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Need for Speed: The Run
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  1. Video Game: 1 item
  2. Platforms: Xbox 360
  3. Publisher: Electronic Arts; 2011-11-15
  4. ESRB Rating: Teen
  5. Sales Rank in Video Games: #388

Product Review

It's called The Run. An illicit, high-stakes race across the country. The only way to get your life back is to be the first from San Francisco to New York. No speed limits. No rules. No allies. All you have are your driving skills and sheer determination as you battle hundreds of the world’s most notorious drivers on the country's most dangerous roads. In Need for Speed The Run, you'll weave through dense urban centers, rocket down icy mountain passes and navigate narrow canyons at breakneck speeds, all the while evading a relentless police force prepared - and willing - to use lethal force to take you down.

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On one side of this country lie the Golden Gate Bridge, Alcatraz and cable cars — on the opposite coast there are massive skyscrapers, the Statue of Liberty and the endless glow of Times Square. What separates these two great cities is nearly 3,000 miles of roadway through dense urban centers, over epic mountains, across arid deserts and in constricted canyons.
Need for Speed The Run
Evade the Police
Evade the Police
A race to get your life back!
A race to get your life back!
Gorgeous car designs
Gorgeous car designs
Synopsis


With no speed limits, rules or allies available, only Jack's determination and driving skills will keep him going in this heart-stopping race to get his life back. Thrills and excitement hide around every corner of this breakneck race across the country, but so do the police — and the men who want him dead. Evading these ruthless forces in one town won't be enough. You must have the Need for Speed.
Key Features:
  • Be the first to cross the finish line as you speed across the country from San Francisco to New York in an illicit, high-stakes race
  • Race as Jack, a marked man who must make it to New York City ahead of the competition, the police and the men who want him dead
  • Grip the wheel, put the pedal to the floor and use your slick driving skills and sheer determination to keep Jack alive inside and outside of the car
  • Battle hundreds of the world's most notorious drivers on the country's most treacherous roads
  • Snake through dense urban settings, plunge down icy mountain passes and carefully traverse narrow canyons at breakneck speeds
  • Evade a relentless police force that is ready and willing to use any means necessary to take you down
  • Connect to Autolog and compare your best times against your friends in a race to New York where every second counts
  • Engage in high-octane multiplayer racing and join races already in progress with matchmaking technology, create a party with friends and pick a playlist of your favorite challenges and vie for racing supremacy across every stage of The Run
  • Level up and earn access to exclusive vehicles, upgrades and abilities by mastering the playlists
  • Powered by the new Frostbite 2 engine, created by the award-winning DICE studio, delivers an amazing level of visual detail, immersive environments and emotional impact



  • Prepare for the race of your life in Need For Speed: The Run. This extremely illegal, high-stakes race across the country requires only slick driving skills and your sheer determination to be first. There are no rules, no allies and most importantly, no speed limits in this dangerous competition. Battle against hundreds of the world's most infamous drivers on the country's most hazardous roads. As you rocket down icy mountain passes, snake through dense urban centers and steer through narrow canyons, beware the unyielding police force determined to bring you down — by any means necessary, including lethal force. Are you ready for the drive of your life?

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    Customer Reviews

    Average Customer Review
    2.9 out of 5 stars (62 customer reviews)

    44 of 55 people found the following review helpful
    2.0 out of 5 stars Disappointed, November 16, 2011
    Marauder Shields (South Carolina) - See all my reviews
    = Fun:2.0 out of 5 stars 
    This review is from: Need for Speed: The Run (Video Game)
    Pretty boring honestly. The game itself isnt that fun to play, it's ok but it's weak. The races are short for the most part and the driving is ok a camera stays focused on your car through turns which is cool but NO WAY this game is worth $60. Breakdown

    Graphics-9.5 awesome graphics but unfortunately this is the best part of the game
    Replayability-4 there are challenges to unlock cars an other things but nothing major
    Physics (mechanics)- 2 it doesn't feel like you are driving the car, even when you choose the view to race from within the car there isn't even a steering wheel or nothing just looking at the road, this isn't the early 2000s
    Length- 1...maybe 5 hours tops?? Really?
    Enjoyment- 1 honestly it's pretty boring, it didn't make me want to play this game at all

    I love NFS, mostly the older ones but I did enjoy hot pursuit but this game just doesn't appeal

    Do yourself a favor, RENT before you buy. Trust me you will understand...Read more


    10 of 12 people found the following review helpful
    4.0 out of 5 stars I'm glad I picked it up for less than $60, November 27, 2011
    Kitter - See all my reviews
    = Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars 
    This review is from: Need for Speed: The Run (Video Game)
    This game is good, but there are a lot of people I know will be disappointed with it. All the races seem the same, just on a different stretch of track. Personally, I don't mind because I can sit and play a game for hours, not caring whether I do good or bad, or what's even going on in the game. The graphics are very nice, and they used the "Frostbite 2" engine, for those who don't know, which was used for Battlefield 3. The actual story behind the game isn't bad as well.

    Overall, the game will keep you busy for at least one play through the game, and if you're interested, for some races online as well.

    EDIT: It feels like it's sort of moving away from what NFS used to be. As far as I've played the game, I haven't come across any "lap" type of races, it's all get from point A to point B in an expensive sports car. I miss the street/drag racing kind of thing.

    EDIT #2: I'm finding myself to "ragequit" while playing this game quit a bit. It seems like...Read more


    15 of 19 people found the following review helpful
    3.0 out of 5 stars NFS: The Run of the Mill, November 17, 2011
    stephan - See all my reviews
    = Fun:3.0 out of 5 stars 
    This review is from: Need for Speed: The Run (Video Game)
    EA is here again to bring another amazing Need for Speed game, or that's what they try to do here. Need for Speed: The Run at first glance seems to bring NFS fans what they've wanted for a while, which is going back to the roots with awesome action-racing and an awesome storyline. And with it being developed by Black Box(Developers of Most Wanted) and using the all new frostbite 2 engine, makes it even more exiting. This game though, fails to do so in many ways and in the end just feels like a pretty mediocre racing game. This is not saying that this game is bad, it's just that the game could have been way more than it is.

    Story: The story is pretty bland. The idea is interesting, but the execution is off. So you have to race from California to New York. That's it. All the awesome conflicts that you think the driver would go through throughout the game are just not there. You think you would get a story like Fast and Furious, but you don't.

    Story 4/10...Read more

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