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Customer Reviews of PS2 Need for Speed: Most Wanted Black Edition

A Good Game, But a Step Below NFSU2.
This is an enjoyable game, with exquisite graphics and gameplay length. However, it falls between the cracks when it comes to the actual gameplay and the options you have to modify your car. It is substantially sub-par to Need for Speed: Underground 2, but is good nonetheless. <
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> The graphics on this game floored me when I played it for the first time. Compared to NFSU:2, the graphics are in a realm of their own. The police cars, backgrounds, and even the traffic are detailed down to the pixel. In NFSU:2, the traffic simply looked like tetris blocks with wheels and the background was just a bunch of buildings under an ominous black/rainy sky. Another plus was the interactive environment. The ability to knock over water towers and collapse scaffolding to slow the police down really grabbed my interest. The gameplay length was something that really stood out. Most racing games you can easily finish in the course of a few days, but for this you really had to work hard to get it done in a week and a half. There are many aspects to the game to get 100% completion, such as the career mode races and milestones and the 68 challenge mode races. I like a game that keeps me busy for a long period of time, especially when it's a racing game. <
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> Along with the good there's always the bad. Being that this is a "Need for Speed" title, I was expecting the usual street racing cars, along with a few twists and turns. However, this is more of a watered-down Gran Tourismo with Porches, Lamborghinis, and other exotic cars of the sort. I thought that this took away from the game, mainly because I was expecting the Skyline GT-R 34, Mitsubishi 3000GT, and maybe a Nissan 350z. However, when I viewed all the unlockable cars that you can have throughout the game, I didn't see but one of anything I expected. Being the patient person that I am, I still decided to play through the game and see what I could unlock, if these really were the ONLY cars I had to choose from. It turns out none of the unlockables were anything that made me happy, which is why NFSU:2 was better in this aspect. The options to modify your ride was what really made this game a lot less enjoyable than NFSU:2. Not only was there no dyno track, there were only 5 full bodykits to choose from, and a handful of spoilers, rims, etc. to choose from. A slider bar for performance tuning? Please. A monkey could do that. It's when you get to play with your ECU and set your gear ratios that you FEEL as if you're tuning your car to how YOU want it. The actual gameplay I feel was unappealing. The first races were long and tedious, because your car was stock and consequently very slow and handled poorly. Sure, the game picked up once you got to Blacklist racer 12 or 11, but after that it got terrible again. I found myself slamming my controller many times because the computer always found a way to win. This happened around Blacklist number 4 or 3. It seemed to me that if you hit a wall, bumped traffic, or had any speed reduction in any way, the computer would pass you as if you were sitting still. Sure, the computer screws up and slams into stuff too, but not enough for you to ever catch up at a 4 second deficit. I'm not saying the game is TOO hard, I'm just saying that it's a little harder than what it's worth. <
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> All in all, this is a pretty enjoyable game, it has its drawbacks, but I still enjoyed it nevertheless. I feel the best aspect of the game was the M3 GTR that was unlocked at the end and the ability to drive it around, and the police chases. It gave me flashbacks of Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit on the PSX. What's my recommendation? Go for this game, although it isn't true to the "Need for Speed" reputation, it's still worth the 50 bucks to get (or 35 if you buy it used). <
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Difficulty is perfect
all i wanna say is that this game is awesome, its not too hard and its not to easy and the gameplay is great....to the person down there talkin about how he cant win, its just because you suck, dont blame it on the game haha. dont listen to that review, get this game its great