NFS: Most Wanted is exhilarating and let’s you be the outlaw racer you wish you could be when you are behind the wheel!
- Entertaining perfect cross between driving sim and arcade.
- Selection of cars and mods were excellent.
- When isn’t it a blast smashing through a police roadblock?
Cons:
- Blacklist races were too easy.
- More goofy cinema scenes throughout the game.
Overall Rating
9 - Need for Speed: Most Wanted Black Edition is exhilarating and let’s you be the outlaw racer you wish you could be when you are behind the wheel of a Lamborghini.
Gameplay
10 - When isn’t it a blast smashing through a police roadblock? A perfect cross between a pure driving sim like Gran Turismo and arcade game like OutRun.
Graphics
8 - The daily drive was detailed and made free roaming much more fun. Good handling of different sun angles and rain to mix up the visual impact of the weather.
Audio
8 - Good soundtrack. I still can’t get Chuck D out of my head.
Tilt
10 - I got the biggest adrenaline rush every time I evaded a massive police chase straight out of the evening news. The thrill starts with the visceral reaction to when a cop turns on the sirens.
Value
10 - Electronic Arts just lowered the price to $39.99, which makes Need For Speed: Most Wanted an incredible value. Thanks EA!
Overview:
I just finished the Need for Speed: Most Wanted Black Edition for the PC. Check out my website at www.ps3gamercentral.com for a more detailed review, REAL hints, and other cool stuff.
The story for this fun driving simulation is generally linear with the fun of free roaming. You’re the new street racer in Rockport. You’ve got to race your way through the streets and up the blacklist. Win races, make cash, buy sweet new cars and get street cred. Oh… and avoid those pesky police.
Working your way up the blacklist is the main objective. By winning races, achieving milestones, and building your bounty, you get to challenge the 15 blacklist racers. As you move up the list, you can get the pink slips to the loser’s car, get out of jail free cards, and unlock performance parts and new areas on the Rockport map.
The races are a combination of sprints, circuits, time trials, and drag races. This is the easiest part of the game. You have to screw up to lose. Ironically, the blacklist races are some of the easiest. Lots of flash, but no guts with those guys. The courses are decent, but can get repetitive by the end. You do need to learn the shortcuts and nuances of the map to win. The rest of the map is fun to explore and will come in handy when evading the police.
Milestones are police-related to help build up your street reputation. Going balls out to get speed trap tickets is the easiest. There are some awesome milestones like smashing 30 cop cars or causing $300,000 in damage to the state and then getting away.
Gaining bounty and records on your rap sheet are basically getting causing as much mayhem for the cops and getting away. If you want to get 100% in the career mode, then you need to get all of the records.
The biggest adrenaline rush in the game is starting a massive chase straight out of the evening news and then pulling a crazy maneuver to get away. The thrill starts with the visceral reaction to when a cop turns on the sirens. You know the feeling when a cop busts you for speeding. Same gut bomb adrenaline rush.
Getting away is extremely easy at the early “heat” levels – just out run the nabbers. As the heat level gets higher and as you try to hit milestones, you need to rely heavily on speedbreakers (things that you can crash through and block the road) and great hideouts.
Overall, Need for Speed: Most Wanted is exhilarating and let’s you be the outlaw racer you wish you could be when you are behind the wheel of your Lamborghini. The different cars, the different gameplay modes, and the DVD extras with the Black Edition PC version make the game a decent time investment too. I rate the game as highly recommended. Check out my website at www.ps3gamercentral.com for a more detailed review, REAL hints, and other cool stuff.