I'm not going to post a trailer/video. It doesn't deserve the views.
I used to be a huge fan of the NFS series. NFS2, Hot Pursuit 1 and 2, even High Stakes were pretty good. Porsche Unleashed will always be the best racing game ever, bar none.
After Underground, though, things got odd. Most Wanted was half-decent, everything else than non-driftmode Shift found new, low-hanging balls to suck.
Today, I wanted to try another racing game, to feel the rush of bygone years. So I thought hey, The Run looks okay. Eh, it looks pretty good.
The singleplayer starts with you having to press random keys to get ot of a car in a crusher. Wierd, but okay, I guess...and then a car chase, where your Audi RS4 is chased by a bunch of gun-wielding morons in Cayenne Turbos.
Once I figured the gas pedal was "A" (took three attempts with me getting shot and having to replay the whole damn thing--and no, no changing key bindings!), I floored it out of the junkyard, slowed to 120 kph for a 70-degree bend...and propmptly got shot again by the two Cayennes that sailed by me on a perfect line, going maybe 220 kph around this turn. Wat.
This is Need for Speed: The Run, ladies and gents:
1. Craptacular voice actors with no emotion and the most dried-out, uninspired and predictable lines.
2. Handling that's straight out of Hot Wheels. It doesn't matter whether to go into a 90-degree turn on a dirt road at 250 or 80--your car will retain its perfect grip, and you'll never have to use the brake.
3. My 1985 Rabbit GTi is as fast as your Pagani Huayaaaaauauara. Seriously. Also handles exactly the same. And just wait until I hit the (miraculously rechargeable) NOS--you'll never see me again.
4. You'll get chased by police Ford Tauruses that an go 350, helicopters that can go the same speed backwards, Cayennes with invisible guns that can go twice that, and always have to beat the same rivals at least twice. Oh, did I mention there's no damage, either?
Seriously, this is why EA games aren't even worth pirating anymore.
I used to be a huge fan of the NFS series. NFS2, Hot Pursuit 1 and 2, even High Stakes were pretty good. Porsche Unleashed will always be the best racing game ever, bar none.
After Underground, though, things got odd. Most Wanted was half-decent, everything else than non-driftmode Shift found new, low-hanging balls to suck.
Today, I wanted to try another racing game, to feel the rush of bygone years. So I thought hey, The Run looks okay. Eh, it looks pretty good.
The singleplayer starts with you having to press random keys to get ot of a car in a crusher. Wierd, but okay, I guess...and then a car chase, where your Audi RS4 is chased by a bunch of gun-wielding morons in Cayenne Turbos.
Once I figured the gas pedal was "A" (took three attempts with me getting shot and having to replay the whole damn thing--and no, no changing key bindings!), I floored it out of the junkyard, slowed to 120 kph for a 70-degree bend...and propmptly got shot again by the two Cayennes that sailed by me on a perfect line, going maybe 220 kph around this turn. Wat.
This is Need for Speed: The Run, ladies and gents:
1. Craptacular voice actors with no emotion and the most dried-out, uninspired and predictable lines.
2. Handling that's straight out of Hot Wheels. It doesn't matter whether to go into a 90-degree turn on a dirt road at 250 or 80--your car will retain its perfect grip, and you'll never have to use the brake.
3. My 1985 Rabbit GTi is as fast as your Pagani Huayaaaaauauara. Seriously. Also handles exactly the same. And just wait until I hit the (miraculously rechargeable) NOS--you'll never see me again.
4. You'll get chased by police Ford Tauruses that an go 350, helicopters that can go the same speed backwards, Cayennes with invisible guns that can go twice that, and always have to beat the same rivals at least twice. Oh, did I mention there's no damage, either?
Seriously, this is why EA games aren't even worth pirating anymore.
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