With Criterion Games they acquired a real gem of a dev team, after Burnout Paradise I was curious what they would bring to NFS, and NFS Most Wanted 2 became my favorite racing game of all time. I was waiting years for a successor to come even close to its (multiplayer) fun, but it never came.
And by God, I bought quite a few NFS after that...
As often the case, EA obviously destroyed the spirit of the company when they integrated them, many of the talents left shortly after iirc
With Criterion Games they acquired a real gem of a dev team, after Burnout Paradise I was curious what they would bring to NFS, and NFS Most Wanted 2 became my favorite racing game of all time. I was waiting years for a successor to come even close to its (multiplayer) fun, but it never came.
And by God, I bought quite a few NFS after that...
As often the case, EA obviously destroyed the spirit of the company when they integrated them, many of the talents left shortly after iirc