Am I the dumb one for trying to figure out what fst might be an acronym for?

There’s no better copy editor than the readers of Kotaku. You people are terrifyingly fst.

“I know how I’ll get this girl to like me I’ll ruin her and her family’s life!”

Im thinking its so the childrens parents who know nothing about it will buy the ye-olden need for speed underground just to dissapoint their children even further, further fueling the hatred driven EA execs. Its master class, next level trolling.

Actually there was between Underground, Underground 2, Most Wanted (the original for PS2, not the same named one for PS3), Carbon, etc.... They connected all of them by having them all use the same guy as the driver. The start of each game tied into the one before it (like Carbon tying into Most Wanted with you being…

Let’s not forget the upcoming Mirror’s Edge.

Yeh, came here to see this. One could easily argue that most of the NFS games were reboots by the definition.

Actually, there is a storyline between Underground all the way through Carbon.

“Reboot” is marketing speak for “please don’t acknowledge this is part of a series and we’re just making a sequel. It’s all ‘new,’ you hear? So you should be excited, not burned out by it! Also, you shouldn’t be squealing about ‘franchise fatigue.’ Plus we get to leverage a known franchise without creating anything…

This time, they’ve reconceptualized what “speed” means in relevance to the game mechanics - your faceless, voiceless male avatar is addicted to speed, and if the level of amphetamines in his bloodstream drops below a certain level, he “just don’t race good.” You first have to sell your personal belongings, and…

yeah non-weed weed really seems to be the move

Sounds like all y’all need to toke up and chillllll.

i can’t believe jezebel published an article by (obviously) a rich white woman titled “Why People Who Don’t Do Drugs or Want to Fly With Them Should Start Doing Drugs And Flying With Them Right Away”

Well, there’s AllDrive and an “in-depth narrative”... pffffffthahahahaha.

Companies think they can name a new game in a series without a subtitle and it’s rebooted.

Underground 1, 2, and carbon all starred the same character in a very Fast and Furious style storyline about stealing illegal racing money and working with the feds...

How do you even reboot a series such as this? Doesn’t a reboot imply the the previous iterations of the series had come story consistency between them? Which they didn’t. So are they planning on changing core systems & gameplay?

Have you noticed EA taking numbers out of their games? Like they say OH THEY’RE COMPLETELY NEW, so people won’t try the older ones first:

SimCity
Star Wars Battlefront
Need for Speed Most Wanted 2 (After a while, removed the 2)
Need for Speed
Syndicate (Though justifiable, since the original was so old)

Nah flip-flops are awesome anytime it’s hot. You may be an oppressive ruler to your feet but I give mine free reign with air and non-sweaty living quarters.