Need For Speed: Most Wanted PS2 game

Need For Speed: Most Wanted

2005

Overall rating: 3 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 details

Formats:	12 PS3, Xbox 360, 3 DS, PS2, Xbox, GameCube
Players:	1
Genres:	Adventure, Racing, Shooter
Developers:	ELECTRONIC ARTS
Rental release:	25 Nov 2006

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Great Game

By a customer from Preston, Lancashire , 16 Feb 2008

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This is a great game can take hours to complete it.
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By scruufycow (1 review) from Stockton-on-Tees , 01 May 2009

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although i really enjoy the need for speed series on ps2 most wanted wasnt as good as i thought it would be but that doesnt mean to say other speeders out there wont enjoy it. stay safe on the roads and be wreckless in the game. happy speeding
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quality - i love it

By a customer from london , 03 Jul 2008

getting chased by police on purpose...... how can u not love this game????? great cars, great modifications and the nice twist from the other need for speed games where you have challenges of getting police to follow you and crashing through roadblocks and hiding from the police chopper. i loved it
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Great Game

By a customer from Preston, Lancashire , 16 Feb 2008

This is a great game can take hours to complete it.
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the best game ever

By a customer from england , 28 Aug 2007

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i think this game is the best i com across aload of racing games but this on is totally different its when you race you just van't bump into any thing at all
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Excellent Action

By leigh gilbert from Swindon, England , 21 Apr 2006

Need for speed most wanted really impressed me for the gameplay and the detail of the cars, i really love the persuit breakers, they are really good fun and gives you a chance when the cops get nasty, the first few races are easy but the difficulty builds at a good rate and the undercover cops are a nightmare, enjoy.
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