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MY RATING:
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5 / 10


It's really really hard for me to rate an NFS with thumbs down, really.
But I decided to do it this way and give the game a few more stars because I found it thumbs up and just a star or two more silly.
Personally, I would like to have the option of a neutral rating.
That would simply be more meaningful for me and since the opinions about the NFS games are totally different for years.
I can understand the different opinions and sometimes I just don't feel any different. It's not an easy thing with NFS. Unfortunately.
Sure, the games are always kind of good, but sometimes I find the games just as bad, and like many other games, there are people who like it and people who don't.
So good or not so good game?
In my original review I wrote the following:

Need for Speed Most Wanted (2012) is, if you look closely, a new and worse edition of NFSMW from 2005.

But that is not right. So I'll correct that now and apologize for the misstatement.
I have been kindly advised that NFSMW 2005 and 2012 are not at all related.
It's also not NFSMW2 or any kind of remake or new edition.
As Criterion itself says, these are two different games that have nothing to do with each other.
If you want to compare the game with any other game, it would only be possible to compare it to Burnout Paradise.
Howerver, you're in Fairhaven and have to compete against the 10 most wanted racers in story mode.
As a complete beginner, you have to work your way back up the blacklist from the bottom up. What else.
And that is only possible by driving races, winning them, of course, and collecting enough speed points. Only when you have enough speed points can you challenge the next blacklist driver. But that often only works if you have the right car. So, you often have to change your car so that you can also win the blacklist race. Except for the 10 most wanted cars that you have to earn, all the others are just standing around somewhere. To get them or unlock them, you just have to find them, drive next to them and press a button. Then this car is yours and you can drive it right away.
There isn't really a big difference between the vehicles, apart from the appearance and possibly the speed. Somehow they all drive the same and "necessary" tuning parts are available for free because they are activated automatically. The information about what and which parts you have just unlocked and the "installation" of the parts is only given as a short message. There is also no optical tuning option in the game.
Apart from the blacklist challenges and the "normal" race from a to b, the game also offers the speed runs in which you have to reach a prescribed target speed and the ambush mode in which you have to escape the cops. The latter is then not always so easy because they act relatively cleverly and track them down quickly. The car chases are, compared to the rest, a highlight of the game worth mentioning.
Although the races to the finish line are often quite exciting and sometimes close, thanks to the rubber band AI it seems quite ridiculous at times.
The single-player story, you're done pretty quickly. Only the online and multiplayer mode and the autolog make the game and the open world to an interesting challenge
Visually the game is great, looks good and the speed is really fun. The sound also leaves nothing to be desired.
The bottom line is that the game in single player mode is rather disappointing. The online mode makes up for it and offers a lot of fun.

MY PROS AND CONS:
✅ Open game world
✅ insanely fast
✅ good controls
✅ Competitions (speed traps, billboards)
❌ annoying police radio
❌ bad GPS
❌ little variety
❌ Rubber band AI
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