PLEASE REMASTER NFS MOST WANTED 2012
Hello all! I just downloaded MW2012 on steam on my ~2016 dell latitude laptop a few days ago just to be able to play this game again. Since playing I've been meaning to post on some sort of forum requesting that EA bring this game back as a remaster to the new consoles (I have PS5) and/or at least take nearly everything the game has to offer and put it into a new NFS game. (Remaster first, please). Keep in mind I'm not usually the type to post comments online or on forums or anything really besides my GF on insta LOL. But this is how passionate I feel about how good this game was (is) and how well it was made.
Let me start off by saying that I have played every NFS game up to the current NFS Unbound; as a 25 y/o engineer who doesn't have as much time as he used to to enjoy such games, how is it that I am enjoying playing a 13 year old game on a laptop I used for college studies significantly more than the newest game on the newest console? Need For Speed Most Wanted 2012 is so unbelievably "goated" after playing it throughout the years (still got it at the parents house on the 360) I know for a fact it’s more than nostalgia, it’s more than my affinity for racing games, it’s genuinely a fantastic game. Everything from the fun/ease of the driving mechanics, the perfect balance of pursuit/takedown difficulty of cop chases, to one of the best gaming soundtracks ever (old FIFA tier) this game is just so playable. Growing up, I was one of the very few of my gaming friends who were even into racing games. When MW2012 came out, myself and those few others convinced at least 10 other non-racing-game friends to get this game back in the day. My friend even bought a 360 just so he could get this game and play with us bc we were all having a blast in multiplayer lobbies together. On top of the lobbies, perhaps even more important to some, you had the leaderboard amongst your friends for nearly everything - the jumps, speedcams, race times etc. We would spend hours trying to beat each others jump distance or their times.
- Okay maybe that was a bit of nostaligia, but the fact that it was able to bring in so many of my friends who were never interested in racing games (or even video games) speaks to the fact that it is just a straight-up fun and easy-to-play game. The map itself is so diverse and unique in the terms of obstacles, jumps, turns, buildings etc. all of which are so perfectly laid out and everything flows so smoothly. The jumps are fun and satisfying, THE SELECTION OF CARS IS INCREDIBLE, the drifting is a blast, the takedowns are satisfying, THE DLC IS INCREDIBLE (probably the only one that has ever been worth my $ besides BO3 zombies chronicles) I could go on and on and on.
I think it's a shame that years later this game doesn't get the credit it deserves; all I ever see is how highly regarded the original MW was and UG1&2 are - of course those are certified classics and were great games but MW2012 is different and is the only game I would care to see remastered for the new gen (besides Skate 3 great job on that one EA!) I've even started encouraging my gamer friends to download this masterpeice "Dude, it's $2.99 on steam" and see if we can still get into a lobby tg. A few weeks ago I convinced some of my friends to get the newest, Unbound, when it was on sale and we played it once together but no one could really get into it. Unfortunately, I think some of the newer game(s) are just too difficult/overrefined ? - casuals simply don't have the patience. I really do appreciate what has gone into the customization aspect of the newer games - I love to sit there and design a car exactly the way I would want it irl; but somehow, MW2012 lacking that aspect, almost completely, (besides the "on-the-go" tire/nos/chassis/body/tran which is awesome btw i.e. for switching to reinflates during a cop chase) MW2012 did pretty much everything just right.
I think I've yapped enough - thank you EA for creating such a wonderful game - a masterpeice really - and I hope you take into consideration the opinions of people like us blabbing about a 13 y/o game on your forum 😄. Myself and my friends who played this game have had the same opinion since it came out and 13 years later we're still screaming it is one of the greatest games of all time. I just hope it becomes available as a remaster someday soon 🙏 Ok thx bye.