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EA Confirms Fate of Criterion, Leaving the Need for Speed Franchise on Life Support
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I played every mainline nfs and thats a bit unfair. The golden era certainly started to end with Most Wanted. But they really tried to have some kind of new spin or gimmick in almost every title.
-Carbon: Autosculpt, Canyonraces, fast paced drifting -Prostreet invented the festival racer for better or worse. Top speed runs are still insane and werent matched ever since by any game -Shift 1 & 2 were Gran Turismo/Forza at home but atleast avaivable on PCs. -The Run was framed as a race through the entire country and had those enviromental desasters. -the criterion games were a weird burnout/nfs mix. -Payback introduced offroad races and story missions -Heats campaign with seperate incentives at day or night
I'm not saying all of these games or features were bangers. But you cant deny that NFS underwent constant changes.