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PROBLEMS WITH GAME - RETURNED

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 5
Date: November 11, 2007
Author: Amazon User

GAME WOULD NOT PLAY. SELLER IS VERY NICE TO WORK WITH - NO PROBLEMS - GOT REFUND. WOULD BUY FROM AGAIN THOUGH!!

Super Overrated...

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 3 / 12
Date: October 02, 2004
Author: Amazon User

This is such a typical racing game, the reasons I hate racing games is the reason that this game has let me down big time. Why can't a racing game be made that doesn't have to cheat to win? I can't stand it when games do that. They can't make AI that can actully beat you so they make AI that cheats to make things close. I especially like the "Instant Catch", in other words when you are racing 1v1, to get that persons car, and you take him out and turbo away he will catch you within the next 10 seconds... So stupid it actually hurts. He catches you (theoretically by going twice your speed) and then BRAKES so you have a chance or something... bizzare. That and you can totally tell with this game that you are not racing 5 other cars, you are racing a team of 5 against you. This is especially evident in the GP. As the only competitor with ALWAYS get second place. If Third place is in second at the end of the map he will just explode and let Second place in. I laughed and laughed at that one. I love eliminator, the saving grace of this game. The Road Rage races are also fun, but sometimes a bit frustrating as the much toted explosions in this game are unreliable at best. I have exploded driving down the middle of a straight road before... just beacuse God hated me that race or something. The Special Event time trials are a joke. They are put in only to prolong the game (ala, you repeat over and over again until you either get lucky or you have momorized the map enough that you can do it with your eyes closed). As the rest of the game is arcade styled and can be beat within, say, 10 hours these are the only parts that are remotely difficult. The other thing that is annoying is the graphics, while they look nice they are designed to make things difficuly. You will find that in lots of parts the oncoming headlights will look exactly like the backgrounds. Well, phoey, I guess if you like these games you will like this one. I got it 'cause everyone said it was a great game for anyone, not just racing fans. *scoff*

Despite all the press raves, I am not thrilled

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 2 / 6
Date: July 30, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I had high hopes for this game. Nothing but glowing reviews from every gaming mag. Fanboy raves all over the internet. So I broke down and bought it for $20.

The first thing that hits you is that the music is horrible!!! The absolute worst music ever in a videogame! The Ramones song is the one and ONLY song out of the 44 worth listening to. The rest are lame sounding, hey-I-wannabe-a-rock-band-too songs. And you can't turn them all off, unless you turn the volume off. Then there's the Announcer/DJ. He's more annoying than the musical selection.

Ok. I bought the game to crash cars. Well, crashing is fun...for a while. There doesn't seem to be the sheer audacity in crashing cars that Burnout 2 had. In that game I cringed and "ooh"ed and "ahh"ed as I played and when I watched the replays of crashes. This one seems ho-hum. It seemed more like there was a "correct" path that had to be followed to get the proper damage than Burnout 2's sheer mayhem of destruction.

Then there are the long load times. Long waits await you before every race, before every crash event, even when you win a new car. (Why won't it let me skip pass the "you've have a new car in the garage" bit?) The new cars you win generally suck. They handle like GT cars. (ever tried to steer a block of ice around an icy path?) You get the idea.

Like another review said, the AI cars seem to cheat. They always seem to be on your tail even when you think you've clearly put distance between you. It's frustrating because you never get to drive flat out with with reckless abandon while you're in the lead. A computer controlled car is instantly there if a small driving mistake or wide turn is made.

After a few races and crashes this game gets to be tedious. I play it now to unlock everything and win all the gold medals, not
for the fun of playing. It's a shame, it almost seems like a chore.
The game does look nice, however. But being a gamer since the Atari 2600 came out, I can say that better graphics does not mean a better game. There are plenty of games out there in the 8-bit gaming world that are more fun to play.

worst car game ever made

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 16
Date: August 20, 2005
Author: Amazon User

DO NOT BUY THIS GAME the gameplay is crummy the music is crummy the graphics r okay dont waste your money

CHEATING at its best

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 6
Date: October 18, 2005
Author: Amazon User

it's cheat time with Burnout 3:Takedown. i completely agree with the reviewer Fitz. read Fitz's review, he thoroughly explains how this cheats in the extreme in detail. by the way, to all the programmers of this game at EA. GO TO HELL!!!! YOU'RE ALL A BUNCH OF MORONS. IF YOU CAN'T DESIGN A GAME TO PROVIDE LEGITIMATE COMPETITION WITHOUT CHEATING, YOU'RE NOT VERY ADEPT PROGRAMMERS ARE YOU?

Overhyped...

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 4 / 12
Date: October 30, 2004
Author: Amazon User

The reviews are in, and what they say is that Burnout 3 is the most incredible racing game ever made. What they don't say, is how it is rigged, the computer cheats, and vehicles are thrown at you for the hell of things. The action is intense, furious, and if you can keep your eye on the car, it is pretty fun gameplay mixed with incredible graphics and abysmal, I repeat, ABYSMAL in-game sound. But the best racer ever it is not.
Burnout 3 is all about speed, speed, and more speed. Your car blazes through each course. (Or crashes through each course, depending on how many cheap shots the computer wants to take at you.) This game game rivals F-Zero GX in speed, but not in overall quality. The artificial intelligence, and the lack of originality, are some of the poorest productions on a system. Oh, plus the dreadful music.
New features are introduced this time around, most notably being takedowns, where you do your best to bring your opponents down using a variety of different techniques, like slamming them into a wall. This is awesome to witness and pull off. Oh, at least for a couple of minutes.
The sound is the worst in any game that I have. I think Pong does game music more justice than this garbage. But wait, Pong doesn't have music! Well, nothing is better than this. Punk from terrible bands, except for the one Jimmy Eat World track, are mixed around like waste in a toilet. No rap anywhere, pathetic bands, and even worse song to game matches are all you need to turn the sound OFF. Somebody do me a favor and kill that "announcer" while you're at it, will ya?
Here's the bottom line. Burnout 3 is fun, if not impossible due to cheating shot constantly at the player. If you like racing, give this game a shot. It is hard to say stay away, but it is hard to recommend this standard and in some ways, very bad game, either.

Buyer Beware

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 3 / 9
Date: October 18, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I have been a long time fan of the Burnout games and this one could have been the best.....but I must say I have put Burnout 2 in a few times since I bought this one....The soundtrack is terrible....The worst of guitar bands you've never heard of....I wish they had left the generic music from Burnout 2 in there..It was much better...I, and many other buyers have been unable to play online at all, regardless of how we configure our ports and firewalls. Rent it, don't waste your money.

Realistic crash racing

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 3
Date: January 09, 2005
Author: Amazon User

The object of this game isn't hard to describe. You zip down streets in 160mph and you can take down your opponents by hitting their cars. Win races and you unlock more races and events.

Crashing the other players can be done various ways: slamming, shunting, boosting etc. This is the fun part of the game. When you race against someone, you can use some under the belt tactics and get more points.
However, if you slam into roadside objects or regular cars, you crash.
The car maneuverability is close to GT3, but naturally, it's meant to be non-realistic.

Pros in Burnout3:
# The variations
1. pure road races: you and 5 other racers
2. face offs: meet one opponent
3. crash courses: the objective is to crash into as many vehicles as possible
4. elimination: last one each lap is eliminated
5. road rage: slam into your opponents as many times as possible
# yes, it's addictive
# Burnout3 doesn't have the car modification overkill like GT3, but the racing aspect is still very good. You get new cars as you progress, but you can't modify them at all. You can slide through corners and catch air, just like GT3.
# crash realism. When you take out a car, it spins and crashes pretty realistically.

Cons
# Load time. A lot of the harder levels need a lot of retries. The load scenes are just too slow. Maybe it's showing the age of the PS2 console, but games like Jak& Daxter have found ways around this.
# The UI/navigation is generally annoying. For example auto-save, each time the the game saves your progress, it needs to load a section where the saving takes place. When it's done it says "auto save done, press X to continue". Not very auto then, is it?
There are a lot of "press X to continue". That might work in a PC game, but console games need a better/faster flow.
# Before each race, a famous radio DJ announces something. The amount of announcments get repetitive after a while.

I played this game on and off for a week, and mastered 70% of the game. I think I'm satisfied, time to return it to my extended library (BlockBusters).

Fast! Flawed.

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: May 27, 2005
Author: Amazon User

The graphics on this game are really quite nice. When you're going fast, you feel like you're going fast. And the crash game is addicting. Watching the slow motion explosions is a highlight. I only wish it didn't take so long to load up between tries. Another complaints are that there aren't enough courses. And the computer cars are always right behind you. If I'm racing perfectly, then screw up at the last turn, I should be way ahead. The computer cars cheat too much here. And I keep getting all these new cars for winning races, but I CAN'T USE THEM! That's a real weak situation.

A complete crash-out!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: September 12, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Burnout 3 is highly better than the previous two particularly because EA games did this one and they are one of the greatest game industries. The objects of this game are 1) to win races and earn medals across the world. 2) To take out your opponents by ramming them off the road. 3) To make the biggest crash you possibly can and see how much $ damage you've caused. The cars are standard: compact, coupe, sports, super; and the graphics are dazzling, especially the special effects like when you're going fast and the screen gets blurry. The all-new Impact Time is one of the sweetest features in the game; you get to navigate your crash and steer your car, great for aftertouch takedowns. I've searched and searched and can find absolutely no flaws in this game. It's overall a greating racing/crashing game that's very fun and addicting. Enjoy! :)

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