Need For Speed: Most Wanted

by Electronic Arts

Product Features

• Go up against the best street racers on the scene to earn respect and rise to the top of the Blacklist
• Build up your Rap Sheet with Record breaking times, epic races and wild headline-making stunts
• Show off your skills by outrunning and outhinking cops, even as they escalate their vehicles, tactics and technology
• New Performance Tuning options -- Can't compete against a sports car? Head to the safehouse and tune up your ride
• Master shortcuts and use the traffic and destructible environments to your advantage

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B0009350BM
• Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 7.5 x 0.8 inches ; 8 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: September 8, 2006
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (28 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #9,685 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)

Product Description

Platform: GameCube | Edition: Standard

From the Manufacturer

Wake up to the smell of burnt asphalt as the thrill of illicit street racing permeates the air. From the makers of the hit Need for Speed Underground, Need for Speed Most Wanted challenges you to become the most notorious and elusive street racer. Combining illicit street racing and tuner customization with the intensity of strategic police pursuit that surpasses any Hollywood-style chase scene, Need for Speed Most Wanted will be on every gamer’s "must-have" list this holiday season. Out-race rivals, evade cops, and exploit hundreds of miles of open road as you make your way up the blacklist.

To become the most wanted racer, players must build up their street cred and rap sheet with gripping, white knuckle, head-to-head races with the top drivers on the streets, as well as pull daring, evasive moves to out-run and out-fox the cops that patrol the open road. Players can manage their heat or utilize a number of strategic tactics to keep the cops off their tails as they leave their rivals behind to suck their exhaust fumes. Need for Speed Most Wanted also features a variety of the hottest cars that range from tuners and super cars to muscle and sports cars. You can tune your ride to race against any class of vehicles.

Features:

• Open road, open world: Rule the streets as the most notorious street racer in various distinct regions that include edgy and upscale industrial and urban environments. In the game, the environment can be a friend or a foe. Players will master short-cuts as well as use the traffic and destructible environments to their advantage.
• All-new gameplay: Need for Speed Most Wanted features new and exciting gameplay that incorporate strategic cop pursuit and skill-based evasion techniques with illicit street racing.
• Visual customization: whether gamers are trying to lose the cops or they just want to pimp their ride, Need for Speed Most Wanted offers extensive visual customizations.
• Blacklist: as players enter the world of illicit street racing, they must go up against the best street racers on the scene to earn respect and rise to the top of the blacklist.
• Rap sheet: players will build up their Rap Sheet with record breaking times, epic races, wildest headline-making stunts, and out-foxing an escalation of police vehicles, tactics, and technology.
• Performance tuning: Can’t compete against a sports car? Head to the safehouse and tune up your ride to race against any class of vehicles.

Product Description

Need for Speed: Most Wanted is underground racing action so real, you almost smell the burnt asphalt. The thrill of illicit street racing permeates the air - out-race rivals, evade cops and exploit hundreds of miles of open road as gamers make their way up the Blacklist. Build up your street cred and Rap Sheet with gripping, White knuckle, head-to-head races with the top Drivers on the streets. Then pull daring, evasive moves to out-run and out-fox the cops that patrol the open road. Strategic cop pursuit and skill-based evasion techniques for an all-new level of gameplay Extensive visual customizations are available, whether you want to lose the cops or just pimp out your ride

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best one in the Series, November 25, 2005

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Dan (MA USA) - See all my reviews

= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Need For Speed: Most Wanted (Video Game)

This is a really great game. Though begining the game can take a while explaining the story, it's worth the wait. In Free Roam mode, you can interact with the environment like you couldn't in the other games in the Need For Speed series. You can knock over street lamps, see the damage on street cars as you crash into them, and slam into lumber trucks and watch the logs roll of into the street. You can even drive underneath the trucks. In the beginning the police purstuits are rather basic, but gradually increase in intensity, involving road blocks, spike strips, even SUVs the smash into your car and blocking your way. There is a greater variety of races now including tollbooth and speedtrap. The only real downside that I found was that the instuctions that came with the game didnt explain all too much, but luckily it shouldn't take too long to learn the ins and outs of the game. Im really pleased with the latest in the series. Have fun and don't get caught by the police ;-)

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Definitely Most Wanted, December 27, 2005

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Calvin "C" (NJ) - See all my reviews

= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Need For Speed: Most Wanted (Video Game)

This game is amazing. The graphics are mindblowing, sound is great, and the overall game is awesome. This game is a mixture of Underground and Hot Pursuit. The cops make this game a blast, although they're a real hassle, but t's fun. You now interact more with the environment by going under trucks, breaking objects, and more. There is o much to talk about. Any gamer should get this.

7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A great, fun, and challenging game. But lacks character..., July 8, 2006

By 

Logan Peterson "The Wichitan Metalhead" (Wichita, Kansas) - See all my reviews

= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Need For Speed: Most Wanted (Video Game)

I've had alot of fun playing this game. In fact, I've lost sleep over it. I'll say that this was one of the best racing games to come out last year. Not as good as Forza, but then again they really arent the same "type" of race oriented gameplay. I'll start off this review with the good:

Good - The game is pretty realistic graphics wise. I dont know how exactly the graphics are on the other systems, because I havent gotten a chance to see it. They could have been a tad bit better though. The selection of cars is pretty good too. And the story is pretty good for the first time you play it. You get so eager to see what happens next that you dont want to stop.

Bad - The lack of customization was a big downer for me. THeres not nearly as many opitions visually. And performance wise you dont get to pick what brand of parts you get to put on your car like in NFSU2. Also, unlike games like LA Rush this game stays in constant day time. It doesnt transition from day to night. Just like NFSU and NFSU2 didnt ever go to daytime. That would be a nice addition to it. What also sucks is that you only get to have the BMW for a short amount of time in the story. And then, after you lose it, you dont get to buy a new BMW at all in the game!!! Whats up with that? The car lots have Porsches, Lamborghinis, and every other car under the sun, but no Bimmers???!!! The main car being advertised in this game IS a BMW. So why not make them available for purchse from the dealers in the game?

Another thing is that I think there needs to be more to this game...as in it doesnt have enough substance. It would be nice to see more lifelike things in it, such as you being able to fine tune your vehicle, see your engine and underside of the car and all the rest of the mechanics of the vehicle. I would like to see the NFS franchise make an EXTREME life-like racing game. Like if you crash, something like the steering needs to pull more to the right or left like there has been damage to the suspension. Like in Forza, but still keeping true to the street racing origins of this franchise. Because no matter what car you drive, they can all have something go wrong with them. There also needs to be engine damage as well. Like being able to overheat the car, or throwing a rod, or theres like a vlave bend or something. You know? You should also be able to perform regular matinence on your vehicles (as in oil changes, etc.). You should be able to see your character in the game working on the car and talking to the other characters and stuff. If a organization is going to make a racing game, make it more realistic with things like engine failure, car maintence and such. Thats my version of the perfect race game. Which I thought I would just throw in.

Overall this is a very fun game. Very addictive. But with more realistic things in it (like the daytime/night time change overs, more customization, etc.) this would have been alot better.

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