The level design has become muddy and you spend too much time afraid, not looking forward to the next moment. It was always supposed to be over the top, but it becomes so far removed from the notion of speeding in a car on a highway with its vehicular pinball and dark color palette, you start wondering if they played the same Burnout. Revenge is of the louder, faster school of sequel development and in Burnout’s case, they went too far. EXHIBIT A: Burnout: RevengeĪ direct sequel to Burnout 3, Burnout: Revenge (2005, PS2, Xbox, X360) just does not scratch the same itch. What has the studio behind Burnout 3, Criterion, been up to since and how does their later output compare to the classic? With the recent news of Criterion now downsized to just 16 people with the majority of the former team now comprising Ghost UK (working on Need For Speed: Rivals under their Sweden based parent studio), it is a good time to review what became of the ultimate arcade racer.
But regardless of how we did, since it’s my own game, it can never be a replacement for the original for me. While as I wasn’t in a creative lead position, I put everything I had towards recreating the sensation I had when playing Burnout 3. I even made a game in the same vein ( Ridge Racer Unbounded, 2012, PS3, X360, PC). I’ve been looking for a replacement ever since. My favorite game industry geek-out moments have been those spent working and hanging out with guys who crafted it. The other contestants ( Ridge Racer, OutRun) are good in some things, but they can’t offer the breadth and depth and generosity of Burnout 3. Its impeccably crafted highways that demand excessive speed or you feel like you’re doing them a disservice, its kilometer-long drifts, its picture-perfect scenery blazing by, its blink-and-you’re-gone, laughter-inducing crashes with cars flying hundreds of meters into the air – it is the perfection of the arcade racer form. The best car/ driving/ racing/ speeding/ adrenaline/ wheels game of all time is Burnout 3: Takedown (2004, PS2, Xbox).
BURNOUT 3 TAKEDOWN PC PORT FULL
It’s the first console game I bought on launch day, at full price.
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