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Just cancelled my $45 preorder with Newegg. If the reviews are good, will pick it up with Forza Horizons and something else at Target. I anticipate it being very good, but don't like the review embargo and since the last NFS game sucked (though with no Critierion input), I just figured it was safer this way with the upcoming buy 2, Get 1 Free Target deal. Besides I want Forza Horizons as well. :)

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Review embargo? Game Informer already gave it a 9. Two reviews up on Metacritic so far.

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This is also coming to Wii U: http://www.nintendolife.com/news/201..._wii_u_in_2013

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I'm so in. I barely play video games but I love Need for Speed. I'm all over this.

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Okay, so PS3 or 360? Differences?

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not sure yet. However, I'd play the version I have the most friends on, since the Friends aspect seems to be a big part of it. So 360 for me all the way.

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Don't play online at all, so I might just go with the controller I like best for racing games (360).

I did the Burnout games on the 360, but I played the last NfS (from Criterion) on the PS3, and I just could not get the hang of it.

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Not sure about this game, but judging Criterion's history with Burnout Paradise, I would guess PS3. They came right out and said that the PS3 version was the definitive version of Paradise.

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Yeah, Criterion loves the PS3. That said, I'll likely only get this on the 360. I like the controller better, and I have a couple friends who will be playing this online.

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Giant Bomb 4/5
Polygon 8.5/10
Game Informer 9/10
IGN 9/10
Destructoid 8.5/10

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Which is funny in hindsight, considering the 360 version basically outsold the PS3 version 2:1.

What was their stance on Hot Pursuit? Any idea?

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It's official. This game is Burnout + cops. So awesome.

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Picked this up today and played for a few hours. It was confusing at first, but maybe it'll just take some getting used to. There's no "garage" or menu when you start. The game literally throws you into a race right off the bat and you have to figure it out as you go. Everything is pretty much done on the fly. Like I said, probably just takes some getting used to.

It definitely feels just like burnout with the open world, smashing gates and billboards, vehicle takedowns, etc. The cops are fun to smash into when you're just messing around and exploring, but they turn into a real pain in the ass when you're in an actual race. It's hard enough dealing with the traffic at insane speeds, never mind cops putting up roadblocks and spike strips. It's still super early for me but it's already WAY more difficult than Burnout ever was.

I haven't tried the multiplayer because nobody on my friends list has the game yet and I don't feel like jumping in with a bunch of randoms.

I really dig that the cars are scattered all over the place. Supposedly they are ALL available from the get go, you just have to find them. It's pretty cool. I've already found a couple different spots that had the same car so I'm wondering if the lesser performance cars are more common and maybe there's only 1 or 2 locations that have the "super cars". In any case, it's fun just driving around trying to find a new type of car that you haven't driven yet.

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They couldn't all be available from the start since the "Limited Edition" (i.e. first run) comes with "Early access" to a couple of cars :
http://www.gamestop.com/gs/images/bonus/201432_LELG.jpg

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If you read the print in the picture it says early access for multiplayer. Not sure how acquiring the cars in multiplayer is different from single player since I haven't tried the multiplayer yet, BUT... the very first car the "offline" game starts you in is a Porsche Carrera, and I already found a Maserati Gran Turismo also. I'm thinking those "special edition" cars are multiplayer only.

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So after my previous post I decided to try the multiplayer. Those two "limited edition" cars are for multiplayer. You do start with a decent variety of cars in the multiplayer (including the two listed above), but I'm still not sure how or if you can even unlock some of the others. For instance, in the single player I had already found the Ford F-150 Raptor and Lamborghini Countach... neither of those were available to me in multiplayer when I started it. Also, any unlocks you earned for a specific car offline don't carry over to the online version of that same car either. It seems the offline and online stuff are two completely different animals. I don't think there are any cops in the online game either.

Other than that, the online stuff seems very similar to Burnout. I randomly joined someone else's game so I didn't have control of the challenges, but in the short time I was on we did a lot of Burnout-esque things (meet in a certain spot and jump over x number of players, etc). It probably would've been better if the group was communicating, but nobody was. They all seemed more interested in smashing into each other than actually completing the challenge. Kinda figured it would be like that. Hopefully some of the PS3 Burnout players grab this at some point so I can get a more coordinated co-op experience.

All in all, I would definitely refer to this game as Burnout Paradise 2 with cops.

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Ugh... I already suck enough at racing games and I was really hoping this game was more like the original Most Wanted from when the Xbox 360 was first released. I was also hoping for a garage to upgrade brakes, powertrain, gear ratios, etc.

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I bought this yesterday and played for about an hour. I got extremely frustrated very quickly.

It is just me, or is this game insanely difficult?

I hardly play games anymore, mainly because I suck at them. Most games are simply too hard for me. Have video games gotten a lot harder over the last 7 or 8 years or so, or have I just lost some hand/eye coordination and just suck at video games now?

I used to be pretty good at video games. I liked first person shooters and racing games. I had no problem beating first person shooters and would just play them until I beat them. Now, I can't even beat the first level of most first person shooters. I tried playing Gears of War a while back and honestly couldn't make it more than about 10 steps before I died over and over. Same with Dead Space. I don't even try anymore. I played Diablo 3 on the PC and enjoyed it but the only reason I was able to have any amount of success was because foxdvd helped me out and gave me a bunch of suped up items. I got immediately destroyed when I tried to play through it again on the next difficulty level though and quickly lost interest.

As far as racing games go, I used to dominate those suckers. The Need for Speed games back in the day were a lot of fun to me mainly because I could actually win races. I understand that new games have a bit of a learning curve, but I could tell very quickly last night that I'm going to have a hard time playing this game. I can't go more than about 20 seconds without totalling my car.

I don't know...video games just aren't fun for me anymore because I suck ass, but is it me or have they just gotten a lot harder over the years?

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Where are you looking on the screen as you're racing? if you look at your map you're going to die every time. It takes a little getting used to, but paying attention to where the checkpoint beacons are will let you know which way you're going to need to turn.

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Games have gotten significantly easier the past decade.

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So, I've gotten worse? Oh man...I guess I'm getting old.

I still take pride in the fact that I used to be able to beat Mike Tyson every single time, practically with my eyes closed.

However, my buddy has one of those thingies that lets you play old Nintendo games--not an actual NES, but it's some kind of console system that emulates old NES games. Anyway, I played Punch Out and couldn't even beat the second Bald Bull. I put in the Tyson code and got destroyed like 10 times in a row, so I guess I really have gotten worse.

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Well, I was mainly looking at the road in front of me, but would sneak glances at the map. I found it very hard to see actual routes because there was so much shit going on.

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I wish I could tell you that games have become more difficult, but based on your description above, it sounds like you just suck ;)

That said, I wish the NFS series would adapt a difficulty level. I don't want to run the same race or time trial over and over and over. I just want to enjoy racing cool cars in a non-simulation type game without totalling my ride every 1/4 mile.

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That sounds more like a Sim Racing game. Does Forza or Gran Turismo do that? The Criterion racing games have always been arcadey.