Undercover had the best ones even outside of pursuits *me sitting in a parking lot* Cop: hey dispatch i'm gonna go home i just threw up everywhere in my unit...it's everywhere...disgusting
"Hi my name is Josie Maron and I play Mia in Need For Speed Most Wanted. Make sure you do all your racing *in* the game. On the streets, drive safely and responsibly - and wear your seatbelt."
They better remastered it like 343 studios did to halo 1&2, they remastered the game without changing the original gameplay or designs, just made the graphics new, if EA Games don't do that, than the game is a fail before officially being released to the public.
NFS MW and GTA San Andreas they will never lose their spots doesn't matter how bad their graphics are compaired with today's game graphics they will still be the games in terms of gameplay and very good stories
I agree NFS MW and GTA San Andreas are 2 games that live up to the hype even being almost 15 years + I managed to get a good copy of the Xbox 360 version of NFSMW and it looks beautiful in HD. If your a fan of NFS MW 2005 get that 360 version you wont regret it!
Guy On A Budget no dude get the pc version and put everything on max, Does the 360 version have that heavy handling? I always hated that, the ps2 and pc versions didn’t and that was great Imo it should feel arcadey and that steering captures that
KuruHS It definitely is. And it's amazing how it keeps being in my opinion the BEST nfs game so long after it's original release. I recently replayed the entire career and challenge series on the xbox 360 after watching your speedruns and the feeling of playing the game myself for the first time in awhile was great. It took me awhile to find a 360 copy for a decent price and unfortunately my gaming laptop has no disc drive so I hadn't played it for ages. I also have to thank you for helping me realize that I needed to revisit this beautiful masterpiece Kuru :)
At 9 years old, I got angry at the rivals characters, fell in love with Mia, owned the cars I customized, had friend that cared, had a goal in life, and found my own way to play through the game. This was the best. And it'll always remain the greatest memory I have of a racing game.
My first powerful PC, COD 4 MODERN WARFARE AND NFS MW 2005 were the first games I installed and still to date there are not many games that come close to them nor the experience I had with them.
Something I loved about this game was that if you put every upgrade you got into your starting car you could take it all the way to the end. The Cobalt SS at full power was absolutely glorious.
same happens in underground 2, i can assure you that the Mazda MX-5 Miata is the best car in the game if you upgrade it at max, and i'ts a starting car
I kinda skimmed around the video, so could have missed it. But didn't the game just use rubberband for AI? So you use a 2 feet and prob outrun the cars :D
that's what makes this game special. You stick with one car for long enough and win the game with it. That bond between you and your starting car, money or expensive car can't replace
NFSU: the revolution NFSMW: the masterpiece NFSC: the last of its kind NFSProstreet: The underrated underdog - btw: is this one good? I never played it
@@n3lis94 I recommend you don't play with a wheel, if you can't set the effective rotation amount to less than 270-200 degrees, because this game has one major flaw: tank slapping. When you turn the wheel, car doesn't respond immediatly, but has a noticable delay, which is absolutly infuriating at times. Though you can fix this with NFS-VltEd, it's tedious and long. But, nonetheless, i still have fond memories of this game and still have the original copy of this game, 1.0 version even. If you can pick this game up, i recommend you do
Funny how i played nfs mw 2012 like last month and cannot remember a single blacklist member while mw 2005 that I played in 2007 and I still remember all blacklist and their cars
Mw 2012 had a blacklist ? I remember buying it on Origin, but I got bored of it before I started racing. That whole "find a random car on the street" thing made me lose interest fast.
@@edvin97ful It's just the same thing as searching barnyard in Horizon, the game even give you an area highlight in your map, MW2012 gives you an approximate location of a car by listening to the car audio and your controller vibrating, it's not that hard
I can't believe he didn't mention the ungodly good soundtrack. That was half my love for the game because all of it was really, catchy and bouncy, and felt perfect for racing regardless of the genre.
I have only one thing to say about such an amazing documentary: "Hi. I'm Josie Maran and I play Mia at Need for Speed: Most Wanted. Make sure you do *all* your racing *in* the game. On the streets, drive safely and responsibly. And wear your seatbelt! ;)"
@@suspicioususer Same rules except you REALLY better not fuck up turns you'll end up in sand. I mean killing people on the streets worse but for your own interest don't end up in sand.
You should absolutely take the time you need to get a video just right. Taking the time to play the ports was definitely worth it, and I thought it was the most amusing part of the video. I would much rather wait an extra week for the sake of quality.
Out of curiosity, how long did you actually spend on each of those? I honestly can't imagine how anyone played the DS version for more than a few minutes when it released, let alone today.
Well look at the frequency of your posts. You're not posting daily or weekly, so we shouldn't be expecting your vids to be ready at a given notice. As long as you can maintain this level, you can take a week extra if needed. Keep up the good work, post when its ready.
i was playing for some days again with mods (redux) and lots of new cars , just started to search videos like this to have nostalgia of someone breaking game in details. i keep paying heat and then when i want a real pursuit i get in MW and now with cop mods that go up to heat 10 its like again 2005. i was 7 8 yrs old and played it on my cousins comp when was the era and still now we both play it sometimes
"When you're busted in most wanted you're done" *lets be real how many people here shut off the game with a save before hand so they would have no repercussions lol*
Forenzyx I wish he had mentioned tuning the car in u2 and most wanted it had a step back like when back in time you could change engine performance in different revs in u2 but in mw you can only change few things
Yhea, I am trying to replicate my own record of 24 hours of pursuit and that WITHOUT the highway circuit tricks. Because thats how it went last time I tried to escape but couldn't.
Terrown umm you sure it isn’t the fact that when you reset you are actually going back to a older save? Aka going back to when your heat was lower already
DD dorsett The Ford GT GTE BMW M3 e46 GTR is a LeMans version (Racing version) of the normal M3 e46 street, so it's NOT a Ricer car. Don't believe me? Look it up in the Wikipedias
I came to know that they did some dialogue by themselves And Razor dialogues were like 60% not scripted , it was by him That's why you feel why Razor is like a true villan You can search for it
Still the best Need For Speed to this day. Hell, I'd wager it's the best real-world racing game of all time. Just everything about this game - the music, the mechanics, the feel, the blacklist, the heat system, the car choice... Crazy how if I feel like playing a good NFS game, I have to turn on my PS2. How the great have fallen.
Ben Farrell+ Hot Pursuit (2010 360) was my first and then Most wanted 2012 I liked those. I had the GBA version too with Ms. Pac Man Maze Maddness. I miss the old days. Funny thing is it wasn't so long ago... I feel old.
That is true. I enjoyed NFS 2015 and Most Wanted 2012, but they are not able to overcome the original Most Wanted. I have build a PC with parts from 2002 recently, and now I play Most Wanted on it. Modern games like The Crew 2 are nothing compared to this old classic.
i personally just really enjoyed need for speed most wanted 2012. even though it didn't have the story, i never really played a racing game for the story. but that's just my personal opinion, I can see why people in general love the story from the older game.
@@hypxthermia I played that Most Wanted game a few days after it came out 'cos a friend borrowed it to me. I never even played for more than 3 hours because it was just so hard for me back then lmfao (I was 9, I think). And tbh, the 4 main reason why I love NFSMW 2005 so much is because of 1) The world 2) The driving 3) The freedom of customization 4) THE SOUNDTRACK lmao
I played the really old hot pursuits as a kid and quit after underground, which NFS games are still decent to play and worth playing for the first time in 2020?
The "Conclusion" segment really brought back memories. As he was talking about it, I was getting flashbacks of what was like back then, how life was, but mostly how much I was enjoying this game. Really got nostalgic. A well done review sir.
Yagami Raïto you don't understand, do you? the M3 in the game is an M3 GTR Race Car. "Race car", meaning it's built to be driven around race tracks. It's not meant for public roads, nor is it available for sale to the general public.
What makes MW so addictive,is the career mode with the ''Blacklist''.It keeps you motivated to beat the next ''Blacklist'' guy or girl,take his/her car and then move to the next until you get to Razor and win your BMW back.It gets more and more challenging,but there's no difficulty spike and you also unlock new cars and parts.yes,you have to actually unlock them,there's no lootboxes or microtransactions.Also,the cop chases are very well done.
I very recently played through this game and since I'm in quarantine, I plowed through it quickly. This game was one of my favourites titles as a child. I remember it taking months to complete and it was hard and unforgiving. I remember the pure excitement to unlock the Murciélago (pronounced mursi-yEHlaggo by the way) as a 10 year old. I realised how easy this game is as an adult and I wonder if people that weren't 10 in 2005 thought the same as I did now? After beating Ming and hopefully getting his Gallardo, the game is piece of cake from that moment. That car is way too good for being unlocked after half the game progress. The funny part is that it is fully maximised (only nitrous isn't ultimate iirc) and most ultimate parts need Ronnie to be defeated in order to unlock them (blacklist member #3). The rubberbanding is ridicilous. It is most noticeable when you play with a fully upgrades McLaren SLR and next to you is an Audi A3 and it outdrives you without any issue. On the other hand, once you get a hold of how the game works and how to drive efficiently, it's almost impossible to lose. And while the tollbooth and speedtrap races are insanely easy, the dragrace is so unforgiving it's laughable. I sometimes retried the same race 15 - 20 times before giving up and choosing another race instead. The police chases are as thrilling and fun as I remembered them. The feeling of getting millions of bounty after a hectic chase is great. Though, spending 15+ minutes on a crazy pursuit and getting busted for some ridicilous reason and therefore lose all your bounty is pretty annoying. That is the pinnacle of wasted time. Once I reached a certain amount of time played in pursuit, I avoided roadblocks because of the pure disappointment I'd feel if I crashed into a car but got flipped upside down instead and being forced to reset my car and getting busted. After a couple of failed attempts and wasted time, I installed a trainer just to be able to turn on "no busted" in extreme cases. The fact that resetting your car means busted instantly is the biggest flaw of this game in my opinion. It fulfills zero to me and is solely really annoying if anything. I never cared about the game's repeating pattern. The races are fun and so is the pursuit. I still think the graphics are good and I could feel the excitement inside of me while being chased by 10+ police Corvettes and Rhino SUVs. The soundtrack is great and memorable. I like how all vehicles can be fully upgraded. In theory, you can beat the game with the first car you purchase (which might be possible anyway due to rubberbanding?), unlike Carbon for example that categorises each car in a certain tier. Since some upgrade parts are unlocked after beating a specific blacklist member, and some cars only have one upgrade, you're forced to drive the car stock for a longer time than you might think. I bought the Viper as soon as I upgraded it, just to realise almost all upgrade parts needed 2 more blacklist members beaten in order to upgrade them. That means you cannot change the performance settings at all which is also a little frustrating. In conclusion, the game is great and I had a really good time playing it. I will play through Carbon now!
It's a high risk, high rewards system; the bigger your bounty is, the harder the cops will be. The game is already gracious enough to not take away your car immediately after every arrest, it definitely could've been worse. I couldn't imagine it being done any other way that would still be as challenging and as high risk as it is. Your Viper situation is spot on. What I feel like they should do is to lock away just the highest tier parts off from us, so that we can actually feel like a new unlock is immediately usable the moment we unlocked it (the moment we're most hyped about it). The way they're doing it here just gives players the "aww, maannn" feeling.
After some flip, you have to wait for game tself to rest you. That way, you won't got arrested after reset. But you have to get reset by game, not yourself
The Vengeful 'Vadam Yah dude. I beat the game like 3 times. Hell, I still have it with my original PS2. But I haven't turned it on in more than a year... *Walks to PS2*
Andre Klebleyev yeah obviously, I'm subbed to you and watch your video's within the hour you upload them, in the end the amount of money you make off TH-cam you would've payed off the car, so literally you spent nothing on it.
1:25 - 1:50 the transition you did and the way you showed off nfs most wanted made me literally put my phone down, pop in NFS MW and got into a pursuit with the M3 GTR, while blaring that song. This will forever be the top dog in my opinion
Sadly, it misses some of the cool early features like the skill tree and triggering chases in free roam, it's a later version of the build, but still enjoyable
@@MstangMch4 you can stay on the ledge of the ramp / catwalk (whatever you wanna call it" and the 5-0 can't reach you, aka sit there for bout an hour and tons of free bounty 😌
Sun Levi it is significantly better. The new need for speed games are basically reskinned versions of burnout as far as I can tell.. Doesn't do justice to either franchise.. EA went and ruined both imo
Yeah, as much as I like the new NFS's I hate how much they've burnout-ified them to the point where it feels like a different series. It's why I don't like them developing for racing games nowadays as I stopped liking burnout a while ago.
This game is actually the best open world racing game ever made in my opinion. And i have played a lot. The thrill of the chases haven't been matched since. The new Nfs games are pretty much Burnout ripoffs, wich really doesn't work for the franchise.
Here's a cool touch I doubt many people would know. At 22:12 when Razor is holding up a key. It's actually a BMW key of the proper vintage (early 2000s) I drive a 3 series like Razor and see that key every day so I'm sure of it.
I think the repetitiveness of Most Wanted 2005 is why I preferred Carbon since it was a quicker with better customization options but still had the option of police chases if the player wanted to do so.
It's amazing watching your videos now compared to a year ago, and seeing just how much more research, dedication, and your editing skills have vastly improved. Can't wait for the next one (Which, I imagine, you'll have some "initiative" to get pretty in-depth with). Also holy crap, 30:55 had me in stitches.
@3:30 I worked on the first Need For Speed for PS1 in the old Burnaby (Vancouver) EAC office. _Slept underneath my cubicle to avoid the 2 hour round trip commute_ at crunch time! John Riccitielo on EA burning people out was very true! Didn't happen to me but I saw it happen to colleagues. :-( Was a fun, if not stressful, time. The whole EA spouse blowup was the result of **years** of people being abused just to make some shareholder bottom line.
I've been programming since the early 1980's -- almost 40 years! Since that time I've shipped 11 professional games on PC, PS1, PS2, DS, and Wii -- soon to include Apple 2 since I'm helping out in Nox Archaist, an old "skool" RPG in the same vein as the Ultima series! You can see my Moby Games page for exact details. I left the commercial game dev scene about 7 years due to its high volatility but my interest in games, graphics, game design, and optimization continues. I've been gaming for about ~40 years as well. See my GitHub page for tons of misc. programs! github.com/Michaelangel007
Alex The Awsome I was a junior software developer at the time. There is a picture of the dev team (including myself) on the right side of the page near the end of the manual if you are really curious. Or you could just watch the in game credits. :-) Shelby and I did the UI. I did crash analysis and implemented the memory card save/loading -- which is where I added an Easter Egg.
Michael Pohoreski Easter egg on the Most Wanted game? What was it? Or am I mistaken? What game u talking about. And also urea great to hear from a fellow EA developer !!
Most Wanted, San Andreas , God Of War 2 and Resident Evil 4 literally defined my childhood and shaped my personality and music taste. I still have vivid memories of me playing them after all these years, It seems like only yesterday.. Video Games used to be so powerful.
Harles Bently I mean remaster the OG the 2005 one either like the crash remaster or like a Spyro remaster like one of those remasters from scratch with new next gen graphics. To remember the childhood at it finest!
Buzz Lightyear Buzzing Hard those are remakes. Which that MW game was. Ground up remake with an added highway. Im sorry but not all remakes are going to be perfect. But its been done already.
its about how the only reason why rog is helping you is because razor stole rogs mustang from the pre-release of nfsmw. because of this he has the gto, and razor has his black mustang. then he takes your m3, and since rog had the same thing happen to him, he helps you get your m3 back.
The intros you make for your video are insane, especially this one. The way Shapeshifter by Celldweller and Styles of Beyond plays while we see the M3 GTR racing away from the cops is so cool. Your editing and animating is of really high quality, best gaming channel I’ve come across in years!
Same and I have the GameCube version, DS version, Black Edition and normal release for PC. I need the 360 copy tho since the game is at an upgraded experience with visuals and graphical enhancements.
I use to ask if I could get out of the car every 15 minutes while playing these games with my cousins. They hated playing with me, but I was child, that only ever played gta. I didn't know any better.
The other way around was neat: Our first family PC came with Midtown Madness 2, an early open world racing game, so in the years that followed, I could play 3D GTA games and my parents (who were very much caught up in the violent videogame hysteria of the time) thought they were just racing games.
Your channel stands for quality and quality takes it‘s time. I think I speak for a majority of your subscribers, if I say that we don‘t mind waiting a bit longer for a video. The quality is more than worth it! Keep up your great work, greetings from Germany!
It was interesting to hear you talk about the setting, soundtrack and the "identity" of a game. NFS Prostreet was the game that resonated with me for the longest time and i couldn't figure out why. Gamplay was average, customisation was ok but nothing groundbreaking. Then it hit me, it was the "identity" that i liked so much. Playing as a street racer that is trying to "go pro" and become the best. the styling, soundtrack and choice of street and race tracks made it feel like you were going from street racer to pro racer. i really liked that.
@Maikel RetroGamer Np, the problem for me was its consistency, at one moment the rubberbanding was pretty normal (they catch up but they stay behind you), but in other occasions it was exaggerated, and the rival just fly past you and you would never be able to catch them. For me that was the problem
@@testdrivefan1 I remember that once i completed the game i decided to do the NFS World Run at the hardest diffuculty with my favourite ride, i struggled a bit to stay in front, only to get my victory denied by a Carrera GT while i was going at 296 Km/h in the last straight even tho he was like 6.7 s behind
Me after watching the entire video completely captivated the entire time. "wow, that was a really neat and in depth video. HOLY BALLS that was 37 minutes??"
Dude. Your outro. It was beautiful. "And I wait the day when those words are not mutually exclusive" Amen to that bro I agree with everything you said in this video. Sure it was a great game. But a game is always good when it's new. It's exciting and different.
I had thought of a sequel set 10 years after 2005's most wanted the cops are all running cars from Ford , Chevy and Dodge . However a new blacklist has sprung in Rockport , and with Cross gone from the scene things get hectic , I think the sequel would have a starting line up of Muscle cars and focus less on Tuners and Exotics , better customization , Mia returning to the scene of Rockport , Rog also returning and mentions of Razor and his crew busted years ago . Cop cars like the Crown vic , the Caprice , the mustang GT, the Charger SRT8 , the Marshall corvette C6R , the Federal charger , the Tahoe , the Explorer , and the police helicopter . at a certain point , most of Razor and his crew busts out of the Rockport prison and start causing trouble of there own . Cars like the 1969 Chevy Camaro ZL1 ,the 1970 Chevy Chevelle SS , the 1964 Pontiac GTO , the 1969 Dodge Charger R/T , the 1969 Pontiac Firebird and lastly the 1956 Chevy Belair . heck the player even surprisingly gets help from Cross himself , all the while going up against the Rockport PD . included cop cars would be the Taurus and maybe other cop cars including the bearcat Swat van from 2012's most wanted .
That sounds EPIC. I just wish that amazing people like you can influence Need For Speed to create such an awesome game like that! I support your sequel 100%
@@xrecon18 now if only EA or ghost games would play ball and help me develop that sequel same goes for Carbon 2 , and Underground 3 with soundtracks stretching from the 40's all the way up to the modern age .
@@gamepad31live23 store.unity.com/download?ref=personal on a serious note tho your sequel doesnt sound like a sequel. aside from the story it sounds more like a reboot. the main problem being you're copy pasting MW and then removing content. a city like rockport wouldnt change much in 10 years aside from a few new streets and buildings so thats copy/paste. then you're taking out most of the imports in exchange for muscle cars.. why? muscles cars do not look good with body kits or paint stripes so you just removed a bunch of customization and content. but you said you wanted better customization so i imagine you want forza/gtr style of tunning for each car? thats not MW at all. ill say tho it might work if you changed your story a little where razor and his crew busted out of jail and came back now older and wiser driving muscle cars but a new blacklist already took their place in rockport so now theres rivalry (import vs muscles - yeah i know its been done before but w/e its always entertaining) at least now you can keep all the content of MW + add all the muscles you want and your idea of tearing up the city fits and it'd feel alot more like a sequel.
A Lamborghini... "MURCHIALARGO" Real talk though great video man. Really brought the nostalgia and made me remember what a great game it was and how much fun I had, without failing to adress the games shortcomings in a productive and critical manner. Keep up the good work and A+ content per usual.
12:35 thats what it makes this game so good You have to fight for everyrhing U just dont get buttloads of money of a single race and you have to pick pinkslip if its not blacklist car you have to buy new car ,its best arcade racer,not one of the best but *THE BEST*
Sure, but Ray has essentially spent an entire work week or longer listening to the same built-in playlist on repeat to make this video, I can't imagine such a light criticism coming out of my mouth for something I would have likely muted due to boredom and repetition long before the half way point.
Ministry wasn't featured in MW, it was in Underground 2. MW had Celldweller (One Good Reason, Shapeshifter), Static-X (Skinnyman), Mastodon (Blood And Thunder), Bullet for My Valentine (Hand of Blood), Avenged Sevenfold (Blinded In Chains), and Disturbed (Decadence). I'd say it's a pretty kickass fucking soundtrack dude. Dunno why he would call it mediocre metal.
@@hallienastareal5027 wrong! Hello from Europe, Latvia. I bet I know more US metal bands than few native USA citizens.....................................
a remaster is literally taking the same game code and updating it slightly for the new generation and improving the graphics, or recreating the exact the same behaviour from scratch in the case of the Christian Whitehead Sonic remasters
It's too easy and too linear, not much to it. Lotta people prefer games with a real open world and not just highways on highways. Not to mention lack of car customization even after the remaster
My favorite line of police chatter:
*me accidentally running head first into a wall at low speed*
Cop:"This guy is a moron"
Undercover had the best ones even outside of pursuits
*me sitting in a parking lot*
Cop: hey dispatch i'm gonna go home i just threw up everywhere in my unit...it's everywhere...disgusting
LOL I remember that since I was a little kid. Awesome game!
Mine I go airborne over a roadblock "suspect just went airborne (noticeable impressed tone follows) this guy knows how to drive"
@Mina30000000 Even the cops are ashamed of Punto
I once failed to smash a cop and smashed a wall
"I got it, it's just a dumb kid"
"Hi my name is Josie Maron and I play Mia in Need For Speed Most Wanted.
Make sure you do all your racing *in* the game.
On the streets, drive safely and responsibly - and wear your seatbelt."
I've always thought that she said Jessie Marie.
Maran*
And don't forget to wash your hands.
she's 41 now.
@@richardsavings6690 And don't forget to stay six feet away from other street racers.
If they remastered this game I would have a damn heart attack
Roth Henderson. I want it so baddd
Lol, and EA will fuck it up so badly, instant ruined nostalgia
They better remastered it like 343 studios did to halo 1&2, they remastered the game without changing the original gameplay or designs, just made the graphics new, if EA Games don't do that, than the game is a fail before officially being released to the public.
EA nowadays? Incoming lootboxes
yea they used "most wanted" title and create a rubbish NFS 2012 most wanted
13 years later and I still see Rhino's charging me in my nightmares
LOOL XDDDD make my day xD
Same
I conquered that nightmare a few years ago. I'm proud to say my modified GTR is what Rhinos fear.
@@synthdriver8817 Lmao
Same here.
Mia.... :(
She never came back!
She told me she'll hit me up later!
These girls ain’t loyal
Did you mean *_Smash_* ?
bitches are all the same mate
Bruh she's 40 now
You could say she's.....m i a
First thing I remember
I AM ROCK
That thing is as iconic as John Ceena
@@Master_Tamma That I agree with
I AM BRA
🤣🤣🤣
Honestly, I mostly remember "S-T-Y-L-E-S Yes, yes I know" since it gets blasted in your face once you open the game.
This game made the BMW M3 the most iconic vehicle in the game world..
Tryden D'Souza and real world!!! I never seen so many m3’s until after this game came out!!!!
Too bad the blue/silver M3 is a race car, not street legal, and got banned from racing. And only 6 road versions remain
there are 10 road legal ones not 6!
@@trievoluzione8868 only 2 remain. Do your research
10 street versions remain i know that 100% 10 street legal grey ones where made
The police radio chatter was so iconic in MW, you even hear it in music videos and low budget straight to DVD movies
NFS MW and GTA San Andreas they will never lose their spots doesn't matter how bad their graphics are compaired with today's game graphics they will still be the games in terms of gameplay and very good stories
And midnight club 3
warcraft 3 need for speed most wanted fifa 09 modern warfare 1&2 gta vice city gta san andreas were my life
I agree NFS MW and GTA San Andreas are 2 games that live up to the hype even being almost 15 years + I managed to get a good copy of the Xbox 360 version of NFSMW and it looks beautiful in HD. If your a fan of NFS MW 2005 get that 360 version you wont regret it!
True that!
Guy On A Budget no dude get the pc version and put everything on max,
Does the 360 version have that heavy handling? I always hated that, the ps2 and pc versions didn’t and that was great
Imo it should feel arcadey and that steering captures that
This Game is still the Pinnacle of Need for Speed
KuruHS It definitely is. And it's amazing how it keeps being in my opinion the BEST nfs game so long after it's original release. I recently replayed the entire career and challenge series on the xbox 360 after watching your speedruns and the feeling of playing the game myself for the first time in awhile was great. It took me awhile to find a 360 copy for a decent price and unfortunately my gaming laptop has no disc drive so I hadn't played it for ages. I also have to thank you for helping me realize that I needed to revisit this beautiful masterpiece Kuru :)
You're here too? FAK thats nice m8
Wait a minute...
KuruHS! Nice to see you here. Fully agree dude.
KuruHS Wait 1 DAY UR GREAT DUDE IN UR TH-cam
Scariest thing as a kid was coming over a hill and seeing a spike strip _right_ in front of you.
VelociFaptor
What about accidentally pressing the Reset button in a pursuit?
How about crashing into a road block thinking its a just normal one UNTIL YOU SAW THE SPIKE STRIPS HIDDEN IN THE GROUND?
Or masterfully dodge a roadblock only to be rammed head on by an SUV and ruin your day.
Ertan Soner you can turn off the cutscene
VelociFaptor yup
At 9 years old, I got angry at the rivals characters, fell in love with Mia, owned the cars I customized, had friend that cared, had a goal in life, and found my own way to play through the game. This was the best. And it'll always remain the greatest memory I have of a racing game.
Same bro
My first powerful PC, COD 4 MODERN WARFARE AND NFS MW 2005 were the first games I installed and still to date there are not many games that come close to them nor the experience I had with them.
What
in short time, you just j3rked off in tribute to mia........
@@AugustoV8Cesar short? 24 hours is kinda long ngl
Something I loved about this game was that if you put every upgrade you got into your starting car you could take it all the way to the end. The Cobalt SS at full power was absolutely glorious.
I recently started to play it again, and I only use my Fiat Punto. I don't know why, but the exepnsive sport cars are simply not the same
same happens in underground 2, i can assure you that the Mazda MX-5 Miata is the best car in the game if you upgrade it at max, and i'ts a starting car
I kinda skimmed around the video, so could have missed it.
But didn't the game just use rubberband for AI? So you use a 2 feet and prob outrun the cars :D
that's what makes this game special. You stick with one car for long enough and win the game with it. That bond between you and your starting car, money or expensive car can't replace
I beat it with a golf. That was great.
This guy does such good work - he's dedicated as hell, and it shows in every video. Keep it up, man!
NFSMW: the masterpiece
NFSC: the last of its kind
NFSProstreet: The underrated underdog
NFSU: the revolution
NFSMW: the masterpiece
NFSC: the last of its kind
NFSProstreet: The underrated underdog - btw: is this one good? I never played it
Alabastine yea it’s pretty fun it’s hella easy tho since the cheat code is obvious asf
@@ilovenickbutidontlikeyou ok thanks!
Alabastine if u ever get to play it, it’s unlockallthings
@@n3lis94 I recommend you don't play with a wheel, if you can't set the effective rotation amount to less than 270-200 degrees, because this game has one major flaw: tank slapping. When you turn the wheel, car doesn't respond immediatly, but has a noticable delay, which is absolutly infuriating at times. Though you can fix this with NFS-VltEd, it's tedious and long. But, nonetheless, i still have fond memories of this game and still have the original copy of this game, 1.0 version even. If you can pick this game up, i recommend you do
"Mia herself is serviceable" I'll second that.
There's a joke in there somewhere
I'd service her any way she wants
Mia was the reason I wanna play and finnish nfs 2005
@@TheMcK777 Yep there is, but thankfully 191 other people dont share your lack of humour.
Sacred symbols on NFS Carbon?
Funny how i played nfs mw 2012 like last month and cannot remember a single blacklist member while mw 2005 that I played in 2007 and I still remember all blacklist and their cars
Same bro xD
Mw 2012 had a blacklist ? I remember buying it on Origin, but I got bored of it before I started racing. That whole "find a random car on the street" thing made me lose interest fast.
@@edvin97ful
It's just the same thing as searching barnyard in Horizon, the game even give you an area highlight in your map, MW2012 gives you an approximate location of a car by listening to the car audio and your controller vibrating, it's not that hard
10. Alfa Romeo 4C
9. Shelby Cobra 427
8. Mercedes SL65
7. Lexus LFA
6. McLaren MP4
5. Porsche 918
4. Lamborghini Aventador
3. Bugatti Veyron SS
2. Pagani Huayra
1. Koenigsegg Agera
@@FellianTheDragon
Lol it's funny that Veyron, the most powerful car in the game ranked 3 in blacklist
*TH-cam Algorithm* has brought us together and its 2AM
Close 1:33 am
5 am fuck
TH-cam algorithm 0215
I've even seen this before. yet youtube promoted it again
2:14am
This Need For Speed Sequel truly remains the “Most Wanted”
Ayyyy!
Highly Unlikely hell yeah lets all tell company to remake this same game for the next gen console
I can't believe he didn't mention the ungodly good soundtrack. That was half my love for the game because all of it was really, catchy and bouncy, and felt perfect for racing regardless of the genre.
He said there was, "mediocre metal"
Jake Plays And he was wrong, very, very wrong.
@@rainman8534 yup
@@jakesnussbuster3565 bullet for my valentine yes it is.
@@vladnekrodaimon6671 the entire soundtrack to mw is amazing lol, wahh bullet for my Valentine
I have only one thing to say about such an amazing documentary: "Hi. I'm Josie Maran and I play Mia at Need for Speed: Most Wanted. Make sure you do *all* your racing *in* the game. On the streets, drive safely and responsibly. And wear your seatbelt! ;)"
OwO that intro was the cutest
When i read it i still hear the voice! Wow
But what if I race on a track?
@@suspicioususer Same rules except you REALLY better not fuck up turns you'll end up in sand. I mean killing people on the streets worse but for your own interest don't end up in sand.
@@suspicioususer Always asked myself the same thing.
When the soundtrack started I IMMEDIATELY became moist
What is the name of that track
@dyy Fethiiyhn wat
@@cluelessbrain602 th-cam.com/video/iL-fgVmHbBo/w-d-xo.html
You should absolutely take the time you need to get a video just right. Taking the time to play the ports was definitely worth it, and I thought it was the most amusing part of the video. I would much rather wait an extra week for the sake of quality.
I'm glad it paid off, playing those was... ugh.
Out of curiosity, how long did you actually spend on each of those? I honestly can't imagine how anyone played the DS version for more than a few minutes when it released, let alone today.
Amen to that, love your videos, they are so interesting.
Well look at the frequency of your posts. You're not posting daily or weekly, so we shouldn't be expecting your vids to be ready at a given notice. As long as you can maintain this level, you can take a week extra if needed.
Keep up the good work, post when its ready.
No, we demand you hit deadlines so the shareholders are satisfied. also there wasnt enough monetization in this video. Add lootboxes.
after 15 years i still play this game today, that speaks leaps and bounds of how good this game is
i was playing for some days again with mods (redux) and lots of new cars , just started to search videos like this to have nostalgia of someone breaking game in details. i keep paying heat and then when i want a real pursuit i get in MW and now with cop mods that go up to heat 10 its like again 2005. i was 7 8 yrs old and played it on my cousins comp when was the era and still now we both play it sometimes
"When you're busted in most wanted you're done" *lets be real how many people here shut off the game with a save before hand so they would have no repercussions lol*
*raises hand*
"oh fuck i'm busted alt-f4 alt-f4 abort abort"
Yess! Child me wouldn't accept anything else but perfection.
I did
Me on ps2..... realizing I never saved so I had to take the consequences
Also resetting when you get no car from black lister.
My favorite game reviewer reviewing my favorite racing game of all time...Easiest Like of my life!
Forenzyx I wish he had mentioned tuning the car in u2 and most wanted
it had a step back like when back in time you could change engine performance in different revs in u2
but in mw you can only change few things
I think replayability is still high. I reinstall and finish it like every other year.
Not for me, i completed it once and never touch the game again
@CristianShadows
Oh, so people like me who play it only once in their life are unimaginative? okay then snowflake
Yhea, I am trying to replicate my own record of 24 hours of pursuit and that WITHOUT the highway circuit tricks. Because thats how it went last time I tried to escape but couldn't.
@@HyperVanilo probably
@@pepsiboy4274 Yeah, the game is not that great, so it didnt hurt me for never play it again
"the magic returns"
*Proceeds to show a truck sent flying by an helicopter *
I mean I wasn't expecting that, that's for sure.
That happened to me once I was like “woah ho oh”
Pro tip: when they catch you in this game hit alt+f4 real quick.
I remember me and my friend used to press the reset button on the PS2 as fast as we could when we got busted.
I've never got any of my car impounded because of this 😛
The game actually has a rage quit punishment. If you Alt+F4 your heat level will reset / decrease
Terrown umm you sure it isn’t the fact that when you reset you are actually going back to a older save? Aka going back to when your heat was lower already
Yeah pretty sure. Heat Level 5 -> game crash (equal to ragequit) -> Heat Level 3. Same car, same race/chase.
I would want a remake of this but they would charge you a microtransaction to get the M3 back
I love u cat
Don't give them ideas
They already made a remake of it
@@RyanBurnsRed they didn't. The 2012 game is closer to burnout paradise, and it definitely not a remake.
Now I assume you know this already right?
Ryan BurnsRed 2012 has nothing to do with 2005
Goddamnit, that White/Blue BMW still looks great
Hell yeah it does, and I also have full respect to the person who replicated this car in real life.
DD dorsett The Ford GT GTE BMW M3 e46 GTR is a LeMans version (Racing version) of the normal M3 e46 street, so it's NOT a Ricer car. Don't believe me? Look it up in the Wikipedias
That same BMW is in Gran Turismo 4
A truly iconic vehicle.
I want it in gta
I came to know that they did some dialogue by themselves
And Razor dialogues were like 60% not scripted , it was by him
That's why you feel why Razor is like a true villan
You can search for it
For real! Wow that's awesome. Did you found it on TH-cam?
"source: idk just look it up lol"
@@ahreuwu "it was revealed to me in a dream~"
Yeah sure buddy sure
Still the best Need For Speed to this day. Hell, I'd wager it's the best real-world racing game of all time.
Just everything about this game - the music, the mechanics, the feel, the blacklist, the heat system, the car choice...
Crazy how if I feel like playing a good NFS game, I have to turn on my PS2. How the great have fallen.
Raijin Wolf eh
Amen
Ben Farrell+ Hot Pursuit (2010 360) was my first and then Most wanted 2012 I liked those. I had the GBA version too with Ms. Pac Man Maze Maddness. I miss the old days. Funny thing is it wasn't so long ago... I feel old.
Honestly I like Carbon more, if only for muscle cars, canyon races and less repetition
The xbox 360 version is the best ( not saying that all the other versions are bad )
I wil stand by this statement until the day I die.
Need For Speed: Most Wanted [2005] is the best street racing game ever.
That is true. I enjoyed NFS 2015 and Most Wanted 2012, but they are not able to overcome the original Most Wanted. I have build a PC with parts from 2002 recently, and now I play Most Wanted on it. Modern games like The Crew 2 are nothing compared to this old classic.
Best *street racing game ever, could be a better way to put it. Not all racing games are the same. We have flatout, blur and dirt likes.
@@bronzejourney5784 Aha yea, that's true lol
i personally just really enjoyed need for speed most wanted 2012. even though it didn't have the story, i never really played a racing game for the story. but that's just my personal opinion, I can see why people in general love the story from the older game.
@@hypxthermia I played that Most Wanted game a few days after it came out 'cos a friend borrowed it to me. I never even played for more than 3 hours because it was just so hard for me back then lmfao (I was 9, I think). And tbh, the 4 main reason why I love NFSMW 2005 so much is because of 1) The world 2) The driving 3) The freedom of customization 4) THE SOUNDTRACK lmao
I have no idea who you are but that was a damn good video....
I played the really old hot pursuits as a kid and quit after underground, which NFS games are still decent to play and worth playing for the first time in 2020?
If u want good graphics then there is nfs payback. If you want anything else other than that, there is none in nfs.
The most recent, NFS Heat, is pretty good imo. Feels like it's the first game in a while that's actually challenging during nighttime.
Heat is the only good game since Carbon in my opinion.
Vive Jk Payback is 🗑.
@Nyx Hypnos the funny thing is heat is probably the closest thing to most wanted since it came out.
Tbh I liked the tollbooth trials/races. I always tried beating my time, it was great!
Jasonbean5 especially on the 32km tollbooth race during the razor part..
I wish there were 1v1 tollbooth races similar to Speedtraps, but instead of getting the maximum speed, you need to get the best time.
@@offbrandbiscuit isn't that just a race?
It's a great race to earn money repeatedly by not worrying too much and a safe place to practice your driving skills w/out cops bothering you.
My favorite kind of race in the game.....unless the cops were on to me
18:12 oh man...I didn't know I needed to hear you say skeet before this but I'm glad it happened.
Officer: "Go after the RED Mclaren F1."
Jeremy: "It's Brown."
James: "No, it's red."
Richard: "It's Brown"
Me: “It’s orange”
Good reference
Its orange you bloody muppets.
@@JMDrives me; Its Red Bull livery from Max Verstappen.
@@HayaTheHater Me: Max Verstappen's 2022 Red Bull livery.
The "Conclusion" segment really brought back memories. As he was talking about it, I was getting flashbacks of what was like back then, how life was, but mostly how much I was enjoying this game. Really got nostalgic. A well done review sir.
And 13 years later, some people who played the game still have no idea that the M3 GTR is an actual race car.
skygrasper_550 ikr, I even read about someone saying "Why couldnt the player buy another M3?" As if it was that easy...
Gionfs3hp Well, when you can buy mustangs, lamborghinis, corvettes.. Why not a M3?
Yagami Raïto they meant another M3 GTR
Yagami Raïto you don't understand, do you? the M3 in the game is an M3 GTR Race Car. "Race car", meaning it's built to be driven around race tracks. It's not meant for public roads, nor is it available for sale to the general public.
skygrasper_550 it's a video game, all of that doesn't matter, it's not real life. Duh.
You can feel that the youtuber's videos are great when you move your plans to later just to watch them.
Lishak This is so true! I saw the Vid in my feed at work and immediately rushed home just to watch it :)
Agreed
Furry life
What makes MW so addictive,is the career mode with the ''Blacklist''.It keeps you motivated to beat the next ''Blacklist'' guy or girl,take his/her car and then move to the next until you get to Razor and win your BMW back.It gets more and more challenging,but there's no difficulty spike and you also unlock new cars and parts.yes,you have to actually unlock them,there's no lootboxes or microtransactions.Also,the cop chases are very well done.
whole video in 10 seconds of reading
xD
I very recently played through this game and since I'm in quarantine, I plowed through it quickly. This game was one of my favourites titles as a child. I remember it taking months to complete and it was hard and unforgiving. I remember the pure excitement to unlock the Murciélago (pronounced mursi-yEHlaggo by the way) as a 10 year old. I realised how easy this game is as an adult and I wonder if people that weren't 10 in 2005 thought the same as I did now? After beating Ming and hopefully getting his Gallardo, the game is piece of cake from that moment. That car is way too good for being unlocked after half the game progress. The funny part is that it is fully maximised (only nitrous isn't ultimate iirc) and most ultimate parts need Ronnie to be defeated in order to unlock them (blacklist member #3).
The rubberbanding is ridicilous. It is most noticeable when you play with a fully upgrades McLaren SLR and next to you is an Audi A3 and it outdrives you without any issue. On the other hand, once you get a hold of how the game works and how to drive efficiently, it's almost impossible to lose. And while the tollbooth and speedtrap races are insanely easy, the dragrace is so unforgiving it's laughable. I sometimes retried the same race 15 - 20 times before giving up and choosing another race instead.
The police chases are as thrilling and fun as I remembered them. The feeling of getting millions of bounty after a hectic chase is great. Though, spending 15+ minutes on a crazy pursuit and getting busted for some ridicilous reason and therefore lose all your bounty is pretty annoying. That is the pinnacle of wasted time. Once I reached a certain amount of time played in pursuit, I avoided roadblocks because of the pure disappointment I'd feel if I crashed into a car but got flipped upside down instead and being forced to reset my car and getting busted. After a couple of failed attempts and wasted time, I installed a trainer just to be able to turn on "no busted" in extreme cases. The fact that resetting your car means busted instantly is the biggest flaw of this game in my opinion. It fulfills zero to me and is solely really annoying if anything.
I never cared about the game's repeating pattern. The races are fun and so is the pursuit. I still think the graphics are good and I could feel the excitement inside of me while being chased by 10+ police Corvettes and Rhino SUVs. The soundtrack is great and memorable. I like how all vehicles can be fully upgraded. In theory, you can beat the game with the first car you purchase (which might be possible anyway due to rubberbanding?), unlike Carbon for example that categorises each car in a certain tier.
Since some upgrade parts are unlocked after beating a specific blacklist member, and some cars only have one upgrade, you're forced to drive the car stock for a longer time than you might think. I bought the Viper as soon as I upgraded it, just to realise almost all upgrade parts needed 2 more blacklist members beaten in order to upgrade them. That means you cannot change the performance settings at all which is also a little frustrating.
In conclusion, the game is great and I had a really good time playing it. I will play through Carbon now!
Thank you Tony soprano, I loved you in the godfather
It's a high risk, high rewards system; the bigger your bounty is, the harder the cops will be. The game is already gracious enough to not take away your car immediately after every arrest, it definitely could've been worse. I couldn't imagine it being done any other way that would still be as challenging and as high risk as it is.
Your Viper situation is spot on. What I feel like they should do is to lock away just the highest tier parts off from us, so that we can actually feel like a new unlock is immediately usable the moment we unlocked it (the moment we're most hyped about it). The way they're doing it here just gives players the "aww, maannn" feeling.
After some flip, you have to wait for game tself to rest you. That way, you won't got arrested after reset. But you have to get reset by game, not yourself
Im not invested enough in your life to real all that.
Actually regardless of whatever context or topic: My ADHD brain is not reading that.
Y
The fact that he talking about the PSP port, NDS port, GBA port, AND THE MOBILE PHONE PORT deserves a thousand likes
Radhinka Bagaskara They aren't ports though. They are independent, seperately developed games.
After 14 years is still awesome and cool
Ah man
I love this game a lot
It very challenging and fun
More than the most
COP
This and Underground 2, then it went downhill pretty fast xD
But the game didn't run on *Windows 98* 😏
Nilay Kumar there’s a way to play the game on windows 98 but need tools
Nilay Kumar th-cam.com/video/i9X6JcUn0TY/w-d-xo.html
Proof here but it run super slow 1 frame per a .... hour
Ayy my favorite NFS game! :D
The Vengeful 'Vadam, too bad there weren't any warthogs...
i personally like carbon more, but carbon was just most wanted 2 so i give a massive amount of credit to most wanted for setting the bar
the gang and area aspect of carbon and by gawd the canyon races! exhilarating, CARBON doesn't get as much credit as it needs to
Used to play it all the time on my xbox 360
The Vengeful 'Vadam Yah dude. I beat the game like 3 times. Hell, I still have it with my original PS2. But I haven't turned it on in more than a year... *Walks to PS2*
I remember playing this drunk with a steering wheel and when I'd pass another racer, I'd look back (at my room wall lol) and yell "EAT MY DUST!"
34:26 my car :-)
Great video pal
I actually only recently Subscribed to you lol
Love the car... Makes me want to start my own project BMW lol
No you just have the e46, not the gtr
Jay Blanton damn you’re right, fuck me for not being able to buy 1 of 3 cars in the world that’s easily half a million $’s
Andre Klebleyev yeah obviously, I'm subbed to you and watch your video's within the hour you upload them, in the end the amount of money you make off TH-cam you would've payed off the car, so literally you spent nothing on it.
Hey look, someone on the internet who has no idea what they are talking about, what are the odds?
NFS: Most Wanted is a jewel of a game, my favorite NFS by far.
Yeah, best NFS together with Underground 2 :D
@@philippscheffler4979 And Carbon maybe?
@@Kain1805 Nah men, Carbon was no where near against Most Wanted.
@@philippscheffler4979 And Underground 1
The BMW engine failure was one of the biggest subversions in racing games at the time no other racing games on consoles did that not even simulators
people were SHOKCED indeed!
I cri everitime
Why would a sim do that anyways?
pohuing Racing Sims simulate engine damage but at that time none of them let the car break down
0utta S1TE I knew they would take the car away but i was surprised at how they did it
1:25 - 1:50 the transition you did and the way you showed off nfs most wanted made me literally put my phone down, pop in NFS MW and got into a pursuit with the M3 GTR, while blaring that song. This will forever be the top dog in my opinion
Ouch, seeing that Cingular logo at 21:00 hit me in my old bones
1:27 only the first notes and my childhood kicked in
Celldweler shape shifter
Shhaaapppee shifterrrrrrr
It's also one of the best songs ever
Razor
Mannn.... hearing that music bring back memories.
I am still pissed EA killed NFS World. I loved that game.
mee tooo...
"EA" don't forget they are a words
There's a private server of that, not perfect, but it's out there
Sadly, it misses some of the cool early features like the skill tree and triggering chases in free roam, it's a later version of the build, but still enjoyable
I have some good memories of NFS World
I remember getting hella bounty by going in circles around the baseball stadium, over and over and over again
Good times 😭
Bus Station, go up the ramp inside, then out on the pier like roof. Fun Times!
@@MstangMch4 you can stay on the ledge of the ramp / catwalk (whatever you wanna call it" and the 5-0 can't reach you, aka sit there for bout an hour and tons of free bounty 😌
@@borncomatose An escape was easy with a gas station breaker just up the street!
The original NFS: Most Wanted is the is the best Need For Speed till this day and NFS: Underground 2.
Nfs heat is now the best
@@ninetails625 lol
Prostreet and Mw 2005 are my favorites
Nostalgia aside, this game is literally better than recent NFS titles...
Sun Levi it is significantly better. The new need for speed games are basically reskinned versions of burnout as far as I can tell.. Doesn't do justice to either franchise.. EA went and ruined both imo
EasyGoingDude 99 2012 hot pursuit.
Yeah, as much as I like the new NFS's I hate how much they've burnout-ified them to the point where it feels like a different series. It's why I don't like them developing for racing games nowadays as I stopped liking burnout a while ago.
This game is actually the best open world racing game ever made in my opinion. And i have played a lot. The thrill of the chases haven't been matched since. The new Nfs games are pretty much Burnout ripoffs, wich really doesn't work for the franchise.
Better still doesnt mean good.
When you realize this game is now 14 years old.. Dang, I feel old, and I’m only 22. Haha
Jonathan Keith same bro!!!
I was just 17 when this game came out. I'm now 9
@@anuvette Well you're great at using a keyboard! Keep it up little one!
Bro.. I’ve beat this game like over 20 times and I’m still playing it. It’s addicting af
I'm 21.. haha .. my childhood game
I remember the intense ecstasy of escaping a 20+ minute chase. Few games have matched that feeling since.
that heat 7 pursuit with muscle car man that was fun.
13 years? God, I am getting old... it feles like yesterday.
Here's a cool touch I doubt many people would know. At 22:12 when Razor is holding up a key. It's actually a BMW key of the proper vintage (early 2000s) I drive a 3 series like Razor and see that key every day so I'm sure of it.
NFS MW + Midnight Club 3 + GTA SA are my childhood, i'm so grateful for the amazing days i lived and enjoyed
Yes sir, same over here
My childhood game just nfsu2 mc3 and GTA SA the best game
Those and Halo 2 playing online for the first time on xbox...... will never feel that feeling again i
supa hot fire our child hood was awesome
Such nostalgia 🥺
I think the repetitiveness of Most Wanted 2005 is why I preferred Carbon since it was a quicker with better customization options but still had the option of police chases if the player wanted to do so.
Midnight Club 3 had such an impact on my childhood. Glad to see it was mentioned
@@Broboz I agree big time.
I still have my silver edition PS2 set up to play NFSMW to this day.
Get a life man
Am a Professional at what i work in .. But trust me i STILL play my Ps2 since elementary school this game came out 2005
The disc is destroyed....
@Wanye Kest didnt know that
I need to take apart my PS2 someday, I think the CD reader is a bit fucked.
It's amazing watching your videos now compared to a year ago, and seeing just how much more research, dedication, and your editing skills have vastly improved. Can't wait for the next one (Which, I imagine, you'll have some "initiative" to get pretty in-depth with).
Also holy crap, 30:55 had me in stitches.
Hidden Gems Reviews agree! This is why Ray is much better than Cleanprince or DT. Please never change
I don't get the joke at 30:55, can someone explain?
chilldude30 If you look at both of the maps he shows, the Hillside map is mirrored almost exactly from the one in Hot Pursuit 2 vertically.
Midnight club needs more love as a series
@3:30 I worked on the first Need For Speed for PS1 in the old Burnaby (Vancouver) EAC office. _Slept underneath my cubicle to avoid the 2 hour round trip commute_ at crunch time! John Riccitielo on EA burning people out was very true! Didn't happen to me but I saw it happen to colleagues. :-(
Was a fun, if not stressful, time. The whole EA spouse blowup was the result of **years** of people being abused just to make some shareholder bottom line.
Wtf your a programmer since 1996 ? Hope you still got a job in your passion sir you clearly deserve it for giving us as great NFS 1 !
I've been programming since the early 1980's -- almost 40 years! Since that time I've shipped 11 professional games on PC, PS1, PS2, DS, and Wii -- soon to include Apple 2 since I'm helping out in Nox Archaist, an old "skool" RPG in the same vein as the Ultima series! You can see my Moby Games page for exact details.
I left the commercial game dev scene about 7 years due to its high volatility but my interest in games, graphics, game design, and optimization continues. I've been gaming for about ~40 years as well. See my GitHub page for tons of misc. programs!
github.com/Michaelangel007
Alex The Awsome I was a junior software developer at the time. There is a picture of the dev team (including myself) on the right side of the page near the end of the manual if you are really curious.
Or you could just watch the in game credits. :-)
Shelby and I did the UI. I did crash analysis and implemented the memory card save/loading -- which is where I added an Easter Egg.
@@MichaelPohoreski love you old skool stuff man amazing it is!!! having a veteran old EA was Gold :( sadly nowadays just E$ electronic moneyyy
Michael Pohoreski Easter egg on the Most Wanted game? What was it? Or am I mistaken? What game u talking about. And also urea great to hear from a fellow EA developer !!
The instrumental of Shapeshifter to open with...
Good choice.
Listen...
*I A M R O C K*
And there ain't no breaking me.
I R O N B R A
Tenbatsu Saigetsu I A M R O C K
now i cant unhear iron bra
thanks
I always hear iron bra or i am brock
Most Wanted, San Andreas , God Of War 2 and Resident Evil 4 literally defined my childhood and shaped my personality and music taste. I still have vivid memories of me playing them after all these years, It seems like only yesterday.. Video Games used to be so powerful.
We need a full on REMASTERED of this on PS4 & XBOX & PC ASAP!
Buzz Lightyear Buzzing Hard they did make a new most wanted. Not as good as original sadly
Harles Bently I mean remaster the OG the 2005 one either like the crash remaster or like a Spyro remaster like one of those remasters from scratch with new next gen graphics. To remember the childhood at it finest!
Buzz Lightyear Buzzing Hard those are remakes. Which that MW game was. Ground up remake with an added highway. Im sorry but not all remakes are going to be perfect. But its been done already.
No thanks, if EA develops it, it will be loot boxes all over the place...
Buzz Lightyear Buzzing Hard agreed 💯%
13 years later I understand what lil John was rapping about 😂😂😂
I dont even want to know what he was rapping about
To the window!
To the wall!!!
That mustang theory just blew mind
its about how the only reason why rog is helping you is because razor stole rogs mustang from the pre-release of nfsmw. because of this he has the gto, and razor has his black mustang. then he takes your m3, and since rog had the same thing happen to him, he helps you get your m3 back.
The intros you make for your video are insane, especially this one. The way Shapeshifter by Celldweller and Styles of Beyond plays while we see the M3 GTR racing away from the cops is so cool. Your editing and animating is of really high quality, best gaming channel I’ve come across in years!
just hearing that music makes me want to play it again
i actually still have my original copy, i think i tried to reinstall it once but the code didnt work,
still have my Black Edition, for me the peak of the franchise and still amazing
My 360 copy still works I think I'm gonna replay it again
Same and I have the GameCube version, DS version, Black Edition and normal release for PC. I need the 360 copy tho since the game is at an upgraded experience with visuals and graphical enhancements.
Jwanito M Yup :)
I use to ask if I could get out of the car every 15 minutes while playing these games with my cousins. They hated playing with me, but I was child, that only ever played gta. I didn't know any better.
The other way around was neat: Our first family PC came with Midtown Madness 2, an early open world racing game, so in the years that followed, I could play 3D GTA games and my parents (who were very much caught up in the violent videogame hysteria of the time) thought they were just racing games.
You have confessed to the other NFSMW fans...all is forgiven lost child of you. Go forth and live the rest of your days like never before
I remember playing Blacklist edition back like 4 years ago or so on my OG Xbox (not 360). Good times.
Loved the Chevy SS Comaro at the end of the game ;)
3:52 RACE: Italian sounds like Italians were some fantasy race like orcs and elves.
This video is 37 minutes? Damn,thats gotta be the quickest 37 minutes of my life. Thanks for YT algorithm for the recommendation. Subscribed!
Your channel stands for quality and quality takes it‘s time. I think I speak for a majority of your subscribers, if I say that we don‘t mind waiting a bit longer for a video. The quality is more than worth it!
Keep up your great work, greetings from Germany!
This guy put all these footages together. Brings back memories. Thanks for the hard work
I vividly remember Lil Jon telling me he’s gonna “skeet skeet skeet.” Circa 2004.
Good times in classic NFS
This game is Legendary, the customisation on the car was off the roof !
And the Music ! the OST is amazing
Underground2 had more customization
the only letdown is there was no honda or nissan cars in this game
True
@@Vladd0r it was insanely huge
CuStOmIzAtIon WaS oFf tHe RoOf
Oh please, NFSU2, Carbon, and pretty much most modern NFS games blow it out of the window
It was interesting to hear you talk about the setting, soundtrack and the "identity" of a game. NFS Prostreet was the game that resonated with me for the longest time and i couldn't figure out why.
Gamplay was average, customisation was ok but nothing groundbreaking. Then it hit me, it was the "identity" that i liked so much. Playing as a street racer that is trying to "go pro" and become the best. the styling, soundtrack and choice of street and race tracks made it feel like you were going from street racer to pro racer. i really liked that.
it was basically a Forza Horizon without the open world.
Great game but dear GOD THE RUBBER BANDING
Underground 2 had far worse rubber banding though. For real
@Maikel RetroGamer Cheating AI doesn't equal to more challenge lol
@Maikel RetroGamer Np, the problem for me was its consistency, at one moment the rubberbanding was pretty normal (they catch up but they stay behind you), but in other occasions it was exaggerated, and the rival just fly past you and you would never be able to catch them. For me that was the problem
@@testdrivefan1 I remember that once i completed the game i decided to do the NFS World Run at the hardest diffuculty with my favourite ride, i struggled a bit to stay in front, only to get my victory denied by a Carrera GT while i was going at 296 Km/h in the last straight even tho he was like 6.7 s behind
Goddamn default Fiat beats Kaze's Mercedes
Me after watching the entire video completely captivated the entire time. "wow, that was a really neat and in depth video. HOLY BALLS that was 37 minutes??"
Man i loved this game!!! Still have my save file..... i knew all the road and routes by heart......
Dude. Your outro. It was beautiful. "And I wait the day when those words are not mutually exclusive"
Amen to that bro I agree with everything you said in this video. Sure it was a great game. But a game is always good when it's new. It's exciting and different.
I had thought of a sequel set 10 years after 2005's most wanted the cops are all running cars from Ford , Chevy and Dodge .
However a new blacklist has sprung in Rockport , and with Cross gone from the scene things get hectic , I think the sequel would have a starting line up of Muscle cars and focus less on Tuners and Exotics , better customization , Mia returning to the scene of Rockport , Rog also returning and mentions of Razor and his crew busted years ago .
Cop cars like the Crown vic , the Caprice , the mustang GT, the Charger SRT8 , the Marshall corvette C6R , the Federal charger , the Tahoe , the Explorer , and the police helicopter . at a certain point , most of Razor and his crew busts out of the Rockport prison and start causing trouble of there own .
Cars like the 1969 Chevy Camaro ZL1 ,the 1970 Chevy Chevelle SS , the 1964 Pontiac GTO , the 1969 Dodge Charger R/T , the 1969 Pontiac Firebird and lastly the 1956 Chevy Belair . heck the player even surprisingly gets help from Cross himself , all the while going up against the Rockport PD . included cop cars would be the Taurus and maybe other cop cars including the bearcat Swat van from 2012's most wanted .
That sounds EPIC. I just wish that amazing people like you can influence Need For Speed to create such an awesome game like that! I support your sequel 100%
@@xrecon18 now if only EA or ghost games would play ball and help me develop that sequel same goes for Carbon 2 , and Underground 3 with soundtracks stretching from the 40's all the way up to the modern age .
@@gamepad31live23 store.unity.com/download?ref=personal on a serious note tho your sequel doesnt sound like a sequel. aside from the story it sounds more like a reboot. the main problem being you're copy pasting MW and then removing content. a city like rockport wouldnt change much in 10 years aside from a few new streets and buildings so thats copy/paste. then you're taking out most of the imports in exchange for muscle cars.. why? muscles cars do not look good with body kits or paint stripes so you just removed a bunch of customization and content. but you said you wanted better customization so i imagine you want forza/gtr style of tunning for each car? thats not MW at all.
ill say tho it might work if you changed your story a little where razor and his crew busted out of jail and came back now older and wiser driving muscle cars but a new blacklist already took their place in rockport so now theres rivalry (import vs muscles - yeah i know its been done before but w/e its always entertaining) at least now you can keep all the content of MW + add all the muscles you want and your idea of tearing up the city fits and it'd feel alot more like a sequel.
The effort you put into this video... So much respect for you now!
6:39 That sound in the background reminds me of the race start sound of a canyon drift in NFSC
A Lamborghini... "MURCHIALARGO"
Real talk though great video man. Really brought the nostalgia and made me remember what a great game it was and how much fun I had, without failing to adress the games shortcomings in a productive and critical manner. Keep up the good work and A+ content per usual.
12:35 thats what it makes this game so good
You have to fight for everyrhing
U just dont get buttloads of money of a single race and you have to pick pinkslip if its not blacklist car you have to buy new car ,its best arcade racer,not one of the best but
*THE BEST*
hey nigward is your favourite artist "Future"?
5:40 "cutted"
Top-notch education right there bois
“Mediocre metal” you know there’s Mastodon, Ministry and Static-X in the soundtrack right?
Sure, but Ray has essentially spent an entire work week or longer listening to the same built-in playlist on repeat to make this video, I can't imagine such a light criticism coming out of my mouth for something I would have likely muted due to boredom and repetition long before the half way point.
Sechura fair enough.
So absolutely unknown bands for most people outside of the US.
Ministry wasn't featured in MW, it was in Underground 2. MW had Celldweller (One Good Reason, Shapeshifter), Static-X (Skinnyman), Mastodon (Blood And Thunder), Bullet for My Valentine (Hand of Blood), Avenged Sevenfold (Blinded In Chains), and Disturbed (Decadence). I'd say it's a pretty kickass fucking soundtrack dude. Dunno why he would call it mediocre metal.
@@hallienastareal5027 wrong! Hello from Europe, Latvia. I bet I know more US metal bands than few native USA citizens.....................................
Everyone wants a game remastered, but won’t realize it won’t feel the exact same due to the game engine & physics. Everyone will just be disappointed
And I would expect heaps of micro transactions in the game, looking at how EA is like now
a remaster is literally taking the same game code and updating it slightly for the new generation and improving the graphics, or recreating the exact the same behaviour from scratch in the case of the Christian Whitehead Sonic remasters
Not really because take Burnout Paradise for example its a good remastered
If they used a different engine it'd be a REMAKE, not a REMASTER.
well it's closer to a remaster than a remake, as it's basically the same code but written in a different language with improvements made from there
Dunno what the teaser at the end is supposed to be, but hey Raycevick is Raycevick.
Di, k my guess is andromeda but i could be wrong
It's Andromeda.
Di, k it's mass effect andromeda. That is the logo of the Andromeda initiative in the game.
Totally the Andromeda Initiative !
14 years later, still the best NFS and the benchmark I judge every other NFS by.
Why does it feel like nobody but me loves Hot Pursuit 2010? It's so pretty and it felt amazing. shallow yes but mechanically amazing
It's too easy and too linear, not much to it. Lotta people prefer games with a real open world and not just highways on highways. Not to mention lack of car customization even after the remaster
simple answer, the fanbase of HP2010 is chill, compared to the loud and annoying MW05 fanbase