Forum Overview :: Reviews :: EA finally delivers on the promise of more story in the Need for Speed franchise

[quote name="Fussbett"][quote name="Jerry Whorebach"][quote name="gamesindustry.biz"]This year, the company will be releasing Need For Speed: Undercover - a game with a very strong mission structure that Riccitiello compared to The Transporter. "For those of you who ever saw movies like The Transporter - it's sort of a cult classic among people with a B-movie mentality, which fits me perfectly. "I liked it. I apologize. For those of you with no taste, and you liked it too, we can go have a Schlitz after this." He said that the new title is a much richer proposition with a huge, embedded storyline behind it. Thanks to the strong narrative hook, he feels really good about the title.[/quote] I think, if there's one lesson exactly no one should take away from The Transporter, it's that car chases are pointless and unfulfilling without a huge storyline to back them up. Show of hands: who wants more narrative hooks in Need for Speed, and who wants a Schlitz, the working-class beer? Well too bad this ain't a democracy, BUB.[/quote] NEED FOR SPEED: HEAVY RAIN <a href="http://www.gametrailers.com/video/e3-2011-need-for/714878" target="_blank">http://www.gametrailers.com/video/e3-2011-need-for/714878</a> I came into this video at the 0:50 mark after Bodybag alerted me to the upcoming Battlefield 3 presentation. Imagine my confusion. Or read it here: (3:14:10 PM) Bodybag zero: So BF3 multiplayer trailer soonish (3:14:55 PM) Sanitario666: WHERE (3:15:23 PM) Bodybag zero: Here maybe? (http://www.ign.com/events/e3/2011/live-video) (3:28:35 PM) Bodybag zero: ea feed starting now (3:43:00 PM) Sanitario666: this game looks good where you press triangle sometimes (3:44:27 PM) Sanitario666: This game should be called SCRIPTED: LOOKS REALLY GOOD THOUGH (3:45:34 PM) Bodybag zero: hit X to shit yourself (3:45:46 PM) Sanitario666: OMG IT WAS A NEED FOR SPEED GAME (3:45:49 PM) Sanitario666: LOLOLOLOL (3:45:55 PM) Bodybag zero: oh, you missed the intro haha (3:46:07 PM) Sanitario666: That couldn't have worked out more perfectly (3:46:14 PM) Sanitario666: For me, to make me laugh[/quote]