Glad to see Criterion back in action

[Nero]

Ghost games is/was attrocious. I consider buying after watching some reviews just because Criterion is back.

Btw another Burnout or NFS Hot Pursuit 2 would be great.

[IGNITRO]

Spoilers for you
Criterion has Ex ghost games devs, from the leaked gameplay the handling model is based on nfs heat's.

[Daniel LLITPEK]

Wasn't Ghost Games made up from mostly Criterion devs, who now after Ghost went back to Criterion?

[Nero]

Yeah good old Criterion probably doesn't exist aymore and is tainted with Ghost games... Still hopeful that this will be a better entry in the series.

[St0rmwielder]

Next year: Codemasters

[MONOBLOCKS]

Desperately need a remaster of burnout 1-3

[zMyriad]

What's the hate against ghost games? I like their entries. 2015 is one of my favorite nfs games, payback is popular amongst my irl friends, and heat was a good sequel to payback. Aren't they also legitimately kneecapped by having to work with the frost engine?

[IGNITRO]

Originally posted by iPlay2Cope:

What's the hate against ghost games? I like their entries. 2015 is one of my favorite nfs games, payback is popular amongst my irl friends, and heat was a good sequel to payback. Aren't they also legitimately kneecapped by having to work with the frost engine?

2015: cop AI was dumb,
driving physics were atrociously bad
the bugs, and the cringe worthy cutscenes. The game right now is just made to take screenshots, because thats the only redeeming thing from the frostfire engine in that game.

Payback: EA's testing the waters with Microtransactions (succeeded on FIFA) failed on NFS due to backlash
the entire grind is based on RNG.
"bro but you dont have to pay for it just grind"
well they didn't have to add microtransactions, could've just made a proper progression instead.

Heat: it's actually okay. A swan song. Support for the game lasted SIX months.
You can avoid the story, you can mute the soundtrack. Pursuits are more fleshed out.
By far the best mechanic is the night mechanics with heat/payout, gives a great risk and reward for the players. Something they are defined capitalizing on Unbound.
Driving physics are better than previous titles but it still has one major problem: the car transmits no feedback when it's about to go "driftmode"

There's a reason across all these titles the most popular mod its the project unite: a handling overhaul mod.

[NeedForMadnessAuto]

Your Burnout Is Coming In 2023 By The Way By ExCriterion Employees
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1594040/Wreckreation/

[IGNITRO]

Originally posted by NeedForMadnessAuto:

Your Burnout Is Coming In 2023 By The Way By ExCriterion Employees
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1594040/Wreckreation/

the only burnout i see here is from asset flipping

[Nero]

Originally posted by iPlay2Cope:

What's the hate against ghost games? I like their entries. 2015 is one of my favorite nfs games, payback is popular amongst my irl friends, and heat was a good sequel to payback. Aren't they also legitimately kneecapped by having to work with the frost engine?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBeH8hXjqz0&t=1309s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ehNPPT9cC54&t=226s

German reviews so of no use for you but still valid.

Lets ignore all the bugs, the gamedesign itself is attrocious.

[NeedForMadnessAuto]

Originally posted by IGNITRO:

Originally posted by NeedForMadnessAuto:

Your Burnout Is Coming In 2023 By The Way By ExCriterion Employees
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1594040/Wreckreation/

the only burnout i see here is from asset flipping

Fine,you can hear from the developers here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5kAiFB-K24

[ElfShotTheFood]

Most of the people who worked on Burnout and NFS at Criterion left there years ago.

I didn't play all of the NFS games made by Ghost Games, but I enjoyed Rivals and Heat wasn't bad.

[_galaxy]

Originally posted by Nero:

Ghost games is/was attrocious. I consider buying after watching some reviews just because Criterion is back.

Btw another Burnout or NFS Hot Pursuit 2 would be great.

1 - it's not even criterion anymore, just in name
2 - ghost devs joined "criterion"
3 - ghost bought back customization and delivered heat which I consider the best game in the series

[_galaxy]

I aggre hot pursuit 2 would be amazing as a break from the customization NFS games