Fortunately however, Ghost Games manages to achieve this, and in a way that I really don’t think we’ve ever seen before.
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While on the odd occasion you’ll be forced to do the same action across all three speedlists to progress the story, for the greater part it’s completely up to you on how to play – and it’s this reason that makes Rivals so great.Ī lot of developers these days will talk about player choice being at the heart of their games, but when it comes to racing titles that often seems like a difficult thing to do. These are essentially checklists which specify a number of criteria that you need to fulfill in order to continue.ĭepending on the type of speedlist you select (you are given three to choose from in each rank) these can vary from finishing a race in a particular position, drifting for a specified distance, or successfully hitting your opponents with pursuit tech – and these type of criteria will vary depending on whether you’re playing as a racer or a cop. In Need For Speed: Rivals you climb through the ranks and progress through the campaign by completing ‘Speedlists’. Now this option to play on either side of the law isn’t new to the franchise, but it isn’t until now that I feel that it’s been implemented so well. Need For Speed: Rivals is ultimately split into two campaigns, one where you play as a racer and the other as a cop. And let me tell you, this game is amazing. Reason being, while Most Wanted mightn’t have been the game a lot of us were hoping for, without it, I’m confident in saying that Rivals wouldn’t have been as great as it now is. That said, while Criterion might have released two titles that felt more like a Burnout game with the NFS brand slapped over it, there’s no denying that the contributions they made were invaluable. With both the release of Hot Pursuit and then Most Wanted, it’s debatable whether either of those two titles ‘fit in’ with the previous games in the series. The involvement of Criterion in the Need For Speed franchise was not one without its share of criticism and skepticism from the fans.