Better than Most Wanted? Impossible!

FUCK DAMN IT, i was afraid of this, now I HAVE to buy this game :|

Hopefully its better, more racing games to play.

It's an IGN review...

It looks like a really good racing game, but I don't know if it's even a Need for Speed game.

" It's an IGN review... "

looks good, but it doesn't push much... it's not going for extreme realism, or arcade gameplay, so all they've done is made one more racing game... one that isn't more realistic than GT and Forza, but isn't as fast and arcadey as Dirt.  It'll just be something to pass the time until the real racing games come out, but I think if you already own GT or Forza then there's no real point.

You know I personally think that NFS Porsche Unleashed was the best of the series. I really want to see if this game lives up to its expectations.

Most Wanted is certainly the highmark of the franchise to me. Shift does look interesting, though. Been a long time coming for a good NFS.

I doubt it. Like, 100%, doubt it.

Driving looks really fun, but no cops in a Need 4 Speed game, I mean what the fuck. Need 4 Speed III: Hot Pursuit was probably one of the best games along with Most Wanted. Put cops back in it and maybe people will care again.   
 
Playstation 1 version, still an awesome game.
     

look like they just copy GRID.

Need 4 Speed: Hot Pursuit 2 was the best Need 4 Speed game. 

This may be an example of a game that is damned by its name. The sense of speed looks much better than GT or Forza (I fully expect the next Forza and GT to lift the ideas that convey this feeling for their next games), and the career progression looks interesting. Like I said in the comments for the QL earlier, while I think Forza will be the better game, I can't shake the feeling that I'd have more fun with Shift.

I don't take ign's reviews seriously, i'll wait for gamerankings with more reviews first. Still the game looks promising and the graphics looks really good, even better than other sim racers.

" Better than Most Wanted? Impossible! "

Even if NFS Shift is a better game.
 
It's not a NFS GAME, it just has the license, nothing else. So I dont see why you'd compare apples to oranges.

Do you think that maybe the higher ups at EA think that they had enough of cops? They might think that because the last two games to feature cop chases fell flat, it was time to take things in a different direction for now.

Initial reviews are positive for NFS Shift:
Metacritic of 88% based on 6 reviews.

Better than NFS hot pursuit and NFS Porche Unleashed?

" Need 4 Speed: Hot Pursuit 2 was the best Need 4 Speed game.  "

porsche unleashed will always be the best for me

" Better than NFS hot pursuit and NFS Porche Unleashed? "

It's a really enjoyable game. Makes me want to buy some really good wheel for it as well.

you don't get no better than
 

Even better then Most Wanted? I'm not sure that's possible.

" It's a really enjoyable game. Makes me want to buy some really good wheel for it as well. "

" porsche unleashed will always be the best for me "

As far as I remember, Most Wanted is still part of the NFS series.

" you don't get no better than
 
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" @warxsnake said:

" porsche unleashed will always be the best for me "

I'm glad I'm not the only one who remembers NFS before it became an open world street racer/rain simulator. "

" @Aeterna said:

" It's a really enjoyable game. Makes me want to buy some really good wheel for it as well. "

Tell us, how does stand against the NFS games of the past? "

" @Aeterna: Ah that sounds good, but how would you rate this against past NFS games? "

" You know I personally think that NFS Porsche Unleashed was the best of the series. I really want to see if this game lives up to its expectations. "

No cops= instant fail

" No cops= instant fail "

" You know I personally think that NFS Porsche Unleashed was the best of the series. I really want to see if this game lives up to its expectations. "

yawn.........

This Game is the Best Need for Speed to date with Most Wanted in a very close Second

I haven't played a load of NFS Most Wanted, but this looks awesome.

Just make this again:  

It would be cool if they done what Infinity Ward done with Call of Duty and branch of into their own Series (Modern Warfare) maybe this is what they are doing with Shift and the Need for Speed franchise.

cool, i've been looking for the reviews for this game because the need for speed games haven't been all that great.

WAY better than the poor Underground and Most Wanted series. It's not awesomely bad; but believe it or not bad (lame, poor, shitty) isn't necessarily a good thing, no matter how awesome.
 
This is the first game that makes me want a nice driving setup (force feedback wheel, multi-axis inertia chair/triple pedal combo, separate shifter).
 
One great thing about the game is that the subwoofer output works as a tactile channel for those of us who have invested in rumble attachments (aka "tactile transducers" such as the BKGR -- I own two) for our gaming seats. This means you feel the engine and the grip of the tires on the road(including the rumble strips, offroad, and impacts). EVERYBODY should own one, even if they don't play games (bassy music is fantastic with them). It saddens me that so many games either waste the subwoofer channel on lame sounds or simply don't use it at all (most common).

If IGN gave this game a 9, then Forza 3 and GT5 both better get even higher than a 10. IGN is ridiculous sometimes.