Need for Speed Most Wanted U – Nintendo Wii U
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THE GAME WILL LAUNCH ON THE NEW NINTENDO CONSOLE ON MARCH 19 I N NORTH AMERICA AND MARCH 21 IN EUROPE. THE GAME HAS A CONNECTE D, OPEN WORLD WHERE PLAYERS CAN RACE, CHASE, AND EXPLORE WHILE CHALLENGING FRIENDS IN VARIOUS CONTESTS. THE GAME WILL HAVE THREE UNIQUE FEATURES ON THE WII U
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32 of 34 people found the following review helpful
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When the price dropped to , I purchased Need for Speed Most Wanted U. I wasn’t sure what to expect, but I’m thoroughly impressed. Superb graphics, heart-pumping racing action, phenomenal open-world design, minimal load times, excellent variety to the vehicles and races, and comparatively few obstacles to enjoyment even for novice gamers. This is a truly wonderful game. FRESHER AND MORE ACCESSIBLE THAN THE STANDARD RACER By contrast, Need for Speed Most Wanted U is brilliantly accessible to all kinds of gamers… if you’re a racing veteran like me, there are plenty of challenging “hard” races to be found that will tax your skills. If you’re a total novice, however, you won’t feel completely overwhelmed because the physics in this game are far more forgiving, allowing you to frequently undergo violent collisions without being knocked hopelessly out of the race. Better yet, a whole assortment of outstanding vehicles are accessible to you right from the beginning, at a touch of the Wii U’s gamepad, if desired. This means you are never forced to log dozens of hours racing in, say, Honda Civics and Volkswagen Jettas before you finally unlock much sexier cars like the Bugatti Veyron, the Porsche 911, or the Ford GT. Instead, you can have those cars right away! NICELY PACED GAMEPLAY — MORE FUN, LESS “GRINDING” FOR POINTS OR UNLOCKABLES The other incentive to race is to earn speed points which will unlock the top 10 “Most Wanted” races. Winning each of those races will unlock a new vehicle. These races are challenging but not off-puttingly hard. In fact, I found the first four Most Wanted races to be noticeably easier to win than the designated “hard” races to unlock upgrades for a any particular vehicle. Of course, you’ll need to choose a competitive car for the race. Don’t expect to win a circuit race against a McLaren MP4-12c if you show up in a Honda Civic. You also earn speed points for crashing your race opponents into barriers, taking out police cruisers in high-speed collisions, blasting through police road blocks, crashing through billboards, completing various challenges (driving 10 miles in opposing traffic, catching 60 seconds of air time, etc.), beating your own best time in any previously completed race, and so on. I was able to earn speed points to unlock new “Most Wanted” races faster than I cared to actually race them. That means Criterion Games paced the game well (and included enough gameplay variety) so that you never feel like you have to waste hours tediously “grinding” for speed points just to be eligible for another race. The five races specific to each car are accessible at all times, and offer up to 12,000 points to be earned by winning (in addition to the car upgrades). Between those races and the fun of cruising around taking out police cars, you’ll likely unlock Most Wanted races quicker than you need to, too. Once they’re unlocked, you aren’t forced to race them. They just show up on the map as accessible races. If you want to skip them, you can. In fact, I unlocked and beat the #8 Most Wanted race (against a Mercedes-Benz SL 65 AMG) before I even thought to go back and beat #9 and #10 (a Shelby Cobra 427 and a Alfa Romeo 4C Concept, respectively). I didn’t keep track, but after winning about two dozen street races…
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I am a huge fan of realistic racing games and a fan of Nintendo which means I’m a very sad racing fan. I have always wanted an open world racing game with gorgeous graphics and after decades of waiting I have it. The GameCube had some pretty good driving games but the graphics were often muddy and the Wii had nothing worth my time and money. Now I finally have the beautiful open world racing game I have dreamed of.
Besides the graphics the first thing I noticed was how slippery the controls are. I was smashing into everything under the sun and weaving like a drunken college student. My wife tried the game and gave up in disgust. After some practice I did improve significantly but it never felt quite right. I’ve never driven around a city at 130 miles an hour in a Lamborghini but I have driven at 40 mph and even at lower speeds the car feels very loose like I’m in a state of constant hydroplaning. It far from ruined the gaming experience but I can see improvements. I should be able to drive around the city at a normal rate of speed and not bump into the side of the next car. During high speed races I felt like I was flying by the seat of my pants. Luckily the car is able to knock down fences and telephone poles with little to no damage because I drive all over the damn road. One of my issues with the game is with the repetitiveness of the game. You choose a car and then have the opportunity to try five races around the city. One of them may just be an attempt to average a certain speed over a distance. The other option is to simply roam around the city which can be quite enjoyable in and of itself. Winning races will earn car upgrades and these upgrades can be upgraded when you meet certain driving thresholds while having the upgrade active. Once you’ve won all five races and maxed out your upgrades you can choose another car and start the process all over again. Different cars have different races but there is a certain sameness to a lot of the races and the game gets that Groundhog Day feel to it. Pick a car, max it out, pick another, rinse and repeat. The one goal outside of any individual car is the opening up of the Most Wanted races where you can acquire more cars. Regardless of some issues this really is one of the best racing games I have ever played. It’s not THE greatest racing game I’ve ever played and not even the greatest on the Wii U (that would be Mario Kart 8) but it reaches a technological achievement that I have dreamed of for years and has renewed a love of driving games in me that has laid dormant for about a decade now. We’ve come a LONG way since Pole Position and Out Run I’m more excited than ever by the future of driving games. I just wish Nintendo systems would get more driving games in the future.
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 Pleasant surprise, decent street racer for the WiiU, By
Pamela T. (San Diego) – See all my reviews
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Pros:
The control is quite good but it will take some time to get used to. The cars don’t drive flawlessly with incredible grip like in arcade racers. I think part of the learning curve is adjusting to the slight delay in steering, even so once you have it down tearing through the city is fun and satisfying. The car selection is pretty good. I think it had good variety with unique vehicles, for example the Ariel Atom and the Ford F150. I think most of them differ enough to remain interesting and unique. Value. At the time of writing this the game is about . That is a fantastic deal for this well made and very fun game. Cons: Lack of a multiplayer split-screen option. I don’t know why this was not included, but its irritating not being able to even race anyone in person The online multiplayer experience was awful. The experience consisted of being randomly paired with other players in the city and having to drive to meet up spots to play simple minigames. The minigames were boring and it was pretty common to have other players do nothing but drive into you. There were races in this mode but no option to race exclusively. If you are looking for multiplayer, online with friends with mic communication is where its at. The lack of progressive difficulty was another issue. What I mean by this is that there is no real path for you to take in the game from easy to more difficult. With easy drive almost all cars are unlocked making obtaining a fast/agile enough car to beat a race. Even racing one most wanted racer after another they did not feel to get significantly more challenging (oddly the first one was pretty tough) Winning races and racing the most wanted is fun, but with not much else to do the game can be exhausted fairly quickly. Conclusion: Would absolutely recommend to anyone who likes racing games. The cons really aren’t that big a deal |
Outstanding and wonderfully accessible — Pure driving bliss!,
When the price dropped to $25, I purchased Need for Speed Most Wanted U. I wasn’t sure what to expect, but I’m thoroughly impressed. Superb graphics, heart-pumping racing action, phenomenal open-world design, minimal load times, excellent variety to the vehicles and races, and comparatively few obstacles to enjoyment even for novice gamers. This is a truly wonderful game.
FRESHER AND MORE ACCESSIBLE THAN THE STANDARD RACER
I’m a racing fan, but a lot of racing games feel the same. My go-to racing game for a long time now has been Forza 3 and 4 on the Xbox 360, both of which have excellent graphics and ultra-realistic physics, but also start to feel sterile because that game takes itself so seriously. I had hoped Forza Horizon would fix that, but it just wasn’t different enough and the open world just didn’t have the right feel. What I especially don’t like about Forza is that when you’re new to the game, or you take more than a month off from playing it, you come back to a very steep learning curve because there are so many elements to upgrade or tune for each car, or so many points that must be earned to unlock a new car, that it can be overwhelming or even off-putting for the casual gamer. I’m not a casual gamer. I’ve logged hundreds of hours on Forza alone, but even I tire of re-learning all the nuances of car tuning each time I hop back into that game after a few months off.
By contrast, Need for Speed Most Wanted U is brilliantly accessible to all kinds of gamers… if you’re a racing veteran like me, there are plenty of challenging “hard” races to be found that will tax your skills. If you’re a total novice, however, you won’t feel completely overwhelmed because the physics in this game are far more forgiving, allowing you to frequently undergo violent collisions without being knocked hopelessly out of the race. Better yet, a whole assortment of outstanding vehicles are accessible to you right from the beginning, at a touch of the Wii U’s gamepad, if desired. This means you are never forced to log dozens of hours racing in, say, Honda Civics and Volkswagen Jettas before you finally unlock much sexier cars like the Bugatti Veyron, the Porsche 911, or the Ford GT. Instead, you can have those cars right away!
NICELY PACED GAMEPLAY — MORE FUN, LESS “GRINDING” FOR POINTS OR UNLOCKABLES
Instead of unlocking cars, the incentive to race comes from the opportunity to unlock upgrades for each car, such as enhanced nitrous, a lighter chassis, short or long gears, or a more crash-resistant car body. There are 5 upgrade categories for each car (tires, nitrous, chassis, body, transmission) with 3 or 4 options in each category (tires, for instance, can be set to Stock, Off-Road, Track, or Reinflatables). These upgrades make small but noticeable tweaks to the way the car performs–just enough to make them feel like worthwhile prizes for winning a race, as well as to make your car more competitive in replayed and subsequent races.
The other incentive to race is to earn speed points which will unlock the top 10 “Most Wanted” races. Winning each of those races will unlock a new vehicle. These races are challenging but not off-puttingly hard. In fact, I found the first four Most Wanted races to be noticeably easier to win than the designated “hard” races to unlock upgrades for a any particular vehicle. Of course, you’ll need to choose a competitive car for the race. Don’t expect to win a circuit race against a McLaren MP4-12c if you show up in a Honda Civic. You also earn speed points for crashing your race opponents into barriers, taking out police cruisers in high-speed collisions, blasting through police road blocks, crashing through billboards, completing various challenges (driving 10 miles in opposing traffic, catching 60 seconds of air time, etc.), beating your own best time in any previously completed race, and so on.
I was able to earn speed points to unlock new “Most Wanted” races faster than I cared to actually race them. That means Criterion Games paced the game well (and included enough gameplay variety) so that you never feel like you have to waste hours tediously “grinding” for speed points just to be eligible for another race. The five races specific to each car are accessible at all times, and offer up to 12,000 points to be earned by winning (in addition to the car upgrades). Between those races and the fun of cruising around taking out police cars, you’ll likely unlock Most Wanted races quicker than you need to, too. Once they’re unlocked, you aren’t forced to race them. They just show up on the map as accessible races. If you want to skip them, you can. In fact, I unlocked and beat the #8 Most Wanted race (against a Mercedes-Benz SL 65 AMG) before I even thought to go back and beat #9 and #10 (a Shelby Cobra 427 and a Alfa Romeo 4C Concept, respectively).
I didn’t keep track, but after winning about two dozen street races…
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|Flying By The Seat of My Pants,
Besides the graphics the first thing I noticed was how slippery the controls are. I was smashing into everything under the sun and weaving like a drunken college student. My wife tried the game and gave up in disgust. After some practice I did improve significantly but it never felt quite right. I’ve never driven around a city at 130 miles an hour in a Lamborghini but I have driven at 40 mph and even at lower speeds the car feels very loose like I’m in a state of constant hydroplaning. It far from ruined the gaming experience but I can see improvements. I should be able to drive around the city at a normal rate of speed and not bump into the side of the next car. During high speed races I felt like I was flying by the seat of my pants. Luckily the car is able to knock down fences and telephone poles with little to no damage because I drive all over the damn road.
One of my issues with the game is with the repetitiveness of the game. You choose a car and then have the opportunity to try five races around the city. One of them may just be an attempt to average a certain speed over a distance. The other option is to simply roam around the city which can be quite enjoyable in and of itself. Winning races will earn car upgrades and these upgrades can be upgraded when you meet certain driving thresholds while having the upgrade active. Once you’ve won all five races and maxed out your upgrades you can choose another car and start the process all over again. Different cars have different races but there is a certain sameness to a lot of the races and the game gets that Groundhog Day feel to it. Pick a car, max it out, pick another, rinse and repeat. The one goal outside of any individual car is the opening up of the Most Wanted races where you can acquire more cars.
Regardless of some issues this really is one of the best racing games I have ever played. It’s not THE greatest racing game I’ve ever played and not even the greatest on the Wii U (that would be Mario Kart 8) but it reaches a technological achievement that I have dreamed of for years and has renewed a love of driving games in me that has laid dormant for about a decade now. We’ve come a LONG way since Pole Position and Out Run I’m more excited than ever by the future of driving games. I just wish Nintendo systems would get more driving games in the future.
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