I love consoles. God knows I've owned most of them. But the games for consoles generally have a different feel to them then PC games. Consoles are definitely made more for the younger audience, and often have a more cheesy, toyish feel to them. Outside of the GT series, most car games on consoles are .... crap. The physics are like toy cars. This only makes sense since most people buying consoles are kids/young teens who don't really want super realism, and want more arcadeish style controls
NFSU will sell well. Very well. Is it for me? No. Why? Becuse when I play it, I feel like I'm driving a toy not a "car". This is the same thing they did with the hot pursuit series. they turned it into a arcade game and took away the realism in the driving. If your a long time gamer, and a real gamer, you'll know what I mean by console feel. If your not, you'll just take it as a direct hatred towards consoles which it is not meant to be. Consoles do somethings better. Racing games, sims, and 1st person shooters aren't any of them.
I like a game like porsche unleashed, or my new fav mercedes benz world rally because I feel like I'm "Driving". I can peel out the tires at will, do burn outs, real handbrake control, 360's, I can throw it into a corner and it behaves like it should, drop a gear mash the gas in corner and the tail will come out like it should and when I want it to, and so on ... Driving around fast is a skill.
In NFSU, the handbrake doesn't even really work like a handbrake should. Drifting in NFSU is a laughable bad joke. A stock Civic is taking corners faster and better then a ferrari ever could with no body roll, no understeer/ oversteer. It's brainless fun. Mash the gas, turn the wheel or stick for those still playing with them. Knowing how to "drive" is not needed. great for someone who doesn't know how to drive, and wants to pretend they do. But, for someone who loves driving, it's plain boring.
The tracks are TOOOO SHORT. In todays games, there is NO excuse in my mind to have tracks this short, and this bad. EA has been doing this for too long. They had a really good series back when it started, but since then they ruined it. they seem to think that making short ovals, and just make you to do lap after lap is acceptable. You play other rally games with REAL courses, and these types of tracks in NFS are just boring. Lazy track designers is what I call them. In hot pursuit, did you ever ask yourself a question as the cop is chasing you....why doesn't he just wait for me to come around again? It's a damn circle!
I also want the ability to drive where I want. Go off the course too much in NFSU...what happens? Your car is reset. And what is with reverse? I have to use the brakes to get into reverse? I can't just shift into reverse ? wtf?
I love consoles, and since the prices have come down so much, I'm actually thinking of going out and getting an X-box and mod'ing it. Why? well, I need a 2nd dvd player anyways, and for not much more I can just get an x-box. It won't be my main gaming system. no console has been in a long time. In fact, every console I've bought usually collects more dust then my pc in the past few years. there's just more on PC's and it's a lot cheaper to get games for em
