If you’ve been following the updates Criterion is making to Need For Speed: Unbound – the latest installment in the long-running racing series this year – you’ll know that many of them have brought elements from the previous Need For Speeds.
Constant shots of nostalgia, designed to tempt people back to people whose childhoods are inextricably linked to the idea of covering a Nissan Skyline in tear-jerking vinyl and neon and then using it to burn out some impoverished fool in a souped-up Corsa, are clearly part of these plans. However, with NFS now nearing its 30th birthday, Criterion’s senior original director John Stanley reiterates that Unbound’s mission to start creating “the highest quality NFS game” isn’t just about trying to lump all of its previous entries into one basket. pot without a second thought.
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During the Need For Speed 30th Anniversary Developer Roundtable with VG247, Stanley talked about where Unbound’s 2024 vision, presented in February, stands today, and how it connects to the fact that historically With each Need For Speed game in general, the goal was to have its own specific vision or calling card that would facilitate it stand out from other entries.
“Proper, old-school drag that really resonates. This is something different for us. I’ve wanted to introduce him for a long time and I’m very cheerful that he’s back in the game properly now. Proper drift mode, yes, check, it’s in the topic. Cops vs. Drivers, yeah, so all those elements really appeal to high-level iconic elements like Need For Speed - we can’t add absolutely everything, but the really vital things that are there. they resonate, for sure, let’s go back, let’s add them.
“Then once they get there, they stay. If they are great and players love them, we index them more often, if not, we just focus our attention in the right place. So let’s get started, build the real core of Need For Speed and then try to expand it.”
The latest update Stanley and company just revealed for Unbound – Volume 9 – will be released on November 26. It’s set to bring a fresh PvPvE multiplayer mode called Lockdown, which is about stealing vehicles from roadblocks and deciding whether to risk losing everything if you don’t catch a mining truck in time, and the first ever rideable NFS series motorcycle – the BMW S 1000 RR – so it will be compelling to see if any of these catch on enough to become part of the Need For Speed core in the future.
