Need for Speed - Most Wanted - Black Edition (USA)
PlayStation 2
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Reviewed in 2005
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✪ Reviewed on July 18, 2024
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NFS Most Wanted Black Edition with additional cars and bonus challenges. The same excellent gameplay enriched by more content. The definitive version of the finest NFS on PS2, preferable to the standard edition for fans wanting the most complete experience.
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Category
Racing4 players7+
Split screen
Description
An expanded Most Wanted edition by EA Black Box released in 2005 (Europe, US, Australia), distributed under the "Black Edition" subtitle. Includes the base game plus ten Black Edition challenges, several bonus cars and a making-of documentary DVD. The definitive PS2 version of NFS Most Wanted.
Need for Speed - Most Wanted - Black Edition review
MAX
Art direction
★★★★★
"Iconic"
MAX
Music
★★★★★
"Legendary"
3/5
Story
★★★★★
"Solid"
Sepia light, breathless police chases and a city torn through at full speed: everything is steeped in a permanent cinematic tension. The warm filter and the snappy staging heighten the adrenaline of the escape. This visual identity, dynamic and stylish, left a lasting mark on the urban racing game.
Rockier and more orchestral, the game blends a nervy licensed selection and dramatic electro-symphonic themes to accompany the police chases. The music swells the tension of the escapes and galvanises every overtake. This tense sonic energy, cut for adrenaline, gives the game a blockbuster sheen.
Gameplay
"Excellent"
Fun
"From the very first seconds"
An open city to roam day and night, where you challenge a list of rival drivers while escaping an ever more tenacious police force. The large-scale chase, the wreckage and the rising notoriety deliver a constant thrill. Packed with licences and gorgeous to watch, an addictive arcade racer that weds speed, freedom and adrenaline.
Addictiveness
"Obsessive"
Drawing a swarm of police cars into an open city after blowing past a rival sets up an exhilarating pursuit tension where every race revives the urge to climb the most-wanted list. Upgrading your car and rising up the rankings feeds a constant progression. Repetition creeps in, but this thrill of the getaway and this rise in power stay catchy.
Difficulty
"Balanced"
Lifespan
"Massive"
Climbing the most-wanted blacklist, with police chases along the way, unfolds an open-world racer brimming with content. Customising your rides, shaking off the cops and unlocking everything fills dozens of hours. That generosity, fuelled by constant tension, earns the title a stubborn reputation as a standout arcade racer.
Technical info
💾3 GB📅16/11/2005
Published by Electronic Arts
Need for Speed - Most Wanted - Black Edition (PS2) price, value & rarity
The Black Edition, released for Need for Speed's tenth anniversary, enriches Most Wanted with extra cars, events and challenges absent from the standard version, alongside a bonus DVD. This exclusive content and its more limited run make it more sought after than the regular edition. Its desirability owes to this commemorative addition as much as to the entry's aura.
Better with friends
An urban race where you defy the police and rivals in a heady headlong flight, several in split-screen. The competition blends muscular driving, pinpoint dodges and composure when the law tightens the noose. Snappy and spectacular, it turns every chase into a shared adrenaline surge, where photo finishes and narrow escapes set off shouts and laughter around the screen.
Is Need for Speed - Most Wanted - Black Edition still worth playing in 2026?
Released in 2005 on PS2, this Black Edition celebrates the series' tenth anniversary by adding extra races, cars and challenges to Need for Speed - Most Wanted. Electronic Arts' project marries the tuning culture of the Underground games to a sunlit open world and police pursuits of memorable intensity. Climbing the Most Wanted list sets a brutally effective progression loop. The sense of speed and the mounting pressure of the law forge anthology moments. A peak of arcade racing for its generation, recommended for fans of nervous driving seeking the most complete version of the game.
