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Indeed, worst thing is that in the later instances the police doesn't even feel like a threat. Somewhat it feels like what happened in Most Wanted was kind of an accident. Sure you have to farm chase related points but it was so fun you could spend hours doing only that.
Totally. Imagine 50+ cops chasing your ass plus a psychopath helicopter dropping down on your roof. How intense and sweaty palms is that compared to other weak-ass cop chases in newer need for speed games? The new Hot Pursuit and Rivals didn't gave same sweaty palms to me as what MW2005 did. Never did NFS made me sweat that much ever again.
For me it was the cop chases. Getting to level 5 heat and literally spending 30-45 minutes of actually trying to escape the cops would have my heart racing.
@@erojerisiz1571 i was extremely lucky one time, 20 minutes in on heat 5 I was in my Porsche Carrera GT on the bridge where the two bridges exit the tunnel and line up to the farming area and managed to dodge the spike strip by going on two wheels... i never managed to do that again
simple, no DLC, no microtransactions, and great story with interesting atmosphere. Criterion tried to remake Most Wanted as a true sequel to the original, but they were rushed by, you guessed it.....EA.
Kaktus5001 It was going to. EA rushed it to release, so they scraped the storyline, customisation etc. Without EA rushing them, Criterion can do awesome job of MW sequel.
Orçun Altundağ - What? Even the list of cut contents of that game still makes it sound more like Burnout Paradise than Most Wanted. Criterion wanted to make a Burnout game under the NFS name. They had little intention of making a "true sequel" to MW. Thank god they're gone. At least Ghost Games are actually trying to return to the proper storytelling roots.
Orçun Altundağ - I said "cut contents". That includes anything from cars to story to game mechanics. And the supposed story was as thin as carbon copy paper. And it still doesn't make it any closer to being a "true sequel" of the original.
And I bet you lose yourself getting busted by cops after getting that 500,000 bounty chase. Never did the new Hot Pursuit and Rivals gave you that same adrenaline again.
not to mention that you can throw in a bit of fast and furious to Most wanted like adding in characters like Brian O'Conner or Dom Toretto and it would still fit Most wanted . and in the PC version it's even better with Mods for both police , traffic and civilian like 30's, 50's, 60's, 70's , and 80's hot rods along with modern hot rods up to last year .
Here why NFS MW is the best nfs: 1: Its simple story mode 2: Great Pursuit music 3: Great Soundtrack 4: Great map 5: game mechanics such as Pursuit breakers, roadblocks, spike strips, and hiding spots 6: BMW M3 GTR 7: It was the last nfs to NOT feature any sort of microtransaction, dlc They went for quality over quantity
Benny Martinez Story will take at least 10 hours to complete. This game has a lot of replay ability thanks to the challenge series which will take almost the same amount of time to complete as the campaign. My only criticism of this game is I wish they had more challenge series variety not just tollbooth and pursuits. Despite its age it’s still my crown jewel when it comes to arcade racing games and it puts many of the modern nfs games to shame in terms of enjoyment and replay ability.
That, and the Porsche Cayman of Blacklist 10. I've never used a car that extensively in any racing game. The Mitsubishi Evo of #9 comes at a close second. Although I really like JV's Dodge Viper as well, it was the car I used when I beat the game for the first time (which was back in 2009). Ming's Gallardo is the second most useful Blacklist car after Baron's Porsche.
I think, the reason why this game is hailed as #1 is because of how rewarding it is. The Reward Marker awards, Junkman Parts, and especially the Pink Slips. Not just that, but the possibility of personalizing a Pink Slip car and turning it into your liking. The customization was not so extensive compared to previous titles, but it was much more refined in MW. The world was starting to come out of the Flashy Import Tuner scene. It was getting more about Content of cars, instead of Cosmetics. That alone, made up for what all features in the previous games. For me, Underground had a far better sense of customization compared to Underground 2 (UG2 was literally just a rice simulator, except the Dyno Performance Tuning.) The reason to MW success was how Arcade-esque it was. Black Box really did whatever they wanted and let their imaginations and ideas go wild. I don't think Racing Games will ever change to this because how drastically everything changed. The DLC digital Assault, Unfinished Game releases, Mainstream conformation etc. It is literally like asking for another San Andreas, Burnout Takedown, Bully, or Def Jam FFNY. These games perfected at what they did, and they had a special charm about them complimented by the era they were released in. It is too late for Sequels now.
Phantom Thief It's never late for sequels. Even Wolfenstein got a sequel, and it was awesome. Also one of games you said, Burnout is getting remastered.
Plus, drifting in MW2005 feels much more realistic than Pro Street and NFS2015 because enaging the drift is difficult enough than to holding the drift itself. Yes, you can drift the entire Rosewood circle in MW2005, tune yours in the Performance Setting.
Also, imagine 50+ cops chasing your ass plus a psychopath helicopter dropping down on your roof. How intense and sweaty palms is that compared to other weak-ass cop chases in newer need for speed games? The new Hot Pursuit and Rivals didn't gave same sweaty palms to me as what MW2005 did. Never did NFS made me sweat that much ever again.
I remember going bonkers for this game when I was 15. It's 2018 and I still fire up my PS2 and start a new save file for a replay. This game is just TOO good.
Nostalgia is almost always a part of these games but here's my list 1)Physics felt like a good fit. 2) Car variety, especially in the challenge series. 3) Pursuits were intense and critical to the game. Many non NFS and even future NFS games didn't value pursuits much. 4) For a street racing game, the acting and plot was solid. 5) The soundtrack had plenty of bangers for racing. The only things I didn't like was the degree of rubber banding and that the BMW didn't get much use. And in carbon it's lost almost immediately again.
Kaktus5001 Carbon felt similar physics wise, but I didn't like how pursuits weren't really part of the game other than some of the challenge series and the game overall wasn't even half of the length of most wanted.
Physics, yes. Totally! Apart from hitting everything and feeling like your car is one solid metal block, drifting in MW2005 feels much more realistic than Pro Street and NFS2015 because engaging the drift is difficult enough than to holding the drift itself. Yes, you can drift the entire Rosewood circle in MW2005, tune yours in the Performance Setting.
The car physics in most wanted needed to feel like one solid block. Level 3 pursuits would've been pretty hard and levels 4 and 5 would've been ridiculous since getting boxed in often ended with one being busted
Dude. You are completely right. I kept wondering for years why NFS games aren't that enjoyable anymore until i saw this. It's all about the player and his one car. You explained it so well!!
ok I can vouch for the pursuits. I recently play Most Wanted, and I was AFRAID to hit heat level 5. I've played the game multiple times, and played Carbon. heat level 5 pursuits are so nerve racking. one mistake and it's over. hit a spike strip, and your not g anywhere
Don't worry man you'll be fine at heat lvl 5 just know your surroundings, keep your eyes peeled, and keep your ears tightly strong for listening very carefully about the sounds of the terrifying cops
One thing that gets mentioned too rarely is the map itself. It’s a perfect mix of high speed freeways, twisty roads and shortcuts. Blackbox really nailed the map design.
This game is the most loved one, because devs put soul in their project. Unlike new games, its not cash grab. Moreover, cars in this game have beautiful driving mechanics. In newer games, like Rivals, 2015, etc, cars are steering like shit.
Bruh, UG1 was literally conceived as a cheap cash grab for F&F monies and MW is just the sequel to that game. Debug comments indicate developers weren't thrilled with the new direction UG1 took the franchise in. They certainly are the best cash grabs of all time, however.
cus nfs mw takes place on a planet with much higher gravity making cars grippy asf, slow asf (compared to modern car games), and almost impossible to drift
Cecep Tarmujianto Didn't really use the Lambos, or Porsches, only used the cars that you would actually buy and race on the street, like the Evo or the Supra, RX-7 and 8
Adin Halilović oh yes! That moment when I saw Earl's Evo, it's just ah so gorgeous!! I fell in love with the Evo from that scene when I was a little kid. Although now I purposefully grab an STI to race his Evo just for the fun of it.
The lotus and cobalt were my favorite barricade busters. I spent so many after school hours on this game. Man my grades sucked, but this game was too much fun. The industrial age soundtrack and visuals were too cool.
Take me there, bud. Indeed knowing the algorithm of the reward cards to get and use blacklist cars can really save you lots of cash and is really fun just for a self challenge.
I have done the game using only rival cars, and without using money, no upgrades, just using one rival car after another, that's was a good challenge, some rivals took me several tries to get their pinkslip :P
1. Amazing physics ( even in the new NFS games the car feels like it's floating on the road while NFS Most Wanted feel like we were connected to the road. There was feeling of traction) 2. Amazing soundtracks (almost each and every bgm was amazing and contributed to the game) 3. It was free to play. And required only skills to win. Now a days, games are designed in a way that you can't win without paying or a ton of grinding.
The secret sauce in Underground 1 - Most Wanted is that they were RPGs. You "level up" by improving your car and build an emotional bond to it as you would to a D&D character.
The one reason you touched on but is the reason I came back obsessively the summer I got it, is the classic story of revenge. Beating Razor, after he cheated me out of the win, to get back the M3 GTR pushed me forward every step of the way, not the idea of being the #1 Most Wanted. All the people on the Most Wanted list were Razor’s people, and they’d challenge you to races that were built around their strengths as a driver and every victory brought me a little closer to the final confrontation. I loved a lot of my cars in NFSMW, even my little Chevy Cobalt, but I loved that M3 just because the quest I had to go on to get it back. To the point driving it in NFS: Heat makes the game better by association rather than the story its telling, which is fine.
I strongly agree with the player-car bond point you made. I am tired of modern games essentially being car-collection games, and wish that getting a new car wasn't a regular occurrence.
PSA for PC players: A huge modding scene is building up around Most Wanted. Higher resolutions, better graphics, new multiplayer freeroam, new cars, debug tools, game enhancements/bugfixes.
Most wanted online discord.gg/NvMwj For Graphics mods: search on youtube for "most wanted graphics mod", contains the higher resolution patcher, texturepacks, reshade and more For debug tools/what ifs/modding also check out ua-cam.com/users/nlgzrgn77
nfs world fullfilled the need for most wanted online somewhat, but they closed it down. now there are community servers, but they are empty and unusably slow
Damn.. this reminds me, I spent an hour in that game customising my EVO 8, making it perfect. In the end, it had a carbon fibre vented bonnet, IMPORT RACER stickers (black) on the side, black folk te37's, max performance and the most accurate gauge I could find. I still haven't sold that car, despite getting much faster ones. The evo, supra, is300 and rx7 are just so desirable in that game, as well as some of the porsche's and lambo's. The way to make the most out of that game is to buy your favourite of the high level cars, as you feel connected to them.
Instead of a remaster of this masterpiece, we got a remaster of a remaster that wasn’t even a good game when it came out. They have to give the fans what they want at some point and remake/remaster Underground 1 & 2 or this game. I spent literally hours trying to work my way up the in game leaderboards. I still remember Taz’s record for most amount of police immobilised in a single chase stood at 50, and I don’t think I ever came close. It’ll make the series relevant again. NFS 2015 was a step in the right direction, but Payback, Heat and this new remaster (which doesn’t even look that much better than the remaster it’s based on) we’re all steps back again.
Need For Speed Most Wanted has the most blacklist members that will allow you to get their cars. You can get 15 additional blacklist cars but in Need For Speed Carbon, you can only get 3 boss cars. In Need For Speed Carbon, you can't get the Tier 3 cars of the bosses.
There is and always will be one reason why not only this game but other games of this era are good too... "Focus on Solo career mode". Online multiplayer is what has killed games nowadays. Developers don't put their imagination into creating a good solo mode game that's exciting with features and rewards but rather a boring repetitive solo gameplay with a completely different online multiplayer (which you can buy as an extta pack after you buy the game)...that is not how a proper game should be!
you've hit the nail on the head. and we cant even blame the devs for this, games nowadays barely have a lifecycle of a year at best, so trying to make an amazing single player experience is very time costly with less paycheck, while all the cash these days flows in mulitplayer PC games, and mictrotransaction based shitty mobile games.
This video really took me back to some of the best times I had playing this game. It made me so sad they didn’t put the Skyline R34 in this game but this is honestly top 3 need for speed games hands down!
@@wirapratamasatriadji4070 @Wira Pratama Satriadji The bus station where you could climb the roofs of all the parked buses, use it as a ramp to take off or even hide from the cops also the breaking of glass when you enter the bus station is so satisfying.
Well said Ron. I remember I was totally hooked on the Porche CaymanS when I saw it in Baron's possession. Took me 5 retries to get that pink slip abd that annoying drag races. I used that ride to smoke out every police chases and blacklist races. Those were real fun times
Man, back in 2005, this was my favorite game... Spent days just playing this game... I really hope they make another NFS sequel of this.... I mean like the real continuation of the storyline with a better graphic and a little bit improvement on the gameplay (I don't mean like NFSMW 2012 - It sucks).. Maybe like, still take place in rockport city, still featuring mia, cross, and maybe razor (maybe he wants to have some revenge), more interactive environment, more customization (Like NFS Carbon allows us to customize decals), and more vicious cops.. Hehe.. I'd definitely pre order it no matter how much it costs...
Nathan Drake Criterion didn't kill the NFS games. They aimed for one thing: FUN. Unlike Ghost, who thinks making references to older titles is better than making good games.
SuperDrinkingPepsi EA is the worst owner of NFS franchise ever! Edit:How to make NFS Great again? 1. Kill EA 2. Find a better Game Studios like Valve or others and lastly 3. Make sure that the game studio cares about the Franchise and they need to gave em enough time to make good games.
Soundtrack, story, pretty good acting, Razor was one of the best antagonist in history of games. Atmosphere of this game was just unique and EA will never make game like that. Rockport City was cool too.
I couldn't agree more with the point about the bond between player and car, since you have to work so much to get your cars After starting a new game on Forza Horizon 3, I was gifted like ten cars within twenty minutes of gameplay 😒 no fun
When i played i just tried to get the biggest bounty ... anyone else? Getting chased by police until there is a helicopter and those bulldozer trucks ramming you from the front
Good work, amazing video! You brought in some points I didn't think about yet, especially the part about being emotionally invested in the player's vehicle. By the way: Capping the level of cars in Payback made the exact opposite happen.
but it's fun if you use a trainer and rush through the race at speeds like 1200 kilometers per hour and you're looking up the stats afterwards and see the low tier blacklist members driving at speeds of 632 kilometers per hour. :D
Gandalf the Gray I never thought it was annoying. It has caused some stupid moments, but mostly it caused some great fights for the first place till the end. Otherwise the races would be boring.
yeah like i almost got to razor and i have like no money and my last car got impounded and its game over fuck you by the game do the game all over again redo 20 hours of gameplay again good fucking luck
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When Police chase heat.lvl 6 starts Only my very own trusted vehicle can get me through it, because i trust and belive only in that very specific bond between me and my car... How i feel it will turn this curve, whats the maximum speed on this road... How it wont jump in the air if i hit the road block fast enough and where to hit... Thats what nfs MW gives to the player... Knowing your car... Which is kinda missing in new games that's been released... Even in MW2
Because of the yellow-ish atmosphere, the bmw m3 gtr, the graffiti style font ( the way the blacklist members' names are written) and because this is the best need for speed game in my opinion
This and UG2 are great. The reason why Most Wanted was number 1, because it was a mixture of classic Need for speed and new need for speed. The return of police car chases and exotic cars from the old nfs series, the introduction of tuner cars and customization from underground 1 and the Open world free roam mechanics from Underground 2, you're no longer confined to a circuit race. The game had a great mixture of cars, and i liked that you didn't need to rice out your car to progress the game.
NFSUG2 = Climaxed it at tuning and customization. MW2005 = Climaxed the adrenaline in racing, chases and drifting. (Yes, manually drifting) NFSC = This is a bonus, because this game invented autosculpt which is very unique in every kind of racing game.
Cant believe that we've gone from Porsche Unleashed, HP, Most wanted and Underground to Shit like run and shift. EA has some serious blood on their hands
In Hot Pursuit 2, you have to escape. In Most Wanted 2005, you have to take them out. If you get well in pursuit. Creating chaos for the cops was pure fun for this game. That why I like Most Wanted than Hot Pursuit 2.
This game was so awesome, no was, IS awesome. Something that I like more of it, was the fact that you can complete the game with your first car, improving his perfomance step by step when you got new parts. This make you apreciate more your car and feel proud of youself when finish the game. My favorite cars where Fiat Punto, and Audi A4, but all the cars are good and you can enjoy the game using any of them.
![[OUTDATED!] NFS Most Wanted - All 15 Blacklist Cars Ranked from Worst to Best](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/QxwOuFS36UY/mqdefault.jpg)
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Shut up commie
Forza Horizon its like a NFS Pro Street, but with free roam, awful customization and cringy-ass fornite dances...
I hate forza horizon 4 I only like the crew 2 and need for speed most wanted they are very first n to play easily better than forza
Fun
Don't forget the pursuit theme
oh, slap in the audio of the police radios
and those magical words...
"Suspect is in a silver BMW"
Most Wanted is the only game that made police chases actually relevant to the core gameplay instead of putting in for the sake of having cop chases
Indeed, worst thing is that in the later instances the police doesn't even feel like a threat. Somewhat it feels like what happened in Most Wanted was kind of an accident. Sure you have to farm chase related points but it was so fun you could spend hours doing only that.
Totally. Imagine 50+ cops chasing your ass plus a psychopath helicopter dropping down on your roof. How intense and sweaty palms is that compared to other weak-ass cop chases in newer need for speed games?
The new Hot Pursuit and Rivals didn't gave same sweaty palms to me as what MW2005 did. Never did NFS made me sweat that much ever again.
what about carbon?
AceRay 24 There was no Bounty or Milestone gameplay in Carbon, so there’s literally no point to the cop chase
Ikcatcher yeah, only reason you do those chases because you want(not really) those reward cards
For me it was the cop chases. Getting to level 5 heat and literally spending 30-45 minutes of actually trying to escape the cops would have my heart racing.
I managed to escape a heat level 5 chase in about 12 seconds because I was at the old bridge and outran a cop by entering the baseball stadium
Can't agree with you more :v sometimes it gets me so frustrated after wasting half an our in cop chase, winning millions bouty and then hit the spike
Đỗ Duy Lê don't get me started with those spikes, those ruin my life
45 minutes was my longest chace.... good ol ps2 days
@@erojerisiz1571 i was extremely lucky one time, 20 minutes in on heat 5 I was in my Porsche Carrera GT on the bridge where the two bridges exit the tunnel and line up to the farming area and managed to dodge the spike strip by going on two wheels... i never managed to do that again
simple, no DLC, no microtransactions, and great story with interesting atmosphere. Criterion tried to remake Most Wanted as a true sequel to the original, but they were rushed by, you guessed it.....EA.
NFS Beast the new most wanted had not a single thing in common with the true original most wanted from 2005. Exept the name
Kaktus5001 It was going to. EA rushed it to release, so they scraped the storyline, customisation etc. Without EA rushing them, Criterion can do awesome job of MW sequel.
Orçun Altundağ - What? Even the list of cut contents of that game still makes it sound more like Burnout Paradise than Most Wanted.
Criterion wanted to make a Burnout game under the NFS name. They had little intention of making a "true sequel" to MW.
Thank god they're gone. At least Ghost Games are actually trying to return to the proper storytelling roots.
Proto Knight We're not talking about cut cars and shit. There was a story.
Orçun Altundağ - I said "cut contents". That includes anything from cars to story to game mechanics. And the supposed story was as thin as carbon copy paper. And it still doesn't make it any closer to being a "true sequel" of the original.
Whenever i play this game,
I just lose myself in that unique and addictive storyline.
And I bet you lose yourself getting busted by cops after getting that 500,000 bounty chase. Never did the new Hot Pursuit and Rivals gave you that same adrenaline again.
I lose my nerves after getting away with 3 million bounty and the game crashing just as the hiding bar finishes.
not to mention that you can throw in a bit of fast and furious to Most wanted like adding in characters like Brian O'Conner or Dom Toretto and it would still fit Most wanted . and in the PC version it's even better with Mods for both police , traffic and civilian like 30's, 50's, 60's, 70's , and 80's hot rods along with modern hot rods up to last year .
Here why NFS MW is the best nfs:
1: Its simple story mode
2: Great Pursuit music
3: Great Soundtrack
4: Great map
5: game mechanics such as Pursuit breakers, roadblocks, spike strips, and hiding spots
6: BMW M3 GTR
7: It was the last nfs to NOT feature any sort of microtransaction, dlc
They went for quality over quantity
Benny Martinez Story will take at least 10 hours to complete. This game has a lot of replay ability thanks to the challenge series which will take almost the same amount of time to complete as the campaign. My only criticism of this game is I wish they had more challenge series variety not just tollbooth and pursuits. Despite its age it’s still my crown jewel when it comes to arcade racing games and it puts many of the modern nfs games to shame in terms of enjoyment and replay ability.
Agreed, and it deserves a remake.
It’s not the last one without micro transactions
@@theheadhunter2427 Did Carbon have those?
Mich ._.1020 not at all, in fact, black box was the golden days of nfs, they never used micro transactions and still made money
The car I feel best connected with is the BMW M3 GTR
*but I'm pretty sure we all did*
not me
That, and the Porsche Cayman of Blacklist 10.
I've never used a car that extensively in any racing game.
The Mitsubishi Evo of #9 comes at a close second.
Although I really like JV's Dodge Viper as well, it was the car I used when I beat the game for the first time (which was back in 2009).
Ming's Gallardo is the second most useful Blacklist car after Baron's Porsche.
blacklist #9 Earl's evo
piyush Gadekar Exactly this, I actually don't like the looks of the m3. The starting lexus is neat too :)
no love for the 2005 WRX sti ?
old bridge jump:perfect game ending
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I think, the reason why this game is hailed as #1 is because of how rewarding it is.
The Reward Marker awards, Junkman Parts, and especially the Pink Slips. Not just that, but the possibility of personalizing a Pink Slip car and turning it into your liking. The customization was not so extensive compared to previous titles, but it was much more refined in MW. The world was starting to come out of the Flashy Import Tuner scene. It was getting more about Content of cars, instead of Cosmetics.
That alone, made up for what all features in the previous games.
For me, Underground had a far better sense of customization compared to Underground 2 (UG2 was literally just a rice simulator, except the Dyno Performance Tuning.)
The reason to MW success was how Arcade-esque it was. Black Box really did whatever they wanted and let their imaginations and ideas go wild. I don't think Racing Games will ever change to this because how drastically everything changed. The DLC digital Assault, Unfinished Game releases, Mainstream conformation etc.
It is literally like asking for another San Andreas, Burnout Takedown, Bully, or Def Jam FFNY. These games perfected at what they did, and they had a special charm about them complimented by the era they were released in.
It is too late for Sequels now.
Phantom Thief It's never late for sequels. Even Wolfenstein got a sequel, and it was awesome. Also one of games you said, Burnout is getting remastered.
Phantom Thief all they could do us remake them with higher graphics... hopefully
smashing through roadblocks and all that fun stuff is also rewarding
Plus, drifting in MW2005 feels much more realistic than Pro Street and NFS2015 because enaging the drift is difficult enough than to holding the drift itself. Yes, you can drift the entire Rosewood circle in MW2005, tune yours in the Performance Setting.
Also, imagine 50+ cops chasing your ass plus a psychopath helicopter dropping down on your roof. How intense and sweaty palms is that compared to other weak-ass cop chases in newer need for speed games?
The new Hot Pursuit and Rivals didn't gave same sweaty palms to me as what MW2005 did. Never did NFS made me sweat that much ever again.
I remember going bonkers for this game when I was 15. It's 2018 and I still fire up my PS2 and start a new save file for a replay. This game is just TOO good.
Brendan Ford How old are you now?
MW2005 was a relatively simple formula that put everything together just right.
I'm still playing it as today
xGigabyte same even now I'm on PC driving
Me too. Still have it on Xbox 360. Mw 2005 I got 2 copies lol
Still am today as well, since 2005. Finished the game like 10x already in PS2 and PC.
You can download remastered mods
xGigabyte Still am
•Story
•Soundtrack
•Chases. They can be tough, so you got to be in shape
Nostalgia is almost always a part of these games but here's my list
1)Physics felt like a good fit.
2) Car variety, especially in the challenge series.
3) Pursuits were intense and critical to the game. Many non NFS and even future NFS games didn't value pursuits much.
4) For a street racing game, the acting and plot was solid.
5) The soundtrack had plenty of bangers for racing.
The only things I didn't like was the degree of rubber banding and that the BMW didn't get much use. And in carbon it's lost almost immediately again.
Killian Krummel carbon felt like most wanted with a different texture pack. At least on PS2. But it was quite fun though
Kaktus5001 Carbon felt similar physics wise, but I didn't like how pursuits weren't really part of the game other than some of the challenge series and the game overall wasn't even half of the length of most wanted.
Physics, yes. Totally! Apart from hitting everything and feeling like your car is one solid metal block, drifting in MW2005 feels much more realistic than Pro Street and NFS2015 because engaging the drift is difficult enough than to holding the drift itself. Yes, you can drift the entire Rosewood circle in MW2005, tune yours in the Performance Setting.
The car physics in most wanted needed to feel like one solid block. Level 3 pursuits would've been pretty hard and levels 4 and 5 would've been ridiculous since getting boxed in often ended with one being busted
Also wanted to point out the plot and the motivation connected to it which, in my opinion, should be rated higher in the list.
The best racing game ever made
Kryptik Mind yes loved this game as a kid and still do
ONE OF THE BEST
Kryptik Mind I agree my childhood mia is my childhood crush
rustamtheshadow me to 😂
Not only one of the best racing games, but also a great vehicular combat game.
Dude. You are completely right. I kept wondering for years why NFS games aren't that enjoyable anymore until i saw this. It's all about the player and his one car. You explained it so well!!
Soundtrack,, the design, story..everything make you feel like a real street racer.
This is the gold standard for a car racing game
They should remaster it
GENERAL C IK RIGHT i mean think about How much $$$ they would make
problem is that its most likley gonna be handled by ghost games and get ruined by stance rocketbunny and hypebeast cancer
Don't remaster Most Wanted. It will get ruined by ghost games forever
Just update the graphics... that would be enough...
mariofalz you are completely right
ok I can vouch for the pursuits. I recently play Most Wanted, and I was AFRAID to hit heat level 5. I've played the game multiple times, and played Carbon. heat level 5 pursuits are so nerve racking. one mistake and it's over. hit a spike strip, and your not g anywhere
yep the high heat levels even threatened the best of players
WreckedSine *EVEN RHINOS*
Don't worry man you'll be fine at heat lvl 5 just know your surroundings, keep your eyes peeled, and keep your ears tightly strong for listening very carefully about the sounds of the terrifying cops
WreckedSine One of the most interesting things is blowing out one or maybe two tires and still being able to escape the police.
You should use evo lancer for pursuits. That car makes all cops it's bitch.
One thing that gets mentioned too rarely is the map itself. It’s a perfect mix of high speed freeways, twisty roads and shortcuts. Blackbox really nailed the map design.
This game is the most loved one, because devs put soul in their project. Unlike new games, its not cash grab. Moreover, cars in this game have beautiful driving mechanics. In newer games, like Rivals, 2015, etc, cars are steering like shit.
The Murky Carbon was the sequel... it was a huge sucess too
That nfs lover I haven't said anything about Carbon...
Bruh, UG1 was literally conceived as a cheap cash grab for F&F monies and MW is just the sequel to that game. Debug comments indicate developers weren't thrilled with the new direction UG1 took the franchise in. They certainly are the best cash grabs of all time, however.
Beautiful driving mechanics ? Lol the cars felt like an slow response ass brick, despise that the rest was good
cus nfs mw takes place on a planet with much higher gravity making cars grippy asf, slow asf (compared to modern car games), and almost impossible to drift
The police chase in this game actually felt like a challenge. And the consequence of getting caught actually felt real.
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Tell your friends about him then.
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I ment the uploader, so he gets more views.
haveaniceday45 oh, sorry for not ignoring than. 😢
My fav car is/was the Evo lmao, probably the best car in the game. I usually have two of those, one for racing and one for cops haha.
Cecep Tarmujianto Didn't really use the Lambos, or Porsches, only used the cars that you would actually buy and race on the street, like the Evo or the Supra, RX-7 and 8
Adin Halilović oh yes! That moment when I saw Earl's Evo, it's just ah so gorgeous!! I fell in love with the Evo from that scene when I was a little kid.
Although now I purposefully grab an STI to race his Evo just for the fun of it.
Adine odakle si skinuo most wanted 😃
SAPURA IS BETTER
Adin Halilović lol same for me
The lotus and cobalt were my favorite barricade busters. I spent so many after school hours on this game. Man my grades sucked, but this game was too much fun. The industrial age soundtrack and visuals were too cool.
Also I can’t be the only one who decides to do a self imposed challenge of using every Blacklist car at least once?
Take me there, bud. Indeed knowing the algorithm of the reward cards to get and use blacklist cars can really save you lots of cash and is really fun just for a self challenge.
I have done the game using only rival cars, and without using money, no upgrades, just using one rival car after another, that's was a good challenge, some rivals took me several tries to get their pinkslip :P
I've it this way:
The first Blacklist car I get will be the Car I upgrade and complete the story with as my main car
Me
I literally never buy my own cars in this game,i've somehow managed to get every single blacklist car
1. Amazing physics ( even in the new NFS games the car feels like it's floating on the road while NFS Most Wanted feel like we were connected to the road. There was feeling of traction)
2. Amazing soundtracks (almost each and every bgm was amazing and contributed to the game)
3. It was free to play. And required only skills to win. Now a days, games are designed in a way that you can't win without paying or a ton of grinding.
Be carefull of spikes after auto pilot segment!
PhantomDogman thats why you use speedbreaker
Especially on those fucking roadblocks
Kami Sama True. But it's difficult do to on keyboard when playing on pc.
you can just turn it off, did ya know?
you can just turn it off, did ya know?
jusr ram ther cars at there bumpers at max speed
You were so right about the driver-car attachment.
It is still the BEST, even after 13 years!!!
I still get goosebumps while racing the top 5 racers!!!
I like how the first line of the game is "you have to finish the race fast" as if I wasn't trying to do that in the first place
Gameplay was what made it the best...
THE SOUNDTRACK IS WHAT MADE IT LEGENDARY
The secret sauce in Underground 1 - Most Wanted is that they were RPGs.
You "level up" by improving your car and build an emotional bond to it as you would to a D&D character.
The atmosphere is cool. It has that smoggy and dirty feeling.
You've basically described my exact feelings about this game. This is some excellent work. I hope this channel grows in the future.
I don't care what people say, this game is my top favorite NFS game and I'll never stop playing it.
This game was my most favourite game ever trust me it's real
Yes! To Heaven with Most Wanted✊🏾
10/10. Amazing video for a legendary game.
I wish you could have more subscribers, just know that you earned one more buddy.
2:07 : it was at this moment Baron knew, he fcked up. *crashes car*
The one reason you touched on but is the reason I came back obsessively the summer I got it, is the classic story of revenge. Beating Razor, after he cheated me out of the win, to get back the M3 GTR pushed me forward every step of the way, not the idea of being the #1 Most Wanted. All the people on the Most Wanted list were Razor’s people, and they’d challenge you to races that were built around their strengths as a driver and every victory brought me a little closer to the final confrontation. I loved a lot of my cars in NFSMW, even my little Chevy Cobalt, but I loved that M3 just because the quest I had to go on to get it back. To the point driving it in NFS: Heat makes the game better by association rather than the story its telling, which is fine.
That background music brought goosebumps to me!
#Nostalgia
The fact that they called it "Most Wanted" makes the game Most Wanted, which everybody wants that game so good!
It's value is quite high now
I'm glad I was a kid in the early '00's!
Lets be honest
the finale pursuit when you get the m3 gtr was one of the most intense pursuit chases.
If players lose their car nowadays, they'll slit their wrists after a long cry. Can't be done anymore.
look at the guy's name in the gameplay, its you wade xD
lol yeah XD
I strongly agree with the player-car bond point you made. I am tired of modern games essentially being car-collection games, and wish that getting a new car wasn't a regular occurrence.
PSA for PC players: A huge modding scene is building up around Most Wanted. Higher resolutions, better graphics, new multiplayer freeroam, new cars, debug tools, game enhancements/bugfixes.
we want zeldas of that....sorry, I meant links.
Most wanted online discord.gg/NvMwj
For Graphics mods: search on youtube for "most wanted graphics mod", contains the higher resolution patcher, texturepacks, reshade and more
For debug tools/what ifs/modding also check out ua-cam.com/users/nlgzrgn77
Discord link expired btw
Huh, just search on youtube for Most Wanted Online by osdever
nfs world fullfilled the need for most wanted online somewhat, but they closed it down. now there are community servers, but they are empty and unusably slow
Most iconic racing game no one could beat this piece of art
this game takes me to, what I would say, one of the best moments in my life, when everything was more simple and easier ☺
You literally summed up my favorite summer vacations with the three games you mentioned. Good, good times. I wish things were as simple as back then.
Damn.. this reminds me, I spent an hour in that game customising my EVO 8, making it perfect. In the end, it had a carbon fibre vented bonnet, IMPORT RACER stickers (black) on the side, black folk te37's, max performance and the most accurate gauge I could find. I still haven't sold that car, despite getting much faster ones. The evo, supra, is300 and rx7 are just so desirable in that game, as well as some of the porsche's and lambo's. The way to make the most out of that game is to buy your favourite of the high level cars, as you feel connected to them.
Instead of a remaster of this masterpiece, we got a remaster of a remaster that wasn’t even a good game when it came out. They have to give the fans what they want at some point and remake/remaster Underground 1 & 2 or this game. I spent literally hours trying to work my way up the in game leaderboards. I still remember Taz’s record for most amount of police immobilised in a single chase stood at 50, and I don’t think I ever came close.
It’ll make the series relevant again. NFS 2015 was a step in the right direction, but Payback, Heat and this new remaster (which doesn’t even look that much better than the remaster it’s based on) we’re all steps back again.
Very very true but the emotional connection between the car and the player so true
NFS Most Wanted and Carbon are by far my favorite NFS games of the Franchise. ☯️
This Most Wanted is much better than Carbon, the sequel of this game.
I don't care about the new nfs this thing is a piece of jewel and nostalgia.
The good ol' days when Cobalt is used in everything from racing to pursuits until the end of the game. 💯
Need For Speed Most Wanted has the most blacklist members that will allow you to get their cars. You can get 15 additional blacklist cars but in Need For Speed Carbon, you can only get 3 boss cars. In Need For Speed Carbon, you can't get the Tier 3 cars of the bosses.
There is and always will be one reason why not only this game but other games of this era are good too... "Focus on Solo career mode". Online multiplayer is what has killed games nowadays. Developers don't put their imagination into creating a good solo mode game that's exciting with features and rewards but rather a boring repetitive solo gameplay with a completely different online multiplayer (which you can buy as an extta pack after you buy the game)...that is not how a proper game should be!
you've hit the nail on the head.
and we cant even blame the devs for this, games nowadays barely have a lifecycle of a year at best, so trying to make an amazing single player experience is very time costly with less paycheck, while all the cash these days flows in mulitplayer PC games, and mictrotransaction based shitty mobile games.
This video really took me back to some of the best times I had playing this game. It made me so sad they didn’t put the Skyline R34 in this game but this is honestly top 3 need for speed games hands down!
best things= sound track, mazda car, and that bus station🤣😂🤣
@@wirapratamasatriadji4070 @Wira Pratama Satriadji The bus station where you could climb the roofs of all the parked buses, use it as a ramp to take off or even hide from the cops also the breaking of glass when you enter the bus station is so satisfying.
Well said Ron. I remember I was totally hooked on the Porche CaymanS when I saw it in Baron's possession. Took me 5 retries to get that pink slip abd that annoying drag races. I used that ride to smoke out every police chases and blacklist races. Those were real fun times
Man, back in 2005, this was my favorite game... Spent days just playing this game...
I really hope they make another NFS sequel of this.... I mean like the real continuation of the storyline with a better graphic and a little bit improvement on the gameplay (I don't mean like NFSMW 2012 - It sucks).. Maybe like, still take place in rockport city, still featuring mia, cross, and maybe razor (maybe he wants to have some revenge), more interactive environment, more customization (Like NFS Carbon allows us to customize decals), and more vicious cops.. Hehe.. I'd definitely pre order it no matter how much it costs...
Pretty sure its too late to make a nfsmw sequel now
This is the SmackDown Here Comes The Pain of racing games 🙂
NFS series will be dead because of EA
*is dead. More precisely my feelings for need for speed died since NfS Undercover. I even enjoyed Pro Street
Marcus 5_887_4 it’s EA fault because they didn’t give black box enough time to make the games
Ski Mandla ever since 2013 , things have been not looking good for NFS
Nathan Drake Criterion didn't kill the NFS games. They aimed for one thing: FUN. Unlike Ghost, who thinks making references to older titles is better than making good games.
SuperDrinkingPepsi EA is the worst owner of NFS franchise ever!
Edit:How to make NFS Great again? 1. Kill EA 2. Find a better Game Studios like Valve or others and lastly 3. Make sure that the game studio cares about the Franchise and they need to gave em enough time to make good games.
Soundtrack, story, pretty good acting, Razor was one of the best antagonist in history of games. Atmosphere of this game was just unique and EA will never make game like that.
Rockport City was cool too.
One of the best racing game ever. Always was and always will be.
Along with midnight club ;)
Master Yoda Good this game is
Lime or Light Green IDK yes young one. Truly it is the chosen one
Master yea not that impatient guy who does not like sAAnD this is the true chosen one
I feel like they were close to getting that feel from Most Wanted with NFS Heat. However it feels like they didn't commit enough.
I couldn't agree more with the point about the bond between player and car, since you have to work so much to get your cars
After starting a new game on Forza Horizon 3, I was gifted like ten cars within twenty minutes of gameplay 😒 no fun
When i played i just tried to get the biggest bounty ... anyone else? Getting chased by police until there is a helicopter and those bulldozer trucks ramming you from the front
TEAM GALLARDO!
my love was my Audi A4, but yes the Gallardo was the best when racing into police cars
cool! Daaamn now I really wanna play it one more time!
PyMike Rocket Gallardo yeah!
my man!!
TEAM MCLAREN!
This and Carbon were the only NFS that really had me on the ride
What about undercover? I think it was alright, such a shame they changed the pursuit theme in that though. Honestly.
Use to whip my Mercedes’ through that shit. Police wasn’t fucking wit me 💯💪🏾😂
Good work, amazing video! You brought in some points I didn't think about yet, especially the part about being emotionally invested in the player's vehicle. By the way: Capping the level of cars in Payback made the exact opposite happen.
Earl 2nd Race/Sprint Race still give me nightmare until now.
What about
hard + catchup ON
in quick race....
The only thing i don't like about this game is the rubberbanding AI.
but it's fun if you use a trainer and rush through the race at speeds like 1200 kilometers per hour and you're looking up the stats afterwards and see the low tier blacklist members driving at speeds of 632 kilometers per hour. :D
tommy langer Yeah,the automatic catch-up system is so goddamn annoying.
Gandalf the Gray I never thought it was annoying. It has caused some stupid moments, but mostly it caused some great fights for the first place till the end. Otherwise the races would be boring.
tommy langer Not when you use the maxed out M3 gtr against the likes of Taz,Vic and they can keep up with it ...
Totally Not A Spy don't get me started on the speed traps ..
This Most Wanted is much better than the 2012 version.
And you can actually fail the game and have to start all over again, which we don't see at all in gaming anymore.
ikr, newer games feels less punishing
yeah like i almost got to razor and i have like no money and my last car got impounded and its game over fuck you by the game do the game all over again redo 20 hours of gameplay again good fucking luck
@@kuro9410_ilust lol, I consider that ending now as canon
You can avoid that with simply loading the game.
The emotional bond between the player and the car is how the story began in the first place.
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I think, we love this game, because we were kids when we played that game. We could fully feel ourselves in the game. And it is memoriable
How about the sound effects? That's something that most racing games just can't seem to get right, but it was awesome in MW
When Police chase heat.lvl 6 starts
Only my very own trusted vehicle can get me through it, because i trust and belive only in that very specific bond between me and my car... How i feel it will turn this curve, whats the maximum speed on this road... How it wont jump in the air if i hit the road block fast enough and where to hit... Thats what nfs MW gives to the player... Knowing your car... Which is kinda missing in new games that's been released... Even in MW2
In My Opinion of This Game
Is Not Legendary NFS or Masterpiece
Is Just a Great Game, But The Fanboys Are Sh*t Sickness
Because of the yellow-ish atmosphere, the bmw m3 gtr, the graffiti style font ( the way the blacklist members' names are written) and because this is the best need for speed game in my opinion
This and UG2 are great. The reason why Most Wanted was number 1, because it was a mixture of classic Need for speed and new need for speed. The return of police car chases and exotic cars from the old nfs series, the introduction of tuner cars and customization from underground 1 and the Open world free roam mechanics from Underground 2, you're no longer confined to a circuit race. The game had a great mixture of cars, and i liked that you didn't need to rice out your car to progress the game.
NFSUG2 = Climaxed it at tuning and customization.
MW2005 = Climaxed the adrenaline in racing, chases and drifting. (Yes, manually drifting)
NFSC = This is a bonus, because this game invented autosculpt which is very unique in every kind of racing game.
Those were the days! thanx for the video. yup its always better when u earn it
Cant believe that we've gone from Porsche Unleashed, HP, Most wanted and Underground to Shit like run and shift. EA has some serious blood on their hands
Memphis shift 2 is for me was the last great NFS
Run is a cool game,what u talkin about?
Excellent points, sir! Ghost Games still couldn't figure this out.
I Prefer Underground 2 In Racing But If You talking About police chase Most Wanted Is No Match
The only match for your MW2005 baby cops is the HP2 psycho cops and chopper from the PS2 version.
@@axl1632 True that. Those hillybilly cops know how to make your life hard.
In Hot Pursuit 2, you have to escape. In Most Wanted 2005, you have to take them out. If you get well in pursuit. Creating chaos for the cops was pure fun for this game. That why I like Most Wanted than Hot Pursuit 2.
The soundtrack is the icing on the cake in this game. I still have a couple songs from this game in my driving playlist, like Do Ya Thang
Golf Gti best car
I remember upgrading my cobalt s to the max and beat every singhle black list with it
its one of the best thing ever happen to EA
I just want HD version
EA JUS NEEDS TO REMASTER THIS !!! HOW HARD IS THAT?! They’d print money like crazy and don’t have to worry about a new story.
Jason Lika Ea black box is no longer a game studio
licensing the soundtrack, cars isn't cheap. Black box is dead, another reason is because EA
this was hands down my favorite racing game as a kid
Porsche Carrera GT ! 💜💜💜
This game was so awesome, no was, IS awesome. Something that I like more of it, was the fact that you can complete the game with your first car, improving his perfomance step by step when you got new parts. This make you apreciate more your car and feel proud of youself when finish the game. My favorite cars where Fiat Punto, and Audi A4, but all the cars are good and you can enjoy the game using any of them.
Back when ea wasn’t a money grabbing company
My favourite car was the rx7
they always were
but hack then they at least weren't cheating customers to get it
Brings me back memories!!! :( I love this game and midnight club 3 dub edition remix the most!