| “ | How's your car running? | „ |
| ~ Ronnie's most famous quote, foreshadowing what he and Toru did to the players car. |
| “ | You know Ronnie. He’s one of those rich freaks who thinks he’s ghetto. He definitely ain’t from around the way. Got his car as a graduation gift from his parents. Don’t be fooled though, the guy knows how to drive. He’s been to every race school you can think of. | „ |
| ~ Rogs Description bio for Ronnie, also considered as funny when you see that Ronnie is by far the easiest Boss of the game. |
Ronald McCrea or also known as Ronnie is one of the two secondary antagonists in the 2005 racing video game Need For Speed Most Wanted. He appears at number 3 on the Blacklist and is one of Razor's henchmen along with Toru.
He is played by Paul Dzenkiw.
What Makes Them a Base Breaking Character?[]
What Do People Like About Him?[]
- While he's normally written to be a serious threat for the police and the player, his over the top performence makes him very hard to be taken seriously. But the fans of him loves him exactly because they actually find him really funny. His poses in his bio video, his vinyl at the back of his car, how the actor constantly tried to look hard. This is so ridiculous that his fans loves him.
- He has the advantage of the nostalgia from his fans. He's simply a part of their childhood exactly as Razor. He's the first enemy the player has to face, the first time where they play the legendary BMW M3 GTR. He is part of the most popular NFS game of all time next to Need for Speed Underground 2.
- His popularity also increased due the fact, that seven years later NFS Most Wanted from 2012 presented an infamous Blacklist, which is still hated to this day even by the fans of the remake, making him in comparison even better.
- He is actually really charismatic, especially in his first scene, where he told the player via his fingers that he wants to race him.
- He has a really cool entrance scene, where he destroyed per drifting a cop before standing ready to race against the player.
What Do People Hate About Him?[]
- Detractors hate him for his character writing. Normally you should be having respect for a Number 3 of the Blacklist but his writing and his appearence makes this impossible for many.
- He has a terrible KI especially in his circuit events Bay Bridge and Camden Tunnel. Ronnie drives normally directly into the first obstacle (Just an example to watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUm2AWUdIA0) making him the easiest boss enemy of the entire game.
- This making his bio, where Rog says, that his driving is decent, really laughable.
- When you're not nostalgic, you will probably cringe when you see him. Many of his hater seeing him that way because they won't get the vibe of the 2000ers.
- In the end, he's a butt monkey for Razor and exist only for making Razor more intimidating in the eyes of his destractors.
- People also disliked his big ego, especially because he only do this, when he stands next to Razor. Otherwise he's quite a spineless wannabe sidekick.
Trivia[]
- Ronnie could be one of the most base-breaking characters of the whole NFS franchise.
- When exactly the same character would come out today, then he would be a clear Scrappy. He is seen as even more ridiculous than Spike.
- But his fans really enjoying him even today. For many people he would be an Ensemble Dark Horse.
- He was considered to be a Pathetic Pinhead but was ultimatly scrapped for being not hateable enough.
External Links[]
- Ronald McCrea on the Villains Wiki
- Ronald McCrea on the Need for Speed Wiki