Need forr Speed: The Run

[girish]

Couldn't find a thread on this. so..





from Wiki:

New game information has revealed that the main character's name is indeed 'Jack'; he must win The Run in order to "save his life". The game features out-of-car action for the first time in the series, represented by quick-time events that include running across rooftops, taking out cops, and escaping wrecked cars in precarious situations.

 

[mariachi-19]

So basically this is Cruisn the USA but with cops chasing you and a bit of out of car action..

 

[Alex99]

So basically it's going to be a shit GTA with more racing.

 

[Xander45]

I saw the video for this at E3 and the bit it showed basically looked more like Heavy Rain with all the QTE's. Not sure what to make of it.

 

[girish]

I'm hoping there would be a feature to and the cars like underground2.

 

[Lance Uppercut]

Downloading the demo now. I really hope it's shit.

 

[SharkyMcShark]

Keen to hear people's thoughts on this.

I'm a big fan of both Criterion and the Frostibe 2.0 engine.

 

[WeasteDevil]

This isn't Criterion!

I also don't think personally that it's a good idea to use generic engines to build racing games on top of.

 

[Lance Uppercut]

It doesn't look as impressive as Hot Pursuit, IMO. Not even close. The second race in the demo reminded me of Split/Second.

I'll pass.

 

[Devil_forever]

People still buy this rubbish? Its been awful since NFS 2 imo. Much prefer midnight club.

 

[RDCR07]

Forr?

 

[SharkyMcShark]

Oh this isn't Criterion anymore.

Interest waning.

 

[WeasteDevil]

This is Black Box.

 

[SharkyMcShark]

Oh right they've given it back to the people that did Need for Speed before Hot Pursuit.

Interest almost entirely dead

 

[mariachi-19]

Blackbox did HP 2 back in 2002. They did every NFS since bar Shift 1/2 and last years HP

Underground 1, 2 and HP 2 were fantastic games, but the rest were absolute shit.

 

[SharkyMcShark]

Underground 2 was great, Underground 1 was good. I couldn't get into HP2 at all.

 

[izzydiggler]

Just tried the demo out. Seems to run considerably less smoothly than HP. Not a fan of the franchise has a whole (except HP, which was excellent) so won't be picking it up....which is good news for the bank balance.

 

[Lance Uppercut]

Just tried the demo out. Seems to run considerably less smoothly than HP. Not a fan of the franchise has a whole (except HP, which was excellent) so won't be picking it up....which is good news for the bank balance.

Agree with everything you just said. The visuals were very disappointing given what I had read about the new engine they were employing.