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Platform: GBA,
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Need
for Speed Most Wanted
The
Hot Pursuit games put a heavy emphasis on the law enforcement side of
street racing in the Need for Speed series; however, when the series
made the switch to the Underground games focus switched more toward
soaring around town in glammed out imports.
Now EA is taking the best of both worlds, and cramming them into
a new game with Need for Speed Most Wanted, which is slated for just
about every game platform available at the moment.
Screenshots of Xbox 360 version
In terms of the races, they will be of the illicit street racing sort with players driving all manner of licensed cars, like the BMW that has been seen in much of the game footage released so far. Like many other street racing games already on the market, Most Wanted will feature open races filled with shortcuts to exploit as players make their way through the game, trying to make their way to the top of the heap in the game’s underground racing world. For those who want to make their car extra pretty, there will be a number of paint |
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options,
as well as rims, wings, and so forth that can be slapped on ones ride,
and for those that couldn’t care less about looks, and would rather
focus on performance, they just need to stop by their safe house, where
they can install new engine components, suspensions, and whatnot to
shave a few seconds off of their time.
While this is all well and good, what a lot of people will want to know about is how the police comes into play in the game. At this point, it looks like the fuzz will be completely computer controlled, as they try to put an end to players’ street racing |
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days. As the police catch
wind of a race they’ll pursue those involved, while also putting up roadblocks,
and tack strips in the paths of racers in an attempt to disable their
cars and haul the drivers off to jail.
There’s no word yet if there will be any game modes that allow
players to control the police, which would be really neat for Most
Wanted’s online play, but here’s to hoping that this does indeed
happen in some way, shape, or form.
Looking
at how fun both the Hot Pursuit, and Underground games have been,
it’s not hard to imagine just how high fans’ expectations for Most
Wanted must be. Hopefully
when all is said and done the final product will be well worth the wait
when the game comes out this November.
Mr.
Nash (May 27, 2005)
Screenshots of Xbox 360 version
Features from the Fact Sheet:
- Open Road, Open World: Rule the streets as the most notorious street racer in various regions that include edgy industrial and urban environments. In the game, the environment can be a friend for a foe. Players will master short-cuts as well as use the traffic and destructible environments to their advantage. |
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