Need for Speed: all parts. Need for Speed: the last part

If you consider the genres of games on the computer, the race has always had a huge number of fans. For many years gamers all over the world compete with a computer or with each other to find out who is faster, who is cooler, who picks up his car and decorates it better. And the leader in this race for more than twenty years is the series Feed for Speed, which has in its active already two dozen games. At the same time, it does not lose any relevance to the gram and always keep the interest of the fans, as well as attract new users who want to try their hand at speed competitions. A distinctive feature is the fact that in the Need for Speed series all parts are different from each other - they have their chips, their directions and so on. So you can safely play all twenty projects - and none of you will seem the same as the previous one.

The first games (1994-2000)

Old-school gamers like to remember those times when in the Need for Speed series all the pieces consisted of only five pieces. The first of them was released in 1994 and was simply called The Need for Speed. This game is unique for the series, because it was one of the few that used a realistic model of driving - in most other editions, preference was given to arcade. Three years later, the developer released the second part, entitled "Nid Fores Speed II," which was more in line with the canons of the genre. Also, there was a lot of freedom of action, that is, you did not limit the invisible walls around the track. However, the real breakthrough was the episode Need for Speed III: Hot Pursuit, which presented a full-fledged model of competition between the rider and the policeman, which will be seen more than once in the games of the series. The fourth part, which appeared on sale one year after the previous one, was named "Nid for Speed: High Stakes" and offered users a wide range of different racing modes, and also for the first time introduced models of car damage. Final in the initial series was the episode Need for Speed: Porsche Unleashed, which narrowed the lineup of cars to "Porsche", and also saved the game from arcade, giving it realistic control. As you can see, in the Need for Speed series all parts have serious differences and allow you to feel absolutely new emotions.

A new beginning

After such a success, the developers took a break, and many gamers thought that the series would not return, that under the name Need for Speed, all parts had already been released. However, everything turned out to be quite different - in 2002 the world saw the game Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit 2, which became a continuation of the traditions of the third part of the series and, in fact, created a new tradition that in the subsequent episodes, there was almost always a mode of confrontation between racers and policemen. However, 2003 and Need for Speed: Underground showed that this series will live happily ever after. Firstly, from a simple set of routes, a transition was made to the city, in which you need to advance along the career ladder of a street racer, performing various tasks. On the earned money you can buy new cars or improve existing ones, and also you have an opportunity to decorate your car in various ways. Naturally, a wave of success was broken, and a year later the project "Nid For Speed: Underground 2" was released, which expanded the possibilities of the previous game and allowed you to travel around the city in a free mode. But after that, the developers decided not to develop the same idea, but to expand their horizons, so in 2005 the game "Need for Speed: Most Wanted" was released, in which the driver-policeman again returned to the subject, only it was done on the basis of the achievements of Underground 2, of course, with the introduction of new cars, trails, modes, as well as significant improvements in graphics. Here is such a solid foundation laid for the series Need for Speed 1 part.

Searches for a new

Naturally, this did not end there, and in the Need for Speed series the list of parts was just beginning to grow. So, in 2006, the game "Nid For Speed: Carbon", which completely continued the previous project, only slightly reduced the number of police races, focusing on street racing, and the distinctive feature was the opportunity to recruit a team of riders and distribute duties between them race. In 2007, there was a return to realism - the game Need for Speed: ProStreet was a mixture of arcade simulator with these races, taking from the latest realistic model of damage with the possibility of a complete stop of the car. In 2008, developers again raised the issue of policemen, only this time Need for Speed: Undercover offers players a very interesting opportunity - to act as a cop under the cover, which should catch the street racers. But the 2009 project Need for Speed: Shift was very different from all the previous ones, because it completely returned the gamer to realistic control of the car, absolutely refused to arcade and immersed users in the world of ring rally racing. In the same year came out and a small project Need for Speed: Nitro for such consoles as Nintendo - he returned the game arcade and simplicity. After Shift, this game became like Part 2 of Need for Speed after the first - a serious turn.

Lately

In 2010, something incredible happened - the NFS series, and specifically the Nid For Speed: World project - was online. Now players from all over the world could compete with each other in MMO mode, which was a real breakthrough in racing simulators. In the same year, the developers decided to take the courageous step and released Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit, that is, a complete remake of one of the first games of the series, which did not even change the name. But all the rest was redone, and it turned out a real masterpiece about police races. 2011 was held under the sign of realism, as the game Need for Speed Shift 2: Unleashed was released, which took into account all the lessons of the original and became much more fascinating. Next came the project Need for Speed: The Run, in which much has been changed, and for the first time the opportunity to get out of the car, as well as QTE moments, was added. Given the success of 2010 in terms of remake, the developers decided to repeat it, and in 2012 appeared the game Need for Speed: Most Wanted, which became one of the most successful in history. But this is still not over - ahead of you is the novelty of the series Need for Speed - the last part of Need for Speed: Rivals.

the last part

Under this brand, there are already quite a lot of racing simulators. But what is the latest game of the Need for Speed series? The last part is a combination of all the best of the previous episodes. It is called Need for Speed: Rivals, appeared on sale relatively recently - in 2013. After that, the developers took a break, but they did not finish with the series - in 2015 gamers are waiting for another novelty.

The future of the series

Do not think that the game in 2013 should forget about the series Need for Speed - the new parts will still come out, and they will, most likely, quite a lot. The nearest release is scheduled for 2015 - then the game Need for Speed: No Limits should come out. While it is not said much about it, it becomes clear from the available information that this game will be typical for the series - street racing, pumping car, chasing the police. However, who knows what surprise developers can present?

Results

If to sum up, then with the naked eye you can see that even after 20 games the NFS series is thriving. It is the most successful in its genre and one of the most popular in principle.