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Need For Speed Most Wanted

(2006, Video Games - Racing, Rated T, Play it on: PlayStation 2, Xbox, Windows, PSP, Xbox 360)
  • Is it age appropriate?

    About our ratings

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    Not age appropriate for kids under 13, age appropriate for kids over 15; suggested age 13.
  • Is it any good?

    4.0
  • Common Sense says

    Exciting racer on wrong side of the law, teens up.

updated 07.04.08

Why We Rated This iffy for Ages 13–15

The good stuff

  • Educational value:

    Not an issue.
 

What to watch out for

  • Messages:

    The game celebrates illegal street racing. Races speed through city streets and over sidewalks. Players are rewarded for running from and smashing through police cars, and demolishing some structures.
  • Violence :

    Lots of cars crash into buildings and other cars, but very little damage is depicted. Some crashes involve innocent traffic, but the streets are free of pedestrians.
  • Sex:

    Some car-related sexual innuendo equating cars and women, like "She's mine now and I'm going to ride her like you never could."
  • Language:

    Not an issue.
  • Consumerism:

    The cars in the game are all branded. In-game advertising in the form of billboards and stores dots the landscape. Licensed songs on the soundtrack are announced with a pop-up on-screen display.
  • Drinking, drugs, & smoking:

    Not an issue.
 

What Parents Need to Know

About Need For Speed Most Wanted

Parents need to know that this game is about illegal street racing. This installment includes a new major game dynamic: smashing police pursuers and outrunning them. Other new feature: The game now has an online component, which Common Sense Media does not recommend for anyone under 12. In offline gameplay, players will encounter some light sexual innuendo as well as a fair amount of commercialism in the form of real-life cars and in-game ads.

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Families Can Talk About

  • Families can talk about the dangers of street racing and irresponsible driving. When a high speed car crash left a Canadian man dead, a police officer made the game partially to blame. Do you agree? Does playing a game like this make illegal actions seem more attractive in real life? Should game makers stop glamorizing destructive and illegal activities?
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  1. Kid Reviewer
    Age 11
    Lives in South Carolina
    I rate this title on for age 8 and give it 3.0

    okay

    its okay i guess its about you going into rockport and challging the blacklist racer named razer .you lose your car to him because he screwed up your car so you have to start over the game.then you have to take out the 15 blacklist racers.

  2. Teen Reviewer
    Age 14
    Lives in New York
    I rate this title iffy for age 10 and give it 5.0

    Wow 13+? should be 10+

    The only thing bad about this game is getting into high speed chases, smashing into police cars, and pulling off stunts, usually crashing into objects like gas stations and cars and jumps

  3. Teen Reviewer
    Age 15
    Lives in California
    I rate this title on for age 10 and give it 5.0

    oh my god!

    ok the first thing that came out of my mouth when i saw the adualt revews is said oh,my,god! these ratings are retarted! i got this game when i was 6-7 years old! god i think this game is fantastick and it unleashes your spiret of racing. if your kid likes racing get this for him/her(probabley not her, just saying) there is a few songs that have bad language. and yes they are pretty strong, like mother f***er and s**t and hell and some like d*mn and d**h and d**h b*g so if you kid isn't to kaotick with the language then you shoud get it for them as like a birthday present or just like a regular game, or any other holliday. i do get a little pissed off when i get busted but if you kid has problems controling there anger then don't get it for them. but other wise it is fun and challenging for people 10+, i'll tell you why i got it when i was 7, my dad made a mistake(pretty bad one too) well got to get playing it bye :)!

  4. Kid Reviewer
    Age 11
    Anonymous
    Lives in
    I rate this title on for age 2 and give it 5.0

    game report

    see the game report at www.rslgameclub.webs.com

  5. Kid Reviewer
    Age 11
    Lives in Ohio
    I rate this title on for age 2 and give it 4.0

    The game is gud but i get prety pist off when i get busted i love the game but if u rily wunt a game with cops chasin u everywere get nfs hot pursuit 2. PEACE

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