We played a couple nights ago, with Scotland Yard facing off against the Black Dragon Tong.
The two sides came to grips rather promptly with both sides coming towards each other around various buildings and obstacles at the run. The Black Dragons quickly got the upper hand in the melee.
It was interesting how that changed when the Scotland Yard player realized (it was his first game) that he could shoot one-handed weapons while fighting. Despite the Speed modifier, that genuinely seemed to make a big difference in the results.
I thought this was an interesting nuance in the rules that bore mentioning.