
Need for Speed: The Run
EA Black Box
Taste attributes: actiondetectivevehiclesfasttried & testedlightimaginarysimplelinearglossyall consuming questfighting evilself destruction/implosion
Boxlist takeExpect a very fast, light racing game, simple rather than intricate. Best if you like escapism over depth.
Pace: very fast · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: light · Realism: imaginary world · Story: simple · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score
IGDB rating
68 / 100
276 ratings
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About This Game
Need for Speed The Run lures players into an underground world of illicit, high-stakes racing. The heat is on - and it isn't just the fuzz who are after you. Entering the race is just the beginning as you blow across borders, weave through dense urban traffic, rocket down icy mountain passes and navigate narrow canyons at breakneck speeds. Powered by DICE's state-of-the-art Frostbite 2 engine, Need for Speed The Run takes the action racing genre to new heights with stunning visuals and car physics that hug the road even at top speeds all built around a gripping storyline. The cars are hot, the racing is intense and the story will have you at the edge of your seat… all the way from the Golden Gate Bridge to the Empire State building.
Summary: IGDB
Story
Jack Rourke, an experienced street racer, is in serious trouble with the Mob due to a massive debt with them. After narrowly escaping being crushed within his car at a scrapyard in Oakland, due to his failure to repay what he owes, Rourke evades his captors by stealing one of their cars. Heading to San Francisco, he makes contact with his friend Sam Harper, a fixer who arranges his entries into street races, who offers to help him deal with the mob on one condition - Rourke must enter an illegal, large-scale street race from San Francisco to New York City, for which she will front the entry...
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Details
- Developer
- EA Black Box
- Publisher
- Electronic Arts
- Released
- 15 November 2011
- Series
- Need for Speed
- Platforms
- PlayStation 3, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360
- Modes
- Single player, Multiplayer
- Perspective
- First person, Third person
- Age rating
- PEGI 16
- Taste scores
- How we score
- Source
- IGDB
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