I just got back from playing NFS: Most Wanted with my brother. At first it seemed impossible to get into; the controls were all backward and he couldn't use his mouse. After about fifteen minutes, he finally got it fixed to his liking and then we played...or had a good time trying. Neither of us could drive without crashing every five seconds, and we were always going the wrong way; evidenced by the big WRONG WAY at the top of the screen and the way the mileage we traveled kept decreasing.
By the way, the game sucked; don't buy into it. And EA, you need to stop bullsh*tting your fans and bring NFSW back. You can't possibly believe this new game is better. I just laughed because it was so incredibly stupid. On an amusing, impossible level. The bumper, after the first two or three crashes, would start to fall off, but instead of dropping onto the road, it would bounce back up. So the bumper is vibrating up and down, making the car look like it was laughing, which only made me laugh until I was near tears; and the right side door was doing the same thing. I managed to find the train tracks and drive off a nearby cliff, and upon landing there were brilliant, colorful sparks all over the place; and it was the weirdest thing, that driving through a gas station would change the color of the car and remove all damage, giving me another Porsche altogether. And then, crash, crash, crash; nothing could keep the damn thing from humping the walls. It was hard to steer and it lagged so, so much; and that was on a computer with a terabyte, with the graphics turned down.
I think he's deleting the game right now. Seriously, don't buy into it. You could be buying precious food with that money. Take advice from a poor girl; don't waste it. You'll be kicking yourself forever.
By the way, the game sucked; don't buy into it. And EA, you need to stop bullsh*tting your fans and bring NFSW back. You can't possibly believe this new game is better. I just laughed because it was so incredibly stupid. On an amusing, impossible level. The bumper, after the first two or three crashes, would start to fall off, but instead of dropping onto the road, it would bounce back up. So the bumper is vibrating up and down, making the car look like it was laughing, which only made me laugh until I was near tears; and the right side door was doing the same thing. I managed to find the train tracks and drive off a nearby cliff, and upon landing there were brilliant, colorful sparks all over the place; and it was the weirdest thing, that driving through a gas station would change the color of the car and remove all damage, giving me another Porsche altogether. And then, crash, crash, crash; nothing could keep the damn thing from humping the walls. It was hard to steer and it lagged so, so much; and that was on a computer with a terabyte, with the graphics turned down.
I think he's deleting the game right now. Seriously, don't buy into it. You could be buying precious food with that money. Take advice from a poor girl; don't waste it. You'll be kicking yourself forever.
Aww, sorry to hear it...and to have missed it, that sounds like fun even if the game was crap! :p
ReplyDeleteI actually had a blast.
DeleteIt would seem all my NFSW friends have killed themselves. They were always so much fun to play with. It was nice to have a good time playing NFS and have a good time doing it, after so long.
I'm sorry you missed it, too.
DeleteI miss NFSW, too; every time I needed inspiration, or every time I wanted to go out and couldn't, I'd drive around and either end up with ideas or just feel better...
DeleteSpent a lot of time on that game just driving around...I didn't have friends (except you, but the game was so glitchy it wasn't worth it, really... :(
I think a lot of people turned to EA to feel better. I still do. I made this amazing beach house, and the kid can hear and see the waves from his bedroom. And I finally figured out how to get beautiful Sims through Woohoos every time, without fail (don't modify their faces too much).
DeleteThe game did often lag, or crash, but I loved it unconditionally. I wish I hadn't stopped playing it for a few months. If I'd known the game would be taken down, I wouldn't have.
Are you talking about different games now?
DeleteSame here...I took a few long breaks...wish I could have the time back :(
I made the beach house in Sims 2, but it's still EA. They've made a lot of games, and I'm sure it's a very rich company; so I'm not quite clear on why they would take NFSW down at all. They wanted money, and people gave them money. Lots of it.
DeleteMe, too. Wouldn't it be great if we could control time? Turn it back to whichever date we wanted to relive, without erasing the present?
Better than that, at least for me, would be the ability to "save" everything the way it is, so you can make a tough choice and come back to the way things are before you make that choice if you don't like the results.
DeleteI'd have loved that ability when I was considering moving here, even though I know that "knowing" would make my choice so much harder. Knowing in advance what I do about Geoff, I'd have a hard time deciding whether I want to be here or not. At the same time, I'd know exactly what I'm missing, and I really don't know what I'd have chosen if I had known how things would be here.
On the other side of that, I'd like the ability to move back in with you guys, see if I still fit in, especially with Mom and whether I'm more employable there than here, and if it doesn't work out or if Geoff and I can't do long-distance, it'd be cool to come back here as if it never happened...
Of course, things don't work that way; every choice in life is a risk as much as it is a chance...if we were Sims, I'd motherlode right now...but I don't want to be the indecisive type, the girl who bounces from one place to another, unsure of everything; I like a bit of stability, and just have the misfortune (though some would say I'm very lucky, of course) to love people who live in different places :p
Yes, that would be better. For me, however, I'd want it to go exactly as it would have been without the interruption of saving, that way I know the outcome no matter what, and can avoid a big mistake or a complete disaster.
DeleteIf we were Sims, I'd FamilyFunds. It's better than motherlode; you get any amount you want in one shot, not just fifty grand. (I have millionaires living in big, beautiful houses...)
It is lucky. It's also difficult. I want to see you when I want, I want to see Jason when I want...Though I admit, I want to see you more. I guess because I actually know you. He's like a familiar stranger.
I actually don't use cheats; I either move a rich Sim into the Sim Bin and move that Sim into a fancy house, then move my new Sim in, or I move my Sim into a huge house, bulldoze the lot flat, then move, taking hundreds of thousands of Simoleons with me! ;)
DeleteI used to do that, too. But using cheats is faster, and just as effective. The only thing I bother putting into their Inventory anymore are expensive paintings and tombstones. Right now I have a whole bunch of Sims I just love, because the icons of their faces actually looks like the name I gave them when they were born and none of them are ugly. So I'm having my Sims paint portraits of everyone before they die. I'm not looking forward to that day...but it's too difficult, having like seventy Sims to look after.
DeleteNot effective for me; too many glitches :( Had to find a way around using cheats without having my poor Sims living like, well, poor Sims :p
DeleteHaving two Sims also causes my game to glitch, so I have a solo Sim on the go :p
She died tonight, turned herself into solid gold accidentally, so I exited the game without saving it and lost some progress...worth it, though; I've put a lot of effort into this Sim (she's mastered four skills, well on her way to accomplishing every goal in each; she's completed opportunities, made friends, etc.) so of course I wasn't just going to let her stay a statue :p
Wow, we're polar opposites when it comes to Sims. I put my statue Sims up for display! I think I told you this, but one Sim died in a running position, looking over his shoulder; one died looking shit-scared, and three more died looking horrified; so I arranged them so that it looks like the runner is going to crash into Scared Sim, and the other three are just waiting for the collusion to happen. It's pretty comical, actually. :D
DeleteBut if you have Supernatural, you can resurrect your Statue Sim. Her skills will keep. That's why I let them die; because they don't lose anything. It's my ghost Sims who stock the fridge with food or fish collections while my living Sims work.
That's awesome! Can you get a picture? :D
DeleteOh, thanks! I do have Supernatural, but I'm such a control freak that I can't stand playing a game in which I haven't controlled everything...needless to say, my Sims don't die :p
That's smart, lol, I like the idea of a ghost helping you like that :p
I control everything, too. I kill my Sims on purpose; not because I like them dying, but because it's just too big a family. And, well, that's life. I am, however, going to save the Sims I love the best. At least for awhile longer than the other Sims. I had been thinking of killing off the last surviving Sims...but I want the family tree I worked so hard for to be visible should my computer ever get passed on to someone else.
DeleteI like the idea, too! Plus their voices echo when they talk, and they can walk through walls, so even if the door is deleted, they can still do yard work and get back inside without me taking chances.
I can get a picture...I just don't play it as much as I want, because I don't want to burn out my graphic card and not play anything at all ever again. I worry about that so much. Computer maintenance is so expensive.
Well, you're right about that...I hate computer crashes...I've had this game going for about a year and a half!
DeleteCongrats! I've had mine since 2013-ish. I've loved it; crashes, glitches and all.
DeleteMine crashes sometimes, too...the game, I mean, not the computer...it sucks to lose any progress, but I usually get it back and do it better because I have some idea of what's coming... :p
DeleteOh, I could never do this again. :( I think I have it saved to four different discs, but I have no idea if I did it correctly, so I keep on doing it! Agh!
DeleteThat's how I am with art, writing, etc., I don't think I'm doing it as best I can, so I write and rewrite (or draw and redraw) until I'm sick of it all! :|
DeleteMe, too. I'm currently trying to write a book on the past of Lillian and Harold, and it's flying, but it's also hard. I want it to make the fans look at them differently, as if they can truly believe it...But I hardly believe it, myself.
DeleteI think that's why I don't read or write 'past' stories - not only do I have more trouble caring about the characters before they became the characters I love, but most of those stories turn the characters into Mary Sues and I just don't have the patience... :p
DeleteWell, right now I'm trying to write about my own characters when they were kids. That's where all their excitement is. I think if I see one more movie or read one more book that ends in a kiss, I'll break something.
DeleteIn Sims Life Stories and Sims 2, if you create a single Sim, it actually gives him or her the memory that she shared a kiss with some stranger; as if it's a terribly important event. >_<
I forgot about that...I'm glad Sims 3 doesn't do the same thing!
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