Tuesday, February 21, 2012

The Run

This week I went away from the shooters, and tried out Ned for Speed's new installment, The Run. This racing game was created by Electronic Arts, who have created other games such as Battlefield 3 and Madden, and they changed this one up a bit form the early Need for Speed games. You start of as a street racer who is being hunted down by the mob for not paying them their money you owe them. Now you must race from San Francisco to New York in order to win $25 million dollars, and get your life back. You have help from an friend who in return wants most of your winnings. You travel through snowey mountain trails, big cities, and vast desert plains.

This one allows you to have some time spent outside your car, but instead of actually controlling your character, you just push a button repeatedly to accomplish your goal. The cars look amazing as usual, and they have great detail, but you really don't get much of a choice of what car you want in you adventure. Unlike older Need for Speed games that let you customize cars to your liking, this one only offers you certain cars that can only have the color changed. This was a big disapointment due to the fact that creating a car to your liking was one of the funnest things about Need for Speed. This game may have had good graphics, but the repetative missions, and not being able to have much customization, I will make this game a must rent.

8 comments:

BrianG. said...

I hate these games. No plot and no progression throughout any of the fifty sequels.

Emily.I said...

I hate boy games, they seem ridiculous! Lets talk about girly games(:

littlelane said...

i like the need for speed games. this one sounds like it will be fun

Matt B. said...

Looks like a pretty sweet game. I'm going to have to try it out.

Sager said...

not oo big into racing games.. but i like some of the need for speed games though.

Dalton Dampier said...

When you start to get bored of your other games this is one to try, I have only played at some friends house before but it was something different.

Denhoff said...

First, I like Need for Speed games for about 3 days then they bore me. Second, does no one else notice how funny it would be if one letter was added to this title? Need for Speed: The Runs

Mrs. Rohla said...

I don't mind racing games, but I'd rather be on a circuit with competition. I don't want to play it for too long at a time.