{"id":212126,"date":"2021-03-10T03:01:31","date_gmt":"2021-03-10T03:01:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gamerant.com\/battlefield-6-need-for-speed-franchise-delay-2022-good-criterion-games\/"},"modified":"2021-03-10T03:01:31","modified_gmt":"2021-03-10T03:01:31","slug":"the-need-for-speed-delay-is-better-for-the-racing-game-than-battlefield-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/wordpress\/index.php\/2021\/03\/10\/the-need-for-speed-delay-is-better-for-the-racing-game-than-battlefield-6\/","title":{"rendered":"The Need for Speed Delay is Better for the Racing Game Than Battlefield 6"},"content":{"rendered":"

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EA’s been in a strange place the last few years, with its premier non-sports titles ending up on the backfoot compared to similar titles.\u00a0Battlefield<\/em>\u00a05<\/em>‘s disappointment made way for games like\u00a0Call of Duty: Modern Warfare<\/em>, and now\u00a0Black Ops Cold War<\/em>,\u00a0at the mainstream first-person shooters.\u00a0Need for Speed<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0has been supplanted by simulatory and arcade-like experiences such as\u00a0Forza Horizon\u00a0<\/em>or\u00a0Dirt 5<\/em>. Ironically enough, EA even acquired Codemasters to expand its racing catalogue beyond just\u00a0Need for Speed<\/em>. Yet, while Codemasters will continue with its own independent racing projects,\u00a0Need for Speed<\/em>‘s developer will assist in\u00a0Battlefield<\/em> development this year.<\/p>\n

As EA and DICE prepare a grand return for\u00a0Battlefield<\/em> this fall, the publisher has also tapped Criterion Games to assist with supplemental development on\u00a0Battlefield<\/em>. Set to debut this\u00a0fall,\u00a0Battlefield 6<\/em> (or whatever the next entry is named) presumably aims to reignite the franchise after\u00a0Battlefield 5<\/em>‘s troubled release. Criterion, being the main developer of the\u00a0Need for Speed<\/em> series, has had to delay this year’s entry to 2022 because of\u00a0Battlefield<\/em>‘s development. If anything, devoting more development time to\u00a0Need for Speed<\/a><\/em> can only benefit the franchise, which has struggled with relevancy for nearly a decade.<\/p>\n

RELATED:\u00a0Criterion Assisting With Battlefield 6 Development, New Need for Speed Delayed<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Even if both the\u00a0Battlefield<\/em> and\u00a0Need for Speed<\/em> franchises are primed for a comeback during this new console generation,\u00a0Battlefield<\/em> already has the advantage. Unlike EA’s iconic racing series,\u00a0Battlefield<\/em>‘s had a minor misstep in an otherwise very successful tenure as\u00a0EA’s flagship first-person shooter.\u00a0Battlefield 5<\/em> is only a relatively recent failure in the wake of successful entries like\u00a0Battlefield 1<\/em>,\u00a0Battlefield 4<\/em>,\u00a0Battlefield 3<\/em>, and even\u00a0Bad Company 2<\/em><\/a>.\u00a0Battlefield<\/em>‘s redemption arc, so to speak, isn’t a long time coming.\u00a0Battlefield<\/em>\u00a05<\/em> was relatively slow on the uptake when it came to balance changes and post-launch content, something the next game presumably won’t repeat.<\/p>\n

As for\u00a0Need for Speed<\/em>, it’s a completely different story. The franchise’s overall decline is attributed to multiple\u00a0Need for Speed<\/em> games that weren’t able to match previous successes like 2010’s\u00a0Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit,\u00a0<\/em>or any of the earlier titles like\u00a0Underground\u00a0<\/em>or\u00a0Most Wanted<\/em><\/a>. The most recent entry,\u00a0Need for Speed Heat<\/em>, made massive strides and improvements over previous iterations, but it still paled in comparison to games almost a decade old. Before that,\u00a0Need for Speed Payback<\/em>,\u00a0Need for Speed\u00a0<\/em>2015,\u00a0Need for Speed Rivals<\/em>, 2012’s\u00a0Need for Speed: Most Wanted<\/em>, and\u00a0Need for Speed: The Run\u00a0<\/em>were all critically and commercially lackluster entries.<\/p>\n

RELATED:\u00a0Need for Speed Has to Go Forward, But Keeps Falling Behind<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Need for Speed<\/em>‘s biennial release schedule has put the franchise into a perpetual state of fatigue that it hasn’t managed to escape since 2011. This most recent delay will be the first time in almost a decade where Need for Speed<\/em> won’t follow its typical release schedule<\/a> of every two years. Of course, this can primarily be attributed to\u00a0Battlefield<\/em>‘s development necessitating additional support. However, extra time between\u00a0Need for Speed<\/em> entries can only benefit the next installment, despite being delayed into 2022.\u00a0Need for Speed<\/em> needs time to marinate and adjust the franchise, largely by looking back on past failures and learning from what was lacking.<\/p>\n

Time can only provide that perspective to\u00a0Need for Speed<\/em>. Gameplay-wise, the series has been all over the place, with each release between\u00a0Need for Speed: The Run<\/em> and\u00a0Need for Speed Heat<\/em> making significant changes to handling, sense of speed, and other pivotal gameplay aspects. Mechanics in the last four or five\u00a0Need for Speed<\/em> games have basically been a testing ground<\/a> for different gameplay styles, rather than a consistently improved driving model. Paired with\u00a0narratives wildly differentiating from uninteresting to excruciatingly irrelevant,\u00a0Need for Speed<\/em> as a franchise has been anything but consistent in design, as well as critical\/commercial reception.<\/p>\n

Inspiration may not necessarily stem from working on\u00a0Battlefield<\/em>, even though adding destruction-style elements a la\u00a0Burnout<\/em> wouldn’t be unwelcome.\u00a0That being said,\u00a0Need for Speed<\/em> needs to harken back to its glory days if it’s going to ever recreate similar success. There were hints of Criterion Games doing just that with\u00a0Need for Speed Heat<\/em>, and tangentially so with\u00a0Need for Speed<\/em>: Hot Pursuit<\/em> 2010’s remaster<\/a>. Stronger influence from the critically-acclaimed titles of\u00a0Need for Speed<\/em>‘s past can only help the series. 2010’s\u00a0Need for Speed<\/em>: Hot Pursuit<\/em> is a good start, but it pales in comparison to the heights of 2005’s\u00a0Most Wanted<\/em> and 2003’s Underground<\/i>.<\/p>\n

Need for Speed 2022<\/em>\u00a0<\/strong>is in development.<\/p>\n

MORE:\u00a0EA’s Acquisition of Codemasters: The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n

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