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Need for Speed: The Run Single Player Preview - Gaming Nexus

From preview: "The backend of the charcoal black BMW M3 struggled to grip the loose gravel as I sped along the dirt path along side the highway. The bouncing rear axle of the Bavarian beast was a reminder that the car was meant for solid pavement and not loose country back roads. I had elected to take this back road short cut as allow me to quickly bypass several of the my fellow racers as I needed every second I could get.

Why would I endanger a car worth more than most houses in America? Well, as Jackson "Jack" Rourke, you have made some bad decisions in your life and now some mob related folks are looking to collect on some debts. To pay these debts you’ve been entered in “The Race”, a 3000 mile trek from San Fransisco to New York to try and win a $25 million dollar prize that will get rid of these problems. Staking me in the race is your long time friend Sam Harper, who has fronted the $250,000 entry fee so that I can compete against the other 199 racers for the grand prize (where the remaining $25,000,000 in fees goes is not specified but you have to imagine that large, illegal, events like this one have high overhead and logistics costs). Why is she fronting you the money? Well she knows you’re one of the best car guys in the business and she knows that you’re a pretty sure bet to win the race."

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Need for Speed: The Run originally let you get out of the car without QTEs

“We really tried to break some new ground.”

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Ranking the Need for Speed games - from the bad to the great

Paul writes: "Without further ado, here is my list of the best and worst Need For Speed games in the history of the world! I'll run worst to best, so if you want to know which is the best ever Need for Speed game, you’ll have to read on."

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OneEyedSteve2154d ago

Most wanted 2012 imo was awful, on PS3 the graphics are dreadful, and the crash cam was very annoying. Rival is the worst imo, hated that game. My favourite is Hot Pursuit, great game. Also Shift 1&2 are really good.

OnlyThoseOnTheFence2154d ago

High Stakes will always be my favorite. Great cars, great music, and you could see through the windows which was pretty mind-blowing at the time. Best of all it was ricer-free.

steven83r2154d ago

Lame. The list doesn't even include any of the originals. NFS 1 and NFS hot Pursuit 1998. Must be a youngster who created the list.

CYALTR2153d ago

He clearly stated that being this was an Xbox centered site he was going to limit his list to games that released on some form of Xbox. He also stated he had been playing them since OG PLaystation, so pretty sure he's not a "youngster"

Retroman2154d ago (Edited 2154d ago )

From my personal experience NFS I personally don't like.......
The Worst : Underground 2 , Carbon, Prostreets, Undercover, Porche unleashed, Nitro, NFS World, 2012 Mostwanted, Rivals, 2015 Reboot last but not least Paycrap.
Best NFS I personally like :
All ps1 NFS : HighStakes (the best) including NFS 3 Hotpursuit , ps2 Hotpursuit 2 (Excellent game ) ..Underground ( Best so far)
2005 Mostwanted ( Excellent game) Shift 1/2 (Spectacular) remind me of GT , 2010 Hotpursuit Great game but race Waaaaaaay to long in my personal opinion . Last but not least The Run . these are my favorite NFS titles .
After The Run in my personal opinion NFS went down hill fast with Open world mapping crap, always online, multiplayer crap, alldrive, drifting in every freaking corners, no gripping anymore,autolog. None of this crapfest is NFS original formula. until Ea contract Ghost Games to return the original formula back in NFS it will always be Shitty game.

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10 Hollywood Actors You (Probably) Didn’t Know Voiced Video Game Characters

10 Hollywood Actors You (Probably) Didn’t Know Voiced Video Game Characters.

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blackblades3385d ago

Plenty of them that does VO for video games and animated films like batman movies.

GigawattConduit3385d ago

Huh, didn't know Steve Carrell did video games. That feels just so weird. Already knew Magneto was in Fable 3, but it took me a while to place him.

SpinalRemains1383385d ago

Don't step on Christopher Walken's lawn.