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: B000COCAJI
• Item Weight: 7.2 ounces
• Media: CD-ROM
• Release Date: March 14, 2006
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (22 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,313 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
  • #5 in Video Games > PC Games > Racing & Flying
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Platform: PC | Edition: Standard

Platform:  WINDOWS 2000/XP Publisher:  ELECTRONIC ARTS Packaging:  DVD STYLE BOX Rating:  TEEN 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.Features Go up against the best street racers on the scene to earn respect and rise to the top of the BlacklistBuild up your Rap Sheet with Record breaking times epic races and wild headline-making stuntsShow off your skills by outrunning and outhinking cops even as they escalate their vehicles tactics and technologyNew Performance Tuning options -- Can't pete against a sports car? Head to the safehouse and tune up your rideMaster shortcuts and use the traffic and destructible environments to your advantage System Requirements:PC Processor Speed 1.4GHzPC Operating System Windows 2000 Windows XPPC System Memory 256MB RAMPC Hard Drive Space 3GBPC Video DirectX 9.0c-patible video cardPC Sound Card DirectX 9.0c-patible sound cardPC Drive Type: DVD-ROMPC Additional Requirements Inter service required to access online features

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

17 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Highly recommended; just turn off the in game music for best experience, September 18, 2006

By 

Erik Pitman "Spookius Mortem" (Wandering the Playground of My Mind...) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Need for Speed Most Wanted (CD-ROM)

So here's my take after having played the game for two weeks.

Visually this game is stunning. Add to that a nearly endless selection of customization options for your rides and were talking some serious eye candy and I didn't even need a high end graphics card to run it smoothly with all the video options maxed out. My only complaint about the graphics is the lack of wide screen resolution settings. As a result, the screen is stretched on my wide screen monitor.

The racing, in all modes, is fun, though lacking in realism. It seems to me EA wanted to make another Need For Speed game and add a pinch of GTA into the mix in that you get points for causing as much damage to city property and police vehicles as possible. In drag race mode, if you hit an object at a high enough speed and your car will be "totaled" and you automatically lose. It would have been nice for this feature to be extended consistently throughout the game rather than turning roadside objects into targets for your car to flatten.

The difficulty between different race modes is very unbalanced. For example, competing in a circuit race against other drivers is very easy throughout the game whereas running a timed interval race gets tougher the higher up the blacklist you progress. This is both good and bad. While it's nice to have the easy races to generate income, having to attempt some of the harder race modes twenty times just to progress your career is tedious.

All the negatives of game play are overwhelmingly outweighed by the positives. The courses are fun and there are some pretty creative shortcuts; some that help, some that don't. The police chases are loads of fun and listening to the in game police scanner adds a lot of atmosphere. Another great feature about the game is the ability to turn "Catch Up" on or off. One of the most annoying things in a lot of racing games is the computer drivers will "cheat" if you get ahead of them and you can't pull away from them. My guess is developers do this to keep things competitive, though I see it as more of a lack of good AI, but in NFS Most Wanted you can turn this off. Great bonus.

Finally, a word about the music and FMV. A very negative word. In a nutshell, it takes away so much polish this game has to offer. Having to sit through the opening FMV sequences in the beginning of the game (I couldn't find a way to skip them) is torturous. What's worse is the music selection in the game. It's horrendous, unless you're into rap, hiphop, and bad metal (in which case I still don't think fans of those genres would consider it good music). That you can't play your own MP3 list through the game is an unforgivable oversight by EA. I don't know what they were thinking, but in this era of gaming that is completely unacceptable.

To sum it up:

Pros: Great graphics, fantastic (and nearly endless) vehicle customization options, large selection of vehicles, police chases are loads of fun.

Cons: The music is horrendous, can't play your own music through the game (the game loses one star for this alone), lack of realism in races, lack of wide screen resolution settings.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars vvrrrrrrrrrrroooom...................., June 16, 2006

By 

kamal anjelo (india) - See all my reviews

= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Need for Speed Most Wanted (CD-ROM)

If you like cars...if you like racing...then you will love this game...and byfar this is the best racing game...and the music is simply wonderful,perfectly suits for the racing mood.you can feel asif you are being chased by the cops,or as if you are taking part in an hollywood movie car chase.the feeling is just wonderful.you have choices,variety of levels...nitro...slow-motion...and the graphics,game play will leave you awestruck.what more can you ask for?

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Lets Race!, March 9, 2007

By 

Big Daddy Leadfoot "woodchopper27" (NH) - See all my reviews

= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Need for Speed Most Wanted (CD-ROM)

Lots of fun, great cars to race. If you like running from the cops, crashing into roadblocks, and being a menace to society, this is your game. Its challenging (I dive a variety of car games) and maddening sometimes too. I think I'm a pretty good PC driver (47 years old) and it pushes me to really drive my daring best. No violence, sex (other than a belly shirt wearing girl) to speak of, so its ok for kids. Get it!

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