Need for speed : the run

arknor · 29 Apr 2011 at 11:16

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It's called The Run. 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 as you battle hundreds of the world's most notorious drivers on the country's most dangerous roads.

Semiskimmed · 29 Apr 2011 at 11:39

that snippet sounds pretty good actually, with it beign a real set of cities.
my only hope is a return to the most wanted era for the game :cool:

Dave85 · 29 Apr 2011 at 11:44

That actually sounds decent but we will and see if they can actually deliver for once.

arknor · 29 Apr 2011 at 11:50

hopefully its not criterion making it... dont want another rubbish game where you slide around corners at full speed.....

barmyllama · 29 Apr 2011 at 11:55

If EA and it's developers put the same amount of effort into getting their games to actually work as they do in their trailers, then they might have a few more happy customers.

Behemoth · 29 Apr 2011 at 12:51

Looks good, just hope it doesn't suck !

Stoner81 · 29 Apr 2011 at 13:21

Semiskimmed said:
my only hope is a return to the most wanted era for the game

+1,000!

There has not been a decent NFS game since Most Wanted imho they are trying to copy Gran Turismo it seems with the later games and it is not what HFS is about. NFS is you, the cops and LOTS of speed!

Stoner81.

arknor · 29 Apr 2011 at 13:37

Stoner81 said:
+1,000!

There has not been a decent NFS game since Most Wanted imho they are trying to copy Gran Turismo it seems with the later games and it is not what HFS is about. NFS is you, the cops and LOTS of speed!

Stoner81.

shift2 is not a "need for speed" game which is why its called "shift2 : unleashed" and not need for speed shift 2 : unleashed.

the shift series is going towards a more realistic racing series.

the NFS series will continue beeing a fun arcadey experience

Menthis · 29 Apr 2011 at 13:38

Looks good

HangTime · 29 Apr 2011 at 13:40

Would be nice to see a return to some 'cross country' racing as seen in Porsche/HP2.
Not too sure about the trailer through as it is all their flashy prerendered stuff, rather than showing us what the actual game will be like.

Also not overly happy about the "no allies" part, would have been nice to get some help from both a story perspective or maybe some team races as seen in Pro Street(?).

Neil79 · 29 Apr 2011 at 13:54

Meh EA and need for speed!

Give it up already

lolwithtim · 29 Apr 2011 at 14:11

Well it's caught my attention, which must mean the trailer has done its job, lol.

Whether it will be a decent game or not is a different story.

Kosmiche · 29 Apr 2011 at 14:54

arknor said:
shift2 is not a "need for speed" game

It is though

Says at the bottom

overclick · 29 Apr 2011 at 15:19

Bah give me a new underground game!

Sem · 29 Apr 2011 at 15:41

Eames said:
It is though

Says at the bottom

EA said they are dropping the Need for speed name for the shift series
http://www.gamerzines.com/ps3/previews/shift-2-unleashed-interview.html

i know its on the cover but in the game there is no reference to NFS at all

Anyway at first i wasn't really interested in any new NFS games but this one is using frostbite 2 so should be interesting to see what they come up with

Kainz · 29 Apr 2011 at 15:47

*facepalms* yet another one

arknor · 29 Apr 2011 at 15:49

Eames said:
It is though

Says at the bottom

but its not

its an entirely different series heading towards realism/sim
NFS is arcade.

they probably left nfs at the bottom of the cover for marketing purposes i expect shift3 will have no refference on the cover at all