Apart from the "Need for Speed Most Wanted" could be titled also loosely as "Burnout Paradise 2", is for me after a few hours of intense gaming fans firmly that this racing game has overthrown the previous throne holder "Burnout Paradise".
But again in peace from the beginning ...
When you hold the game pack in his hands, one inevitably comes the thought "It was ne boring package" Then you open the envelope and there is still much desolate ... not even a reasonable guide leigt stake in :(. But this externals are not so relevant)
When the game had finally found its way into my PS3 and the bias has started ... noted this was fortunately not the nowadays usual 2 to 10 GB have to be pre-installed, I was first pleased that not again an annoying female voice (I'm just saying DJ Atomica) initiating undertook. This time you have Nana Spier which, inter alia, the German voice of Drew Barrymore and Sarah M. Gellar, committed ... which sounds a lot more comfortable in the ear.
The preamble goes smoothly over into the game and you start with the become known from the latest Bond films Aston Martin Vanquish. I was a bit disillusioned :(
The controller had partially arg vague and imprecise. However, this first impression is heavily revised after extensive practice phase. The more one has dealt with the cars, the better to get to right. You can hold in any case the control a lot more sensitivity requires as example. "Burnout Paradise". However, the control feels quite fast to bite and also, depending on their model an authentic driving experience .... be it in terms of steering, acceleration or braking. The use of the handbrake makes sense finally back in a racing game. It was long ago that one could so stylish and well controlled drift through the corners.
On the subject of cars still this: Most of the available companion no longer plays free one, but finds it in the "Open World" by NFSMW. Everywhere they are sometimes more, sometimes less well hidden ... Once found you have to drive up and press triangle ... already you sit in the new basement just close enough to his new dream car. The beauty is all car collected are listed in detail on the brand in a quickly called ingame menu and may be selected in a split second. Great!
But what stands out quite quickly is the excellent graphics. The Fame speed is constant regardless of the game virtually free from stuttering and superfluid. In addition, the car models are modeled class and see simply dazzling. Even small details such as red-painted brake shoes, fall when drifting through the curve and shimmer through the rim through. Although the open game world does not pose any inovative sections, but feels authentic and credible. The world or route design is all in all very like Burnout, but that's a good thing :).
However, what has really worried me for an open mouth are the all the visual effects. Whether now pink leaves of Japanese Cherry blossoms waft through the park or dirt is stirred up ... everything looks extremely good. Thus, the lens flare effects, which I have seen in such a realistic form in any racing game yet. It's hard to put into words how realistic Criterion (the racing game developers gods) has implemented these into play. In Words can not express that you simply have to see for yourself. I should not have believed the good old PS3 so in the form.
A point of yes also in the graphic score with flows is the sense of speed. Also, this is beyond doubt. Acuh without "Nitro Boost" is afloat all SEXTREM. The opti-dimensional and unlockable Nitro then comes naturally to even the typical burnout speed rush. There, however, you have to watch, because since the control is a little more cumbersome than in Burnout Paradise, is just the drive in oncoming traffic become more difficult. Added Erschwerden comes also the fact that uninvolved motorists are realistic fast road and they do not sneak around as yet known of previously.
Somewhat negative I mpfinde the selection of camera angles which there are only 2. Habituation needy bumper perspective and the typical rear camera ind he can see his car. I usually play always liked always with a camera showing the hood. Currently I play (oddly enough) with the prosecutor perspective ... is however possibly habituation thing.
Excuse the way I always prefer the comparison to Burnout Paradise, but who will play the game, it will quickly realize that the developers are also "Burnout Paradise 2" could call). If you drive through gates or billboards jumps ... that's just abolutes Burnout flair. I just think that one has used the name of Need for Speed, because this much advertising is pregnant and is either way for higher sales figures will worry.
In terms of sound, there is also nothing to complain about. Vehicles listen to all different at ... whether Porsche 911, Camaro, Viper, Lamborghini, Ford or Mercedes Fosus SLG ... they sound authentic and absolutely "crisp". In the playlist you can be divided. Here the ranges offered by Dubstep bishin to rock and Indi. The majority of the tracks was now oersönlich for me not exactly the rage. However, this is not a shortcoming ... because you can optionally as a playlist adjust his music, which have been stored on the console. So I can then also give the thrill of speed with Killswitch Engage, As I Lay Dying, Fear Factory & Co.: D
In terms of scope and variety offered what the racing game fans will already know of burnout also roughly. Added to this is the Autolog feature, w as to organize a welcome online events with friends or strangers ... or to undercut bests of colleagues. It's just the same features that are known to have made the last published EA racing games. Why invent the wheel EA when tried and true is synonymous with quality.
As a final conclusion we can say that EA / Criterion have ventured no big experiments here. This is in my opinion a good thing. It could be expressed in the following formula:
Burnout Paradise + Need for Speed Hot Pursuit = Need for Speed Most Wanted
An extremely fun mix and clear the reference when it comes to arcade racers. Drive through gates, jump through advertising images, race deny escape the police, break through roadblocks, find shortcuts, bests undercut, multiplayer duels, find all cars, explore the countryside ... everything that is preparing a lot of fun and in addition it is really nicely packaged in Send a graphic with effects set new standards. Who on Arcardelastige Racing we DIf is "Need for Speed Most Wanted" experience certainly no disappointment. Many will perhaps the AI complain again an invisible rubber band owns or 1 vs 1 duel in front of a TV is not possible, but these are marginal things the MMN the overall impression can not tarnish, it makes the game just experienced too much and correctly.
Graphics: 5 of 5
Sound: 5 of 5
Game Pass: 5 of 5