Talk:Need for Speed: The Run

Edit request from Jordan.benn, 11 June 2011

Hey, can you please edit the page with update information about the trailers that have been released? It looks like it won't just be a driving game, and for the first time you will be able to get out of your car (http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2011/jun/07/need-for-speed-e3-2011-preview)

If you could add something like this :

Not done: please be more specific about what needs to be changed. You'll need to state exactly what you think should be added; that review is fairly long, so I'm not sure what would be best. After you make a suggestion, please change "answered=yes" to "answered=no" above, and that will reactivate the request. Qwyrxian (talk) 07:11, 14 June 2011 (UTC)

Gameplay Information

A series of trailers have been released, with only 2 released to the public so far. As well as this, there has been a press release at the E3 expo, with the executive producer at EA, Jason DeLong, explaining that "At certain moments through the game, Jack will head off on foot. For the most part, these short, intense and crucially interactive sections will work instead of pre-rendered sequences to move the story along." (Insert reference to guardian.co.uk link up there).

This means that for the first time ever in the NFS series, you as a player will be able to leave your car, for what would appear to be action sequences, no doubt made possible due to the new Frostbite engine.

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Would really appreciate it. Thanks in advance, Jordan.Benn Jordan.benn (talk) 06:26, 11 June 2011 (UTC)

Incorrect Info

"making it the first title in the series to use real locations."

This is false. Need For Speed: High Stakes used some real locations as well as did ProStreet. Need For Speed: Shift uses some existing race courses as well. In addition, Hot Pursuit (2010) referenced the Pacific Ocean on it's map. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.78.59.222 (talk) 04:12, 7 November 2011 (UTC)

I have a doubt that High Stakes may not be the first one that use real location; location may be used as a reference only, unless it can be verified that its road are based on the route of the real location (like certain tracks appeared in Gran Turismo 2.) Similarly, 2010 Hot Pursuit are inspired on the real location, but not the real one itself. I don't have objection on real location of Shift, but I believe "The Run" is the first one that use real location in its entirely, not just a circuit-based on the simulation-styled game. --G(x) (talk) 05:48, 7 November 2011 (UTC)

Shoes Section Needs Work

"The shoes, beyond an Need for Speed detail, look like they were discovered in some box at the back of the Adidas warehouse, intended as a promo piece for the 1992 Spike Lee joint Malcolm X."

This sentence makes that portion of the article seem like an editoral and should be removed. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.78.59.222 (talk) 04:15, 7 November 2011 (UTC)

The sentence has been copied from the reference (specifically, first paragraph) and you can remove it immediately as a copyright violation; no need to be discuss on this page. Should you choose to gain consensus, however, you are welcome to do so. --G(x) (talk) 05:51, 7 November 2011 (UTC)

Unreferenced info

Do I need to say anymore? How would anyone dispute me if I, all of a sudden, said that this game will also be released for ... say, N-Gage or Android? Fleet Command (talk) 17:57, 9 November 2011 (UTC)

WP:SOFIXIT. If you see something wrong you're the most likely person to actually fix it. --Teancum (talk) 17:02, 11 November 2011 (UTC)

Proposed merge with List of Need for Speed: The Run characters

Not sure about this. Need for Speed: The Run is just about at the size where a WP:SIZESPLIT is appropriate, but the list of characters, stripped of cruft and plot explication, isn't much of an article and is unlikely to ever be properly sourced. In the absence of enough secondary coverage for summary style to be feasible I think upmerging is probably the most practical solution. – Arms & Hearts (talk) 11:02, 23 November 2013 (UTC)

• Support Partial Merge - The backstory-esque information in List of Need for Speed: The Run characters is unnecessary WP:CRUFT and therefore unnecessary WP:SPINOUT. Any necessary character attributes (which are very few) can be merged into the main plot and kept to ~700 words total per WP:PLOTSUM. We don't need excessive plot details such as "He is currently married and he is waiting a first-born", nor WP:GAMECRUFT like "They both drive modified Nissan 370Zs. Nikki drives a white 370Z, while Mila drives a yellow 370Z." Such information is for other sites such as the Need for Speed Wiki. Wikipedia is to provide a basic overview. --Teancum (talk) 15:21, 29 December 2013 (UTC)

Support merge - The characters page seems to be very short and looks like a snug fit under a Characters section in the main article. Ithinkicahn (talk) 06:44, 30 January 2014 (UTC)

Support merge - Trim down and summarise in plot section. The1337gamer (talk) 19:24, 4 March 2015 (UTC)

Merge - Characters doesn't seem to be notable to have it's own page especially with the lack of references. TheDeviantPro (talk) 02:10, 8 March 2015 (UTC)

Is the "director" really Stanley Kubrick

I think that's a mistake here somehow. How was he involved at all in this game? Considering he died over a decade before the game's release. 201.213.20.211 (talk) 21:46, 24 August 2014 (UTC)