Need for Speed: The Run обзавелся первой рецензией опубликованной в популярном игровом журнале Game Informer, который удосужился оценить проект в скромные 7.75 баллов.

Rayman Origins – 8.5
Saints Row: The Third – 9
Battlefield 3 (PC) – 9.5
Battlefield 3 (PS3/360) – 9.25
Need for Speed: The Run – 7.75
The Lord of the Rings: War in the North – 5.5
Spider-Man: Edge of Time – 6.5
Sonic Generations – 6.75
Disney Universe – 6.5
Skylanders: Spyro’s Adventure – 8
The Sims 3: Pets – 7.5
Rocksmith – 8.25
Ace Combat: Assault Horizon – 8.25
Payday: The Heist (PC) – 8
Payday: The Heist (PS3) – 6.5
Crysis – 8.25
Uncharted 3 – 9.5
Ratchet & Clank: all 4 One – 8.75
Forza Motorsport 4 – 9.25
The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword – 10
Super Mario 3D Land – 9.5
Solatorobo: Red the Hunter – 7.5
Kirby’s Return to Dream Land – 8.5
Professor Layton and the Last Specter – 8.5
Might & Magic Heroes VI – 8.25
Okabu – 8
Guardian Heroes – 8.25
Just Dance 3 – 6
NASCAR Unleashed – 7
A Game of Thrones: Genesis – 6.75
House of the Dead: Overkill – Extended Cut – 8
Hulk Hogan’s Main Event – 1