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May 13 2005
Free Running
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| Made By: Eidos Interactive
Release Date: November 01 2005
Eidos announces Free Running, the world's first ever video game based on the urban phenomenon of parkour. Parkour, the art of movement, is less a sport and more a way of life. Its participants, known as Free Runners or Traceurs, view the environment and its obstacles, urban or natural, as a series of challenges to be overcome. To the Traceurs, parkour has a philosophical appeal: they feel transformed by the experience, free from the grind of city life. Since its inception in Paris during the mid-1980s, it has spread across the globe and now has an international army of exponents and enthusiasts.
In Free Running, the concrete jungle becomes your urban playground as you run, vault, jump or climb over obstacles in the most fluid and flowing manner possible. Test the boundaries of human ability as you perform death-defying leaps and jaw-dropping trips across inner-city rooftops. To be crowned King of Parkour, you must master over 50 moves, tricks and stunts including 'Kong Vaults', 'Pharaoh Climbs', 'Rail Split Vaults' and 'Vertical Wall Runs' in a variety of game modes while racing against human or computer-controlled competitors.
Free Running has been developed in association with Sebastien Foucan, one of the French founders of the movement, and the UK's foremost Parkour collection, Urban Freeflow. To aid your progress, Sébastien appears in the game as your mentor, teaching you new moves and tricks. Members of Urban Freeflow also make an appearance as unlockable playable characters.
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05/13/05
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popoposter
| New Jersey USA
05/13/05
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andyz
| New York USA
I remember reading about Parkour in a New York Times article several months ago... never thought it would popular enough to justify a PSP game... guess I was wrong.
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05/13/05
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PrinceTuan
| Alabama USA
damn....when i first read the preview i was like...wtf is this crap...but after watchin the video...man it makes me wanna jump off buildings and .......now i can do it in a game...and not die...lmao
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05/13/05
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Agent808
| Hawaii USA
kind of like tony hawk without the skateboard lol. anyways, sounds like an interesting idea and the graphics look nice. the video looks pretty cool but i was just waiting to see some ninjas pop out and using some cool kung fu while jumping around all over the place swingiing from lightpoles lol.anyways, very interesting heres the link to ign screens and video.
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05/13/05
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Rock
| California USA
I first heard about "free runners" in a comic book called "Global Frequency". It's written by one of my most favorite authors, Warren Ellis. Anyway, there is an issue of Global Frequency where a free runner is the only person able to cross New York City in time to difuse a "dirty bomb". I was wondering if free running was a real thing or just something Warren Ellis made up. Now I know. I have to google this.
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05/13/05
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Sk8trsRul15
| North Carolina USA
OK, what has this world come to where we can make a game where you run. RUNNING IS NOT SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN MAKE A FULL GAME ABOUT!!!!!! Personally this will either be somehitng that you pick up for 5 minutes when your waiting during commercials, not a game where you can pick it up for 2-3 hours and strait play.
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05/13/05
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AlgaeEater
| California USA
I'm as open minded as the next person... but something about playing a game based on running just doesn't seem too enthralling.
To be honest, I felt like actually going to my local park and start running after seeing that clip. It reminds me how good one can feel with some creative physical activity. It kinda makes me miss my track days in high school!
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05/13/05
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molton
| Rhode Island USA
andyz said: "I remember reading about Parkour in a New York Times article several months ago... never thought it would popular enough to justify a PSP game... guess I was wrong."
I thought so too, maybe they got had a really good idea for this kind of gameplay, it does look very interesting
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Yet another horrible business decision. Can anyone name a commercially successful game that caters to such an obscure niche market like that?
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05/13/05
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devilock
| Australia
Gimmie a "C"
Gimmie an "R"
Gimmie a "A"
Gimmie a "P"
What's it spell?
Where the HELL are the RPG's! Ugh! I'm going to go puke somewhere! Next up, Virtual Yo-Yo...where you can master over 25 timless yo-yo tricks!edited: May 13 2005
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05/13/05
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namtastic
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Sounds good to me -- all the best parts of (the newest) Prince of Persia in a free-form environment without all of those repetitive battles, or snarky attitudes. And then throw in the fact that you're racing. Sounds sweet.edited: May 13 2005
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05/13/05
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GT
| Masschusetts USA
Let's roll around a sticky ball with a funny japanese name. Let's run around whacking apes with a stick. Let's beat up hookers who don't pay us respect.
Almost every game idea sounds crazy or stupid. That doesn't make them bad games.
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05/13/05
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Apoklepz
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05/13/05
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Kirellon
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"Let's roll around a sticky ball with a funny japanese name. Let's run around whacking apes with a stick. Let's beat up hookers who don't pay us respect.
Almost every game idea sounds crazy or stupid. That doesn't make them bad games." - GT
Excelent, I was thinking the very same thing when reading the negative reviews. I guess you beat me to the post =)
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05/13/05
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FilmGeek
| Arizona USA
Yeah if you go and watch the videos of these guys doing this then you might understand on how the game might be fun.
I'm not saying its gonna be an amazign game but i expect it to be atleast fun for an hour or so; hopefully it will be a good game.
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