From the TV screen to the big screen
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| photo by: Leanne Delong |
There you are, sitting in the driver seat of a
silver Porsche 911, hands on the wheel, hands on the controller, as the countdown
on the screen hits zero and the other racing cars take off down the highway as
your tires start to spin. Your adrenaline rushes as you see the first police
cars lights flick on and approach you in the review mirror.
Need for
Speed is my favorite racing game
for the Sony PlayStation, and I owned the original three games for the PS1 back
in the day. Need for Speed released
in 1994, Need for Speed II released
in 1997 and Need for Speed III: Hot
Pursuit released in 1998.
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| wikipedia.com |
The third one was my favorite with the high
speed chases, the interactive game play with a second player in the same room,
(which apparently these days has turned into talking into a microphone over the
Internet, YUCK). Anyway, I remember the thrill of sitting next to your friend,
sibling or cousin taking turns being cops or the race car driver and seeing who
took the other down first. What an excellent video game rush.
It seems the
Need for Speed franchise has been on the fast track since launching its
second video game because it has released a new game every year since then. EA
(Electronic Arts) has created a total of 20 NFS games since 1994.
Now, I didn’t much care for the two games
released in 2009, Need for Speed: Shift and
Need for Speed: Nitro the style just
was not for me, but other than that, I really give EA thumbs up for its NFS
series.
The only thing that bothers me these days as an
adult gamer of NFS is the fact that the last game I bought was only 1 player.
While you could use multi-player online, I really miss the old days where two people
sat down in front of the TV and chased the crap out of each other. I just don’t
feel it gives the same experience as it once did with only an online
multi-player option.
With that said, my goodness have the graphics
improved since 1994, am I right? It is amazing to see the transformation and how
far it’s come in just over a decade. Thumbs up for Sony especially with its
PlayStation graphics, it is probably the only reason I still would buy another
PlayStation, even though I am annoyed that there is no game back play from
previous systems.
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| belief.net |
So being a huge fan, when I heard the news of a
movie being released on March 14, 2014, I was worried they would ruin a good
thing by bringing it to the big screen. However, after watching the movie and
the mighty fine acting by Aaron Paul, Dominic Cooper, Imogen Poots, Michael
Keaton, and the rest of the cast, I have to say I enjoyed the movie. It had me
on the edge of my seat the whole time.
According to www.boxofficemojo.com, Need
for Speed had a total domestic gross of $43,577,636 when released this past
March as an Action movie rated PG-13. Even though its run time was 2 hours and
ten minutes, it’s worth every minute in my opinion just to see a video game be
brought to life and done right.
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| needforspeed.com |
So with what seems like success, after success,
what is next for the NFS series? Apparently you can now by the newest NFS for
the PS4 and other consoles called Need
for Speed Rivals where you can experience a “bleeding edge, frostbite 3
engine” while driving of course the hottest, fastest cars to date. I can’t wait
to get my hands on it!
#keepitnerdy
Written by: Leanne Delong
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