{{About|the video game|the athletic discipline|Freerunning}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}} {{Short description|2007 video game}} {{Infobox video game | title = Free Running | image = File:Free_Running_PlayStation_2_Cover_Art.jpg | caption = | developer = Rebellion Developments <small>(PS2, Wii)</small><br />Core Design <small>(PSP)</small> | publisher = Ubisoft, Reef Entertainment, Graffiti Entertainment | composer = Martin Iveson | released = {{vgrelease|AU|19 April 2007<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jastrzab |first=Jeremy |date=March 19, 2007 |title=Updated Australian release list, 19/03/07 |url=http://palgn.com.au/article.php?title=Updated+Australian+release+list%2C+19%2F03%2F07&id=7015&sid=5f3a4e4f9ced38f80ec67da8267b8031 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070324120516/http://palgn.com.au/article.php?title=Updated+Australian+release+list%2C+19%2F03%2F07&id=7015&sid=5f3a4e4f9ced38f80ec67da8267b8031 |archive-date=March 24, 2007 |access-date=November 29, 2024 |website=PALGN}}</ref>|EU|20 April 2007}}'''Wii''', '''Windows'''<br />{{vgrelease|EU|1 October 2009|NA|28 April 2010 <small>(Wii)</small>|NA|3 December 2019 <small>(PC)</small>}} | genre = Sports, platforming | modes = Single-player, multiplayer | platforms = Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable, Wii }} '''''Free Running''''' is a 2007 video game for the PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable, Wii and Microsoft Windows, developed by Rebellion Developments and Core Design and published by Ubisoft,<ref name=eurogamer>{{cite web |url=https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/free-running-review |title=Free Running (PlayStation 2) |author=Dan Whitehead |date=10 April 2007 |website=Eurogamer |publisher=Gamer Network |access-date=6 July 2010 |quote=Free Running is a noble effort to apply the platform game template to a seemingly appropriate real world pastime, but it's hamstrung from the start by gameplay that is neither agile nor fluid enough to deliver an engaging experience, and by a concept that is considerably less unique on a joypad as it is in reality.}}</ref> Reef Entertainment, and Graffiti Entertainment. A Nintendo DS version was planned, but cancelled.<ref>{{cite web |title=Free Running – Release Details |url=https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/ds/997391-free-running/data |website=GameFAQs |publisher=GameSpot |access-date=18 January 2021}}</ref> The game was originally due for release in 2005 but was delayed due to apathy from its original publisher, Eidos.<ref>{{Cite journal |date=January 2007 |title=Free Running Preview |url=https://archive.org/details/edge-020/Edge-171/page/32/mode/2up |journal=Edge Magazine |issue=171 |pages=32}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |date=February 2007 |title=Free Running Review |url=https://archive.org/details/edge-020/Edge-172/page/82/mode/2up |journal=Edge Magazine |issue=172 |pages=82}}</ref>
==Gameplay== ''Free Running'' is a freerunning sports game, with mechanics similar to those found in skateboarding titles such as the ''Tony Hawk's'' series.<ref name=eurogamer/> The objective of the game is a representation of freerunning, and players must demonstrate speed alongside flamboyance.<ref name=eurogamer/> The player is required to navigate their character through an urban environment by climbing, leaping, wall-running and other acrobatic maneuvers. Points are earned by performing combinations of such moves, and completing mini-challenges such as checkpoint races. Sébastien Foucan, the inventor of freerunning, is your mentor and guides you through the game's tutorial in the PS2 version.<ref name="smh"></ref> He was removed in later ports. The Wii port is played with either the Wii Remote and Nunchuk or the Classic Controller.
==Reception== {{Video game reviews | MC = (PSP) 65/100<ref name=mcpsp>{{cite web |url=http://www.metacritic.com/games/platforms/psp/freerunning |title=Free Running (psp: 2007): Reviews |publisher=Metacritic |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080913094256/http://www.metacritic.com/games/platforms/psp/freerunning |archive-date=13 September 2008 |url-status=dead |access-date=7 June 2018}}</ref><br />(PS2) 61/100<ref name=mcps2>{{cite web |url=http://www.metacritic.com/games/platforms/ps2/freerunning |title=Free Running (ps2: 2007): Reviews |publisher=Metacritic |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080913121849/http://www.metacritic.com/games/platforms/ps2/freerunning |archive-date=13 September 2008 |url-status=dead |access-date=7 June 2018}}</ref><br />(Wii) 51/100<ref name=mcwii>{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/free-running/critic-reviews/?platform=wii |title=Free Running for Wii Reviews |publisher=Metacritic |access-date=7 June 2018}}</ref> | Edge = 7/10<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Free Running (PS2) |magazine=Edge |issue=172 |date=February 2007 |page=82}}</ref> | EuroG = 5/10<ref name=eurogamer/> | GMaster = 75%<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Free Running (PS2) |magazine=GamesMaster |date=May 2007 |page=71}}</ref> | OPMUK = 6/10<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Free Running (PS2) |magazine=PlayStation Official Magazine – UK |issue=5 |date=April 2007 |page=96}}</ref><br />(OPS2) 5/10<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Free Running (PS2) |magazine=Official UK PlayStation 2 Magazine |issue=82 |date=February 2007 |page=75}}</ref> | PSM3 = 70%<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Review: Free Running (PS2) |magazine=PSM3 |date=June 2007 |page=78}}</ref> | VG = 5/10<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.videogamer.com/reviews/free-running-review |title=Free Running Review (PS2) |author=Will Freeman |date=22 April 2007 |website=VideoGamer.com |publisher=Resero Network |access-date=7 June 2018}}</ref> | rev1 = ''The Sydney Morning Herald'' | rev1Score = 2/5<ref name="smh">{{cite news |url=https://www.smh.com.au/news/game-reviews/free-running/2007/05/12/1178899166995.html |title=Free Running (PS2) |author=Eliot Fish |date=14 May 2007 |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |access-date=7 June 2018}}</ref> }}
The game received "mixed" reviews on all platforms according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.<ref name=mcps2/><ref name=mcpsp/><ref name=mcwii/> ''Eurogamer'' criticized the PlayStation 2 version's stiff controls and camera, leading to unease in performing tricks and combinations. It did not compare favourably to the fluid movement in ''Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time'' and ''Crackdown'' – titles that were deemed to be better free running games than ''Free Running''.<ref name=eurogamer/>
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