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NFS Franchise Revived !!! But ...

10 posts · originally from https://geek.digit.in/community/threads/nfs-franchise-revived-but.107676/

rockthegod
rockthegod Original post #1
Jan 31, 2009 at 4:34 AM
Well it felt like good news until it was revealed that the arcade will be Nintendo only, while the newly undertaken working-title NFS Shift for PC/PS3/X360 will be a hardcore racing simulator.... so in short it is NFS which is revived but its not the NFS that we have come to love until its "untimely demise" after a pathetic trio following its best candidate NFS:MW !!!

EA will trifurcate its street-racing franchise into trio of new ones:
--> the MMOG NFS World Online.
--> the Nintendo-only NFS: Nitro
--> NFS: Shift for the PS3, 360, PSP, and PC.

nyways, more details from Gamespot coverage: CLICK HERE

Screenshot of NFS:Shift:
*img516.imageshack.us/img516/1570/nfsshift413screenxr9.th.jpg
cyborg47
cyborg47 #2
Jan 31, 2009 at 6:53 AM
not open world....and the screenshot looks like grid...but im pretty excited about it..well lets wait and see...
rockthegod
rockthegod #3
Jan 31, 2009 at 8:23 AM
^^ I do not like hardcore simulators, they kind of miss the fun of arcade racers.... But Grid was a great game as it retained good elements from both worlds.... hope NFS:Shift will not be a complete sim like the GTR/Gran turismo series.... anyways, i am also looking forward to it... :)
Davidboon
Davidboon #4
Jan 31, 2009 at 11:06 AM
lets wait and see what it has in store for us...
W
W i d e S c r e e N #5
Jan 31, 2009 at 11:39 AM
EA has become the Bollywood of gaming industry
alexanderthegreat
alexanderthegreat #6
Jan 31, 2009 at 12:32 PM
Phooey! Now them bloodsuckers at EA will make us buy Analog racing gear too! I hope this 'simulation' is controlled equally well using a keyboard. Or else... :evil: (I'm a hitman series fan too!:twisted:)
skippednote
skippednote #7
Jan 31, 2009 at 12:34 PM
Lets wait and watch.
Kl@w-24
Kl@w-24 #8
Jan 31, 2009 at 12:51 PM
Why don't they just end the NFS series instead of tarnishing its reputation even further??? :mad:

Oh right, the NFS name itself entices people to go on and buy the game even if it turns out to be a pile of sh!t.
N
NVIDIAGeek #9
Jan 31, 2009 at 10:29 PM
^^No, it's hard for NFS-lovers like me to end the franchise without a good-rated game. I don't know why NFS:UC was so under-rated :confused:. Am waiting!!!
Ecstasy
Ecstasy #10
Feb 1, 2009 at 12:27 AM
I lost my faith with NFS series now..