Need For Speed: Most Wanted 5-1-0 PSP game

Need For Speed: Most Wanted 5-1-0

2005

Overall rating: 3.5 out of 5

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Need For Speed first appeared on the radar as a supercar burnout showcase for the doomed 3DO console. Over the years, the owner of the franchise, the omnipresent Electronic Arts, has tried a number of different angles, but though NFS1 and 2 were popular, subsequent releases failed to set the world alight. The mega-publisher finally found the formula it had been looking for with the release of Need for Speed: Underground. Riding on the back of the Fast & Furious-inspired explosion of car modification culture, the game gave people real licensed cars, plenty of parts to fit, and races to enter. Many people like it so much they even put up with the rather tedious stabs at urban culture referencing, attempted by the game's pale, and no doubt middle-aged Canadian producers. NFS:U2 picked up where it left off, and EA hasn't stopped improving its street racing and tuning game skills, it would seem. The latest in the Need for Speed dynasty gets a name change, and is now subtitled Most Wanted. As well as taking part in races and improving your car's performance in line with an ever growing 'rep', they've re-introduced a theme from an earlier incarnation of the long running series ? police pursuit. For that matter, fleeing the cops has been a recurring them in videogames over the years. EA has really gone to town here, though, and you get to watch as your notoriety moves you up the police 'most wanted' list, as the dogged coppers try ever more complicated ruses in their attempts to snare you. Like NFS:U2, you get a massive world to roam, plenty of real cars to choose from, and a wealth of tuning options. But this time around, you might not just change your appearance for the purposes of pimping ? it might be so the watchful rozzers don't recognise you. EA does try to push all the right buttons ? some would argue a little too hard ? but all the same, here's a respectable package to experiment with if that's what you're after.

Need For Speed: Most Wanted 5-1-0 details

Format:	3 PSP
Players:	1
Genre:	Racing
Developers:	ELECTRONIC ARTS
Rental release:	25 Nov 2005

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need for speed most wanted

By a customer from staines, england , 20 Apr 2006

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got this for my daughter to play on her psp but ended up playing it on mine...! what a great game to play and really good graphics.

A++++
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OK, i guess

By BigC (10 reviews) from Woking , 12 Dec 2007

i actually wanted to get the version for the ps3, but somehow picked this one instead. to be honest im not disappointed, but the game does get repetative (yet ive only played for about 30 mins) and, like all these types of games, you are encouraged to 'pimp' your ride which i hate doing, i would never drive round in some done-up car in real life, im not going to start in a game...
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quite good

By ZIGGY from HEREFORD , 18 Aug 2007

It is sort of good when you get the hang of it but when you get higher

the level it gets a bit boring
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Not the best...

By Hugh from Cardboard box on the A1 , 13 Jun 2007

I got this free of a friend who got bored of it, and, I can see why.

The graphics are okay, about normal for psp games, and the gameplay is good, until you get to about half way through the game, the tracks get very repetitive, and very annoying.

The car customization is a good part, it keeps you interested a tiny bit longer.

The audio is probably the worst part of it, out of the 30 or so tracks 25 of them are gangsta tracks, and the rest rock, which is bad for me as I like rock, and even if you liked gangsta the music gets really repetitive and you'd wish you never even heard of need for speed, you can turn certain tracks on and off but realy, all it needs is to have a feature to play music from your memory cad.
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There are better

By CaptainCrabs (20 reviews) from Bristol , 10 May 2007

Good GFX, Good Music, but the car handeling is lousey.

Turn, and the delay is so noticeable. Going to try some of the newer Need For Speed games and see if they are better
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I brought It!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By Andrew Cooper from Norwich, England , 02 Nov 2006

Its a great. like i said i brought it!! I can't what to rent the new one 'Need For Speed Carbon Own The City'

P.S. Dear Lovefilm

Please get the new game up for rent quick Please.
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