Jerry Whorebach wrote:

gamesindustry.biz wrote:

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.

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.