Publisher: EA Games
Genre: Racing Simulation
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Need for Speed: Most Wanted
Need for Speed has always served its audience with something good and something new. Gamers still play Need for Speed 2 SE. The launch of the latest Need for Speed in end 2005 has given hardcore gamers a new reason to smile.
The game is called Most Wanted which means we expect the return of the cops. This time the cops are not going to go down so easily. EA (The developers of NFS series) has claimed that the gameplay can remind you of a hollywood seen in a movie. Hollywood style cop chase with spike strip, road block and police chopper hovering above. Become the heros from "The Fast and the Furious" or take on the speed with "Gone in 60 seconds".
There will be stunts to perform in the free rome world. There will be days and nights in the game just as we saw it in GTA:VC and GTA:SA. We can only race during night times and for the day time there are a lot of things to do just as we had in Need for Speed: Underground 2.
Gamers loved the sports cars in all the titles till HP2 and then missed them in Underground 1 & 2. Guess what?? sports cars are also in now. Looking at the screenshots of the game reviled so far we have seen Carrera GT BMW M5 and Chevi, Lotus comes back from 6 and Audi TT will also feature in NFS:MW. The sum of street cars as well as sports cars will make the game look very good. We have not seen or heard about any Ferrari of a McLaren yet but we do have Carrera GT. In India Ferrari is the most fav sports car due to F1 but sorry folks no news of the scarlet speeder till now.
Looking at the game from an Indian prespective it should do good in the Indian markets with price app Rs.999 to Rs.1499. With a good gameplay and still keeping the Free Rome Mode, good list of cars and Customise, Good Music (Which all previous NFS games has) and The Cops the game should be a good deal.
Power Gamer Rating: 4/5
The rating is for the Pre Realease Game, It may change after the game is released.
Review By Rutul Naik (Webmaster, PGI)
* Open Road, Open World: Rule the streets as the most notorious street racer in various regions that include edgy industrial and urban environments. In the game, the environment can be a friend for 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 incorporates 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, street challenges 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.
