{"id":19187,"date":"2011-08-24T11:18:02","date_gmt":"2011-08-24T09:18:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onsoftware.en.softonic.com\/?p=19187"},"modified":"2025-07-02T01:57:42","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T08:57:42","slug":"need-for-speed-the-run-hands-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/need-for-speed-the-run-hands-on\/","title":{"rendered":"Need For Speed The Run: hands-on"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We  played a section of <strong>Need For Speed The Run<\/strong> at this year\u2019s <strong>Gamescom<\/strong>, and got to see  whether it will electrify the franchise like  last year\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/need-for-speed-hot-pursuit.en.softonic.com\/\"><strong>Hot Pursuit<\/strong><\/a>. The long running series got a necessary boost  with Burnout developers <strong>Criterion<\/strong> making a fantastic over-the-top racing game that had  everyone drooling with its speed, gameplay and fantastic graphics.<\/p>\n<p><object><\/object><br \/>\n<strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Need for Speed: The Run<\/strong> is essentially a race across America, from San Francisco to New York,\u00a0 against a  huge number of opponents, and the police. The desert race we played actually looked much like Hot Pursuit, and the boost charged by  dangerous behavior also makes The Run feel very similar. This is a Need  for Speed game, so obviously the emphasis is on fast, good looking  arcade racing, and it is certainly that.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-19188\" title=\"Need for Speed The Run\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/sft\/articles\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2011\/08\/n4str.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2011\/08\/n4str.jpg 600w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2011\/08\/n4str-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>However,  what we saw of Need for Speed: The Run didn\u2019t really impress. It didn\u2019t  feel quite as visceral as Hot Pursuit, and while the opponents were  quite aggressive, the game did seem pretty easy. Unless we see some  major improvements or innovations, unfortunately it looks like Need for  Speed may have slipped back into lazy sequels. There\u2019s still <strong>plenty more  to be seen<\/strong> from the game, with a wide variety of environments\u00a0 promised, so lets hope the next time we see it it will impress more.<strong> Need for Speed: The Run<\/strong> is scheduled for a November 15th release.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We played a section of Need For Speed The Run at this year\u2019s Gamescom, and got to see whether it will electrify the franchise like last year\u2019s Hot Pursuit. The long running series got a necessary boost with Burnout developers Criterion making a fantastic over-the-top racing game that had everyone drooling with its speed, gameplay &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/need-for-speed-the-run-hands-on\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Need For Speed The Run: hands-on&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2019,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[],"tags":[2573],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-19187","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","tag-app-subdomain-redirectionneed-for-speed"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19187","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2019"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19187"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19187\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":334128,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19187\/revisions\/334128"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19187"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19187"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19187"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=19187"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=19187"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=19187"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}