Need for Speed: Most Wanted
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Need for Speed: Most Wanted

Criterion Games

2012•Racing•PEGI 7•About 20 hours

Taste attributes: actionadventuredetectivefasttried & testedlightimaginarysimplelinearglossybig & variedemotionally undemandingfighting evilrescue/escape/jeopardyself destruction/implosion

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Boxlist takeVery fast and sweeping: a conventional racing game, low-key rather than stirring. Best if you like spectacle over intimacy.

Pace: very fast · Originality: tried and tested · Tone: balanced · Weight: light · Realism: imaginary world · Story: simple · Structure: very linear · Look: glossy · Scale: big and varied · Emotional punch: undemandingHow we score

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About This Game

Need for Speed: Most Wanted takes on the gameplay style of the first Most Wanted title in the Need for Speed franchise. Most Wanted allows players to select one car and compete against other racers in three types of events: Sprint races, which involves traveling from one point of the city to another, Circuit races, each having two or three laps total and Speed runs, which involve traversing through a course in the highest average speed possible. There is also the Ambush races, which start with the player surrounded by cops and tasked to evade their pursuit as quickly as possible.

Summary: IGDB

Screenshots

  • Need for Speed: Most Wanted screenshot
  • Need for Speed: Most Wanted screenshot
  • Need for Speed: Most Wanted screenshot
  • Need for Speed: Most Wanted screenshot

Characteristics

Where this game sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast
FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal
DarkTONEWholesome
LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy
FantasyREALISMRealistic
SimpleINTRICACYIntricate
Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear
UnderstatedSTYLEStylised
IntimateSCALEEpic
RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Genres and themes

ActionAdventureDetectiveFighting evilRescue/escape/jeopardySelf destruction/implosion

Keywords

Arcade racersStreet racingDriftingDay/night cycleMotorsportsTouch controlsEa appUnlockables

Details

Developer
Criterion Games
Publisher
Electronic Arts
Released
30 October 2012
Series
Need for Speed
Platforms
PlayStation 3, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360
Modes
Single player, Multiplayer
Perspective
First person, Third person
Time to beat
20h rushed, 20h normally, 32h complete
Age rating
PEGI 7
Taste scores
How we score
Source
IGDB

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