Most Wanted has honestly aged better than it has any right too.
I mean the artstyle in particular should look like absolutely awful now a days, especially after the whole brown and grey aesthetic of the 360 era and this somewhat being an early example of that, and yet it does fit with what the game is going for and doesn't look that baaad. With the hd mod the game looks good even.
The cutscenes are unbelievably cheesy and the characters are really over the top. But they have a lot of charm that make them extremely memorable and while the game was never gonna make you take seriously a story where the main villain tells you about how they're gonna steal your car and then your girl (lmao), I doubt it was really meant to be taken seriously, granted it was 2005 so who knows, but I find it hard to believe there wasn't at least a bit of irony in these cutscenes.
Honestly I wish there were more because everytime there is one it's like an event because you know things are gonna get funny.
The one thing that kinda sucks is the amount of filler, we all remember the cutscenes, the characters, the blacklist, the cars, the customization and ofc the driving but I doubt anybody wants to remember the endless amount of samey races that just kinda pad out the time, tracks being reused but flipped around is a bit neat in the first few hours but gets tiring by the late stages.
The one thing that saves the filler from ruining the game is that the driving itself feels so great that even the filler is somewhat fun. The game feels really fast, going 150 miles in this game feels faster than going 200 in other racing games.
The game can feel intense at high speeds especially when your opponents can also reach those high speeds and they start catching up to you.
Speaking of intense, the cops in this game holy shit. Hands down best cop chases in any game ever. GTA got nothing on these, during level 4-6 heat cop chases things get so engaging, especially when there's like 5 cop cars behind you and you see 2 of them in front of you ready to hit you at max speed. Escaping these high heat level pursuits feels like a real achievement and make the game what it is just as much as the driving itself.
Iconic game all around, 100% worth the time even if it's not a 10, maybe if a few hours were cut it'd be a 10 for me at least.
I mean the artstyle in particular should look like absolutely awful now a days, especially after the whole brown and grey aesthetic of the 360 era and this somewhat being an early example of that, and yet it does fit with what the game is going for and doesn't look that baaad. With the hd mod the game looks good even.
The cutscenes are unbelievably cheesy and the characters are really over the top. But they have a lot of charm that make them extremely memorable and while the game was never gonna make you take seriously a story where the main villain tells you about how they're gonna steal your car and then your girl (lmao), I doubt it was really meant to be taken seriously, granted it was 2005 so who knows, but I find it hard to believe there wasn't at least a bit of irony in these cutscenes.
Honestly I wish there were more because everytime there is one it's like an event because you know things are gonna get funny.
The one thing that kinda sucks is the amount of filler, we all remember the cutscenes, the characters, the blacklist, the cars, the customization and ofc the driving but I doubt anybody wants to remember the endless amount of samey races that just kinda pad out the time, tracks being reused but flipped around is a bit neat in the first few hours but gets tiring by the late stages.
The one thing that saves the filler from ruining the game is that the driving itself feels so great that even the filler is somewhat fun. The game feels really fast, going 150 miles in this game feels faster than going 200 in other racing games.
The game can feel intense at high speeds especially when your opponents can also reach those high speeds and they start catching up to you.
Speaking of intense, the cops in this game holy shit. Hands down best cop chases in any game ever. GTA got nothing on these, during level 4-6 heat cop chases things get so engaging, especially when there's like 5 cop cars behind you and you see 2 of them in front of you ready to hit you at max speed. Escaping these high heat level pursuits feels like a real achievement and make the game what it is just as much as the driving itself.
Iconic game all around, 100% worth the time even if it's not a 10, maybe if a few hours were cut it'd be a 10 for me at least.
Jojoro
1 year ago