Need for Speed: Most Wanted

Wow, it’s been a while since I last blogged about gaming, but it’s been a pretty hectic year for me, and I took a bit of a break from blogging (and gaming) in general.

I just about kept on gaming because so many games in 2012 were a disappointment for me. So what did I get up to?

Gotta catch ’em all

I got the Jak and Daxter HD trilogy, but have so far only managed to play through the first game. The game looks amazing, and the gameplay is exactly how I remembered it. Naughty Dog make superb games.

Trying to collect every last Precursor is addictive, and well-worth the effort!

Back to Modern Warfare 3

I think I’m going to depart company with the Treyarch series of games. Both Black Ops and Black Ops II have been nothing but disappointments, whereas I just can’t fault the entire Modern Warfare series.

Why you ask? The usual- dropped games, errors, and the damn games freeze my PS3. That’s almost unheard of. Also, Black Ops II just isn’t as satisfying as a Modern Warfare match online. It just doesn’t compare.

I may complete a bit of the Black Ops II single player campaign, but who knows?

Continue reading What I’ve been playing: the better-late-than-never edition

Criterion Games are developing the new Need for Speed: Most Wanted (2012). That’s all as I need to know. Here Criterion, have my wallet. It’s yours.

To be honest Criterion had me at Burnout 2: Point of Impact (2002), so trusting them to serve up another sublime racing game is pretty easy, and who can forget Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit (2010)? Superb.

Let’s not forget though that as far as big releases go, Criterion Games have put their ‘Burnout’ IP on ice for the foreseeable future and are continuing moonlighting under the ‘Need for Speed’ brand. I honestly don’t have a problem with this as long as the top-notch quality racing games keep coming.

However Joystiq seems to have an interesting theory: ‘Need for Speed: Most Wanted is a secret return to Paradise‘. Well-worth a read. See also: Need for Speed: Most Wanted- Official site.

Need for Speed: Most Wanted (2012) will be released across the EU on 2 November 2012. I can’t wait!