Uh oh. This doesn’t sound very good. According to the video review for EA’s upcoming transamerican racer, it’s only got around two hours of actual racing. That figure doesn’t include the cut scenes, menus or retries but it does account for all the actual interactive game elements.
That seems shockingly short and with the structure of the game being tied into a story, the prospect of replaying sections might be limited too. Of course, two hours of the best racer ever might be well worth retail price but that depends on NfS: The Run having something amazing hidden under its bodywork.
We’ve been trying to get review code ourselves but as yet, we’ve had no response from EA.
Source: GameTrailers
Paranoimia
Didn’t think much of the demo so was planning on avoiding it anyway. Now I’ll avoid it like the plague.
To be honest, didn’t bother with Hot Pursuit either. Not really a fan of arcade racers. Enjoyed Burnout Paradise and I like the Motorstorm games, but other than that… only really like GT and the more ‘sim’ style racers interest me.
BIGAL-1992
Something’s not right here. Either someone is very good at racing game or this game is shockingly short.
Nylon_Crash
Didn’t really love the demo, but put it on my rental list to give it another chance. Guess it will only be an evening play then…
Tuffcub
Who cares, just look at the tits! PHWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAR!
Forrest_01
After this news, that may be the best marketing strategy/statement. :)
Tuffcub
It IS their marketing!
Kennykazey
This means I wont feel any bad at all for passing up on it.
Zephyre
I’ve got a pre-order from HMV at £25 for this (one of their regular price cock ups). Looks like it might be overpriced at that.
hazelam
might be better of getting a cheap copy of the Cannonball Run. (^_^)
actually, now i think about it, i did get a copy free with a paper some time ago.
moshi
Oh don’t I feel silly for pre ordering now.
ron_mcphatty
Did you get a good deal?
CoD sucks
I don’t get why everyone thinks the demo was bad. It just seemed like a pretty decent racer to me, and I loved hot pursuit so I’ll get this day 1.
hazelam
i don’t think it was bad, i just think it could have been a demo from any of the last half a dozen or so need for speed games.
Smallville2106
Cancelled my pre-order and will wait till more people have played and a price drop. Definately still picking it up but just not at full price.