IGN's NFSMW Hands-On

Post by **Bojan** » 20 Jul 2005, 20:09

A while ago IGN got a chance to play Need for Speed Most Wanted on EA's Hot Summer Nights event. Here are some of the more interesting quote:

We learned there are at least 40 cars in NFS: Most Wanted, including models from Porsche (including the new Camen S), Mazda (RX8), Toyota, Chevy (Corvette), Ford (Mustang, GT), Lamborghini, Cadillac, BMW (GT4), and Volkswagen, to name a few. The game will not include SUVs, and there won't be any Ferraris in it either.

The key addition to NFS Most Wanted is a kind of Bullet Time effect. By pressing a single button, you slow down time enabling you to skillfully and carefully navigate tough turns, harrying moments, or near-collisions with cops or giant semi trucks.

Dozens of cops chase after you...They start by calmly driving alongside your vehicle, but as you continue to speed, they increasingly grow aggressive, until they're ramming, strafing, and speeding head-first into your car. They will drive in front of you and try to tip you, and they'll clamor about you, surrounding the vehicle, in the attempt to drive you into a stationery object, like a tree, brick wall, or cement post.

Plenty of other interesting facts are available in the article so be sure to take a look.

IGN's NFSMW Hands-On

Supra-man · Post by **Supra-man** » 20 Jul 2005, 20:28

Mosted Wanted is gonna rock.

Pigbenis · Post by **Pigbenis** » 20 Jul 2005, 20:29

Agree

/me wants Most Wanted now

Sir Ibi · Post by **Sir Ibi** » 20 Jul 2005, 20:42

hmmm Bullet-time

Ok so the rest of the game sounds GREAT! but bullet-time, sounds like a cheap gimmic to me...

99k · Post by **99k** » 20 Jul 2005, 22:20

Aww i want it now. It sounds great. A load of cops chasing you. I just want it now. Knowing more about the game makes me more excited. I WANT IT NOW!

Pinecone · Post by **Pinecone** » 21 Jul 2005, 02:19

Sir Ibi wrote:hmmm Bullet-time Ok so the rest of the game sounds GREAT! but bullet-time, sounds like a cheap gimmic to me...

they used it in the preview videos and it looked very well intigrated when making a split second decision like driving under the semi or taking a hairpin turn, this would help especially if you tend to spinout on a hard corner with 8 cops chasing you

Andre_online · Post by **Andre_online** » 21 Jul 2005, 02:51

As EA have said before, this game is v ery Hollywood style. That's why they used the time bullet thingy. Some Hollywood action films use that effect to during an intense chase.

Sir Ibi · Post by **Sir Ibi** » 21 Jul 2005, 02:59

I can see how bullet-time might look good in replays and what not, but its just sad gimmick. Bullet-time has no place in a racing game.

Let tell you a little story. One of my lecturers used to work for a games company and they were in the middle of developing the BattleStar Galactica game. One of the execs from the Publisher who has never played a game in his life, for the first time played Metal Gear Solid, which he thought was amazing. He then suggested to the development company, that it would be cool to add some sort of stealth gameplay (like in MGS) to Battlestar Galactica. The development team was absolulty pissed, but they couldn't really disagree with the publishers as they could risk losing the deal, and project for this game may have fall through, but taking the publishers advice, may also ruin the game.

I think that a similar situation may have occured during development, where one old exec dude in a suit from EA, was playing Max Payne or somat, and though, "hey it would be cool to add Bullet-Time in this game"....... I think they should've have not wasted their time on stupid gimmick, and just concentrate on the main gameplay.

Speed818 · Post by **Speed818** » 21 Jul 2005, 23:14

no ferraris!?

Andre_online · Post by **Andre_online** » 21 Jul 2005, 23:59

Unfortunately, not this time...

Post by **TheStig** » 22 Jul 2005, 07:40

but then again I don't trust anything IGN says.... if you can't even type a few car names rigt... how can in earth am I supposed to believe them

Cpt.Razkit · Post by **Cpt.Razkit** » 22 Jul 2005, 09:39

Bullet Time is a rip off of MC3..... i think...

All of this sounds good but we just have to wait for a demo or for the full version to come out...

Andre_online · Post by **Andre_online** » 22 Jul 2005, 14:17

TheStig wrote:but then again I don't trust anything IGN says.... if you can't even type a few car names rigt... how can in earth am I supposed to believe them

Well they gave the right info about the car list for NFSU2, so I think I still can rely on them for informations on MW.