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The Best a Racing Game has to offer!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 6
Date: November 19, 2005
Author: Amazon User

This game is awsome! The graphics are top notch, I mean when I look at the sun in the game my eye squints, the engine sounds are beautiful especialy when in reverse. Finally NFS offers different Weather and day and night, and the ability to break the laws and get chased by Police Cars, thats what I like most Bringing out my suped up Toyato Supra on a Bounty mission and and just blowing it on the cops until they bring the helicopter's in. The game has an insteresting story-line attached, u start off with a costumized BMW and u start ur first race against the best racer named Razor, this 1 girl named MIA is ur partner who hooks u up with parts, money, etc.. later on in the game. Now your first race is a pink slip race where who-ever wins takes the losers car. Razor wants to hype this race up so he calls the cops and tells them Hi officers they are a bunch of people about to start a street race u should come quick, everyone then runs to there car and drives off and then the race starts........woo woo wooo the cops siren start approaching and vrrooomm we take off.... Get the game and you'll see what happens next.
This game is must buy to all Racer Fans NFS Fans and even people who are not racing fans.

great game except

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 5
Date: November 19, 2005
Author: Amazon User

THIS IS TRULY A GREAT GAME. THE GAME IT'S SELF IS SO MUCH FUN TO PLAY. GETTING CHASED BY PO PO, DESTROYING THE CITY, GREAT VISUAL EFFECTS, AND SO ON. THERE IS ONLY ONE FLAW TO THIS GAME, THIS IS WHY I AM GIVING IT FOUR STARS RATHER THAN FIVE. TO ME MY FAVORITE PART OF UNDERGROUNG 2 WAS ALL THE CUSTOMIZING YOU COULD DO TO THE CARS. THEY TOOK OUT ALOT OF THE CUSTOMIZING OPTIONS AND I WAS A LITTLE DISAPPOINTED ABOUT THAT. NO HEAD LIGHTS, TAIL LIGHTS, YOU CAN'T CHOOSE BUMPERS, SIDE SKIRTS, DOORS, LIGHTING, SOUND. BY TAKING ALL THAT OUT IT TOOK AWAY A LITTLE FROM THE GAME. OTHER THAN THIS THE GAME IS TRULY A GREAT GAME AND WORTH THE BUY.

Not a game you want to buy.

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 3 / 8
Date: November 20, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I bought this game yesterday. Now I am wishing I hadn't. All the great things that you liked in the previous titles are gone. There aren't any replays at all. Don't buy it. There are racing games that are worth your money.

THIS GAME MAKES ME SO MAD

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 3 / 11
Date: November 20, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I WAS SO EXCITED FOR THIS GAME TO COME OUT. I BOUGHT IT ON WEDNESDAY. HORRIBLE. I WAS HOPING FOR A GAME LIKE UNDERGROUND. THIS ONE HAS ONLY 5 LEGITIMATE TUNER CARS, THE REST ARE EXOTIC, WHICH IS COOL FOR ABOUT 10 MINUTES. THIS GAME IS SO BORING. I AM REALLY MAD THAT I HAD TO PAY $50 FOR THIS PIECE OF CRAP. I ALREADY FINISHED THE GAME AND I HAVEN'T EVEN HAD IT A WEEK.

Not a good buy.

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 4
Date: November 20, 2005
Author: Amazon User

If you liked Need for Speed Underground 1 or 2, you will not like this game at all. The only fun thing about it is the fact that you get chased by the police. You can't customize you ride nearly as much as the previous entries. On top of that, the available cars aren't as much fun as you would think(and there are NO hondas or nissans, that means no S2000, no NSX, no RSX, no 350z, and no Skyline). The graphics are glitchy. A good rent, but definitly don't buy this game. Go buy Need for Speed Underground 2.

LOVE IT good job ea

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 7
Date: November 21, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Im glad EA has finally brought back the need for speed we all loved. They have made it more like the original need for speeds 1-3,high stakes, I liked underground a bit but its nothing like an original need for speed that I grew up with and loved. Great job EA

Sega CD meets Burnout 3 and 4

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 9 / 14
Date: November 22, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Now the subject of my review makes a reference to sega cd (a system that has a sentimental place in my heart for its use of live action FMV's and the like.) There is that and so much more in this killer racing game that gives the Burnout series a run for its money. Now it may not reach the high speed that burnout achieves of have the defined traffic attack options that game has...NFSMW is still one of the best games I have ever played on the XBOX or any other system for that matter. This is one of those games in my mind that is so much fun it makes me wonder how badly we even need the XBOX360 after all. I have read many other reviews on her that mention how great the customization options were in the other games. I have to admit that is not the reason I purchased this game. I bought it for the pursuit modes. So, if that effects your opinion of this review in a negative way so be it. But that said this game still has so much to offer...And with the great story mode (bad acting and all) I think there is an immersion factor that makes this hands down the best racing game on the market. But as I said and have to admit it of course depends on what it is you are looking for in a game of this type. I am loving it though and it is indeed worth the 50 dollars. I have been a huge burnout fan for quite sometime and this game has been played a lot more in my household recently. To the Burnout fans out there...While it isn't quite as good in certain respects there are other elements in this game that may wish had been included in that series as well.

what happend?

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 3 / 10
Date: November 22, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Ok i used to own the previous two nfs games that came out before this one and the main selling point was the wide range of customization that was available. This game is severely lacking that and it is a big dissapointment. I like the fact that they brought back alot of true exotic imports but i personally liked tuning 4 and 6 cylinder cars. I mean come on you dont put a friggin body kit and vinyl on a mercielago. Its unheard of. Another thing unheard of is how an eclipse can out race a viper srt 10!!! What the hell is wrong with this picture. Now i know that nfs isnt really known for realism but that is rediculouse. What they should have done is have certain clasifications of cars because im sorry a v6 golf should not be running against a c6 vette. They should have brought back alot of other cars as well as the exotics such as the rsx type s the civic the s 2000 hell even an nsx. And the other thing....please make the game longer. I bought the black edition and trust me it aint worth it. Now as for the cut scences i thought that was a really cool approach and i applaude for that, (cuz josie maran is friggin hot) but aside from that i thought they way they did that is pretty cool. All in all this game is a renters game only. Deffinately worth it there but do not buy this game.

Best Racing Game Ever!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 3
Date: November 30, 2005
Author: Amazon User

This is by far the best racing game that I have ever played. The graphics are awesome the game play is addicting. This is the first Need for Speed that I have played and WOW what a great introduction to the Need for Speed series. The best part about the game is that you are not just racing but earning your street credit. Never have I been able to detail my ride in a racing game the way you can do in Need For Speed Most Wanted. I have since stopped playing my Gran Turismo 4 altogether. This is a must buy for the serious gamer and race car enthusiast.

NFS Underground Meets NFS Hot Pursuit

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 7 / 9
Date: December 02, 2005
Author: Amazon User

This is by far my favorate Need for Speed game yet. I loved the others, but I was always wishing for EA to try to put together some of the great aspects of their games. Whenever I was playing Need for Speed Hot Pursuit 2, I wanted to be able to customize my cars. When I was playing Underground, I wanted to have the police chase me around town. In Need for Speed Most Wanted, you get both of them along with fairly good graphics, an excellent sense of speed, and a giant, wide open city to explore. The story is ok, and overall there is actually more of one than in NFS Underground. You are playing as an anonymous street racer who lost his car to his rival in a race. Throughout the game, you have to build up a new ride and beat other top street racers in order to get to the top of the most wanted list. The wide open city is very detailed and VERY large. It's much better than EA's first attempt at making a free roaming city in the not-so-great Need for Speed Underground 2. The only real gripe that I have about Most Wanted is the customization options, which aren't nearly as detaled as the first Underground game. In the original, you could pick out your front bumper, rear bumper, side skirts, head lights and tail lights separately. In Most Wanted, you have to get a body kit, which is basicly just all of these things pre selected for you. While the kits are still well done, you can no longer mix things up to your liking. However, you can still choose spoilers, rims, hoods, ect. The new edition to the Undergroung series (the police) are also a great part of the game. I find the police chases so much fun that I spend more time just driving around the city causing trouble, trying to start a police chase than I actually race. The police are the best I have seen in a game. Other games that have police chases usually just have them bumping you every few seconds. The police in Most wanted do all sorts of things such as setting up road blocks, spike strips, special souped up units, and of course, helicoptors. This may all sound very familiar to fans of the NFS Hot Pursuit games, but they use these tactics with much more intelligence. The police units also use a very effective tactic in which one police car will get in front of you, one will get behind you, and one will get on your left and right side. Once your completly boxed in, the car in front of you will slam on the brakes and trap you. When you get arrested, you can either use a get out of jail pass that you earn in races or you can pay the fine. If you don't have a pass or enough money, your car will be empounded. If you get in a big police chase, head for one of the red triangles on your map. They indicate objects that can be knocked over and used to get the police off your tail. For example: One of these objects is a water tower. If you rip through the support beams, the tower will collapse, cutting off or trapping your pursuers. The graphics aren't the best, but the cutscenes are excellent, and Need for Speed is still king when it comes to delivering a great sense of speed. This is a great racing game with cool cars and crazy police chases, but if you are looking for a game with great customization options, I recommend Midnight Club 3: DUB Edition, which has the best customization out there, along with free roaming cities to play in.

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