Need For Speed: Most Wanted (The New NFS)

[OKBANANA]

Hey, looks like another ricey NFS game, probably with even weirder looking bodykits and more modifications than you can poke a stick at, i like the idea of cops though.

Quote: NFSCars.com:

The series will ditch the Underground moniker, with the new game carrying the title Need for Speed: Most Wanted. The information, leaked to us last week, states that the multi-platform offering will ship across the world in late 2005.

Most Wanted will be available for Xbox 2, Xbox, PlayStation 2, GameCube, PC, PSP and “Game Boy Advance or Nintendo DS.” A pleasant added value news snippet details a “…simultaneous ship, with the Xbox2 platform", which indicates a late 2005 release for Xbox2 too. Though whether the machine will go under the ‘Xbox2’ name is unclear. But the launch period, as dated by the world’s leading third-party publisher, can now be pencilled in.

The picture we get is of a game that is not really too different from the Underground duo, with one key difference: Most Wanted takes the series back to its roots, with police chases making up the body of the gameplay. (Yipppeeee !!!! <----- Viper's personal Observation )

The game will feature:

"Outwit cops" missions

Visual customisation to manage your ‘heat meter’

Epic Hollywood-style police pursuits with up to 15 cop cars on screen

Skill-based cop evasion and upgradable evasion technology

Interactive environments conducive to eluding cops

There is also a rap-sheet system, in which a player’s notoriety is upped by performing more dangerous manoeuvres in the view of following police.

Eight game modes are promised:

Multiple point races

Toll booth races

Speed trap photos

Outrun

Outrun best route

Circuit

Sprint

Knockout – Cost to state, pursuit milestones and headlines

Milestones

Four ‘distinct regions’ will be offered, along with real time weather and an evolving environment.

*There will be no racing during the night-time*

all the action taking place between sun up and sunset.

Online play will be included with what is described as a ‘similar feature set to NFSU2’ though this time, world-wide play will be included with no conflict between the North American and European versions.

Around 100 motors will be on offer. ‘Asian import (tuners), exotics, American muscle and Euro imports,” as detailed by EA.

[Bax]

Sounds good, but it'll definately be a rental first for me. NFS has let me down so many times before.

I like the outwit type thing, I'd like to fang it around back streets to escape cops.

[prae]

Quote: NFSCars.com:Visual customisation to manage your ‘heat meter’

Could this mean the more rice we put on, the higher the 'heat meter', the higher the chance cops will chase us?

Guess its better to build sleepers

/me jumps for joy

*There will be no racing during the night-time*  

all the action taking place between sun up and sunset.

Finally! Now we can see where we're driving!

Also seems like this game'll encourage stupid behaviour...It'll definately affect the pre-pubescents heavily, with the wrap-sheet system in place...

[Guerilla]

Hum... Better be a damn S15 this time!

[MacGuyver]

I'd also like to see a return of the S2000, DC2 and DC5 Integra (and not just in the American version!) And I personally wouldn't care if they decide to 'lose' all those SUV's and the American rice culture. Don't like my chances tho.

[SKYLVIA]

SUV's = homo in N4SUII they were good to do up but the worst to drive!the S15 would be great im not a big fan of the dc5 but i like the dc2. and i really like the whole concept of underground so if they scrap it ill be pissed. even tho this may have similiar atributes i will miss underground :'( and if theres no similarities to UG then it doesnt get my vote

[Fro-Daddy]

sounds shweet...gotta love the good ol cop chases...

[predator]

lol - must have taken a bunch of genious' to think that one up.. Need For Speed: High Stakes meets NFS:U.. don't you all feel jibbed they didn't put cops in the FIRST NFSU?

I can just picture a series of never ending sequels with slight improvements till it gets boring and nobody gives a shit anymore.. what happened before NFSU came out.

[Bax]

I can just picture a series of never ending sequels with slight improvements till it gets boring and nobody gives a shit anymore.. what happened before NFSU came out.

Isn't that what we all thought when Need for Speed 38 came out??

[Mr GTS4]

i used to love nfs3 - hot pursuit.. i used to custom the cars and make the traffic cars like 1kg so when you hit them they went flying.. lol those were the days..

[SKYLVIA]

i herd that the creator of NFSU didnt put police in it because its strictly underground where all the rules are ment to be broken, when you come to think about it it wouldve been homo to put cops in nfsu cause u can get them in all the others, its prob good that there putting them in the new one though, im not a big fan on cops tho so thats my opinion

[Buddy Club R33]

I wonder if you drive the speed limit whether or not the cops will pull you over and give you a major defect....that would be realistic

[Guerilla]

I wonder if you drive the speed limit whether or not the cops will pull you over and give you a major defect....that would be realistic

[CerealKiller]

NFS:Porsche is still the best one they've brought out

[lwells]

NFS:Porsche is still the best one they've brought out

Agreed. I wish they would redo it with the new engine... or perhaps a NFS: Ferrari, or NFS: Lambo, etc

LW.

[eclipseman1997]

at least it will be realistic in the sense that all the people who dump 20,000 in they're

body kit paint job and sound system will get arrested for it

oh no thats what i want to happen...

if only real life imitated video games the world we be so much better.

p.s. and i could be mario

[racsov500]

sounds like fun! teach people a lesson for making your car LOOK fully sick and having it slower than stock.....now for some REAL performance cars....by my books anyway....

[benm]

Yup NFS:Porsche is definitely the best and most realistic NFS game out to date.

Just a refurbishment to this would be nice.

[ookami]

should be alright ... NFSU with cops would be tops. Bet it gets a bad name cause some idiot will use it as an excuse as to why they starteda high speed cop chase.

[racsov500]

can picture the headlines of the newsapapers already....