need for Speed and what happened to it because of EA and how EA is like ubisoft a little bit. Need for Speed Most Wanted is better than Need for Speed Unbound imo
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boooring
I disliked this sponsor comment, why would anyone play asphalt at this era.
@@Unimportant_in_polish i like asphalt 8
Fuck no
No thanks!
My problem with the art style change of Unbound is that they didn't fully commit to it. Imagine the insane things they could have done with car customization if every car had a cell shaded comic book look to it.
I just realized that we could have gotten an open-world Auto Modellista game if EA committed to this. Real missed opportunity
To be fair, even just half of it made people hate the game, to the point of calling it the new worst nfs game. I think it was for the best that they didn't do so.
@Otherface Nfs Undercover should take the crown as worst nfs game
@@toughbreaker3378*been
Payback is worse. Give me a break
It is so weird to see Spatnz's face.
I know right I got super used to him being the little shy guy avatar.... but I'm not complaining about him showing his face if he is comfortable with it.
HIS NAME IS WILDSPARTANZ
That's just an AI generated image. Spatnz's true face is inconceivable.
Honestly the only thing annoys me about the face cam is that he’s ALWAYS doing pistol hands when he’s talking 😂
When did he become ginger tho i remember him being fat but i remember him having a soul
Note that NFS Most Wanted's (2012) gameplay was basically like a newer version of Burnout, and not as much of a faithful NFS game. Still really like it tho.
"it's burnout"
who cares, all i want from a game is to be good and fun and MW12 actually archived that
Holy shit dude I keep on running into ya lol
@@some_body_else3636 100% agree with you, What else does it need if it's fun already?
it felt like criterion wanted to make a burnout paradise styled game but they were forced to slap the "need for speed" title to it
@@some_body_else3636Except it failed to meet the expectations of MW 05' which is without a doubt a better game
you know you talk fast when .75x speed sounds normal
Omfg you’re right😂
If I had a nickel for everytime a youtube talked really fast, did general news from time to time and play minecraft, I would gave two nickels, which strange because it happened twice
i did that, and then saw this comment. Glad I'm not the only one
He also sounds like Peter Griffen
It actually makes the video understandable
Seeing RUclips reviewers trashing Need for Speed Unbound, while in the same video promoting Asphalt Unite... shame on you
yeah, massive lack of self-awareness.
Facts lmfao
Truly the worst mobile games ive played. Literally every game after 8 basically softlocks you. Doesnt allow you to get blueprints and the pay on replay races are LITERALLY NOTHING. So its literally unplayable without microtransactions.
Exactly dawg wtf
both are garbage. At least this way he got his money back lmao
Who's gonna tell him people like MW05 and not MW12???
MW12 wasn't that bad
@@Spooderman77 MW12 is not a NFS MW game
It is burnout
The problem is that they called it most wanted while it's nothing like most wanted except the black list feature @@Spooderman77
@@Spooderman77 I'm not saying it isn't good, I'm saying it isn't a NFS game
@@jamergamer_nl9066 yeah thats the problem, they should’ve called it anything elsr
HOW DID THEY GET SUCH A WILD CAST FOR THAT MOVIE?!
It was still a great movie that, unlike Fast and Furious, uses practical effects instead of egregious amounts of CGI.
@@BaDArxz True, the cars that they used in the final race were actually built and used for the scenes
the biggest problem with the always online stuff is that when the company closes the servers theres often issues with just playing singleplayer
also Rip midnight club LA 😔
Midnight club LA Was so good back then, Plus I heard Fans brought back the servers on PS3 so that’s cool.
Midnight Club Still Cancelled Soz
In the end there was no need for speed…
Oh my g
I have 75 hours in Unbound and I love it D: have yet to encounter a crash or anything game breaking and I am having a blast driving with my tuned Mitsubishi at 300 km/h crashing into a random player at mach 9.
I also *LOVE* the artstyle besides the characters too.
I have 130 hours almost all achievements
@@oli_gordonopinions?
@@TheD4rkZEK 400 hours here and I share the sentiment
@@Tha-mountainit’s fun I really like the new game mode only down side is bikes aren’t free roam
Honestly, the story isn't supposed to be the main selling point. At this point, due to the large amount of content, online is the biggest thing. I love it, even to achiving 500 hours clocked in.
most of the fan base don't like the 2012 most wanted but it my personal favourite after the 05 most wanted
probably because it shares a name with the highly nostalgia viewed most wanted 2005, like there's legit people saying MW12 is the worst game in the series and forgetting about shit like unbound and no limits, you know the fucking mobile game
This is the first time that I see his face!
Not watching a guy trashing on NFS while hosting an Asphalt 9 ad. Racing game youtubers are a joke.
You don’t come to this channel often, do you?
Talk about how a racing game is greedy while advertising a car themed slot machine
@@zSTALKn No, thankfully. Never heard of this guy before. Only clicked because it got on my homepage since its NFS related.
he got his money back after that flop of a racing game lmao
Some of these complaints are valid. Like the voice acting being annoying.
But many of these complaints are just goofy. Always online? You CAN play offline ya know. Grindy? You were literally saying Asphalt legends is a great game. Bruh that game is thee most grindy racing game off all time. It takes a life time just to unlock a skin.
Handling? Yo it’s not that hard to get used to. It’s better than GTA handling!
Expensive? You don’t need the DLCs to play the game or to progress. Besides, they now have a “DLC” that you can get all the season passes for only $10.
U can play offline yes, but what sucks is all the new content is online only, plus they dint have enough races imo for offline
Have fun playing games that are this heavy on the online aspect when the servers shut down (The Crew, NFS 2015, etc.)
Buddy
They just released Volume 9 update.
you know the series is in such a dire state i wouldn't mind for them to "remaster" the older games even tho there's a reason they haven't done so already
@@some_body_else3636they can't because of licensing
Best update ever
@@some_body_else3636 Probs due a lot of licensing
I do like the art style a lot, but I also feel like they didn't do enough with it.
If they had only the racers cel shaded, while having cops and pedestrians look realistic - it would have an interesting contrast. It would also be great if stuff like jumps were highlighted by cel shaded elements. Cars could be cel shaded as well for any specific sequence too, like a loading screen or a cutscene.
There's a lot of things that could've been done to utilise the art style at its full potential, but the devs went the boring way either due to lack of creativity or EA stepping on their balls to release a NFS game, not caring for the craft.
The story, yes, is ungodly garbage. It feels like a +50 year old guy was made to write a zoomer/gen alpha relatable story after watching a few YT vids and scrolling TikTok for 5 minutes. And there's just plot points that make no sesne. Also A$AP Rocky brings nothing to the table, only a rant about something (I don't remember it, I played the story over a year ago and it's not very memorable) and being a racer in the top class that sucks at driving. One time Rocky got quite literally flung at me during a race from hitting a traffic car.
The original NFS Most Wanted was peak NFS. Even though it was released in 2005, it still holds up. Story is actually pretty decent, graphics aren't awful (even being almost 20 years old), and the cop ai is pretty great, too. If EA were to just remaster it as an anniversary edition, it would sell like crazy. I'd get a new system just for that game
the cop ai is pretty great too? It's the soul of the game. This clown, spatz doesn't know shit.
Knowing them, they actually might. EA needs to patch the hole in their finances left by DAV.
Mods keep it alive as well!
Cars on rails, piss filter, boring world design, barely any visual tuning and you can't spin others but they can spin you. Gotta be blind if you count it as the best nfs, no wonder music and story gets praised so much because fans are blind.
Unbound/burnout12/2015 are still much worse.
Also if they EVER remake/remaster MW or any of the classics it will set everyone on fire.
@@swilleh_ I should try NFSU one day. It's quite deep.
The audacity to talk shit about NFS while sponsoring Asphalt legends unite...
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For the windowed issue in Most Wanted 2012: Alt + Enter forces the game into fullscreen, it's baffling that a setting for that wasn't intergrated in the PC port.
Spatnz should bring back "This week on the Internet"
The fact that the Blackbox era NFS titles still have the best driving physics and best sense of speed in the series even after 20(!) years is mindboggling. Thats the same amount of time it took us to go from 2D graphics to 3D HD....
Man I'm old, the game that everyone hated at launch(I liked it tho) is now a benchmark. Guess I'll have to wait ten years to see people talk about the Unbound in the same way. Glad that you didn't compare it to 2005 Most Wanted. It's actually hilarious how every NFS game is heavily criticized at launch only to get praised when the next game comes out, it's literally been happening since the early 00s.
They also killed burnout
Spatz, I agree that NFS has had many issues in recent years, but with the Kaisen approach to Unbound's online it seems Criterion is trying to guage what will work better in the future. Also I would recommend checking out Heat cause a lot of people say its the best of the more recent NFS games, with the Cops being so challenging in that game that they updated the game to nerf them, and from what I recall it doesn't have DRM like Unbound
There are Tweaks you can make to Most Wanted to make it look better and DS4 to make the Controller work. One of my all time favorite games, the Soundtrack is awesome too.
They also MURDERED Alice: asylum, EA needs the Ubisoft treatment
Spatnz Face Reveal before GTA 6
Napoleon Dynamite:
Thats foul
You should defo play NFS Heat and Most Wanted 05 if you enjoy the NFS franchise.
Most Wanted 05 is an unbeatable classic and Heat is a spiritual successor (in many ways) to MW05 and is leagues better than Unbound which is surprising since it is the second newest mainline NFS game.
Most Wanted having an event where the cops relentlessly chase after you while disabling the quit to menu option in the settings was absolute peak, which is sad because a ps2 game is far better then the newest releases.
Lockdown...
Leave u can't use your car (in that game mode, should be all modes)
Bro should've played OG MW05 & NFS Carbon as a comparison.
Those games were peak and had customizations. MW2012 was just Burnout Light.
And underground 2
1:27 True. The “Need for Speed” movie isn’t what killed the “Need for Speed” franchise…
But the “Need for Speed” movie IS what killed Touchstone Pictures.
Need For Speed: please don't kill me, I'm innocent🥺.
EA: No, you're done, no more upcoming need for speed game next year.
GRID: 💀
oh my god, a good most wanted 2012 review in the big '24??
Ngl dude it’s kinda feels surreal seeing you for the first time. I was so used to your shy guy avatar but I love the change. Keeping going spantz my boy
I miss burnout
MW12 < MW05 but both are insanely good games
That is not what I thought Mr. Spatnz would look like, I pictured something more like a grown up version of Gibby from I carly mixed with some features from John from John tron.
my biggest issue with unbound is the separation between offline and online progression PLUS all the post-launch additional content was only unlockable in the online mode…. it’s like unbound is begging the players to go online and grind the battle pass :/
8:45
Alt+Enter is the default button combination to switch between fullscreen and windowed. knowing this can save you a lot of trouble.
So what were the two Games you mentioned at the very start about vehicle Games where your Vehicle is a mobile Base?
this is why NFS Heat is PEAK
As someone that's played both, you should play "Most Wanted" from the mid 00's, maybe just mod out the piss filter. If you have the complaint about needing to go to a garage to change your car rather than doing it on the open road, then that's still going to be a complaint for you, but it makes sense to me personally that you can't just drop and replace your air intake and crank shaft on the side of the road while the cops are looking for you.
Need for speed just literally just created an update based on the original NFS most wanted and this video came out
You did not just make an asphalt ad and then make fun of NFS
I kinda like the facecam. It makes Spatnz feel more human while ranting like a human
for the record nfsmw 2012 ended up the way it is due to ea cutting down and rushing criterion to develop it quicker and simpler. theres beta versions of ps3 test builds that have storyline basics implemented, and a different vibe to the map, also starting in a bmw m3 gtr type grey e92 as if it was the successor to the original most wanted (which it was supposed to be). it also had garage menus and such where you owned vehicles instead of the random exchange throught the map.
Maybe the real need for speed is the friends we made
Seriously tho, blud just wanted to glaze mw2012, which I'm not against.
That game was flamed way too harsh.
I would say this
The police chases like heat were fun
Need for speed just literally just created an update based on the original NFS most wanted and this video was definitely being created before the update came out, but one of the things that we do need to remind ourselves that this game was not being completely utilized by criterion during the time because those people were working on battlefield 2042 and we all know what happened with that game so if you ever take a look at the online portion of the game, it’s actually really really good and I’m surprised not that many people have been talking about it. They just added a new PV with the most wanted update and it’s actually really fun. Sure they are still bugs and whatever that definitely do need to be hammered out but with an overtime, the game has gotten a whole lot more optimized over the time compared to it was back from launch where it was unoptimized it crashed a lot and also one other thing too. It is not as bad as if you would probably say like test drive unlimited solar crown.
9:52 "Need for speed: Unwanted"😂😂
Gonna wait 10 years when everyone's talking about how the Need for Speeds suck now, and games like Unbound were great back in the day.
1:30 "the need for speed games killed the game franchise"
*Immediately mentions asphalt 9/legends unite right after that (unintended but great example)*
the only need for speed game I liked was NFS:World.
Hands down the best game. Had tons of customizations, tons of upgrades, tons of missions, large open world map. It was great.
And then EA shut down the servers and to this day are super anal about people making their own servers.
Invest in shy guy masks, it would be funny.
Good joke having asphalt sponsoring this vid
It’s just a niche game nowadays I cannot stop adoring Unbound, this new mode is genuinely some of the most fun I’ve ever had in need for speed, you can feel there’s love put into this so it doesn’t matter that it isn’t incredibly popular
NFS Unbound is a sleeper hit.. this dude promoting asphalt tells you everything you need to know.. we come across number rats you often. The concept will always be stronger than speaking fast over a mic and pretend u know shit 😹
The games obviously have glaring issues but it's literally not the end. If anything the games are blossoming. You find full lobbies of multiplayer till this date on NFS MW2012, RIVALS, NFS 2015 not payback, Heat is still active and Unbound is going strong DESPITE their so called public perception. People hated mw 2012, people hated rivals but theyve now come back to love it. The next release will be something. Please don't fall for doomer mentality
womp womp
@Numbers225 9 likes vs 1 womp womp.. ill do ok
@ womp womp
i personally found NFS unbound much more fun compared to other NFS games in the multiplayer aspect, since it's been getting a lot of support from the devs and they have added in a lot of nice content lately. i feel like most of the criticism for this game are towards the singleplayer, dialouge, etc, but the online mode is an absolute banger that everyone should try
@@Numbers225 let's gooo 2 womp womps vs 13 likes and an encouraging reply
If you like arcade racers, you need to look into Split Second : Velocity, it's an incredible game that sadly isn't talked about much
holy crap I've only had the 2017-19 version of Spatnz connected to his voice. This is so awsome sauce
The whiplash from seeing his face after such a long time is wild
I haven't had the chance to play the newer NFS games but Ican remember how much I enjoyed playin MW05, Carbon, MV12 and Rivals, what a shame...
And with that, Need for Speed Mobile is their next best thing since they know the mobile market has huge potential.
Holy shiii how did we go from something like Need for Speed The Run to this?! Smh
Criticising one game while shilling another is wild
all this makes me think is whatever happend to burnout?
Please, consider changing your haircut
Hi Spatnz what's your opinion on Need for Speed Carbon?
I am a big fan of Need For Speed Most Wanted 2005 and think they need a remaster of it ASAP.
Not happening
Never did I expect spatnz to make an NFS video 😂
Is that a BLUE RAY GUN I see on the right side of the video?!?!?!?!
Finally, people now see that nfs mw 2012 is a good game. I know that this game doesn't deserve to be named after legendary mw 2005, and if it was named nfs Fairhaven, it would be more copailing to fans, but I'm still love 2012 entery in this franchise.
Where is the shy guy?
I love NFS The Run. Unfortunately I can't buy it, but there are other ways.
NFS HP2 on PCSX2 sounds like a better NFS introduction to Spantz. Oh, and uh... 2005 is the real MW.
Unbound CAN be played without an internet connection since I've played it many times when I had no internet.
one of the reasons why most people prefer the older ones is also cause of accessibility most normal people dont own a super computer to play games im still running a 7 gig laptop
It’s so weird to see your face speaking because I had just associated your voice with Shy Guy
Alt Enter makes it go into full screen.
that window type reset problem has been hapening to me on titanfall 2
Man I wish EA was like it was back in the early 2000s
IMO I feel like racing games in general are dying they're always either realistic racing games like need for speed or mario kart clones
Yeah it’s so odd to see your face spatnz
7:38 I didn't stop complaining because I stopped caring; I stopped complaining because I _genuinely_ stopped buying games that do this, no matter how hype I was for them. The industry is vast and I can replace something instantly, I will not put up with this, ever. It's generally pretty easy to avoid as long as you just blacklist EA, Ubisoft, and Activision/Blizzard, from your sphere of interest.
As someone who played competitive Need for Speed Heat, Unbound was one of the most disappointing entries in the franchise:
It just didn't work on release
The story is mid
It didn't get decent drifting until late in it's dev cycle
Multiplayer and single player don't share progression
The online is constantly under maintenance or won't connect
It's a shame because the game IMMEDIATELY prior to it just works and is good.
The multiplayer is the part that is grindy, and my friends consider the game the worst in the franchise because the garages are split. Or they don't care about the multiplayer and singleplayer has gotten zero updates. I don't hate the game, but it's rather flawed. Then again, I tend to enjoy flawed things anyway, since my favorite NFS is 2015.
I have fun on it. I love doing gauntlet races. Shame there’s only 6 of those.
I for the first like 15seconds thought you were playing a clip of a guy talking, I didn't realise that was actually you
You know whats funny? They are adding in the BMW M3 from MW to Unbound.
You know what is more fun? Actually having the real deal that a entier game was made for that car.
I suggest to Spatnz to TRY the other NFS,like Underground 2,Most Wanted (2005) and even NFS Pro Street.
What makes Unbound even worse is that you not just have the Cops Yapping at you,but also the other Racers that comment on everything.
Especially the Music that Spatnz forgot to mention that is beyond insufferable.
As for the 2015 NFS it wasnt that bad at all,looks amazing,drives somewhat different,music is fitting the vibe and you can even turn off the engine and enjoy the ambient.
You even got the legend himself there hoping to see you drift,Ken Block.
Yes the Cutscenes are cheesy af but the game is more tolerant then Unbound.
But I would still prefer all the other NFS over Unbound,Heat and anything beyond the 2015 one.
I really really really DONT wish for EA to Remaster any of them,as EA would just make them worse in every way,especially with the way they went with Unbound.
EA even took down Most Wanted (2005) from the store Despite all the massive purchases that have piled up for EA.
There was even a situation where the Demand for NFS MW (2005) was rising and people had to pirate it because EA refused to keep the old NFS's at the Store and offline.
They really are morons at making games last longer then a few year,to that I say Dont buy Unbound,and get yourself the old ones,the community behind them are dedicated to help you experience what made those games awesome,rather then burn your wallet on Unbound.
I guess comparing NFS most wanted 2005 to unbound would be beating a dead horse
It's funny how they haven't been able to recreate the intensity of the cop chases from the 2005 Most wanted
Which is probably the reason it was the best selling game in the franchise.
Right is right ✅️
What a Weird time to make this video
a little thing to add when i moved to pc i had to buy the game i luckily manged to buy the game for 7$CAD when it was on sale and recently they made a big dlc bundle of all that 150$ DLCS and made them 20$CAD. i managed to buy the game and all dlcs for 35$CAD
EA is in the business of making money; not games. If it doesn't make millions of dollars within the first week then it is considered a failure. For EA, it has to make *ALL* the money by microtransactions, battle passes, season passes, skins and DLC. They have to sell an unreasonable amount of copies to consider it a success.
My biggest issue woth Unbound is the lack pf veriety in the event types and track layouts, and I`d find myselft redoing the same limited selection of events every day over and over again to maximise payouts. This made the playthrough boring to me, and the cops became an annoyance because once your car reaches a+ tier they pose basicly no threat because they can`t keep up anymore, and they make up for their shitty AI with always having the game spawn helicopters vary close to you and patrol basicly where you are even after evading them, to where all to often I`d run from the cops, find myself trapped between 2 choppers patrollong overhead while hidden under a bridge, and try to look for a gap in their search bubbles, all while also keeping an eye on the road itself to make sure a cop car isn`t passing by as I try to leave. This outcome is fun the first couple of times, but when all level 5 chases end up in this outcome it gets annoying fast.
All this is doubly frustrating because Unbound was sold as taking the mechanics and ideas of Heat to the next level, but as it turns out Unbound is a step back to heat in nearly every aspect, while only offering minor improvements in the things that it does improve on.
As far as I`m concerned Heat is the best modern NFS by far, and the one that is closest to Underground 2 and MW, with some hints of pro street with it`s day time racing, which makes the closure of Ghost games all the more devastating, because they were finally figuring the formula out, and their next game couldd have been "the one"
Criterion also have the talent to get it right on their next go round, but they were put on Battlefield duty again, so who knows who`s workong on the next NFS or when it`ll come out, pr even if it`s going to be a half hearted and half arsed job like Unbound was, since Criterion was on Battlefield duty at the time too...
I hate EA
I thought the Need For Speed movie was Fast and Furious
remember back when nfs mw 2012 came out everyone hated it...I think we're seeing a pattern
also police in unbound only chase you (after a race) at night because street racing duh🤦♀️
i love unbound i play on ps5 the only thing that bothers me is EA rushing the criterion’s devs