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Anonymous
8 years ago

Feedback and Recommendations NFS PAYBACK

Hi, 

My name is Miles and I've been a longstanding fan of need for speed ever since I discovered NFSU1 as a child.

I pre ordered payback in October, and before I get into what I really need to say, I have to say that I love the game, despite all the negative screeching coming from parts of the community, I find that the new upgrade system is much better than the previous NFS, the fact that you have to start from scratch instead of Mass-unlocking every part depending on level, (in other words : buy new car -> immediately maxed out due to unlocks) is more attractive and makes you really want to play more to achieve further upgades.

The map is insane to drive around, I've spent hours marking my favourite drifting roads, testing my supercars on the highway, and just admiring several of the many great views to be seen throughout fortune valley. Allthough the following points will concern features that were promised but are not here (yet?) I'm happy to have bought the game, in my honest opninion even without certain features it was still worth the 70 euro pre-order, no doubt.

Now here is my problem (and you've heard it before, but as a member of the nfs community I still want to put it out there) :

I had played 48 hours or so in-game before even thinking about trying the online free roam mode, only to find out through a forum that it wasn't there (couldn't find it in the game menu so looked it up here) 

I was obviously dissapointed, as the best part of nfs 2015 for me, was driving around with my friends after I had maxed out every one of my cars and finally achieved that wonderful point in a game when you can say you've done it all. This is definately missing from payback, the online free roam alone would do so much for the game.

I've been grinding so much and trying to present my cars in the best way possible so I can show them off and have fun with my friends if a free roam mode ever actually comes to payback MP.

So far the multiplayer experience has been described as dull and frustrating at times. I've already read through many of the discussions concerning the lag spikes, matchmaking issues and general demolition derby mentality of some players but had to try it myself, and I didn't believe it at first, but yes, here I was with my Lambo maxed out to the teeth, against much lower ranked players. The worst thing is trying to get connected now, it's like people are dumping the game before giving it a chance to thrive. We haven't heard much from developpers yet concerning the absent features and this is causing a lot of people to finish up the solo play (if they haven't already) and be done with it.

The multiplayer mode can only hold your attention for about 4-5 races, then it just becomes a burden.

I was going to talk about the missing cars but read just a few seconds ago that they will be coming further down the line as an update?

Anyway, don't really know where to go with this, just saying what I think needs to be said, and if it helps to move forward with the game then good.

To sum that up, MP Free roam would be the absolute best feature you could add to the game, I've no knowledge of the business side of the gaming industry or the technical side for that matter, but It should be possible and highly prioritised to get free roam back. 

That is the ONLY 'concern' I have about this game at this point in time. Thank you for the awesome game, hope to hear from you guys soon, as a little information can vastly help a community with understanding the current status of the games final developpment.

Kind regards

- Miles

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  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    7 years ago

    Hey,

    Good review and well presented, I'm also a massive fan of the NFS concept, have owned and played all, but I will input my view from the dark side of the force 🙂

    NFS game/film/mentality etc is all about custom building, not just making your paint scheme unique to you but your car, the en-thesis being, buy/build, modify, custom, fine tune all to the users specifics.  This is where NFS Payback seriously lacks in my honest opinion, it's too much like an arcade game.  Here's a few issues with it:

    1. The so called random part roulette, restricts the users own particular setup, leaving your car build to chance, blind luck, spending RW money or grinding the hell out of it to try and get something in the shape of what you want.  Plus my experience is its not really random, I've had exactly the same part with same perk roll round 6 times in a row simply just wasting my points so I'll buy more or force me to go off and grind more.  For me as someone interested in building to my own spec this is useless.  A suggestion would be that each time you buy a new car, you have to do specific tasks with that vehicle to unlock more upgrades, keeping the gamer engaged and eliminating that 'insta max out' scenario.

    2.  Love the 'real time' tuning idea, however it is pathetic, your options are 3 tune-able areas, NFS2015 you could fine tune loads depending on the upgrades you fitted, it's far too limited and takes away the real feeling of tweaking and tuning your own ride to how you play and want it to feel.  Like race cars you cant even tune the stiffness/roll etc which is essential in a race car, your stuck simply with downforce.

    3.  Environment and game play is lacking hugely, so I'll give an example; off road evo, this car is a rally derived car, designed to handle all terrains at crazy speeds.  You buy one, go out off roading as standard (low level) some off road areas its like driving on ice, no control at all your basically like a pinball flying around all over, the environment issue with this too is whether in a evo or in a huge 4x4 with massive ground clearance etc, when racing along you slide off track slightly, there's a tiny pile of stones you cant avoid, you hit and bang your smashed all over the place or reset, by this point your over taken, not being funny but off roaders are meant/ designed to deal with rock piles and seriously harsh surfaces, the world environment has some seriously OT areas which totally ruin your race/ gaming experience.  This is just one example.

    4.  The multiplayer ranked sessions are pretty much just a game of destruction derby, especially the drift modes where all your points are lost on contact with any environmental scenery, rather than knocking down a multiplier you lose everything, so you get idiots ramming and smashing into you, you lose control hit something and all points gone, this is pretty much an identical scenario when playing the campaign mode, only made better by the fact your points remain but multiplier drops.

    Before posting this I have played 106hrs in all the classes, driven all the map, completed pretty much everything, whats happening now is the more I play the more I'm frustrated and annoyed because it is lacking so much, in my own opinion it doesn't deserve the £70 price tag, I'm quite annoyed I didn't wait.  I'm seriously hoping they have/ plan to release add-ons/ expansions/ updates to make it more a true customiser/ racer game which is what NFS is meant to be all about, this game could have been the car game to rival/ beat all but seems the way was lost.

  • BLVD69's avatar
    BLVD69
    7 years ago

    @Big-Gunz9115 

    Thank you for your wonderful expression of gratitude of the game .

    It's nice to get a mostly positive review of the game rather then negative expression of the whole game like so many others do here in the forum.

    Yes, I fully agree with the problems and mentality in MP mode not to mention the Cheater in there using cheat hacks to ruin everyone's fun.

    I also would say the game is not worth $70 dollars in any country, but will say the game is more worth $40 at most!

    The missing of the Free Roam a sore loss to the community as a whole.

    Thankfully Free roam was finally added to the game some months ago a friend told me.

    So hope your now having more fun then before in free roam with your friends after the big race.

    I rewarded you with some XP points, kindly return the favor.

    Thank you

  • MASK_9413's avatar
    MASK_9413
    Newcomer
    3 days ago

    anyone who helped make nfs payback off-road races you should **bleep** you worthless **bleep** no cares about you just end your life you dumb **bleep** you're literally just a stain on this **bleep**in earth with no purpose you stupid **bleep**s