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Burnout on DS has problems, but it's still fun

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: May 09, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Taking in the Burnout series up to the point of Legends on the DS, Legends seems like a major letdown. However, the DS just isn't made for the graphics and gameplay complexities of the Burnout series. So lower your expectations, accept Burnout Legends for what it is, and you might find it somewhat enjoyable.

The good of the game lies in the inclusion of a good amount of tracks. For the most part, the tracks are fun and detailed. The cars are varied. A lot of people have griped about the car selection, but for the most part, I can see how the handling is varied and enjoy unlocking the different cars. While the control of cars is varied, the look of the cars leaves a bit to be desired.

Unfortunately, there's a lot of bad in this game. The two things that scream at you are what happens when things move too fast and aftertouch takedowns. Because of the graphic complexities, when things move fast on this game, the graphics look so choppy that you can't tell what's ahead of you. Furthermore, the way things like winnebegos magically appear in front of you is more than a little disheartening. As for the aftertouch takedowns, what more can be said. Whether you can perform it or not seems more like a game of chance than skill. It works nothing like it's supposed to. It seems like a glitch. The more you play Burnout on the DS, you start to spot a lot of these little glitches.

But in all the problems, it's still fun. You have to lower your expectations and imagine a dumbed down version of Burnout. It's not near as fun as the PS2 and Xbox incarnation, but for a little portable car crashing without the luxury of the "same" game on the PSP, this is OK, but don't pay too much for it.

Greatest DS title of all time, !@#* the PSP version!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 2
Date: December 30, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Great DS game, but the PSP version can just mop the floor with it!
Great graphics and game modes, I hate PSP!

Doubters are 100% wrong!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 3
Date: January 01, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I got this game a few days ago. It is GREAT! I love taking down the cars and the styles of the cars. GREAT!!!!!!! Doubters are VERY(x1,0000000000000000000000000000000000000000)
wrong!

TERRIBLE!

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 18
Date: April 15, 2006
Author: Amazon User

when I saw this game I went nuts,so when I got IT I put IN my ds immediately and started playing IT within 10 minutes I was bored and riped off so I went to game stop and traded burnout legends and the sims 2 ds whch i got riped off on too.So I gave my ds to my little 8 year old brother and im going to get a psp and burnout legends for the psp,overall IF you want a nintendo ds don't get one because the games [except super mario 64 ds]have poor and i mean pooooooorrrrrrrr graphics.

Poor graphics, almost unplayable aftertouch mode

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 2 / 9
Date: April 05, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I guess I made the mistake of enjoying the last few versions of Burnout on my xbox before I bought the ds version. I expected the same fun of crashing and racing but either the graphics hardware on the ds is sorely lacking, or the programmers shipped the game way too early because I've given up on the game after two plays.

A key component of Burnout is the matrix-style bullet time slow motion after a crash, when you do "aftertouch" crashes into other cars for points. On the xbox, this is an amazing slow motion spiralling camera sequence, but on the ds, my car would either not move at all (while magically crashing into others) or just jump from one location to the next.

The slow motion aftertouch stuff is key for the crash sequences, when you have to bounce off one car to hit others. The graphics and play was so rough I gave up after two plays and I'm going to sell this back to my local game shop used.

why was this game released?

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 2 / 8
Date: December 02, 2005
Author: Amazon User

This game is the worst game I have ever played, on any system, in the 25 years of gaming I know! this ds version takes the poop cake hands down. Shame on ea for releasing this game to the public and wasting our hard earned money let alone time! it deserves a zero! and should only be played with a labotomy!

a faithful transition?

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: December 26, 2005
Author: Amazon User

let me start out by saying this: Burnout Legends for the DS is fun. Not the same kind of fun you get from the console versions, but a different kind. This game's fun factor comes from blistering speeds, tearing your enemies to shreads and the sometimes awesome, sometimes funny (because of the bad physics engine) crashes. Seriously, the physics in this game are completely screwed up. You will get into some extremely bizarre crashes, some that really make you scratch your head. If you can learn to ignore the freakish crashes (an easy task for me) you will find a genuinely fun game. Here's the breakdown:
Graphics: 8/10- The cars all look pretty nice, as do the environments. There is some occasional pop-up, but it's nothing that really effects the gameplay.
Sound: 7/10- This game play generic rock during most of the races, but it's not totally unenjoyable. The crashes and stuff like that sound pretty good.
Control: 6/10- Control is where this game really falters. For the most part, you can get used to the controls. Many of the cars place a bigger emphasis on drifting, sort of like the Ridge Racer series. This might be hard to get used to at first, but it works out all right in the end. Some cars, however, just don't seem to work right. They can be much too hard to turn accurately. It's nothing that would ruin the game, as you can just choose a different car, but it would be nice if all of the vehicles available had good control.
Entertainment: 8/10- Control and physics problems or not, this is one enjoyable game. The intense speed, hair raising turns and bone-crunching crashes will leave your heart pumping after each playthrough, and in the end, isn't that what the Burnout series is all about?
Overall, Burnout Legends for Nintendo DS gets a 7.25/10.

NEVER COMPARE TO PSP VERSION.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 4
Date: January 24, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Okay Nintendo DS is graphically weaker then PlayStation Portable.And the developers pushed both versions to the limit.So be fair,okay if NDS was as graphically strong as PSP you could complain-But not this time.BurnOut 3:Legends is actually one of PSP`s Best Racing games,acording to reviews-and suprisingly i don`t see any PSP FansBoys or girls dissing it like they would usually do-But GameSpots review was not fair.Recommended if you own a NDS,if u own a PSP get that one-If you have both consoles get the PSP one(that was NOT a fanboy comment).

This game is not suited for small screen

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 2 / 4
Date: November 07, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I have played this game on the game cube and it was lots of fun. When I bought my DS-lite system this was the first game I bought. After playing it a couple of times, I realized that it was a strain for my eyes because the DS-lite screen is so small. The game is very good but not on small screen.

This is awful

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 3 / 6
Date: December 07, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I am a Burnout fan sice the 2nd game & have 39 DS games. Out of all the games I have ever played, this is the ONLY ONE so awful, that I brought it back to the store demanding a refund. There is absolutely NO AI!!! This means, instead of the rough & tumble action of fighting cars, they just race around the track in a line on a preset path. Its not fun. The crash mode is even worse, where there is only one or two cars to be seen, with crashes only reaching as high as 60,000 in damage. DO NOT BUY THIS GAME FOR YOURSELF OR AS A GIFT!

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