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Need for Speed: Most Wanted (PC DVD)
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If there's one thing to be said of the Need for Speed series, it's that it never stays the same for long. After only one sequel EA have decided to give the underground night racing theme a rest and let you drive in the sunlight for a change. You're still a super-illegal street racer though and indeed much of the game revolves around you being pursued by the police in some very Blues Brothers-esque chases. Appearing to take a leaf out of Burnout's book, the game encourages you to make the most of traffic and roadside objects, in order to put off the long arm of the law or simply one of your fellow racers. The demo race so far seen features a lot of weaving in and out of traffic and some very cinematic touches such as zipping underneath a giant lorry carrying tree logs, which then spill out on the road behind you further aiding your escape. The graphics in the game have definitely received a boost from the last one and appear far more detailed and ambitious in scope than Underground. Unsurprisingly the ability to customise your car is still a large part of the appeal, although again there's a big distinction between extras that are just for show and performance tuning that actually has an effect on the way your car performs. It probably still won't please hardened petrolheads but if you just want a simple, accessible racing game it looks like Need for Speed is set to deliver once more. --Harrison Dent This preview is based on an incomplete version of the game; features or problems mentioned above may not appear in the finished game.
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5/5 |
nfsmw
(July 30, 2008) |
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when my son got it he couldnt stop [laying it and its good as the cars all handle well and the bonus cars are the ones the balcklist uses plus a ford gt a porsche 911 gt2 and a corvette c6r
the game plays well but the police are good and can put up a fight but sometimes they bust you and there are no cops near you as well as you cant get away with one missing tyre but you can get away with 2 blown |
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4/5 |
Great fun
(November 25, 2007) |
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first off, will this run on your system?
I use it on a laptop with 1.5GHz, 1.25GB ram and a 64MB graphics card, and it runs absolutely fine, even with the graphic options pumped up fairly high, it ran fine before i upgraded from 512MB ram aswell. However running it on another sysyem with the same proccessor and ram, but no graphics card was a disaster, very choppy even with the lowest graphics settings. So if youve got any graphics card, it will probably run on your system, if not then you could be in trouble, download the demo and that will serve as a good guide before you buy it.
And gameplay?
a nice game, nice graphics, and very fun to play, ive had it a long time and i will still go back to play it occationally.
A pretty good range of cars, and a decent set of tracks, with an excellent police pursuit system, and the car customisation is great too.
The replay value isnt quite what it could be but its still an excellent game, and i would definately recomend it to anyone considering it, download the demo and give it a shot if you're not convinced.
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3/5 |
Need For Speed has had it's peek!!
(October 15, 2007) |
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For those who remember the older NFS games such as NFS 2 (It was great in its day...) where the experience was a bit different to the tacky Arcade racing games of the time.
NFS 2 had dashboards and authentic steering wheels. The traffic did tend to get a bit unpredictable but at least they were competent.
But in NFS Most wanted they are a real pain, they stop and start and cut you up which wouldn't happen on a normal road, right??
NFS 3 brought us the Coppers... They'd chase you around and they'd book ya then you could continue the game without problems. But in NFS Most wanted the game ends...Boring...
Also in NFS 3 there was night driving -> who would enjoy doing a tonne in pitch black alternating full beam and normal??
There are no frills such as dash board or even a Look Left and Right option in NFS Most Wanted...
NFS Porsche Challenge had more realism as computers evolved and the cars could stick to the road like they should...
The cars in NFS Most wanted have no unique characteristics except the well detailed body work as well as no dashboard or any general features, though there is a look behind option...whoopee...
There isn't really a huge feeling of excess speeds and the police will catch you up if you were doing 45 or 145 there is no cross over most of the time...
The worst thing I must add though is the basic steering.
If you take a bend at speed it is usually nice to stay in the lane but it is hard to do that in this game as the steering is so ARCADE.
You have great driving conditions and brilliant scenery and lots of driving space but the fun isn't there because of all of the great things about the Need for speed series are left out...
I like a balance of speed and realism/Quality and this game is just like every other ARCADE game of today. All about the modding of a car to make it exactly the same as every other car in the collection and a very hasty design of the basics of proper racing.
As long as the target audience for this game stays pretty low (ie: about 7) these games will never improve for people who know that ANY car handle more steadily than in this game.
Thanks for reading. |
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4/5 |
exhilarating, but tedious at times
(July 03, 2007) |
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This game is probably the best I have played recently. For a 2005 game the graphics are great. The last NFS game I played on my old PC was Underground and I remember that
seeming good. This game is even better graphically, and the races take place in the day which makes a nice change. The selection of cars is also good as you can also get alot of exotic supercars from Porsche, Mercedes etc.
Right...alot of reviews have covered the basic points so I will go over some of my gripes with the game which mean I don't rate it 5 stars overall. You have to earn 'bounty' by running away from cops for ages and then evading them. At first this is great fun, you can do 'milestone' challenges like evading spikestrips which get you extra bonuses ie more bounty. However, when you get about 3/4 into the game this aspect becomes insanely frustrating. You have to earn over 5 million bounty to progress. This means being involved in police chases that last upwards of 8 minutes and being chased by helicopters etc. This is great fun, but you always seem to get really far and then just as you think you are going to escape something retarded will happen like your car randomly flipping round a corner and getting stuck on its roof which means you get swamped by squad cars and are arrested. If this happens more than once it can really get annoying because you'll have spent half an hour in chases for nothing, and will have to start all over again
as you get no bounty if you're arrested.
My next gripe is the strange situation where a Fiat Punto can go faster than a Lamborghini Murcialago! For some reason as you get into the game and onto the faster cars the computer assisted oponents still ocassionally have the crap cars from the start of the game, except really highly tuned. For me there's something very disconcerting about having a Fiat Punto overtake you at 200mph... I don't see how it's possible to tune a front wheel drive car with a 2.0 litre engine to even go that fast. If you got enough power out of a Punto to make it that fast then the chasis would probably disintegrate...
Other than that this game is extremely fun and has a sensation of speed that you don't get elsewhere. It's a game which has made me grin hysterically whilst driving which I
don't do very often. Driving is very similar to the 'Burnout' games so if you're a fan of those then buy this!
PS 'Josh W' don't now why you struggled with races, maybe you need a gamepad and your PC is too slow. The races are easy =S |
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5/5 |
Graphically Gorgeous with hours of fun
(May 27, 2007) |
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NFS: Most Wanted has a Slow start, lots of cut scenes and flashbacks that made me initially reticent. The game then plays out like a cross between the film 'The fast and the the furious' and 'gone in 60 seconds' which is no bad thing.
The game features a free roaming environment that sees you almost seamlessly moving from race to race, and challenge to challenge. this is a much more accomplished method of accessing the in-game features (garage etc.) as well as allowing the user to familiarise themselves with the environments (race tracks) and vehicles (customisable). This did remind me of a little of 'Quarantine ' a taxi game based on the Doom engine where you could drive from location to location picking up fares are required, and seamlessly moving from mission to mission.
Graphically the game is highly accomplished and looks stunning on a widescreen monitor. There are some really nice blurring effects when reaching maximum speeds, interactive scenery and very nice car details. The highlight has to be the passing rain storms which form water droplets on your screen, then when the sun comes out the reflection of the sunlight on the puddles is hyper-realistic.
On the downside the game controls do seem a little woolly. The creators have gone for a much more arcade feel rather than a 'Gran Turismo' all out car simulation. As such you don't need to be tweaking the controls constantly, in many ways it's more like sailing - you point the car in the rough direction you want to go and let it fish-tail it's way down the road. I played the game with the XBox 360 controller for Windows, this instantly turned my PC into what felt like a fully-fledged games console.
Ultimately NFS: Most Wanted is a very slickly packaged game, and is very filmic in feel and presentation. Visually the games is outstanding, with enough longevity to keep the user hooked until the next installment. If you're looking for a game that will milk every last detail from your graphics card, will entertain for hours and allows you to drop in and out of the game world as time allows this is for you. |
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