Need For Speed Hot Pursuit Remastered Reviews

Under Ghost Games, the Demand for Speed franchise has been missing whatsoever sense of identity. Each of their 3 games in the franchise has been middling at best and never felt similar they really filled a hole in the genre. Equally of this Feb, EA has shifted the series back to Criterion Games and reduced Ghost to an engineering studio. That's great news for series fans, equally Criterion is the studio backside some of the all-time modern arcade racers out there.

For their first effort, the studio is putting out a remastered version of their first game in the series, Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit. The 2010 game came right on the heels of Burnout Paradise, the meridian of Benchmark's early work. It easily became one of the most beloved NFS games in the franchise's long history. I'm happy to written report that while some of the game is showing its age, it'due south still the best Need for Speed has been in awhile.

Hot Pursuit is, in many ways, all-time described as a barebones racer. Nevertheless, instead of viewing that equally an insult, the squad turns information technology into a positive. This is a stripped-downwardly racer that makes gameplay king. In that location's not actually whatsoever sort of story and you don't take a ton of different types of races. Instead, Hot Pursuit squarely focuses on delivering white-knuckle races and thrilling car chases.

As far as gameplay goes, this is a throwback to when NFS was at its peak.

Fortunately, information technology mostly hits the mark across the board. While the types of races you'll participate in are relatively low, they all feel great. If you similar arcade-manner racing, Demand for Speed: Hot Pursuit is worth checking out. You don't accept to hitting your lines or even stay on the track. Instead, you're drifting around corners and boosting through the best shortcuts to get a leg upwardly on your competition.

And, of grade, you have plenty of tricks at your disposal to either run from the cops or take down those pesky street racers. Whether yous're dropping fasten strips, dumping a turbo boost into your engine, or calling in helicopter support, Hot Pursuit has plenty of options at your disposal. The minimalistic approach to motorcar combat is a welcome breath of fresh air for anyone who suffered through Fast & Furious: Crossroads earlier this year.

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Every bit far every bit gameplay goes, this is a throwback to when NFS was at its peak.

Given that this is a remaster of a fan favorite, that's non really a big surprise. However, with how muddled the series has been over the last decade, it was hard to not come in worried. Thankfully, Criterion has delivered a product worthy of the Hot Pursuit name. It's non perfect, but the racing is tons of fun and it looks great. For a serial in such dire need of refocusing, that's plenty to make me excited.

Now, there are some problems that accept arisen in the ten years since the game showtime launched. As I've mentioned to a higher place, in that location are but a handful of different race types. Yes, you get to play as both street racers and cops, but even between the two factions, in that location isn't much diversity. As a street racer, you lot take your normal races, some fourth dimension trials, and races where you get to use fancy gadgets to help cross the finish line. And so, if you lot're playing as a cop, yous have time trials and races where yous're trying to wreck the street racers. That's most it.

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If a boringly good remaster is what it takes to become united states of america dorsum to the serial I grew up with, I'll more than take it.

Of course, a lack of multifariousness isn't the be-all, end-all for racers. After all, plenty of genre greats are just looping around a track. That said, I did find myself getting a fleck bored of just doing the same affair over and over again. I would honey something to switch things upwardly even more than. There are some absurd multiplayer modes that do this, but I'd like to meet more in the single-player version.

It'south also worth mentioning that the Autolog organization that helped make the original and so cool doesn't experience equally noteworthy in 2020. Sure, it's neat to see your friends' times on each race and compete confronting them. However, that mechanic is pretty par for the course these days. That isn't to say that Autolog is bad, just less impressive than information technology was 10 years ago.

Really, that sums up Hot Pursuit well. It's still a good game with some nicely updated visuals. However, when you put it up against games similar Forza Horizon iv, information technology feels dated. Nosotros should wait that though. We won't truly know what Benchmark can do with the serial until they put out their showtime new game in the series.

That said, they have added something that should assist keep the game running long by its release window. Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit fully supports cross-platform play. That, forth with several quality of life updates, makes for an experience that is easy to recommend.

Demand for Speed: Hot Pursuit Remastered isn't going to set up the earth on burn down. However, it's important to remember the dumpster burn that this franchise has been languishing in for the concluding decade. If a boringly good remaster is what it takes to go us back to the serial I grew up with, I'll more than than take it. Hopefully, Criterion uses this momentum to deliver something that finally puts Need for Speed back on the map.