The Good: Outrunning the cops is extremely exciting; outstanding sound effects; sharp graphics; tones down some of the over-the-top product placement found in the previous nfs games; mindblowing full-motion video cutscenes.
The Bad: Racer AI isn't too bright at first, gets wicked smart later on; not enough mindblowing full-motion video cutscenes.
EA's long-running Need for Speed series took a trip underground a couple of years back when the developer refocused the game solely on illegal street racing. While the nighttime racing series was certainly successful, the lawless world was always missing one key factor: cops. This year's installment crawls back into the daylight. The actual racing hasn't changed too much, but the ever-present police make this game a whole lot more interesting.
Need for Speed hasn't had cops for awhile, and they make a welcome return in Most Wanted.
The game's career mode starts out with a hilarious bang. You take on the role of a nameless, faceless new racer attempting to hit the scene in the city of Rockport. An underground ranking known as the Blacklist governs who can race who, and when. You almost immediately run into a punk named Razor, who's definitely the sort of dude that lives his life a quarter-mile at a time. He's at the bottom of the list, but a few races later, he's sabotaged your ride and has won it from you in a race. Meanwhile, you're carted off to jail. Left with nothing but some mysterious help from a stranger named Mia, your task is to get back in the race game to work your way to the top of the Blacklist, which is now topped by Razor, who's using your old car to wipe out the competition. -- www.gamespot.com
My rating: 9.5/10
It's the best street racing game so far, at least until I can play NFS: Carbon.
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