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LuckyNico92
Seasoned Ace
2 years ago

EA is completely ignoring Singleplayer...

Hi guys,

it's not every day that I post a topic for NFS Unbound, but this new update is such a massive insolence that I can't ignore it.

The new Volume 4 update gives us the Porsche Taycan, which at first glance sounds great as it's the first ever EV in Need for Speed. However, the unlock requirement will restrict everyone without an internet connection from unlocking this very car.

You need to complete 4 Porsche Playlists. And those are inaccessible in Story Mode. In what world is an online-only unlockable fair for a racing game? I understand that EA wants us to play online, but ever since the Cops made their way to online, it completely disrupts play as you can't enter events while chased, and if you're at Heat 5 in a B Class car, well, say goodbye to your hard earned money. This is completely unfair and therefore I consider it a bad design choice.

Also, I don't know what the game considers by the term "complete". Do you have to win the playlist or can you just sit at the starting line waiting for the race to end to unlock your cars? There's nothing that explains anything about these unlockables.

The worst part about it is that Singleplayer gets completely ignored, as if EA just throws some awesome cars, a few events, and a story similar to Payback into a bucket and that's it. Wrong. There are so many ways to improve Story Mode, and none are taken into consideration, because EA focus on the only part of the entire game that's garbage.

Need for Speed games always had the best experience in Singleplayer, and if I was in charge of development, I would put the main focus there. I don't know how you see it, but Lakeshore Online ruins the entire game, especially since the Cops were patched in there.

Let me know what you think about it.

Good day,

Nico

6 Replies

  • Not surprised. People nowadays cant think about the others.

     I mean, they cant think something like ‚there might be some people that dont have the easy access to internet or maybe they just dont want to play multiplayer so we could care about em as well’ ‚Some people like the console players have to pay for the subscription for Xbox Gold or Playstation Plus to play multi so lets take care of em’.

    nope. Its 90% of the community, selfish,ignorant. Same as the EA -> CRITERION.

    Dont know if u saw it but campaign has no fast travel 🫠 While multi has it.

    In Campaign we have limited restarts even if we complete the game. No leaderbords. There is just nothing. Lack of content

  • From UTH articles to the NFS social media page(s), its all regarding multiplayer.

    Every single update that comes out for the game firstly and always lists playlist and pvp stuff and after that minor game tweaks. Even from a recent Q&A with Criterion, the two devs pretty much say without outright saying that the story mode wont get anything.

    Back when the game got released, I did not care that the SP and MP modes got separated, unlike Heat, where everything is under one umbrella.

    But soon noticed why that is. EA went with the Rockstar route (GTA V and Online)

    Just recently, a cancelled Trevor story update got revealed that was canned.... Wonder why...

    I am sick and tired of primarily single player games getting treated as MMOs for no reason other than to milk the players for money.

    Gaming as a whole nowadays is putting way too much focus on MP experiences, even on games that should not be like that. Good for the people who have no issue with how, in my opinion, lackluster the Unbound updates are, and enjoy Unbound. But for me, every time I hear the word "Volume" I want to vomit.

    Because of this, I am worried about the future of how upcoming games will be handled.

  • JudyRacing's avatar
    JudyRacing
    Hero
    2 years ago
    @Luka0101998
    Just a question, once the story is finished and played through, what else do you want from the single player mode? For many past games I've only been in multiplayer mode after every finished story.
  • Luka0101998's avatar
    Luka0101998
    Seasoned Ace
    2 years ago

    @JudyRacing 

    I am not someone who is constantly looking for content updates on a game. I like them with decent content from launch and once finished I start playing something else until I want to play again.

    Problem with Unbound is the lack of SP content for a game that is primarily that.

    Ill` give you an example of how lackluster the amount of at launch content is in the game : Underground 2, which is going to be 20 this November, has over 30 races alone in its circuit section. Add to that, sprint, drag, drift, URL and Street X. 

    Now, look at Unbound. Not only there are very low amount of races to choose from for a 70 buck 2020s game, you cannot even drive certain cars unless they satisfy a class requirement. 

  • I agree with you on this.

    What is the point of these updates and nothing for single player, like add more races for single player which each update.

    With the Undergound pack, they should add more drift events and drag racing for single players too, plus give us a chance to replay championship races again to earn more cash to buy cars and parts.

    This should be the same for the Hot Pursuit pack when that comes out too.

    I know people says online is great, the problem is not everyone has a PC, not good internet service, or just don't have time to play online multi player games.

    EA Games, need to take this to consideration for all their Need for Speed franchise now and in the future.

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