Going fast is really fun. Need for Speed: Most Wanted (2012) takes speed junkies on the ultimate ride of joy, by unloading a box of Hot Wheels at an open world playground and letting the player take the wheel from there.
Developed by Criterion Games, this game has no frills and unnecessary missions. Just good tunes, fast cars and lots of space to have fun.
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After launching, the game goes through a lightning-fast tutorial set to the quintessential Muse sound of the 2010s. Then, players are catapulted into Fairhaven City, a sprawling urban metropolis.
By jumping, the player can drive anywhere on the map with no limits and no direction. Criterion puts you in the driver’s seat, demonstrating immense confidence in their gameplay by making it the main attraction.
And boy, does that gameplay deliver. Half the fun of Most Wanted simply comes from driving around, breaking billboards and speed limits, dodging traffic and outrunning the police. Criterion took their expertise from the open world racing classic Burnout: Paradise and infused it with the Need for Speed style, creating a world filled with opportunities for racing fun.
The developers have designed every corner of Fairhaven City with the sole purpose of quickly driving a car through it. This means that every jump, road and shortcut leads to the next. Achieve a perfect state of flow by navigating the twists and turns of the city, almost unconsciously chaining jumps and drifting around corners at 100mph.
This design focus makes sure that discovering new parts of the map doesn’t kill your speed as you learn the terrain. But once you start driving through familiar areas, you can really push the limit, anticipating turns to get the perfect drift or blasting through construction sites for a shortcut.
It doesn’t matter if you’re running, passing the police, or just taking a ride, there’s never a dull moment in the world of Need for Speed: Most Wanted.
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