Need for Speed: Most Wanted (by Criterion)

BioHazard7911 · November 18, 2012

Been playing it for a while, and honestly...

I would give it a 5 or 6 out of 10...or maybe I'm just being too generous, maybe a 3/10 would do better.

Why?

-Heavy, unpredictable, boaty and awkward driving physics

-Short gameplay

-Lacking number of cars

-All cars except the Nissan GT-R Egoist (presumably the 4x4s don't feel the same) feel the same, heavy and slow. Stats say otherwise but the game shows you otherwise when you drive them.

-Traffic cars love to appear out of nowhere

-Ridiculously easy AI

-Sensitive handbrake

-Cops are too easy to evade

-No main menu, you just jump straight in

-No photomode

-You can't even scratch a traffic car through a drift without the game stopping you saying you "crashed"

-Variety of colours? Come on, where are the factory colors for each car? They are all the same colour for each car (except for a few)

-Nitrous feels weak

-I can't even achieve the 0-100 time the GT-R has in real life (currently 2.7 secs) without mods

-Weren't there 16 blacklist members originally? I said 16 because you have to beat Rog in order to get the #16 spot to take on Sonny, etc.

-Game feels buggy at times (One day I played at 90+fps, everything was fine, then the next day it went down to 33-40fps and then after an hour of gameplay it went back to 90+..and yes I had unnecessary programs closed)

-Pausing\slowing the game down just to explain everything? Uhh...okay..

-Some cars are hard to find (I haven't even found a ZL1 Camaro yet..)

-If you want to go to a certain spot on the map in the pause menu without the pointer being magnetized by a carspot\race location, etc...Good luck.

-No RPM speedo + no gear number

-When installing mods, don't do it in a hairy situation, and don't do it while drifting either..just don't. If you do, don't say I didn't warn you.

-Too many jackspots with the same car

And that's the cons. Here are the pros;

-Cars cannot be customizable (a.k.a. ricing), they just come as they are, like they should

-Criterion is actually doing better than EA to not allow ricing

-You can change the settings\modify your car while you're driving (Really...that is a pretty cool thing)

-You don't have to buy mods to get them in your car..they just get unlocked

-Mods can be installed instantly with a push of a button

To be honest, I'm glad that I am buying Forza 4 and Horizon soon. I think I'll ditch the NFS series for good now, screw this, I'm going back to High Stakes.

GWTBialy · December 26, 2012

Videos with the new cars from DLC:

NFS: Most Wanted (Ultimate Speed Pack DLC) - Lamborghini Aventador J

NFS: Most Wanted (Ultimate Speed Pack DLC) - Pagani Zonda R

NFS: Most Wanted (Ultimate Speed Pack DLC) - McLaren F1 LM

NFS: Most Wanted (Ultimate Speed Pack DLC) - Bugatti Veyron Vitesse

calster17 · February 26, 2013

3 new bits of DLC announced.

In short, new area, new cars in each pack. From memory its BMW 1M, Audi RS4, New Fordx Feista ST, Alfa Mito & the New Airport area.

Another pack has the 'Cover cars' from past NFS's, Diablo, M3 GTR, 350Z, R34, 911 GT2.

And the last is a 'Movie Legneds' with the DBS, DB4, Pontiac Firebird, Dodge Charger & 67 Shelby Mustang.

Linky here for full info. And full list of cars incase I missed any.

iNotACactus · February 26, 2013

Think this beats the Forza pack. NFS is back, shockingly. :omg:

Ryzza5 · February 26, 2013

I'm more shocked they're actually bringing it to PC - after I purchased the crappy Xbox version to avoid that problem (although I haven't played it in months, the game lagged too much)