From the moment you launch the game, you can’t help but try to distinguish this little voice coming from the game that says, ”I want your money. And I am gonna get it from you no matter what it takes!”.
I have issues with this game from the very onset. My started with a puny car that wasn’t upgraded even when I had the money. No upgrades except maybe a paint job which you probably won’t like anyway.
The mobile version of NFS Most Wanted can be seen as a sort of a cash cow that can be milked for some reason. Each car has to be purchase for virtual cash which is awarded to you each time you take any of the top 3 places of a racing event. You can repeat the same event time and time again to shore up the bank account but heck, would you play a meandering circuit over and over just coz it is easy?
The circuits suffer from the same problem as all previous NFS. The lack of variety is ever present as you bank left and bank right to avoid traffic. Sure you can drift, but drifting cost you time. You are better following the racing line.
You see, in this version of NFS, they have thrown in a live grenade in the form of a police car chase. For some reason or other, your onscreen opponents will never be harassed by the Police except you. Yea, you…the guy who is playing the damn game for keeps. And as such, your gameplay is never a smoothie. The Police cars will hog your left, hog your right and of course take you out in a tunnel. If you happen to return a favor, you are only rewarded with a full NOX boost, which in any case is quite useless as another car up front will take over to block you.
Graphics are nice. But you are not going to buy a game just for the eye candy would you? It needs to be playable and with the restrictions, NFS Most Wanted doesn’t seem to know where it is headed.
You tire easily with its limited circuit antics. You will find it amusing and cool to show off to friends no doubt but after a while. It is no big shakes. I was hoping that the game goes a bit further than highway racing but it doesn’t.
What’s more there is a lag in the controls if you are viewing the car from the top instead of the bumper cam. The bumper cam allows you more precise control of the car while the top view controls has a more fuzzy feel.
Conclusion
Here’s the deal. The game cost between 5.99 to 6.99, and on offer, was selling at 0.99. Take it from me, buy it only when it is 0.99. You know why? The virtual money you buy from the in-app purchases are useless as you need to have SP points to unlock cars. So you waste your money buying new cars which you CANNOT sell later. Bummer. Buy a rookier pack at $2.99 will do your ego some good but not your bank balance So if you don’t have the points, you can’t unlock any car. Double Bummer.WTF is this? Here take my money…but no, they want you to play the freaking game to ante up on those SP points.
Once the boredom sets in, you’d realize you have been had. Sure, the game looks good either way but eye candy alone isn’t going to qualify this as a good game.
I bought it at 0.99 so for me, the one buck toss was not a bad deal. However if you are going to pay any higher than this, I can’t help but pity you.
NFS: Most Disasterous Mobile Game
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