NFS Most Wanted
Need for Speed is about to return to the video game scene this fall. This time cops will be chasing your tail as you blaze down the highway going 150 miles per hour, spinning your wheels down the long, curved roads of the inner-city, lined with destructible signs, poles, and industrial sites. Watch out for the oncoming traffic, and be sure to outrun the police as up to six patrol officers chase you.
Like its predecessor, Need for Speed Underground 2, Most Wanted will feature a large city to explore at your leisure, or at your peril. Most Wanted includes the men in blue once again, bringing the series back to the days of Hot Pursuit 2. You’ll need to evade the cops as you make your way up the Blacklist. By challenging the people on the Blacklist, you’ll earn their car and the needed respect.
Whereas you were ‘boxed in’ in Need for Speed Underground 2, Most Wanted will allow gamers to roam more openly, across fields, golf courses, parking lots, and docks. The sense of expansiveness is there, and EA claims that it can take several minutes to travel from one side of the city to the other, once all areas of the city are unlocked. According to the developers, it’s roughly double the size of Underground 2.
It comes as no surprise that the police will play a major new role in this version of the Need for Speed series. The development team was sure to let us know that this is one of the few games these days that actually has a ‘game over’. You have to suck really bad to get there, but if your car gets impounded three times, and you have no more vehicles, you’re out of luck.
The computer AI is rather advanced, at least by the explanation given to me. According to what I was told, the AI will respond to each situation, holding grudges, and figuring ways to best deal with you. For instance, if you hit a police officer, he’ll take it personally, chasing you alone until he’s satisfied he’s paid you back. Hit a computer opponent into a cop car and they’ll pay them the same attention. Police will also respond to rank, chasing the front-runners over racers lagging at the end of the pack.
The chases themselves can last several minutes. I’ve seen them go on for more than five minutes. The police will call in assistance the more you bash their squad cars and the more destruction you cause. Obviously, with more police on-screen, the higher the likelihood you’ll be caught. Their means of capturing you is surrounding your car, and then boxing you in. You’re virtually defenseless when this happens.
If you find yourself in a police chase, you won’t have access to events on the map. Electronic Arts Canada was sure to keep you white-knuckled as you fight for the right to your vehicle. Remember, if your car gets impounded, there are penalties. It’s going to cost you cash for each expense you cause the city. In order to run this bill down, you’ll need to ‘cool down’ your car in the ‘safe house’.
The map from Need for Speed Underground 2 returns, as well as GPS. I didn’t mind the free-roaming from race-to-race that much, but at the request of gamers with less time – or those that simply don’t want to explore, it’s now possible to skip all of that by selecting races through the menus and warping to them. This takes away from the whole concept of gaining a rap sheet by evading the cops, costing the city as much money in destruction as possible, etc.
Need for Speed Underground 2 was all about tuning and upgrading your car. Need for Speed Most Wanted does not come close in the level of customization that Underground 2 did last fall. Instead of individual parts, you now have several body kits to choose from for your vehicle. I consider this a good thing, as you’ll be more concerned with what’s under the hood than the appearance of your vehicle.
Speaking of which, the cars available include, but are not limited to: BMW M3 GTR Street, BMW M3 GTR Race, Mazda RX-8, Porsche Carrera GT, Ford Mustang GT, Lotus Elise, Subaru Impreza WRX STi, Audi TT 3.2 V6, Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren, Corvette C6R, Corvette C6, Mitsubishi Eclipse GT, and Toyota Supra. More will be announced in the weeks ahead, including a number of to say the least, interesting ones.
I played both the full version of the single-player game and the demo. As I can’t go into much other than what I’ve already divulged, I’ll now go into detail about the demo. With three different game modes, the demo is a small sampling of what the game is like. In-between the Toll Booth, Sprint, and Drag races are chases from the cops. These can be as short as one and a half minutes, to two minutes or longer.
The Toll Booth mode is comprised of a series of three checkpoints. Fail to reach them in time and you lose the race. Sprint is a race against four computer opponents to the end, in percentage format, instead of laps. Drag is against a Blacklist opponent, using the analog stick to shift gears. You’ll have to deal with cops in all the modes, excluding drag, except for the evasion part at the end of each mode.
As much as I already like Need for Speed Most Wanted, I can’t help but feel an enormous amount of inspiration for the game came from Burnout 3. Mixing the best of both worlds, Need for Speed Underground and Burnout 3, isn’t such a bad idea. Add the pursuit of cops and you’ve got yourself a racing game that strives to differentiate itself from its competition. While at this point in development, there’s no evidence Most Wanted reinvents the racing genre, it definitely improves upon the winning formula that the Underground series was based on.
Article from
http://gamefreaks365.com/modules.php?na ... &artid=669
Also I think 2 screens from here are new:
http://gamefreaks365.com/screenshots/index.php?list=21
EDIT: About the 2 pics previously posted...nfsu2.de claims they are art works, so I dunno. I only report what other sites say.
Like its predecessor, Need for Speed Underground 2, Most Wanted will feature a large city to explore at your leisure, or at your peril. Most Wanted includes the men in blue once again, bringing the series back to the days of Hot Pursuit 2. You’ll need to evade the cops as you make your way up the Blacklist. By challenging the people on the Blacklist, you’ll earn their car and the needed respect.
Whereas you were ‘boxed in’ in Need for Speed Underground 2, Most Wanted will allow gamers to roam more openly, across fields, golf courses, parking lots, and docks. The sense of expansiveness is there, and EA claims that it can take several minutes to travel from one side of the city to the other, once all areas of the city are unlocked. According to the developers, it’s roughly double the size of Underground 2.
It comes as no surprise that the police will play a major new role in this version of the Need for Speed series. The development team was sure to let us know that this is one of the few games these days that actually has a ‘game over’. You have to suck really bad to get there, but if your car gets impounded three times, and you have no more vehicles, you’re out of luck.
The computer AI is rather advanced, at least by the explanation given to me. According to what I was told, the AI will respond to each situation, holding grudges, and figuring ways to best deal with you. For instance, if you hit a police officer, he’ll take it personally, chasing you alone until he’s satisfied he’s paid you back. Hit a computer opponent into a cop car and they’ll pay them the same attention. Police will also respond to rank, chasing the front-runners over racers lagging at the end of the pack.
The chases themselves can last several minutes. I’ve seen them go on for more than five minutes. The police will call in assistance the more you bash their squad cars and the more destruction you cause. Obviously, with more police on-screen, the higher the likelihood you’ll be caught. Their means of capturing you is surrounding your car, and then boxing you in. You’re virtually defenseless when this happens.
If you find yourself in a police chase, you won’t have access to events on the map. Electronic Arts Canada was sure to keep you white-knuckled as you fight for the right to your vehicle. Remember, if your car gets impounded, there are penalties. It’s going to cost you cash for each expense you cause the city. In order to run this bill down, you’ll need to ‘cool down’ your car in the ‘safe house’.
The map from Need for Speed Underground 2 returns, as well as GPS. I didn’t mind the free-roaming from race-to-race that much, but at the request of gamers with less time – or those that simply don’t want to explore, it’s now possible to skip all of that by selecting races through the menus and warping to them. This takes away from the whole concept of gaining a rap sheet by evading the cops, costing the city as much money in destruction as possible, etc.
Need for Speed Underground 2 was all about tuning and upgrading your car. Need for Speed Most Wanted does not come close in the level of customization that Underground 2 did last fall. Instead of individual parts, you now have several body kits to choose from for your vehicle. I consider this a good thing, as you’ll be more concerned with what’s under the hood than the appearance of your vehicle.
Speaking of which, the cars available include, but are not limited to: BMW M3 GTR Street, BMW M3 GTR Race, Mazda RX-8, Porsche Carrera GT, Ford Mustang GT, Lotus Elise, Subaru Impreza WRX STi, Audi TT 3.2 V6, Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren, Corvette C6R, Corvette C6, Mitsubishi Eclipse GT, and Toyota Supra. More will be announced in the weeks ahead, including a number of to say the least, interesting ones.
I played both the full version of the single-player game and the demo. As I can’t go into much other than what I’ve already divulged, I’ll now go into detail about the demo. With three different game modes, the demo is a small sampling of what the game is like. In-between the Toll Booth, Sprint, and Drag races are chases from the cops. These can be as short as one and a half minutes, to two minutes or longer.
The Toll Booth mode is comprised of a series of three checkpoints. Fail to reach them in time and you lose the race. Sprint is a race against four computer opponents to the end, in percentage format, instead of laps. Drag is against a Blacklist opponent, using the analog stick to shift gears. You’ll have to deal with cops in all the modes, excluding drag, except for the evasion part at the end of each mode.
As much as I already like Need for Speed Most Wanted, I can’t help but feel an enormous amount of inspiration for the game came from Burnout 3. Mixing the best of both worlds, Need for Speed Underground and Burnout 3, isn’t such a bad idea. Add the pursuit of cops and you’ve got yourself a racing game that strives to differentiate itself from its competition. While at this point in development, there’s no evidence Most Wanted reinvents the racing genre, it definitely improves upon the winning formula that the Underground series was based on.
Article from
http://gamefreaks365.com/modules.php?na ... &artid=669
Also I think 2 screens from here are new:
http://gamefreaks365.com/screenshots/index.php?list=21
EDIT: About the 2 pics previously posted...nfsu2.de claims they are art works, so I dunno. I only report what other sites say.
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GREAT FIND 2 Furio! I will try to help you guys on the Guess The Car Contest II by finding some patchworks.
EDIT: here they are:
http://img389.imageshack.us/img389/6339/mystery12uj.jpg
http://img389.imageshack.us/img389/6591/mystery22tk.jpg
http://img389.imageshack.us/img389/2157/mystery33is.jpg
http://img389.imageshack.us/img389/8051/mystery46ap.jpg
Enjoy!
EDIT: here they are:
http://img389.imageshack.us/img389/6339/mystery12uj.jpg
http://img389.imageshack.us/img389/6591/mystery22tk.jpg
http://img389.imageshack.us/img389/2157/mystery33is.jpg
http://img389.imageshack.us/img389/8051/mystery46ap.jpg
Enjoy!
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Neues Need For Speed Verkündet!
Neues Need For Speed Verkündet!
No problemo.
Looks like we'll be getting BMW M3 GTR Street and BMW M3 GTR Race, Corvette C6R and Corvette C6. Goes to show you how freaking lazy EA got. I bet this will count as 4 cars, when there are actually only 2. So out of the so-called promised 40 cars, probably about a quarter will be repeats.
Looks like we'll be getting BMW M3 GTR Street and BMW M3 GTR Race, Corvette C6R and Corvette C6. Goes to show you how freaking lazy EA got. I bet this will count as 4 cars, when there are actually only 2. So out of the so-called promised 40 cars, probably about a quarter will be repeats.
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It's gotta be the (NFSMW) Evo that was on the cover of Import Racer. It even has the same red in it...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v143/ ... ocover.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v143/ ... ocover.jpg
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Me too.
Some new "news" here: At 1 Up, there is a new review of Need For Speed Most Wanted for the PSP. Along With That we have got a new video. The Links are below.
review: http://www.1up.com/do/previewPage?cId=3143040&did=1
video: http://www.1up.com/do/download?cId=3139531
P. S. Guess What? The PSP Version has Be The Cop Mode GGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR....EA HAS MADE A VERY BAD CHOICE.
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Some new "news" here: At 1 Up, there is a new review of Need For Speed Most Wanted for the PSP. Along With That we have got a new video. The Links are below.
review: http://www.1up.com/do/previewPage?cId=3143040&did=1
video: http://www.1up.com/do/download?cId=3139531
P. S. Guess What? The PSP Version has Be The Cop Mode GGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR....EA HAS MADE A VERY BAD CHOICE.
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Neues Need For Speed Verkündet!
Neues Need For Speed Verkündet!
ooooo...rolling eyes...eh?Seui wrote:Hey 2furio, when exactly did you enter the contest, just wanted to know...
Why are you asking?Anyways, I entered the minute it was up. I know 100% sure what car is that and I knew from the second I saw the picture.
Back on topic...two exclusive cars (the Porsche Carrera 4S and the Mazda 3) and be the cop mode??? F***ing EA??? How f***ing dumb are they??? Exclusive my @$$!!! This is really starting to weewee me off. Screw it...I'm not buying MW just for that (...well I wasn't planning on buying it anyway). Now that I took all that out...I feel much better...
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Oh no reason. I forgot my user name, so it took me a few minutes to enter...why did I have to forget.
Wow, just watched the PSP clip, did anyone see the M3's accel!? That thing hauled, it was sick, everyone should check it out!
Hmm, I just might have to pick up the PSP version along with my copy for the 360!
You know...I don't consider that a good thing, because EA's suckered me again, alright!
I forgot my user name, so it took me a few minutes to enter...why did I have to forget.Wow, just watched the PSP clip, did anyone see the M3's accel!? That thing hauled, it was sick, everyone should check it out!
Hmm, I just might have to pick up the PSP version along with my copy for the 360!
You know...I don't consider that a good thing, because EA's suckered me again, alright!
Some users wrote:What's a hatchback spoiler?
OMG.Andre_online wrote:You mean NFSU2 limits the supply of spoilers for hatchbacks from the normal cars?
This is a hatchback spoiler:
http://www.nfsunlimited.net/files/nfs7/ ... o%5E14.jpg
About the "exclusive" Mazda 3.... WTF?
About the Golf: I want it in the game. I hate so much this car that I want it in the game, I enjoy ramming those eggs with wheels in nfsu2
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Uhm... 1954 Chevrolet Corvette and Fiat Coupe are in the game:
http://www.seriouswheels.com/pics-1950- ... ed-ggr.jpg
http://www.fiatcoupe.net/pics/galleries ... foto01.jpg
Mustang Cobra!!! Add it please!!!
Oh and the Nissan 350z and Pug206 and Seat Leon (old model) ^_^
http://www.seriouswheels.com/pics-1950- ... ed-ggr.jpg
http://www.fiatcoupe.net/pics/galleries ... foto01.jpg
Mustang Cobra!!! Add it please!!!
Oh and the Nissan 350z and Pug206 and Seat Leon (old model)
^_^Official PSP Preview:
http://www.eagames.com/official/nfs/mos ... 38&src=psp
Need for Speedâ„¢ Most Wanted Community Day
http://www.eagames.com/official/nfs/mos ... munity_day
If you scroll down, there is a screen with the comment: "Glad you can't see that "secret" car." and I can't identify it...it must be a new one!!! Bojan? Anyone?
^Sparco^, how do you know those cars are in?
http://www.eagames.com/official/nfs/mos ... 38&src=psp
Need for Speedâ„¢ Most Wanted Community Day
http://www.eagames.com/official/nfs/mos ... munity_day
If you scroll down, there is a screen with the comment: "Glad you can't see that "secret" car." and I can't identify it...it must be a new one!!! Bojan? Anyone?
^Sparco^, how do you know those cars are in?