Need for Speed: The Run ~ Gaming Zone

Tuesday, September 6, 2011

Need for Speed: The Run

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Gameplay:

In The Run, players will participate in an "underground world of illicit, high stakes racing," in a race from San Francisco to New York, with stops through Las Vegas, Denver, Detroit, and many other locations. The cops aren't the only ones after the player though, as the player "blows across borders, weaves through dense urban traffic, rockets down icy mountain passes and navigates narrow canyons at breakneck speeds."^[3]
The Run is powered by DICE's Frostbite 2 engine, making the game the first non-shooter game to use the engine, which provides visuals and car physics that "hug the road even at top speeds all built around a gripping storyline." Autolog, the Need for Speed franchise's revolutionary social competition functionality, is also back as it will continue to reinvent track career progression and compare game stats.^[3]´
The game's E3 2011 gameplay trailer indicates that the game will feature quick time events, with the player exiting their car and travelling on foot for the first time. At the end of the trailer, a female voice is heard calling out 'Jack', the protagonist.

Development :

Since the release of Undercover, Black Box has been working on another entry to the franchise, presumably continuing the action focused street-racing gameplay of Black Box's previous titles. This game has an extended development window to give the developers a chance to create a game that "could really blow the doors off the category". It is confirmed that the game will feature a fictional storyline and characters.On April 28, 2011, a listing for Need for Speed: The Run appeared on UK retailer site ShopTo. Later, EA released the teaser trailer for all to see. On April 29, the firm confirmed the game's details. "This is the year that Need for Speed goes to the next level, " said Jason DeLong, executive producer at EA. "We think that Need for Speed: The Run is going to surprise people with its intense, thrilling story and big action feel. But the game would be nothing without hot cars and crazy-fast chases. So that is what we're delivering — explosive racing that will have players flirting with disaster at 200-miles an hour.

Platforms:

Need For Speed : The Run will be launched for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Microsoft Windows, Wii, Nintendo

Microsoft Windows predicted System Specification/requirements :

CPU (Processor) Requirement(s)	Core i3-540 3.06GHz or Phenom II X4 805
GPU (Graphics) Requirement(s)	GeForce GTS 240 or Radeon HD 6750M
Ram required	3 Gigabyte (GB)
Hard Disk Space required	9 Gigabyte (GB)
Version of Direct X required	9