Need For Speed: Most Wanted - The Vita version is way closer to the 360/PS3 game than you'd think

Gamesradar- Need For Speed: Most Wanted on PS Vita uses the same city layout and element placement as the 'big' console versions. Obviously there have to be some graphical concessions to make the game run on the Vita. But how close can it get? Take a look at the following images taken from the Vita and Xbox 360 versions of the game and see for yourself.

[Neonridr]

hmm, the car models look pretty close, but the game world has been reduced quite a bit in complexity. If you look at the ground, the textures are flat and simple on the Vita, plus if you look at the buildings, they are missing things that are placed on the roofs. Not to mention the vegetation looks significantly downscaled. Don't get me wrong, it looks like a great game, but obviously sacrifices had to be made. Glad they are able to get a lot out of the system, too bad there aren't enough people with Vita's to buy the game.

[rpd123]

Well I think more people will buy it. A lot came out on the 30th and it had to compete with AC3 Liberation and Ragnarok Odyssey. Not to mention AC3 and NFS on home consoles.

[Neonridr]

I just meant that unless you are a hardcore handheld player, or someone who is desperate to support the Vita, you would be more inclined to get this game for the 360 or PS3 over the Vita.

[rpd123]

Oh, I feel you. That's true too.

[Nitrowolf2]

eh not really judging fromt hose screens. The texture and the amount of stuff is more different than close. It looks good, but the difference is clear as day. Cars look pretty close though.
Still buying this for Vita

[Cam977]

I saw gameplay fortube Vita version and I was amazed, it looks fantastic for a handheld title! Also, the reduced traffic is better because it is a smaller screen therefore; less traffic makes it easier to drive.

[kopicha]

agree... even with the reduce traffic. some times the game is just running so fast that you couldnt react fast enough to dodge certain stuffs. pretty amazing for a handheld game looking at how much they manage to retain from the console big bro version. one who has to played it will know. seeing screenshot is just not enough.

[wastedcells]

Pretty impressive for a handheld game. Especially considering the vita hasn't even been out for a year yet and 360 is coming to an end of a console generation.

[SandWitch]

You can clearly see the difference, but VITA version is still pretty close to a console version. It looks especially good when you see it on a small VITA's screen.

[Yodagamer]

The textures look flatter and the foliage is down, but other than that it looks amazing for a game on a handheld.

[r21]

At least one things confirmed, Criterion know how to make a vita game look and play great :) Unlike Nihilistic.

[Magic_Spatula]

Which is why they moved onto downloadable and mobile gaming (Nihilistic that is). Their recent games have been really sub-par.

[r21]

And dont forget they changed their name to nStigate (or something like that) to get away from the mess they're about to make and have made in the past :L

[fredrikpedersen]

I don't get why you are comparing it to PS3. It is a handheld , and this is arguably the best handheld racer yet

[kopicha]

well not that I get it either... some reviewers these days are just a little out of their mind when doing reviews on handheld games. maybe it is so close that they have forgotten its a handheld not a console. yet they can compare it head to head and use some of those points to demerit. how sad these days gaming has gone to.

[b-dash]

Burnout Paradise that fits in the hand. It's the only one

[BeenThereDoneThat]

All I can say is WOW! Cmon guys, stop comparing a little handheld system to the big beefy consoles. The Vita is NOT a PS3. It's NEVER going to have PS3 graphics. So what! The game looks amazing for a handheld. No handheld racer comes close to it so far. It's also early in its life cycle. The Vita is getting better with more games all the time. Remind yourselves that it's a handheld system and you won't be so critical about it. I'm getting the Vita version myself, because it will allow me to play while the family watches TV, or at lunch break, etc...

[kikizoo]

"he Vita is NOT a PS3. It's NEVER going to have PS3 graphics. "

not on "demanding" games, sure..

but it can have 360 's graphics :)

[DivineAssault]

vita is a handheld ppl.. Thats a damn good job if u ask me.. Have any of u seen the phone versions?!

[VitaOwner]

I have this game and it looks and plays like a beauty.

[MGRogue2017]

Indeed.. Criterion have done extremely well with this PS Vita port, congrats to 'em :)

[josephayal]

vita is a next gen Portable

[3-4-5]

How can people expect console quality graphics.

If they could fit console quality graphics on something the size of a Vita, then the PS3 would have been the size of a Vita....

Or the PS4 would be the size of a Vita.

How don't you people comprehend this ? Do you not think ?

[boybato]

Instead of comparing the Vita to a PS3 look at how much it improvement was made comparing it to a PSP.