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#1 24/06/07 9:41am

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[Review] Need for Speed: Most Wanted 5-1-0

This is my first review so don't expect much...

Need for Speed: Most Wanted 5-1-0 (2005)
Dev: Electronic Arts (EA)
Publisher: Electronic Arts (EA)

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At first, Need for Speed: Most Wanted 5-1-0 feels like the normal NfS:MW seen on the consoles, due to it's black list game type and it's editable custom cars, but you might feel it's a little reduced from it's console brothers.

Gameplay: Although the cars can't be edited as much as on the consoles, and 5-1-0 doesn't  have a 'drag' race mode, this game feels like EA has really tried to make it as good as possible. It's good that this game doesn't have all the bugs as Underground Rivals. Loading times are suprisingly fast, and the hole racing scene reminds me of Need for Speed Underground, which I think is still the best NfS out there. I thought that this Black List game mode, (which means you have to defeat a total of 15 racers) is a job done in one night, but it isn't. Before you can face the boss you must first win 4 to 10 races, which go harder and harder as you go on the next Black List boss. There are a total of 128 races, but none of them are held on night, which is sad but a fairly decent decision from EA because of the 'hard to see' screen that PSP has, at least on direct sunlight. Then there are the cops, which drop this title's gameplay lower. The cops are annoying, and they don't seem as cops at all. Whenever you are driving in the 1st place, they just suddenly come from around the corner and start trying to turn you around, and when they do, you drop directly to 4th place and it's all over. They are pretty easy to avoid, but if you are not on 1st place, but 2nd or 3rd or 4th, the cops are always on your tail, not chasing the leading driver, and when you take the first place, they are ready to turn your car sideways and to the wall. Once on a knockout race, happened a funny thing, one of the rivals was knocked-out and two of them were busted by the cops, so all that I had to worry about was that I wouldn't get caught. It is very rare that the cops bust anyone else than the player. There is one bad thing in this game, which is that there is no free-roam, although it could be possible with sacrificing graphics as GTA:LCS and VCS showed us. There is a new game mode not in NfS:MW which is Tuner Takedown, where it's your turn to be the cop and bust all the racing cars. It is kinda fun, but only hitting the race cars once or twice get's them busted, so this game mode is fairly easy. This time there is no storyline -- although Mia can be seen on the loading screens, which last for about 1-3 secs.

Sound: The soundtrack of 5-1-0 is good, EA hasn't gone to the bad ST as on Carbon just yet, and it has all types of music such as rap, hiphop, rock, and electric/techno funk, so there's something for everyone.

Controls: I was totally familiar with the steering right away because I have played a lot of NfS, but it might be a little hard to learn after playing Burnout or other racing titles that have a different steering. The nitro button on the other hand has been placed really odd, when X accellerates, but O suddenly launches nitros. Luckily this can be changed to L in options.

Overall: The game seems good to me, except the cops can be a little frustrating at least on time-trial races.

Gameplay:      | 7/10 |
Graphics:        | 9/10 |
Controls:        | 8/10 |
Originality:      | 6/10 |
Sounds:          | 9/10 |
Overall:          | 8/10 |

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#2 27/06/07 5:40pm

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Re: [Review] Need for Speed: Most Wanted 5-1-0

My friend has that game...He's a car FREAK


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( cause my other one broke) Now back to the comics.. I have to make everything all over again sad )

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#3 28/06/07 10:44am

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Re: [Review] Need for Speed: Most Wanted 5-1-0

kluttykid wrote:

My friend has that game...He's a car FREAK

Well I'm a bit too.

One of the screenshots doesn't work for some reason -- I'll be fixing it now.

About your sig kluttykid: If your computer broke, and you have to start all over, why won't you take the hard disk from your old PC and move it to the new one, that way you could have two hard disks on one PC and much more space and even two operating systems! Well if it's a laptop, then I undestand.

Although if you want, I might have some comics of yours at my hotmail inbox... If you want of course.


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#4 02/08/07 5:36am

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Re: [Review] Need for Speed: Most Wanted 5-1-0

good review. i might get it but ive been hearing that game can get hard and frustrating.so is it really worth it?


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#5 02/08/07 6:25am

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Re: [Review] Need for Speed: Most Wanted 5-1-0

Thanks! Yeah I thought that too but I have noticed one weird thing about it. When it got frustrating, and I didn't play it for awhile (2 weeks or so) and when I started playing it again, the race I was stuck on was very easy suddenly... I have noticed this many times (I don't know if it's just me or if EA has made some thingy that checks your  save data and if you haven't played for a long time it easens the first few races you play)...

Or maybe it's just me.


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#6 02/08/07 7:54am

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Re: [Review] Need for Speed: Most Wanted 5-1-0

no its not u. it happened to me in most wanted for ps2. also wats up with the last 2 pics?


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#7 02/08/07 7:58am

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Re: [Review] Need for Speed: Most Wanted 5-1-0

Last two pics work fine to me...? But the second pic is somehow not showing... Hmm...

*edit* And now it works again...? Odd.

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#8 06/08/07 8:27pm

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Re: [Review] Need for Speed: Most Wanted 5-1-0

i got the game(well actually my mother did lol)


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#9 19/08/07 9:47pm

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Re: [Review] Need for Speed: Most Wanted 5-1-0

i have it and i beat it, itd awsome


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#10 20/08/07 1:49pm

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Re: [Review] Need for Speed: Most Wanted 5-1-0

Who was the last opponent? I really need to know. I guess it's the same as in the console version.


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#11 20/08/07 8:53pm

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Re: [Review] Need for Speed: Most Wanted 5-1-0

the last oppenent is Clarence Callahan


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#12 21/08/07 1:18am

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isnt it razor?


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#13 21/08/07 4:31pm

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Re: [Review] Need for Speed: Most Wanted 5-1-0

i think thats his nickname or something


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#14 22/08/07 8:05am

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Re: [Review] Need for Speed: Most Wanted 5-1-0

that m3 gtr street version is awsome.


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#15 22/08/07 1:52pm

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Re: [Review] Need for Speed: Most Wanted 5-1-0

I like Nissan Skyline more...


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#16 22/08/07 9:38pm

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Re: [Review] Need for Speed: Most Wanted 5-1-0

in nfs underground2 i beat the whole game with just a honda civic. laugh


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#17 16/05/10 7:39am

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Great review! I have only played NFSU 1, carbon on XBOX 360 and hot pursuit for PC lol.

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#18 25/05/10 4:05am

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Re: [Review] Need for Speed: Most Wanted 5-1-0

nobodys guna read all that but thanks XD


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#19 03/08/12 9:17pm

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keylinman wrote:

nobodys guna read all that but thanks XD

i just did XD

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