The NFS series as a whole ... well I don't like every title. I specifically like the first one for being essentially an interactive magazine test drive of these early to mid-90's cars with cool music videos to go with each car. Of course I like the way the cars handle and crash.
Then I liked Need for Speed III Hot Pursuit for the Playstation. I also have it for the PC ... but the original Playstation 1 version ruled. Of course I like that game for an entirely different reason than the first game. I liked it because of it's amazing powerslidey physics. No game to this day pulls off the amazing god like feel that game gave me. It was unrealistic (although I've pulled off some similar slides in my old Trans Am) but very satisfying ;)
The rest of the series ... whatever ... I guess High Stakes was so so ... gave me a bit of a Ronin sort of feel when you could play cop chase with two players both driving BMW's (one being a cop car). The last few games I haven't payed too much attention to.
The original though ... yeah love it ;) It might have more to do with the fact that my friends and I all got our licenses around that time and we all raced cars in real life ... as we did in the game. One night I had two tv's going and a room full of guys all playing Need for Speed. It started getting late though and everyone needed to leave. 15 minutes later my friend and I were both given tickets for 104 MPH!!!
Then I liked Need for Speed III Hot Pursuit for the Playstation. I also have it for the PC ... but the original Playstation 1 version ruled. Of course I like that game for an entirely different reason than the first game. I liked it because of it's amazing powerslidey physics. No game to this day pulls off the amazing god like feel that game gave me. It was unrealistic (although I've pulled off some similar slides in my old Trans Am) but very satisfying ;)
The rest of the series ... whatever ... I guess High Stakes was so so ... gave me a bit of a Ronin sort of feel when you could play cop chase with two players both driving BMW's (one being a cop car). The last few games I haven't payed too much attention to.
The original though ... yeah love it ;) It might have more to do with the fact that my friends and I all got our licenses around that time and we all raced cars in real life ... as we did in the game. One night I had two tv's going and a room full of guys all playing Need for Speed. It started getting late though and everyone needed to leave. 15 minutes later my friend and I were both given tickets for 104 MPH!!!