Need for Speed: The Run

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  1. Jose458
    Sep 11, 2023
    9
    Es un juego bastante diferente a lo que nos tenía acostumbrado la saga y su historia aunque es muy poco profunda nos mantiene lleno de momentos de acción
  2. Harthik69
    Jul 9, 2023
    8
    Very Good game. Can spend some time to play and exeprience it again. Download and give it a try again in future
  3. MDXV
    Jan 27, 2023
    9
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  4. VeuxVIP
    Jan 25, 2023
    10
    The best story mode, no cringe style implementation, just a serious and simple story mode.
  5. bar0yka
    Dec 10, 2022
    8
    modifiye olmadığı için biraz sönük kalmış ama onun dışında çok farklı bir boyut getirmişti nfsye
  6. izlee
    Dec 28, 2021
    8
    Gra jest naprawdę okej, straszliwie przeszkadza ograniczone fpsy na liczbie 30, gra jest zdecydowanie za krótka, bardzo podobał mi się koncept liniowej = fabuły
  7. Alpha10
    Aug 15, 2021
    10
    Best racing game with intense action sequences with story makes it a short and sweet game .
  8. Reuas2011
    Apr 20, 2021
    9
    I don’t want to go into detail, but I think this game is showing how arcade racing could have developed. It is a unique and beautiful experience. It is short, but it is designed to be. I like it a lot because in my opinion it still looks great and has a cool story with fun racing and and a close to perfect and today unseen diversity, perfectionism in, fun in and staging of Maps. The racingI don’t want to go into detail, but I think this game is showing how arcade racing could have developed. It is a unique and beautiful experience. It is short, but it is designed to be. I like it a lot because in my opinion it still looks great and has a cool story with fun racing and and a close to perfect and today unseen diversity, perfectionism in, fun in and staging of Maps. The racing maps are in my opinion the key buy argument for this game. If it was up to date and maybe a bit more story telling it would be 10/10.… Expand
  9. baltazaar
    Jan 19, 2021
    10
    Awesome game!! Love it! First try in 2021, and I totally love it. Great game
  10. Kurva_blyat
    Jan 12, 2021
    9
    Это моя любимая игра здесь очень крутой сюжет и игра не затянута. Единственный минус это физика но на геймпаде она норм
  11. dimike
    Jan 10, 2021
    8
    Graphics - great
    Handling - ok
    Music - great
    story - good
    gameplay - good
    this game is hated because of it's shortness. But other then that this is the most underrated NFS ever
  12. Pusichka
    Nov 27, 2020
    10
    я удивлён тем что у этой игры такие плохие оценки пользователей. на мой взгляд это лучшая гонка всех времён
  13. Akadoo
    Sep 16, 2020
    10
    Лучшая во всем каждая трасса уникальная держит напряжение,проходил много раз одна из любимых нфс.
  14. r03vg
    Apr 17, 2020
    8
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Довольно странно смотрятся заправки, на которых вы можете сменить машину и перекрасить выбранную ласточку. Игра подталкивает к тому, чтобы как можно быстрее доехать до конечной цели, но все эти штуки служат лишь препятствием. Отличная графика и сюжет достойный хорошего боевика.… Expand
  15. nsa3679
    Mar 28, 2020
    9
    If you don't compare it with other NfS games The Run is a great action-oriented cinematic racing game. Multiplayer is dead because of cheaters though. Wonder why people don't like it that much.
  16. Usermetacritica
    Oct 28, 2019
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. NFS The run: Это классная игра с хорошим сюжетом, интересным геймплеем, и она мне короч понравилась… Expand
  17. Petepems7905
    Sep 14, 2019
    8
    I personally think that Need for Speed The Run is the better than Hot Pursuit 2010 and Most Wanted 2012. Yeah it is shorter but at least I felt like I was playing a Need for Speed game not a Burnout game because the physics are better here than those two other games
  18. NotBanMePLZ
    Apr 20, 2019
    8
    Эта часть полностью отличается от всех других игр в серии NFS. Живой мир, огромный автопарк, хорошая графика при неплохой оптимизации (особенно если сравнивать с андеркавером). 8 потому что минусов то и нет, хотя есть один минус почему 10 я и не поставил, плюсов как-то мало, игра ничем не примечательна, но поиграть стоит.Эта часть полностью отличается от всех других игр в серии NFS. Живой мир, огромный автопарк, хорошая графика при неплохой оптимизации (особенно если сравнивать с андеркавером). 8 потому что минусов то и нет, хотя есть один минус почему 10 я и не поставил, плюсов как-то мало, игра ничем не примечательна, но поиграть стоит.
  19. gold
    Dec 22, 2018
    10
    Прошёл игру залпом (за час). Концепция интересная, сюжет по типу "всё или нечего", музыка - 7. Мне очень понравилось.
    Итог: 10/10.
  20. andrey1990
    Oct 12, 2018
    10
    I wonder why this game has so bad rating. I am not the men who defends borring or failed games but **** - this the only game from NFS which i I went through twice. The only racing game in which the environment really lives and interacts with you. That was really unforgettably.
  21. LifeHistory
    Jul 9, 2018
    8
    I know many hated this game. But I prefer it over all the other NFS games that has came after it the garbage OpenWorld-Racing thing. I prefer this and the original Most Wanted and the Carbon about all the new NFS games.
    The Run was a new cool Campaign idea. I drove around the world in the summer, snow, rain, mountains and many other beautiful roads. it had variations in its racing world    I know many hated this game. But I prefer it over all the other NFS games that has came after it the garbage OpenWorld-Racing thing. I prefer this and the original Most Wanted and the Carbon about all the new NFS games.
    The Run was a new cool Campaign idea. I drove around the world in the summer, snow, rain, mountains and many other beautiful roads. it had variations in its racing world and it had a story which was not that bad. The only bad thing about this game is the fact that its kind of short. I wish for another game like it but longer campaign.

    I DO NOT CARE ABOUT MULTIPLAYER CRAP........    … Expand
  22. CoKronakan
    Feb 12, 2018
    8
    Visually stunning game, with an interesting concept of a story, but repetitive game-play levels. But I guess it was due to the story. It's only fault was that the controls of the game shifted from realistic to arcade controls, and it was sad to experience. Overall the game was decent enough for a positive outcome.
  23. Luka0101998
    Jun 25, 2016
    10
    It has one of the greatest cars,story,handling.
    Even if it has no customization,i won`t take that as something bad...the game just had that linear story from San Fran to NYC where you just need a fast car to finish first in a long race full of challanges.Speakin of challanges,i absolutely love them,they are really hard,make you try harder and harder if you fail.
    The handling is just    It has one of the greatest cars,story,handling.
    Even if it has no customization,i won`t take that as something bad...the game just had that linear story from San Fran to NYC where you just need a fast car to finish first in a long race full of challanges.Speakin of challanges,i absolutely love them,they are really hard,make you try harder and harder if you fail.
    The handling is just amazing,every car had their one feeling when driving,you know what you are driving.
    Muscles-hard handling
    Exotics-challenging
    Tuners-precise
    Amazing job,Black Box as always (R.I.P thank you for an amazing childhood and greatest of all-Need for Speed Underground-you will be missed ;( )    … Expand
  24. mahdi_dj
    Nov 21, 2015
    10
    This is Best game in my life . because of : when i play this game i feeling real driving and This is so cool ( i never real feeling driving in other games)
  25. XDavidX
    Nov 17, 2015
    8
    Need For Speed: The Run is very good game. The story is short but for me its amazing. Its have that exciting feeling when I play this. Car selection is positively varied. Only minus is the handling. Its always frustrating.
  26. reviewkid
    Nov 5, 2015
    8
    It pumped me up, with one of the best graphics of 2011, this game mind blown me. I felt like I was racing really across America, as I also joined up with my friends on Multiplayer, but there's some downsides too.
    Sometimes, you could glitch out the map (there's alot of these victims)

    But it's great, overall. The design is good, but the 2 hour gameplay was unexpected.
  27. SpyderSeven
    Sep 30, 2015
    9
    Needed to get my mind off of the new Need For Speed reboot, and tried this because it's all I had left in the series. Boy, was I wrong to avaoid it.

    It's closer to the old NFS games like Hot Pursuit and NFS II SE than any of the other modern NFS games, The Run suffers from little more than terrible characters and plot, the combination of which are not enough to ruin an otherwise    Needed to get my mind off of the new Need For Speed reboot, and tried this because it's all I had left in the series. Boy, was I wrong to avaoid it.

    It's closer to the old NFS games like Hot Pursuit and NFS II SE than any of the other modern NFS games, The Run suffers from little more than terrible characters and plot, the combination of which are not enough to ruin an otherwise excellent game. The big stable of cars are a challenging and rewarding to handle - the driving model in The Run was a breath of fresh air compared to the sprint-car drifting style of most other modern NFSs. Braking in time for a tight corner is very satisfying, and each car feels believable and unique. I miss the lovely engine start sounds from Most Wanted 2, but Mustangs roar, Datsuns howl, and McLarens shriek with ferocious realism.

    One can't ignore the supporting star in this game: the tracks. Recreated in loving detail is an excellent approximation of a cross-USA race. Wooded state parks, narrow city streets, sprawling avenues, hilly and winding county trunks, and astonishing mountain ranges are all a blast to drive and the sheer attention given to the billion things you drive by brings you into the illusion of a continuous world larger than the new Most Wanted or Hot Pursuit could simulate.

    One of the biggest complaints I've read about the game is the length - I finished my first Run in 2:12, but that completely ignores the entire campaign of very entertaining challenge events, which are also played for time and are just as much fun while more functionally showcasing the game's many cars. Besides that, the Run is meant to be played more than once for competitive multiplayer high score - if it were very long, one couldn't do it more than a few times.

    Anyway, more story would showcase the game's weak spot - the plot. Yea, it sucks. It's kind of like the story for the first Most Wanted, but in that game it felt like EA was in on the big ridiculous joke and in the Run it seems like Black Box might take it seriously, and it just makes you cringe. That said, it's a racing game and the plot doesn't matter that much to me.

    As one more weak spot, the game has quick-time action-packed press-the-buttons-as-prompted instant-fun sequences. You've done it, we've all played Dance Dance Revolution. Some of them were pretty fun, some of them weren't. You beat up a lot of cops. Sometimes it doesn't show you the button to press, and you have to figure it out by trial and error. It never stopped me from continuing the game, but that can get annoying.

    At the end, I loved it. While I enjoyed the game's recent NFS contemporaries, I like this more. Lots of fun, great driving model. Will temporarily satisfy desperation for Need For Speed 2015 reboot.    … Expand
  28. suppe
    Mar 26, 2015
    10
    For me, one of the best NFS games! I like the graphics, level design an steering. The multiplayer is really fun. I played for more than 60h and now, 3 years later, i play it again.
  29. ungained
    Apr 2, 2014
    10
    First of all it worked perfectly for me....I am a racer and I loved the manual shifting mode better than in any game so I was able to take turns with gear downgrade not just pressing the lame space break and then nitro i hate...the game is really short i hoped at the end that something else will happen but...anyway it was better than most of racing games
  30. morfil
    Nov 1, 2013
    9
    Need for speed is like the call of duty of racing a new one each year you can look forward to. This time around we have the Run. is it a cross country epic or does it burn out in the first lap lets find out.

    Story wise there's not much here you play a driver of a fast car and you are trying to win a cross country race without being disqualified by the mob standard story fair with no    Need for speed is like the call of duty of racing a new one each year you can look forward to. This time around we have the Run. is it a cross country epic or does it burn out in the first lap lets find out.

    Story wise there's not much here you play a driver of a fast car and you are trying to win a cross country race without being disqualified by the mob standard story fair with no real twists or turns.

    What dose have twists and turns is the game play which is tight as ever you play across several maps mostly in a car but sometimes you have to get out of the car (Gasp), but only in an amusing QTE sequence every once in a while which are action packed and exciting and the tight game play is prevalent over to all modes.

    Graphically the game is great. a little more time on the human models would be good, but the cars look fantastic as do environments as you race across America to survive.    … Expand
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Mixed or average reviews - based on 18 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 18
  2. Mixed: 10 out of 18
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  1. LEVEL (Czech Republic)
    Jan 19, 2012
    60
    Innovation at all cost doomed NFS The Run – for every good idea comes a terrible one, and even the best ones are buried by technical issues. [Christmas 2011]
  2. PC Gamer
    Dec 27, 2011
    53
    Tiresome racer that only takes two hours to complete, yet somehow feels longer. That's both impressive and depressing.
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  3. PC Games (Russia)
    Dec 24, 2011
    70
    Shows how you can bury even the most original idea with lack of either bravery or fantasy. [January 2012, p.69]
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