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Best one in the Series

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 13 / 14
Date: November 26, 2005
Author: Amazon User

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 ;-)

A great, fun, and challenging game. But lacks character...

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 6 / 7
Date: July 09, 2006
Author: Amazon User

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.

Start Your Underground Engines

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 7 / 12
Date: November 30, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Since the Need For Speed franchise was developed in the 1990's, it is increasingly frown to become one of the most popular extreme car racing franchises in video game history. While oday it is in fierce competiton with greats like Gran Turiismo for the Playstation 2, and Burnout for Xbox, it still has had a huge fan base. The recent series Need For Speed: Underground, has taken on chalenges that have made popular challenges from drag racing to all out war against the city. Now, Need For Speed is looking into its past, to develop the next Underground chapter, and it is here.

Need For Speed Underground: Most Wanted is the third installment into the series. This time around the game tackles on a challenge of being not just the best on the underground streets, but being the most notorious as well. The game plays more like a spinoff in some ways, by adding on some elements from Need For Speed's Hot Pursuit series, where you have to steer your hot rods away from car chases, and the police as well. The setup is as vefore in single city, rather than a compilation of different locations like other Need For Speed games. Here you can challenge youself into making different rounds, to customize your fleet of sleek and daring automobiles, and thrust your self to become public enemy #1. The graphics are just purely amazing, and the gameplay is much better than the previous Need For Speed Underground editions. The control has also improved as well for each of the cars.

All in all Need For Speed Underground: Most Wanted is a very compelling and what looks like a real treat for race fanatics. While fans have been looking for something different in the underground for the past few years for racers, this is really a change. This is a must buy for anybody who is into the racing franchise, or for anybody who just wants to tackle a challenging race game. Do you feel the need for Speed here, if you don't, you may be in hot pursuit.

Graphics: B+

Sound: B

Control: B+

Fun and enjoyment: B

Overall: B

Definitely Most Wanted

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 6
Date: December 28, 2005
Author: Amazon User

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.

Amazing!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: January 19, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I have to say this game is absolutely amazing coming from the Need for Speed series. It is a lot more challenging than Underground and although it does not allow you to customize your vehicles as much as Underground did, it focuses on the racing where it should.

The police chases adda great challenge to this game making it very fun although you cannot save your game at times until you outrun the police after a race which can be annoying if you don't outrun the police.

The only downside to this game is that the BMW you get can only be raced twice in the game. Outside of that it is a great game.

Not Need for Speed:Underground !!!!!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 4
Date: April 05, 2006
Author: Amazon User

The review below is in my opinion an excellent review of the game I cannot stress enough the fact that this is not a part of the Underground series. People who loved the tunability of your cars in NFS:U 2 will be horribly disappointed, as I was.

But yet I still gave the game a high rating. Why? You ask? Because once you throw off the comparisons between this and NFS:U 2, this game truly shines. I'll be playing this one for a long time.

Fun but frustrating...

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: June 21, 2007
Author: Amazon User

At times this game can be very entertaining, yet it's got a few quirks that can quickly suck all the fun out of it...

* There's a pretty big bug in that if you're driving parallel to a wall you can actually "hit" the area where two polygons come together. This happens most frequently with guardrails along the side of the road. Combined with the fact that hitting *any* fixed object makes you stop dead, this means that you can go from 200 mph to completely stopped in an instant. I can't believe how many times I've been burned by this problem; typically once a race, give or take. Someone at EA wasn't doing their job when they let this one slip by.

* From the way they can push you around like a rag doll, the police cars are clearly much heavier than you, yet they can out-accelerate you, too. Even on pursuit level 1!

* You better hope you don't need to accelerate from a standstill and turn at the same time, because it's nearly impossible. I don't see how these cars could be even vaguely street-drivable. You push the accelerator a little bit, the car inches forward. Push it a tiny bit more, and now you're spinning out all over the pavement...all the way up to 60 mph! Why is it so hard for these cars to get traction? Is there no happy median for acceleration? The police cars have no problem getting going in those situations, so why do I?

* At random times during a pursuit all of a sudden you'll see a pair of big, heavy SUVs heading straight for you, trying to hit you head-on. First of all, I can't quite figure out if this game is supposed to emulate real life or Hollywood; this is one of those things that make me think it's the latter. Secondly, you have no way of knowing when they're coming and there's barely any time to react when they do. I think it would be a lot more fun if the SUVs would join the other pursuing vehicles and try to ram you off the road, or if they'd smash into you from both sides. Having them come at you head-on and being able to consistently bring a chase to an abrubt halt seems to me to be just a dirty trick, and represents a lack of creativity on the part of the game's developers.

* In the higher pursuit levels, the pursuits are just way too difficult to end because the police cars just keep coming and coming and coming. Just when you think you've finally outrun them all, another one appears. I guess I just don't get that. At some point they have to eventually let up and give you a chance to do what you're going to do. But, no, they just keep coming, no matter which direction you go or if you just stay where you are. Maybe it's just me, but it's pretty hard to run away from something that has the ability to just magically reappear in front of you.

* Also in the higher pursuit levels, if you enter the cooldown period and you're not near one the blue hiding spots on the map, you can forget about trying to find one. There's never one nearby, and if you start driving towards one...well, you won't make it. As I said above, another police car will appear and it will find you. It doesn't matter how slow you go or which back alleys and shortcuts you take, they *will* find you.

I was playing just now, trying to reach the last two milestones on my list: engaging in a pursuit lasting 13 minutes, and racking up a bounty of 850,000 on a single pursuit. I'd been driving around for 18 minutes, had a bounty of 2,300,000, and the pursuit was a level 5. I was *trying* to evade the pursuit, but with no luck. I drove through a pursuit breaker, destroying all of the police cars behind me. I was about to drive to the nearest hiding spot...but, oh no! Another police car magically appeared in front of me before I could get away! After driving around a few more minutes, I yet again managed to shake all my pursuers...only to have the pursuit continue because another police car decided to appear when I was only 30 feet from a hiding spot. I finally ended up getting caught when I got a little close to a guardrail on a curve, making it easy for the half dozen Corvettes chasing me to instantly surround me. What fun!

Sorry, folks, but that is just not entertaining. To lose because the game requires a certain amount of skill or is just plain difficult, that's fine. But to lose because of bugs or an opponent that just keeps multiplying, that's not. Frankly, I'm not sure how much more patience I have for this game. It's basically just a digital hampster wheel with flashing lights and cool sound effects. The real question is, would I recommend this game to someone? Yes, I would. It is a fun game. However, it is also a game that is so ridiculous and makes me so mad that I want to stop playing altogether and go do something else, or maybe just throw my GameCube out the window. In my opinion, games shouldn't do that, yet this one does.

wow

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 19
Date: November 18, 2005
Author: Amazon User

wow this game is the best i am so hooked on this game the graphics are great and i just love it...

Sweet need for speed

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 4
Date: March 01, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Need for speed serie have a lot of games but yet,this one is the best!One thing thats different from the undergrounds is that the police is there ,making great poursuit unlike the undergrouds they lacked a bit because they didn t have the police.The cars are better loking than before ,the upgrades are about the same with exeptions but a coll adition is the blacklist where you have to defeat every 15 riders in order to be the most wanted and have all the rides.You get a new car when you beat a blacklist member.The town is way better because its day and the roads are easier to get to places wich in undergrouds was a bit hard to do.The car selection is good as always with 30 and more cars.There is two player as always ,the game is a vast improvement over the underground series like police,chases and the blacklist i had lot of fun with this game but i only did 15% after about 3 hours wich makes the game long,very much improved the best need for speed out there.If you want to buy it go ahead ,great game in my opinion just with the police and the-easier-to-travel towns maked this game one of the best of 05`beating pretty much every racing games out now with few exeptions as burnout.Nothing wrong here just great!

Question from a Gamer!

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 17
Date: January 04, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Well Although I heard Need For Speed Most Wanted is one of the Best new Racing games made by Electronic Arts. By any chance which version of this game do you want to buy because I am planning on buying the Gamecube version!

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