The REAL Reason Need for Speed Unbound FAILED...

Need for Speed Unbound remains my favourite current racer, but we can't ignore it's issues #eapartner so let's dive into what went wrong and how they can fix it... it's a reoccurring theme...
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[MattePurple]

I wrote something similar on Trigger's vid, but I'll add it here. I'm a NFS apologist and someone who will happily make excuses for Heat and Unbound. But, even I get a bit frustrated that the franchise can't seem to take advantage of its most promising attributes at the same time. The building blocks are all there, and what fans want has been done by NFS before. They just need to find a way to combine them all in a single title, and they'd be golden.

[jasonlanham]

The thing that completely stopped me and all my friends from playing unbound was the split between single & multiplayer. Your cars don't carry over from single player like wtf... and the economy system was way too much of a grind. I would have to play 3 hours a night for 2 weeks just to unlock a Subaru wrx sti...

[elboss]

The main issue is EA, NFS for EA is just a quick money grab for them. They don't care if it gets support after launch.

[ViPERRT]

The Crew spoiled me with its giant map. There’s something about going on a cross country road trip after grinding away at races just vibing to Arctic Monkeys on the highway. Very often you’ll stumble across other players on main roads and start impromptu drag racing, sometimes even collect a whole group and just ride together to the destination, then everyone splits up and does their own thing once you reach a big city. It was so freaking awesome to experience.

I think nfs should try to revive World. That would definitely get me excited for the franchise again.

[Southeren]

The lack of updates is the worst thing for me. FH5s updates keeps me playing. Motivates me to keep grinding through the accolades and other side stuff, knowing that the game is still being updated often. Putting time in to a game that I know that the devs are putting time in to updating in the future. With NFS Unbound it's just more of the same of the old recent NFS games. Maybe even worse because of the lack of different things to do. I gave racing in Unbound online a chance and I quickly was bored after noticing people using the same cars or having a hard time finding races. In FH5, it's much easier and if I am going to get rammed in races then it may as well happen in the racing game that I enjoy more and can end up in a race more than 4 or 5 people to race against at a time. Unbound Online just feels like a temporary thing to keep people happy for a little while longer and it just comes off as completely lacking compared to the Forza Horizon and The Crew games. This is why I didn't get all of the hype for NFS Unbound Online to be any better than in the past NFS game updates. This is what NFS does. They aren't changing it seems. When a game has a certain reputation, people aren't going to be motivated and excited to rush to get the game.

[marksmoothe]

Car meets, drag racing, and weekend cruise sessions where we could cruise on the highway during a day/night cycle would bring so many people to the game on a consistent basis. I think a lot of these game devs have forgotten what makes working for a suped up car fun. Just racing and "free lobby" activities aint enough mate.

[DATHWSH]

My major issue with Unbound Online is the inability to race solo against bots, it’s difficult to have people actually join you and makes progression and money gain difficult

[KristijanCesnak]

You are so right about online. When I saw that I had to buy cars and update everything again, I was done, didn't even try.

[okellooliech]

I got the game and it was a lot of fun, but the lack of updates and the tiny car list really just demotivated me.

[rubenkriel]

After many many years of playing every nfs on release day (since underground 1), i have finally reached a point where i am giving up. I can't do this anymore...

[herecometherats]

The game is awesome but the way multiplayer works is ridiculous. I only want to race. There needs to be a way to queue for races and some sort of leaderboard.

[bemo]

i was super disappointed when i saw that they downgraded the garage in Unbound, i loved entering my garage in nfs Heat and seeing my builds lined up in the back. something like that really gave the game a better atmosphere to me.

[teddykang]

i miss the blacklist/boss races and pink slips. i feel the recent games commonly had nothing race wise that would hype us and make us look forward to the big races that would make us nervous but also excited. it was so fun to grind and earning the rewards which ultimately the reason why i was so obsessed with carbon and most wanted when i was younger.

[jwozpkt]

The thing that frustrated me is the fact that you can't play with your friends. You HAVE to play against them and you can't even play against bots with your friends. Online in nfs heat was perfect idk why they changeed it

[low]

Things that NFS Unbound should added to make better than previous patch:
1. Interior visual customization
2. Able turn off burnout effect and character model display, going to display settings on option
3. More unique head/tail lights for jdm cars only including RB body kit
4. Hennessey swap engine for chevy, ford, and dodge cars. But it cost $500k to installed, at 1, 500HP
5. Nitrous - refills greatly overtime only Elite rarity cost $75, 000
6. RGB customization for HUD
7. More clothing brand added
8. 99+ cars added possibly
9. 500+ vinyl added stickers
10. Grand Tour S+ tier sprint race at daytime, reward $750, 000 and $250, 000 buy-in. $800, 000 and $400, 000 buy-in on nighttime version

[packbeats]

GT7 atleast gets a few events added, not much but something. And whenever there’s a new track in the update there’s circuit exp and new events for that track. And for us ”sim racers” doing races and grinding ur own lap times gives u a reason to play for a long time

[Austin-crzo]

Reused car list with like 10 new additions, forgettable story with bad characters, next gen only, bad marketing, bad communication, bad online component, short story, objectively bad music, removed customization items, not enough races (in a racing game). That’s why the game failed on top of the $70 price tag.

[ThereMayBeLions]

I think that the separation of Multiplayer and Single Player is the biggest flaw for me, personally. I enjoyed the single player, the story was fine and I enjoyed the play through. I’m not much for Multiplayer, but I do it periodically with friends. And I hate feeling like I’m starting over to race with other people….

[bladysante]

Honestly just give me a Rivals Remaster or a Rivals 2. The map was great with the different biomes, the cops were challenging but fun combine with the heat progression and the whole story of cops vs racers. Literally all that was missing from Rivals was more car customization but other than that I believe it's one of the best NFS games

[maximilianmilesanhour]

The single player was so repetitive when i beat it and saw that multiplayer needed me to grind again, i just thought “nah” and haven’t touched it since. This game just falls short of heat in almost every aspect and thats what really did it for me, the fact it goes backwards