
Not a NFS game - don't recommend for true NFS fans
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I can't figure out why EA decided to take a complete 180 from the Need for Speed feel with this game...? All of the things that made past Need for Speed games so great are sadly missing from this game. No police pursuits, no options, no variety, and no free-roam! No free-roam?? You're kidding, right EA?
Basically, you're trapped in a world of poorly-designed raceways, racing cars that are identical to yours, you can't leave, you can't choose not to race, every race is a repeat of the last one, its just redundancy. Part of the NFS fun is just driving around hitting things! Not in this game. To go along with it all there is always some annoying announcer screaming things at you in over-the-top slang language. I can't say that past games have had the greatest sound-tracks, but I vastly prefer the rap seconds to the boarder guy cracking lines and yelling. It completely detracts from the intensity that past games had. It makes it almost a joke.
It makes me wonder if game designers are trying to veer away from the other NFS versions to keep it less...criminal...?? No police chases, no illegal street racing, no destruction of public property. The claim is this is more "realistic" to actual racing in this day and age, now that it is a true sport in some places. I really don't care how realistic it is, it is horrifically boring! Maybe it is a valiant effort to remove some of the violence, but, really... isn't that what made the NFS games so much fun??? Who wants to drive down a slalom-like tunnel over and over and over again? Video games should be a way to escape reality. This game beats you over the head with how dull the "reality" of sport racing is.
And really - just as an added irritation - does everything have to match?? The levels' graphics feel like a juniors department store display! After 20 minutes you feel like you have camo print burned into your retinas! It's just way too much.
If you are looking to re-live the fast-paced Need for Speed experience - go back to Carbon or Most Wanted until EA pulls their heads out (hopefully) for the next NFS installment. Or try Midnight Club from RockStar Games - that was surprisingly a really great game! You won't find anything fast-paced with ProStreet.
Better luck next time EA.
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