This week EA releases the 18th Need for Speed game with Need for Speed: The Run.
Developed by Black Box, the game is being released on PC, PS3, Xbox 360,Wii and even 3DS.
According to EA, Need for Speed: The Run is “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.”
According to 1UP, it’s “sometimes exhilarating, but often frustrating and surprisingly banal.”
The game has slumped to a 66/100 Metacritic score on both PS3 and Xbox 360. The PC version has managed 78/100, but not many reviews are in just yet, so this could change dramatically. Here is what other reviewers have had to say:
GameTrailers 8.4/10
Need for Speed: The Run falters with its high-profile but underdeveloped plot as well as some awkward design choices. However, it overcomes these potholes with courses that are a blast to drive and simple multiplayer that keeps you hooked in. Read more
Game Informer 7.8/10
Need for Speed: The Run is by no stretch a bad game; it just fails to capitalize on its chances. San Francisco to New York is a long haul, and it’s even longer when not enough happens in between.
IGN 6.5/10
All this awesome racing action gets somewhat lost amid the non-existent story, the dumb/scripted AI, the lack of options, and the overall shortness of the game. The Run is not a marathon racing game, it’s a quick and dirty drag race. Read more
Videogamer 6/10
The Run certainly isn’t terrible, and a big improvement on Black Box’s previous effort, Undercover, but it needed more moments like the avalanche and less monotonous freeways. With the campaign over in an afternoon and the rest of the package failing to offer anything to keep you playing, The Run is some decent throwaway fun that will be forgotten as soon as you move on to something else. Read more
1UP C+
The Run takes an awkwardly serious approach to its story, eschewing the over-the-top fun and wackiness of its clear inspirations — movies like the Cannonball Run series and classic arcade games like Cruis’n USA –to deliver a cross-country campaign that’s sometimes exhilarating, but often frustrating and surprisingly banal. Read more
Eurogamer 5/10
The worst of the game’s technical sins is performance, with appallingly low frame rates in our patched PS3 retail version when you brake suddenly or drift through many a corner. Read more
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