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  • Fantastic review :)

  • Can i play this? my pc Is : AMD Phenom II X2 560 Proccesor,4,00 GB ram , AMD RAdeon HD 6570?

  • Great video anyway!

  • GTA5 has more depth but NFSHP is more entertaining, the best in the serie since 1998.

  • hey! can i play career mode in this game without having a net[online] connection?

  • @220nishant yea

  • Its 10€ on Steam right now, so I was wondering if I should get it. Thanks! :)

  • I suck at this game, cause Burnout spoiled me with super responsive car handling :( Srsly, I can't turn in this game like at all!

  • I am thinking of buying this game on PC. Should I? Where would I get it and what kind of computer do you need?

    Thanks! >_<

  • chickennbutt!!!! LOL

  • The controls on PC are so bad

  • looks like burnout

  • @Moguta1 developed by criterion games, same people who made the burnout series :)

  • This game is awsome! I have it for the xbox 360!

  • man your driving is so bad its surprising you had any fun with this game

  • On thw wii this game SUCKS so bad.

  • Oh wait I forgot the police time trial modes :/ those were bloody intense

  • I seem to find those Police interceptor modes harder than the time trials...

  • the time trials WERE WAYYY TOO HARD

  • I still have the first Hot Pursuit :D

  • what better online been a police officer or a racer???

  • what do u like better? Racers or the police?

  • This NFS is crap compared to the old ones. This should have been called "Burnout: [insert cop subtitle here]" or something. I miss the Two player, the exhibition mode, the ability to ram your front tire into their back tire to make them spin out, the free roaming that didn't suck and had meaning, the red Ferrari F50s, and the ability to change the difficulty. (this game is extremely to easy.)

    If you haven't played the real NFS games, like high stakes or hot pursuit 2, then don't reply to this.

  • @ThatOneEmoKidd The only real need for speed game was the original on 3DO, everything sense that is a knock off remake that never could recreate that amazingly great game. I have owned almost every single need for speed made. Not including porche unleashed or whatever it was and underground 1. I currently playShift 2 unleashed and think it compliments the series fairly well. Shift one was crap even though i still own it. This title hot persuit(next gen) wont match high stakes but im considering.

  • online is the best part , timetrials sucks ass, great cars

  • What sucks is that you can't play against your friend(s) sitting next to you, you have to send him / them home (or to a shop first to purchase a PS if he/they doesn't/don't already have one) and then play against him remotely, probably with a phone on speaker, so you can shout at each other that way....WTF?!? What happend with good games you can play against your mates in the same room??? THE BEST NFS EVER was NFS Hot Pursuit II for PS2, still have it and play it often with mates in same room!

  • Nice review. Yea, those time trials can be a real bitch. I tried for gold in one time trail, and I tried it 54 times, and my final time was .01 seconds faster the time set for a gold medal...can't cut it any closer than that haha

  • good review overall but towards the end you say the cars "handle realistically" lol, no they don't.

  • This "time saver pack" stuff is total bullshit. Getting everything without earning it was called a cheat code back in the day. I should say, a FREE cheat code. Cash grabs are getting old.

  • This game is fun yet dissapointing to me because it seems repeteitive. though there is 2 story modes after awhile i get sick of doing the seemingly same thing over and over again, most wanted was a much better cop type driving game, and when it comes to a raceing game i'd rather grab one of the Grad Turismo or Forza 3 because of the mass sullection of cars and realizm of the games

  • whats the point of the emp and spikes if u just get respawned back on the road like nothing happened.....and what's the point of nitro and turbo speed if everyone catches you eventually no matter how fast u go or how far u are??????????????????.........­.......dumb game....dumb developers.

  • @21iunie with emp and spikes you dont get respawned like nothing happened, you take pretty severe damage and you crash. Nitro and turbo help a lot in this game. Turbo helps if you need to get away from the cops immediately albeit temporarily. Try a race without nitro and then try one using nitro, you'll see it makes the world of difference. And you are wrong when you say they catch up to you no matter how fast you go. I've seen racers who are so good that they finish the race untouched.

  • @INeedaKoffee I don't follow.

  • @ZeitgeistReview He means that your gameplay made him get all hot and bothered because he is such an elite, hardcore NFS gamer.

  • @ZeitgeistReview You said that Need For Speed III Hot Pursuit (1998) is a classic racing game don't you?

  • @kzbxvz Yes man! With a lot weaker graphics and frame rate of course! But the music from that game will slam any to date racing game to the ground!

  • Weeewww lol 3:05 i thought that was the wheel sound

  • This game was so easy to get platinum

  • I hate time trials modes why do they have to make time trial so god dam hard.

  • i bought dis game for 10 bucks at second hand shop and trade it at eb for 30 bucks lol

  • lol @ 7:45 rage quit

  • 3:04 i find this really interesting in this review. lol

  • If u have a hard time to find the best cars. Here is my list.

    Sport: Mazda RX - 8

    Performance: Unknown (dont play this class)

    Super: Mercedes Benz AMG SL65 Black series

    Exotic: Mercedes Benz SLR McLaren Stirling Moss

    Hyper: Gumpert Apollo

    If u disagree then race me.With a car u mean is better.

  • @TryRaceMe

    For performance i would use the BMW M3.

  • @TryRaceMe Well in Exotic I'd prefer the 722 and the ACR.For Hyper my fav is the F1(I don'y have the SS pack though)

  • i got to get me this game!

  • should i get this or shift 2?

  • Do you still play this on xbox?

  • @Pizzaboy139 I don't, no.

  • can u be both the cop and the racer on the campagn

  • I was just wondering 'cause I was thinking of maybe getting this for pc: would I need a decent graphics card to play this or would the integrated card on my pc (NVIDIA GeForce 8200) be sufficient to run the game decently?

  • the time raceing thing arent that hard its challangeing and thats what i like about a game not just to fly through it overall im gonna get this game

  • I'll be playing as the cops for sure. Taking down scumbags using ANY MEANS NECESSARY. It's all in the name of justice, kids.

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  • thumbs up if all your medals are gold

  • I dont know how the mode is called but can we used our own music that we got in our console??

  • Do alot of people play this online? (360 version)

  • should I buy this game for pc

  • do you get your own car to upgrade and customize? like most wanted

  • i just didnt like the fact that this game only had career and online. there was no quick mode where you just pick a car pick a track and race ai.

  • GT5 Is Superb!

  • which is better..GT5 or this?

  • @sweettooth1153 this.

  • @sweettooth1153 You can't compare them, gt5 is a sim-racer, and this is a arcade game ;)

  • A must buy. offline is amzing and will entertain you for hours. but with the online added to it youl be there for days! intense graphics and awesome cars. deffibtly the best NFS game to date. starts relitivly easy but difficulty increases as you progress through the game. it can get quite hard but with practice its not impossible

  • should i get the offline version or is the online worth it? does the online offer alot more gameplay time?

  • Man nice presenttation... oki when u get to be tha cop is tha cops radio use full when u taken down tha racers?

  • I have the wii version, graphics suck. It says its made in 2010. Intro is also waaaaay different.

  • Most fun racing game in a while...even after u completely beat the game, you still have to beat some of ur friends times, so the game is never really over. online play is wicked awesome too. the only thing that could hav made this game absolutely perfect is a splitscreen mode...really wish Criterion had included that...

  • is there a splitscreen offline multiplayer mode?

  • @oihhow Negative.

  • I'm gettin this just cause MIA is in it

  • Hey im gettin need for speed hot pursuit for my birthday and wanted to know is the wii version worse then the other versions

  • Really nice review long but full of important info not like other long reviews subscribed and thx this has helped me in deciding!!!

  • is it a carrer mode game

  • @taran910 Yea, it's hard.  It just takes practice.

  • @ZeitgeistReview Hope u have some drivin skill now. COZ this gameplay made me frustrated.

  • @TryRaceMe I haven't played since the review, so no, I have no skillz.

  • @ZeitgeistReview Why do u say so much good stuff about the game when u havent played since the review XD.

  • @TryRaceMe Because I'm a game reviewer and I play a new game every 3 or 4 days then move on to the next one. Have no time to go back and play older ones.

  • this game is just só cool! it looks só great. im gonna buy it!

  • It looks like your driving a brick arcade style

  • Liked it but not like crashing every time.

  • im getting it 2day in the mail for ps3,add me my psn is s1-wa2 only 1 of my real friends has it (everybody else hates games or has an xbox360,lol i actually bout the ps3 thinking more of my friends would get it)

  • can u chenge ur mode like in to hop ersuit to time

  • Just got this game and blur, can't wait for the mailman to come with them :D

  • Hot Pursuit really really needed the customization of Underground. Also the "beat the clock" missions were so boring. I skipped nearly all of them.

  • the cars handle realistic? wtf? have you ever played gran turismo on Psone? thats mor realistic handling than that!! thats why it callt arcade racer

  • "and they handle realistically" lol. Have you driven a car before? The cars in this game handles nothing like real life. This is just Burnout Paradise with some new car skins. Heck, this is the first NFS without a manual mode! Most of the cars in this game has a manual or sequential manual transmission in real life.

  • cool

  • 1) Hold your breath.

    2) Copy all of these steps.

    3) Go to two other video.

    4) Paste it in the comments.

    If you can do all of this without breathing you're a good Sniper

  • what is ur gamertag

  • itotally understand where your coming based on your critique, i havent played NFS since hot pursuit 2 although i did play some here and there with the "mod racer versions" but it wasnt what i liked but when i heard hot pursuit was coming out again iwas super stoked...theres really no flaws in the games other than my gripes like no Ferraris more hyper cars (saleen s7, ssc aero) performance, and sports cars but thats about it

  • lmfao!!!!!! chickennbutt :P :P

  • Hmmm Zonda Paganini nice!

  • Don't buy this game used if you don't want to pay an extra $10 to access the online features. EA requires that you enter a key-code printed on a slip of paper in the box to play online. Most likely your local store's used copy won't contain one!

  • that's awoesome

  • Does anyone know how this compares with Grand Turismo 5? I'm a ps3 player. I'm normally an action/rpg/fps kinda guy but lately I've been really dying to try one of the new racing games. The last 2 racing games I played were burnout: revenge about 2 years ago and diddykong racing on n64 like 7 years ago lol.

  • @plaguuu if you liked burnout you'll love this..althought the crashes arent as insane here than BO, but this includes the worlds greatest and latest supercars and gives you a break from the seriousness from Gran turismo 5!

  • NFS hp is a very impressiv game but liek the video says the time races are creepy hard. And the test where u drive against the time where cops pursuing you thats crazy stuff

  • HAHAHHAHA cars do NOT handle realistic in this game... lol common its the king of arcade games, how could it possibly handle realistic

  • @Damptarmac really it does handle like the real ones in real life e.g the bentley handles like a tank and the gtr feels like it has a bit under steer

  • @SocraticMind89 haha lol i think its more than that, atleast when u compare to a real simulator like rFactor or GTR-Evolution :P

  • does this game has support for xbox 360 pc controller?

  • i have played the NFS series ever since the game Need For Speed high stakes and i have to say that the time trial races are always pretty easy. I bet they revamped the time trials to make your experience more challenging

  • This was my absolute favorite game on the gamecube!!! I just bought it for the wii tho and the graphics thus far have sucked compared to videos here and everywhere else. I haven't tried carrier mode yet, but I am worried

  • Seriously, i think you need to play a couple of early NFS like Most Wanted or Shift. I think you missed some of the points of the game, especially the weakness of this NFS, such as: The career is weak, as there isnt much customisation on the events, like a Quick Race mod. It can get very stale after a while, but the race events towards the end are really great. Or very lack of setting on the online lobby like, you cant change class(from Hyper cars to Exotics) when you have entered a game.

  • @Cheesenium2 This is a reboot of the 1998 Hot Pursuit. It's made to be similar to that, which I mentioned right in the video, considered I played it back in 98. Also, Most Wanted and Shift are not "early" Need for Speed games... "Hot Pursuit" is.

  • @ZeitgeistReview Hot Pursuit isnt even remotely close to the first Hot Pursuit, as there are so many things missing or out of place. There are some Burnout gameplay throw into the mix like the ramming mechanism.

    Im not saying that you didnt play the classic NFS, you have made it very clear that you played the original. It's just that some of the past NFS are worth to play too. Hot Pursuit 2010 is definitely in the right direction.

  • @Cheesenium2 I didn't say it was the first, I said it was early. I believe it was the third NFS game.

  • @ZeitgeistReview right.. ;) It was the third one. And i love the older one too. All this tuning stuff ... bah i love that one. IUt reminds me alot on the first one.. maybe a little bit burnout in it.. but mostly like hot persiut 2. ^^

  • @ZeitgeistReview I think that this title is more styled towards Hot Pursuit 2, which wasn't as fully featured as Hot Pursuit 1 if you know what I mean. I hope that the next game will be even better though!

  • Add Me I'll race with you! - SUPERJUICEuk2 on xbox live

  • Wow you really drive badly :O

  • I liked Manual Transmission a lot at NFSMW , although it Could have been more difficult to control at Hot Pursuit but it would have been fun to play at manual.

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  • One of the things that's disappointing me in this game is there are no cops in Free Roam. That was the funnest thing in Carbon.

  • This is just another Burnout game in NFS disguise. -.-

  • @MrPlaystation4ever

    It actually has some NFS elements in the game (like bounty, and the cops are similar to MW and Carbon)

  • @MrPlaystation4ever

    And Burnout Itself Ripped off of Early NFS Games in MANY Ways.

    Basically it's just the game coming full circle, People who are complaining about it NOT being like Most Wanted Probaby Never Played Hot Pursuit (Which was The Best damn NFS Game, Because It was fun WITHOUT all of the extra crap.)

  • I did order this game but still.. I would like to have known how it compares to "Most Wanted" which was my favorite NFS so far..

  • @alittleolder

    NFSMW is the best, totally agree

  • 3:04. Best line. Ever.

  • that turbo looks epic

  • Officer Chickennbutt...LOL

  • The only thing that i HATE is the traffic and the A.I is sometimes stupidly hard, its good to have the challenge but sometimes it just seams a but ridicules.

  • I enjoy the game a lot, I picked it up on sale during Thanksgiving. I've put a lot of time in the career mode as a racer, I'm at a wanted level of 11 or 12. You're right about the time trials, I had problems with two of them that took me a while to get through and finish with gold. I've noticed after that my skills have improved, especially with drifting.

  • I havent really enjoyed a NFS game since Underground II, but I will probably buy this anyway. Looks pretty awsome.

  • The only thing that worries me is if the "weapons" are a bit too much, especially in the hands of the racers. It just doesn't feel right. I hope it doesn't unbalance the game. I understand the police having them, but the racers too? Also, an EMP pulse? pff come on!

  • @Trusteft Have you played the game? The racers need those weapons just to stay alive. The cops have a huge advantage as it is, not because of the weapons, but because they simply have to crash into the racers, which deals massive damage. The racers need SOMETHING to keep them alive. From the matches I played online, I found it rather balanced and it really came down to player skill.

  • @ZeitgeistReview That's good to hear. I have played only a very short demo once, didn't get any more chances with it. I was worried that it (NFS) became a combination of Burnout Paradise and Blur/Mario Kart. Each is a great game, but I just wouldn't want as NFS. If I make any sense.

    I was hoping for a game more about driving and racing than "shooting".

  • @ZeitgeistReview and it makes it a lot more exciting

  • @ZeitgeistReview will the police try to take you down in the free roam mode? that was my favorite part of NFS

  • @jamesundeee I don't think so, but I didn't run into any cops while I free roamed.

  • @ZeitgeistReview what about while in free roam, you can drive up to events?

    If you don't understand, imagine Saints Row 2, driving to the racing event and starting from there. Hope you understand my poorly worded question. lol

  • @jamesundeee I don't believe there are events in free roam. It's simply free roam.  You just drive and there is nothing to do beyond simply exploring.

  • @ZeitgeistReview thanks for responding, really feel some good customer service...

    (your awesome)

  • just picked this one up, great game!! hope to see some of you online

  • just picked this one up GREAT GAME

  • Only recently discovered your channel but i really enjoy your reviews,

    going to be buying this game tomorrow. :)

  • Are you going to review GT5 later?

  • @mookman22 We'll see. I have 3 reviews I need to pop out with 2 special videos before the end of the year. If I get to GT5, it likely won't be until late December.

  • please review gran turismo 5 i really want to know your opinion about this game and great review as always

  • Finally they went back to the hot pursuit stuff! That's what made need for speed so unique back then...then they took it out and it was just a fast and furious throwback :|

  • what was that 3:10 sound mean was that like a phew or a woohoo im really quick wasnt too clear

  • @TheOptimalmale It's like, YEA I just passed the level with 8 cops riding my ass and zero health, or like YEA I just beat that time trial with 8 100ths of a second to spare!

  • Looks like fun if I buy an xbox 360 controller for my pc.

  • Zeitgeist you're reviews are awesome because you give an honest opinion about about games. You blow ign and gamespot out the water so I really do hope you get paid for what you do. The only other reviewer that comes close to the caliber of you're reviews is Whity The Reviewer, everyone else is just Ok*. Thanks for the uploads and I can't wait for the GT5 review (since you actually spent time with the game).

  • Be nice to get beat by a guy who's user name is Chickennbutt. Lmao. :)

  • i think the only problem i have with this game (other than the time trials) is that there isnt any split screen multiplayer.

    In the past, NFS games were great party games where friends could come over and play. Especially in the original Hot pursuit where 2 players can both be cops and take out an entire race.

  • Lovin' all the gameplay footage that was shown. I really can't decide between this or Blur(still haven't picked it up yet). As much as I enjoyed Burnout 3 and the original Hot Pursuit, I may just pick this one up instead.. Also, thanks for staying true to NOT giving a bland number to each title you rate. I cannot stand when media critics feel the need to slap a number label on a movie, piece of art, book, or videogame. Great review!

  • <3 This game. PERIOD

  • your driving skills are worse than my girlfriends

  • @arasthdm Cool story bro!

  • @ZeitgeistReview This is weird to say but I think it's funny that my teacher, CJDeWitt24 subscribed to you. :O

  • ITs a pitty you cant costumize the cars

  • Just curious does anyone know what is the title of the song at the very start and the very end of review?

  • @rommels44 edge of the earth by 30 seconds to mars

  • @hatedrootofmalice thx ;)

  • why don't rate the games u review ?

  • @sageyash I tell you what's good and what's bad. You can't figure out whether or not you like it from that? Seriously, a number is what helps you determine whether or not to buy it? Ok, I give this a 52 out of 3. Why? Because it's a meaningless number with no facts behind it.

  • @ZeitgeistReview But that person might have been a FPS fan so since they are different genres you can't really compare

  • @ZeitgeistReview dude chill it's just a Q !

  • @ZeitgeistReview well said

  • @ZeitgeistReview so this game is worth buying? am i right?

  • @xGODLYxSKiLLeDx666x You are right.

  • I thought the dispatcher was annoying and the cop campaign was lame since you didn't actually get any backup cops, just lame roadblocks and stuff which didn't work half the time. I guess if you like racing games you'd like this, but I personally wasn't a fan