In what is bound to be another somewhat controversial article, Brandon talks about Need For Speed: Most Wanted, and how he finds it a major step in the wrong direction.

By any means, the most direct sequel to Hot Pursuit as it fully incorporated the presence of police once again, Most Wanted was a much anticipated title for me. It was next gen, better handling, more cars, more customization… On the surface, this was the perfect upgrade. It even had a plot added; then, it hit me. They added a plot to a game that in some ways was all about perfecting male posturing. Rather than allowing the gamer to use the game as a medium for his or her own problem solving euphoria, Most Wanted had become a racing game that tried to tell a story. The even greater injustice in this situation was in fact the insistence on presenting the gamer with a forced representation of the racing subculture.

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