Need for Speed: Most Wanted (PC)

Need for Speed: Most Wanted (PC)

Avinash Bali, Dec 10, 2005 1816 hrs IST

MW stays true to the hip-hop-bling-bling tuner culture with police chases and exotic cars.

Purposeful free roaming, Fast, furious and thrilling car chases, Sense of speed, Sounds as good as it looks, Impressive car line up.

Difficulty level is suddenly spiked up halfway through the game, Cheesy voice acting, Modding has been toned down quite a bit, Drag races tend to get boring, Not enough Josie Maron.

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Notorious C.A.R.

Free roaming from NFS: U2 is back, which means you'll be able to explore Rockport leisurely entering races or visiting various shops as and when you feel like. If you aren't a fan of free-roaming you'll be able to access races from your safe house, which can be visited from the in-game menu.

To progress through the Blacklist, you'll have to take on 15 of Rockport's most notorious racers. The only catch here is that they don't race with anyone and every one; you'll have to prove yourself to them by competing in various Milestone Events and races which comprise of the generic Circuits, Drags, Sprints and Lap Knockout Challenges. Replacing URLs, Street Xs and Drifts are Speedtraps and Tollbooth Challenges. Speedtraps will have you racing against opponents to gauge whose clocking the fastest speed, while tollbooth races are time bound races that require you to pass through a certain amount of tollbooths in a certain amount of time.

Milestone events are the primary draw of MW as it is during these events that the game truly shines. During these events your main aim is to be as notorious as possible. To do so you'll have to plough through roadblocks, avoid spike strips, trade paint with cop cars, damage property, and evade cops. Initially, cop chases will be far too easy, but as you climb up the Blacklist they'll come after you with a vengeance. To keep the heat off your ride, you'll constantly have to change the physical appearance of your car. This is a pretty cool angle as you'll get to experiment after almost every successful completion of a Milestone event. Unfortunately, car modding in MW is not as extensive as it was in Underground 1 and 2. The selection of vinyls is very mediocre and every car will have only 5/6 body kits to choose from.