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Another solid racing game from the Burnout series.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: June 01, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Burnout has been a long-standing staple for arcade racing fans. The incredible speed and incredible crashes make the game an adrenaline junkie's dream. The latest installment continues to deliver. While I rate this game on it's own merits, I cannot ignore past iterations in my review.

With Revenge, we are treated to some new ideas and innovations on the forumla. Now, not only can you hit the rear ends of traffic going the same way, you are encouraged to. What this means is thankfully less crashes to endure during a race. Unfortunately it takes away some of the skill required for earlier Burnout games. It also reduces the realism factor which I thought Burnout had a good balance of before. There is a revenge takedown now which involves crashing the opponent who previously wrecked you. For the games namesake, this technique is basically like all other takedowns. It's not even a signature takedown, but these do return and are still tricky to pull off.

The levels and tracks don't seem to stand out as different from one another. They all blend together in an urban nightmare kind of feel. Both the background and foreground scenery isn't as appealing as it has been. Since racing games are mostly about the cars and the road, this hurts the gameplay a little. The method for unlocking new levels has you bouncing from one level to another and back again over and over. There isn't much cohesive 'advancement' through the areas. You never get the chance to get a good feel for an area until you have played through the vast majority of the game.

The crash mode is back and is better than the last game. No longer are there crashbreaker pickups and score multipliers. You are free to go where you please to start a crash and your crashbreaker builds up relative to the mayhem you cause. This makes crashing into the same scenario over and over much more fun and varied. The ability to use any unlocked car in most crashes makes it even better. What I still dont' care for is the post-crash camera, which is supposed to survey the roadway and display all the scrap metal you tore up. It doesn't follow the roadway well and you can't rotate it or do anything but watch it's pure befuddled simplicity. While better than Burnout 3: Takedown, it's not nearly as good as the reigning Burnout 2's crash mode.

The graphics are still impressive for PS2 and the sound does it's job marvelously. The music, however, may not be what you'd expect. The usual mix of alternative rock, punk and surf-rock returns... but in a typically ignorant EA move, you cannot turn off ANY of the tracks. You can set each song to Menu Only, Race Only or Both. With almost 50 songs that all sound alike with little variation in genre, you'll probably want to set the annoying ones to Menu Only and save the really good songs for Racing. What Burnout needs to do is add a heavier set of music and/or some high-energy electonic music.

Proving itself yet again, Burnout Revenge keeps you glues to your seat with the kind of amazing arcade racing fans love. While the core racing is the same, the new gimmicks don't add anything significant to gameplay, and the crash mode makes a slightly stronger showing.
If arcade racing, adrenaline-fueled speed and glorious sparks-flying crashes are your thing, you absolutely must play Burnout and you can't go wrong with what Revenge offers.

Another great addition to the Burnout series.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: August 22, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This is another great Burnout game. Some people think it is less challenging and it is but thats ok because in this game you can ram right into the traffic that is in front of you. That means you don't have to dodge traffic and that is why people think it is less challenging. The only traffic you can't hit are larger vehicles and oncoming traffic. You can still takedown your rivals in this game. Everything about this game is still really good and they changed somethings in this game like the crash event. You'll hear people cheering as more and more cars get into the pile up. The start is much different you have to focus on this start its not too bad but you'd better be careful with the start. And of course the crash events still maximum destruction.

Better, but worse

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: December 20, 2006
Author: Amazon User

If you played Burnout 3, and you found out about this game, you may be excited, and there is reason to be. The difference is:

Crashbreaker in races
Alternative Routes
Now you can take your revenge
Hit same way small traffic for boost
Seemingly better soundtrack
No more commentator
Stickier and messier physics n-gin
More bugs and grahic glitches
No single player arcade (only carrer, mulitplayer, online)
More compllicated then neccesary crash mode
Car crashes can be repetitive

Still, you can get Burnout Revenge, and you'll love it, even though it's not a long game. If you can, get Burnout 3 and Revenge. If you have a PSP get Brnout Legends for that, it has Burnout 3's physics engine which made every takedown and crash unique. Wait for Burnout 5 for the next-gen. Still, I gt my money's worth, although I did expect more. If you get it, you'll play it, and you'll like it, but I often put B3 back into my PS2 just for the single player road rage. If you want a new Burnout, there you go. Criterion should stick to it's roots, but cooperate with EA or else we'll get a game like Need for Speed. Fun, but not adrenaline pumping.

If you have one, get it for the XBOX 360, but it's not hard to settel for this one.

excellent

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: November 04, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I got this game on the 2nd and just had a chance to play it and what a difference in the graphics since most wanted came out. It has races from all need for speed games. The cop pursuits not sure how they are on this game i haven't gotten into any yet but i'm sure i will soon. I'm glad I ordered this one and didn't wait for the price to drop can't wait for the next installment if its anything like this one.

The Best Racing Game EVER!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: August 11, 2006
Author: Amazon User

This game is GREAT. It's perfect for anyone who's a Burnout fan or if you just wanna let all your anger out at rush hour traffic without hurting anyone. For people who hate traffic, check out "Traffic Attack" mode. If you just wanna get your race on, rhere's lots of sweet tournoments and races. What really makes this game great is the crashes. In fact, this game is all about crashes and playing dirty. It's also breathtaking how hast you can go. Overall, I can't find anything wrong with this game. This game gets a 5/5. Nice work, EA games.

Boring, Boring, Boring!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 4 / 22
Date: November 25, 2005
Author: Amazon User

A little truth in rating. I gave it one star because zero wasn't an option.
This game has its moments... ... and then there's the waiting.
Those moments of real excitement sprinkled in between endless, agonizing periods of waiting for the next scene to load. It's really slow!

I would never have purchased this game if I had known about this.

burnout Revenge

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: January 03, 2007
Author: Amazon User

about Burnout revenge this game is better than any games i never seen before because i thought that burnout3takedown is but i eko that burnoutRevenge is the better rating because i will rate this game a 5star in 10 outof 10 because this game i need to be rate.

I like, ownze this game

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: October 10, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Wow. An awsome sequal to Burnout 3. This is one of my all time favorite raceing games.

Pros:

Blowing up your rivals when they take you out.

Plowing threw trafic and nailing your rivals from behind with a taxi.

Beautifull tracks

Awsome graphics.

Cons:

The music 5uck5, turn it off.

Camera gets shakey when boosting.

The new launch bar in crash mode is stupid, getting a fast launch is next to impossible.

The cheering in crash mode can get on your nerves.

All and all an awsome game for anyone into raceing. get this game now.

PS2 Burnout Revenge

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 8
Date: October 27, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I bought this game for my grandson. He is 9 years old. He enjoys this game very much.

Burnout revenge

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 3
Date: November 03, 2006
Author: Amazon User

this game is a good arcade racer, and it has a good soundtrack. but i liked burnout takedown better

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