I actually cared about the characters in this game and the world of Lakeshore.
I actually felt all kinds of things toward everyone involved in this story; Rydell's the kind of person I wish I'd known all my life
And, of all things, the final speech in the credits that A$AP Rocky gave?
It actually resonated with me incredibly hard.
I'd never even heard of him or A$AP before Unbound was announced, didn't even listen to his music. And yet. Just about everything he said in that last speech, is utterly and completely right.
And this is coming out of an EA game? Out of a Need For Speed? MW2005 will always be in my heart but Unbound is at the top of it all to me. Ion even care about all the whining around this game... No Toyota, brake/gas tap to drift bad, not the same shit as before, blah blah blah always the same shit with gamers they always complain.
Do they even open their eyes? Cause I'm seeing Need For Speed's really actually damn good again.
The music part of the post
Man, even the soundtrack grew on me. I checked out a few artists on Spotify between playing the game. Darn, @HootOS you were right, I take it back. This soundtrack's got all kinds of variety.
Once I actually looked at it thinking "This is the playlist each driver in the game would put on" it started making sense. Now I still have my preferences... Still like some songs more than others, but I get it now. I get this game. And it's so good
In no particular order, I've found a bunch of new favorite songs in Unbound's, soundtrack:
- Grebz - Несправедливо
- ACH - Autobahn
- Space 92 - The Door ; Probably my #1 favorite
- Bicep - Apricots
- UMEK - Cryptic Speech (Original Mix)
- Rico Nasty, Flo Milli - Money ; Not even ashamed to admit that got stuck in my head...
- Oliver Olson - Tłoki (Prod. Gibbs)
- Pépe - Life Signs (Roll Mix)
- Steff da Campo & SMACK - Renegade
and in the middle of a mental breakdown, caused by multiple forms of panic over the safety of my girlfriend as hurricane idalia approaches florida, canada deciding to import american politics faster than ever over queerphobia of all things, online income support services STILL BEING DOWN, not being able to attend a protest to fight the aforementioned american import politics, among inner system squabbling, i see this
and it somehow just snaps me out of it. like 'holy shit hang on i can't be sad anymore because i changed someone's mind about something.'
maybe cap is right. maybe humans are just turds with an ego. but ya know, sometimes it's okay to be an egotistical shit.