

Unbound is being developed by Criterion and Codemasters, two studios with extensive experience in making racing games, so it's quite possible that it will handle brilliantly regardless of the visual style. More importantly, it remains to be seen how the game will look in action, and the leaked images might actually be a little bonus for EA to that extent: We knew that a Need for Speed reveal is happening tomorrow, but now we know that it's a NFS that's doing something a little different-and potentially interesting. I'm still not convinced by the new look, but I'm also not what you'd call in the middle ofthe target demographic for Unbound (I'm old) so that's probably to be expected. Muckymuh cut right to the point with perhaps the most concise analysis of all: "Holy shit that art style SLAPS." I expected things to look worse, like way worse." "Still not a huge fan of the smoke effects and so on but the characters look really cool. "Kinda surprised how good this whole anime thing actually looks like," artem0n wrote. "Don't know why the leakers kept calling it 'anime style', to me it feels way more inspired in an urban style/graffiti and Into The Spider-Verse effects." "Ok, that looks better than I expected," _asteroidblues_ added. We still have to wait and see if the players like it or not, but at least I can give them credit for doing something new." "I'm glad that NFS is once again becoming the pioneer of the genre instead of trying to imitate Forza Horizon but with cops or something. "The art style looks very bold and daring," redditor DiamondScythe wrote.


My own reaction to the leaked images was an immediate "no thanks," but the reaction on the Need for Speed subreddit is actually pretty positive.
