However, to balance that, splash in a bit of Xbox Live support, and you've probably got the coolest multiplayer racing game ever made. On the negative, Burnout 3: Takedown's primary weakness is a rubberband AI that is too unintelligent to compete with you on the track, so it's given a teleporting ability that keeps it within six seconds of being behind you. It's a very different experience, as it's nowhere near as organic, but in the end, it makes for much more even multiplayer, as no one can pull that far ahead too easily. Instead of the sweet spot that you had to aim for previously, this time you've got the ability to go into 'aftertouch' once you've crashed, and miraculously steer your car while it's crashing, all to the effect of getting precious score multipliers, cash bonuses, and crashbreaker explosions that rip everything up. Instead of the thirty or so junctions of old, you've now got one hundred. From the racing end of things, each of their many modes is well built, played out on massive tracks, with a new boosting system that rewards you for taking risks, but is focused primarily on the takedown, wrecking your opponent's car.Ĭrashing too has changed. I can't say that you'll strike gold in the very first race, but I can guarantee that, if given any time at all, Burnout 3: Takedown will make it onto the 'oft played' section of your console game shelf.įocusing on both straight up races and crash junctions, it makes good use of its gameplay modes by giving you many different ways in which to compete.
Now, with Burnout 3: Takedownobviously a lucky number, EA has struck absolute gold with this title. Fortunately, I've never acted on this impulse, but I haven't needed to. The advantage of this fictional city is that it's been custom built to drive in, and the corners, ramps, short cuts and so on that are littered liberally around mean it's always a fun place to be.Īs long as realism isn't your thing, Burnout Paradise City is the perfect driving playground.It's hard to drive through an intersection without thinking to myself, 'Gee, this would make a great crash junction. Visually, the cars look great, the damage modeling is just what you would want, and the city is wonderful to look at, at night or day. Some people may find the lack of defined structure a pain - you are never told to do anything, just enter competitions at your leisure, but you soon get into the rhythm of the game. Alternatively, you can just drive around the enormous open world of Paradise City. There are numerous challenges from straight races to Road Rage, where the objectives is to takedown a number of other racers before you destroy your vehicle and Marked Man, where you have to reach a destination before pursuers destroy you.
This is all about adrenalin fueled, over the top, and psychotically dangerous racing.
Crashes, as fans of Burnout will tell you, are not done better anywhere else, and they are well integrated into races (after a big crash you have a running start!). The physics are convincing while the handling of the cars is forgiving enough to permit long drifts and ridiculous jumps and crashes. If you demand realistic handling and simulation from your racing games, Burnout Paradise is not for you. These criticisms can't detract from what is an absolutely fantastic arcade racing game.
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