Need for Speed: Most Wanted
The player arrives in Rockport City, driving a racing version of the BMW M3 GTR (E46). Following Mia Townsend (played by Josie Maran), the player proves his driving prowess as he is pursued by a veteran police…
Need for Speed: Most Wanted is a racing developed by EA Black Box, released 15 November 2005 on Nintendo GameCube, PlayStation 2 and Xbox.
What Need for Speed: Most Wanted is
Need for Speed: Most Wanted is a racing game developed by EA Black Box and released in 2005. It was published by Electronic Arts. It is available on Nintendo GameCube, PlayStation 2 and Xbox.
The premise, in the publisher's words
The player arrives in Rockport City, driving a racing version of the BMW M3 GTR (E46). Following Mia Townsend (played by Josie Maran), the player proves his driving prowess as he is pursued by a veteran police officer named Sergeant Cross (played by Dean McKenzie), who vows to take down the player and end street racing in Rockport. Races seem to be in the player's favor until a particular group of racers, led by the game's antagonist, Clarence "Razor" Callahan (played by Derek Hamilton), sabotages and win the player's car in a race.
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action. It supports multiplayer. Local play supports 2 players. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.
Where it sits in the Need for Speed series
Need for Speed: Most Wanted is the 22nd of 84 entries we hold in the Need for Speed series. The next entry was Need for Speed: Most Wanted 5-1-0 in 2005. Its critic score of 88 is 14 points above the series average of 74. The highest-rated entry is Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit - Limited Edition at 92.
How it was received
Need for Speed: Most Wanted holds a critic score of 88 out of 100. That places it above 92% of the 1,168 rated racing games in our database, which average 68. Games released in 2005 averaged 67, so it scored 21 points above the year average.
What it launched against
Need for Speed: Most Wanted launched on 15 November 2005, within three weeks of Need for Speed: Most Wanted, Call of Duty 2, Sid Meier's Civilization IV and Mario Kart DS. It reviewed better than 2 of the 4.
Released around the same time: Need for Speed: Most Wanted, Call of Duty 2, Sid Meier's Civilization IV, Mario Kart DS.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Need for Speed: Most Wanted yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
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