Fun for the first 2 hours
First for the good. Need For Speed Most Wanted boasts fairly nice graphics worthy of the Xbox 360. It has a very good framerate and i have noticed one drop in it. The city is pretty large and offers a lot of variety in the looks and buroughs of the city. The blacklist is an interesting new idea and will keep you entertaned for awile. Also there are a decent amount of cars and upgrades available.
Now for the bad. The first thing most people will notice is the repititiveness of the game. At first glance it may seem like there are a decent amount of gameplay types but once you launch the game you will notice that you are doing those modes over and over again. It makes you just want to bang your head against a wall. The blacklist racers are way to easy to defeat. Shouldn't they be the top of the line racers? Instead they are a letdown once you get there. My biggest complaint about the blacklist is the fact that when you get defeated by a blacklister you don't have the penalties as them. Shouldn't they pick markers from you? Also you have defeat the black list racer twice and if they beat you once you lose. The dialog in this game is rediculous.I swear grey haired fifty year olds wrote the script and tried to make a bad attempt at street slang. It is just lame.
Overall Need For Speed Most Wanted makes a great rental but thats just about all. My main advice is to enjoy it while you can because it won't last long. This is by no means the worse racing game but its not the best either.