RinkuKulkan Posted January 5, 2023 Share Posted January 5, 2023 https://store.playstation.com/es-mx/product/UP0006-CUSA05999_00-NFS1800000000001 Need for Speed Payback is just $1.99 in the US PS Store. Deal ends January 19th 2023. For me, this is the best of the modern NSF games (excluding Unbound, cuz I haven't played it). The gameplay, story and mechanics are really enjoyable. The road to Platinum isn't as grindy, but a bit challenging. In October 2020, this game was part of the PS Plus Essential free games. If you weren't able to nab it back then, I think is a good time to get it for this price. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkirye22 Posted January 5, 2023 Share Posted January 5, 2023 Isn't the game heavily card/RNG based when it comes to vehicle upgrades and components? Main reason I never got it, even for basically free As for Unbound and myself fondly missing Hot Pursuit 2 / Most Wanted, and recently found Rivals / Heat / NFS (2015) good - Unbound is utter trash Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LadyGallethX3 Posted January 5, 2023 Share Posted January 5, 2023 9 minutes ago, Valkirye22 said: Isn't the game heavily card/RNG based when it comes to vehicle upgrades and components? Main reason I never got it, even for basically free As for Unbound and myself fondly missing Hot Pursuit 2 / Most Wanted, and recently found Rivals / Heat / NFS (2015) good - Unbound is utter trash Yup and worse, if u buy another car u have to get cards for it all over again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hitman_Spinksy1 Posted January 5, 2023 Share Posted January 5, 2023 I don't remember it being that bad, it was over 2 years ago so my memory maybe a little foggy but I done it in a week and back then I had a hard time sticking to just one game 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rayjenjoeryry_jr Posted January 5, 2023 Share Posted January 5, 2023 the card thing isint like that anymore. you can just straight up buy parts 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dry Posted January 5, 2023 Share Posted January 5, 2023 (edited) All four NFS franchise installments developed by Ghost Games have been discounted for only a few bucks each on the PS Store a few times over the months leading up to and following Need For Speed: Unbound's launch. Also I must disagree with the OP on Payback. It's not a horrible open world arcade racer at all but far, far from being a great one. Edited January 5, 2023 by Dry Post 471, the same number of total posts on my first (retired) forum profile. Wow... o_o 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djb5f Posted January 5, 2023 Share Posted January 5, 2023 I only really started playing NFS in the ps3 era. Liked a lot: Carbon, The Run Liked pretty well: Heat, Payback Didn’t Like: Hot Pursuit, Rivals The last two were too gimmicky with over reliance on gadgets and weapons. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imminent-file5 Posted January 6, 2023 Share Posted January 6, 2023 This isn't even a bargain considering that you need to pay 10.99 CAD just to make sure you get 100% trophy completion. But of course this is EA, so the deluxe version that includes the DLC isn't currently on sale. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GUDGER666 Posted January 6, 2023 Share Posted January 6, 2023 Still overpriced. One of the worst games I've played. The quality is so poor, it's like they got to about 70% and just thought ah that'll do. They couldn't even be bothered to put the characters in the cutscenes before races, and if you look at the cars in these cutscenes they aren't even on the ground, they are floating. It also has input lag which is bad for a racing game, I've never experienced input lag on a racing game before. I don't have a single good thing to say about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annoyingtiger888 Posted January 6, 2023 Share Posted January 6, 2023 28 minutes ago, GUDGER666 said: Still overpriced. One of the worst games I've played. The quality is so poor, it's like they got to about 70% and just thought ah that'll do. They couldn't even be bothered to put the characters in the cutscenes before races, and if you look at the cars in these cutscenes they aren't even on the ground, they are floating. It also has input lag which is bad for a racing game, I've never experienced input lag on a racing game before. I don't have a single good thing to say about it. I keep seeing people say this and I'm surprised each time. This is probably my second favorite NFS title, I enjoyed it a lot and was sad when I finally finished it. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zizimonster Posted January 6, 2023 Share Posted January 6, 2023 11 hours ago, RinkuKulkan said: For me, this is the best of the modern NSF games (excluding Unbound, cuz I haven't played it). The gameplay, story and mechanics are really enjoyable. The road to Platinum isn't as grindy, but a bit challenging. Interesting. I thought NFS Heat was the better game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RinkuKulkan Posted January 6, 2023 Author Share Posted January 6, 2023 (edited) 16 hours ago, Dry said: Also I must disagree with the OP on Payback. It's not a horrible open world arcade racer at all but far, far from being a great one. I never said it was a great game. I said that out of the 3 modern NFS games, this is the best one. 17 hours ago, Valkirye22 said: Isn't the game heavily card/RNG based when it comes to vehicle upgrades and components? Main reason I never got it, even for basically free As for Unbound and myself fondly missing Hot Pursuit 2 / Most Wanted, and recently found Rivals / Heat / NFS (2015) good - Unbound is utter trash RNG based, yes. Heavily, no. I didn't liked that aspect of the game either, but you can move on through the game without dealing with the RNG. Buying better cars and using the legendaries is a better way to progress. 6 hours ago, zizimonster said: Interesting. I thought NFS Heat was the better game. For me, Heat was close to beating Payback for the number 1 spot. Some driving mechanics, the longer grind and the reliance on meta cars didn't cut it for me. When playing Heat, I missed payback more. I definitely Platted that game too quickly. Edited January 6, 2023 by RinkuKulkan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barra333 Posted January 6, 2023 Share Posted January 6, 2023 17 hours ago, rayjenjoeryry_jr said: the card thing isint like that anymore. you can just straight up buy parts Did they change it since August 2022? When I played it, you could upgrade individual parts with the RNG, or pay a hefty sum of (in game) cash to upgrade all parts to a given level. Either way, the RNG was not as bad as it is made out to be. Sure, it was frustrating and took longer than if you could pick and choose, but barely slowed progression at all. Certainly not a reason to not play the game. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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