Daredevils can now unite for a new hype called Free Running. Forget about skateboards, running is the buzz word. And I'm not talking about running a marathon or running from your ex girlfriend... The city is your playground and this urban environment has got everything to offer for your standard fruitcake with a desire to die.

Free Running takes off where obscure French films left the subject. The necessity of this action is not clear and after playing Free Running this question is still not answered. But it could be a fun game, I suppose. The extreme sports boom has taken a dive and the only game worth mentioning remains Tony Hawk Skating of course. Nothing to feel sad about, the other extreme sports game where mediocre at best.

So Free Running is destined to die a silent death. The game doesn't succeed in leaving a statement and feels rushed at times. It all begins with a extremely boring training, pun intended. Your coach is a French Free Running legend which nobody knows and I doubt this will change in the future. He tells you what Free Running is all about and teaches you the main moves with a funny French accent. As if you're playing a Pink Panther game.

It's doesn't take a genius to notice the controls are remarkably stiff. Sure, I wasn't expecting the speed of Tony Hawk but this just sucks. It's like your jumping with a bag of potatoes on your back. Or maybe your character has gone out the night before and now feels the consequences. You never know with those lazy free runners, discipline is a word not found in the “Free Runners” dictionary. Somebody has to tell them Santa is the only guy allowed to walk on our roofs without asking permission first.

The graphics are ok, but ok just doesn't do it these days. The sounds are a mix of standard urban music and that pisses me off. I mean, Urban was the shit two years ago, nobody cares about this music anymore. Yeah, maybe some retards still listen to standard R&B, but I'm talking about the intellectually benefited people that know Urban doesn't sell anymore. Even Need for Speed is changing directions and that used to be the Urban master game... No more urban games for a long time, let that be a lesson for all developers trying to create a new urban game. We've had it with urban...