Need for Speed is one of those franchises deeply rooted into gaming culture. Last week I talked about Call of Duty franchise which released 16 games up to this point in time, that franchise is younger than Need for Speed franchise by 8 years.
Right now there are 26 Need for Speed games, but unlike Call of Duty people don't have such a negative way of looking at them. Arcade racing games with good graphics, good looking cars and fun feeling of driving can last a very long time as Need for Speed is proving constantly for more than 25 years.
Some Need for Speed games early on were great, later on some were decent, but the new ones somehow never seem to grab a larger audience. Good sales or bad sales EA keeps on producing new ones. Need for Speed it seems will never go away.
My personal favorites were Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit from 1998 and Need for Speed: Underground from 2003, I also liked Underground 2, I don't recall enjoying anything in last 10 years. I tried some new ones here and there, but those were never as fun as Hot Pursuit and Underground.
Need for Speed: Heat is coming out November 8, that is one month from now and again the game seems very generic, seen countless time before. I don't know maybe this one will be ok, who knows, all I know judging by the new Need for Speed games this one will be just another one in line until next one in 2020 hits. Some things never change, war and EA's Need for Speed.