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BEST RACING GAME EVER!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 4
Date: April 05, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I think this is the best game ever because unlike other racing games when you crash it's more realistic .

not very fun.

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 2 / 15
Date: July 29, 2005
Author: Amazon User

this game has great graphics but something is just wrong with it. not real cars. on this game you win nice sports cars sometimes but whats the use of screwing it up by crashing all the time in this game. the whole game is based on crashing. pretty much only one thing is cool about this. the sounds of sports cars. i would by something else.

Hot fun title has many glaring faults!

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 6
Date: July 26, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Burnout 3 has been out for quite a while now and has been garnered a stint on the Greatest Hits line now which is great with a $20 price tag on it. I had heard nothing but ultimate praise for this game and had never played a previous version but $20 bucks was too hard to pass up so I bought it. First off for those interested. At $20 this game is definitely worth it.

The first day I played this game with several friends and we had a blast. Unfortunately there was only one course, one crash junction, and 3 identical cars available. This was frustrating to say the least as we wanted an enjoyable multiplayer game but seeing as how we had to spend several hours unlocking things we tired easily.

The game at first impression was great. Amazing speed and graphics, a lot of fun, and smashing each other up seems like it would never stop being fun. Well once my buddies left the game soured on me.

Single player is a drab experience. The first 30 or so events are a lot of fun and somewhat challenging with good racing and excitement. Problem is by about 30 events you have seen everything the game has to offer. They boast a whole ton of race modes in the description however many of them are the same thing. You really have time challenge, race (6 players or vs. 1), rage (destruction derby), and crash mode. Multiplayer has numerous options but most are only a variation of the crash game and the rest are only available online so I wouldn't know about them.

Crash mode was great fun. I love the wanton destruction and the after touch ability made getting the cash and powerups fun and challenging. Problem was there are an insane number of these in the game. We're talking like 70+ different junctions. I mean smashing into traffic is a lot of fun but try it 30 or 40 times in a row and you will get bored. Plus some intersections are not only difficult just downright stupid. To achieve gold you have to have the patience of a seamstress to constant replay over and over again as you try and blow yourself up and reverse directions to get 4x multipliers. Worse are the load times! Why so many and so long??? When I replay a level that just loaded why does it take forever and go back through all the original screens? Could have been done better.

When it comes to racing the most fun you will have will come early. The most enjoyment I had was the first 20 or so races. They are the most interesting to fight with the competition and really see some good crashes. Problem is the lack of diversification in races makes it really monotonous later on and as the competition gets better you just get frustrated more often. And as for unlockable cars. Yeah there are 70+ in the game but they are all the same! I mean for every class there are about 7 or 8 cars and they are either one of two body models with slightly different paint schemes and virtually no difference performance wise. Seeing as how you can change the color of any car the need for more of the same model in different paint scheme was unnecessary. Plus having to constantly win new events to unlock the same car over and over bored the heck out of me.

As you progress through the game and finally get better cars you will find the game starts to become almost unplayable. As speed increases the screen blurs. Add this to crazy backgrounds, intense light effects, and hard to see cars, tracks can quickly turn a person with 20-20 vision into a sniveling blind man. There just is too much going on in the environments for a person to be able to handle the high speeds of some of the cars. You will be smashing into obstacles and oncoming traffic all the time and swear you never saw it. Things like intense sun glare on the pavement hide civilian traffic almost to the point of stealth for instance. Worse is in some levels the crash physics are not always equal. On some tracks you can careen around the track at top speed clipping walls or other obstacles almost head on with no effect and in others if you so much as touch a wall it will crash you. This was my ultimate frustration. After 50+ gold medals I have the physics down pretty well in races only to have my time trial thwarted by rubbing a wall and going into an elaborate crash. This will frustrate anyone looking for the game to be constant over the course. It also makes the annoying time trial missions virtually impossible with some cars. These missions require you to run at top speed, almost constantly boost engaged without crashing once. Some tracks allow you one or two mess-ups but most of the advance courses require you to run a perfect lap. Add in that you can't see traffic or obstacles, boost blurs your vision, and the crash engine is not always equal. Makes these races a virtual frustration of agonizing proportions.

Overall I found the novelty value of this game great. It's basically Tony Hawk with cars. High-speed arcade fun with a lot of annoying quirks. The music is nothing special. I could have cared less about most of it but some songs are decent. The graphics I'd say are slightly above average. Mostly the crash scenes add to my assessment but standard-racing scenes won't blow your socks off. Control is functional. There is a decent physics engine so it has some realism to it even though it's an arcade racer and that was nice. Story wise or evolvement was an utter disappointment. Screaming and swearing through one race just to unlock another one 173 times over with about 10 different cars (car types not individual models) doesn't have the kind of lasting appeal I expected from this title.

I would say Burnout 3 will deliver to the hardcore fans who loved the originals and newbies will like it for a bit but those average gamers looking for some fun may want to stay back and rent this title for a weekend as it will keep you entertained for a while but annoy you forevermore.

AWESOME

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 7
Date: September 11, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Burnout 3: Takedown is a REALLY TOTAL AWESOME game to play

I give it 5 Stars "Highly Recommended" REALLY TOTAL WORTH IT TO BUY & PLAY this game on the Xbox game system

Burnout 3: Takedown got REALLY AWESOME REVIEWS for this game

***This is a MUST HAVE GAME TO BUY & play***

fun at first but...

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 1 / 7
Date: March 21, 2005
Author: Amazon User

After reading all the rave reviews i decided to plunk down on this game. i should have rented it first. the graphics are good except for when you are going so fast you can't see the traffic in front of you untill you are smashing into it from behind whihc is fun at first but quicly becomes purely frustrating . i found myself squinting at a 37" tv set trying to pick out tail lights a mile ahead of me. in career mode you face a variety of challenges from racing to biggest crashes. racing is okay but the PLACE WHERE THIS GAME SHINES IS in the "Road Rage" challenges where have to run your fellow competitors of the road and into obstacles. this is tremendous fun and never gets old. however, road rage cometition makes up only a small fraction of the challenges and you are left with the lame stuff (crash party, fastest lap, etc)and long loading times in between. this game should have been all about Road Rage instead you waste your time on the tedious junk trying to get to the next RR challenge. ANOTHER PROBLEM is that even when you unlock larger vehicles you can't seem to access them. most of the challenges issue you a car to use where all you can choose is the color. collecting points and money is meaningless because you never unlock firetrucks or busses to play Road Rage events with. I DO NOT PLAY ONLINE but this would be a great game to have if you can play in road rage mode on line. other wise it's a GREAT RENTAL but a let down to own. this game can not touch my FAVORITE GAME "WIPEOUT" (PSX). none ever has. wish i could play Fusion.

It will take you down

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: September 11, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Great game. Super fun and lots of modes. To the other Laurel reviewer. You can use your soundtracks if you have ripped any CDs to your Xbox hard drive. Pretty cool. Most Xbox racing games can do this option.

Wow

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 5
Date: September 15, 2004
Author: Amazon User

OK here we go

Graphics: 9.95/10 Wow, there isnt much i can say about the graphics exept the 9.95.

Gameplay: 10/10 Exeptional gamplay

AI: 10.5/10 The AI in this game is amazing, they actually make you crash. Impressive.

Controls: 9.2/10 pretty good, A: is boost R is acc.

Sound: 9.3/10 Good sound, but OK music.

OVERALL: 10/10

wow. get it.

OMG!!!!!!!!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: September 17, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I own it, Played all 3 of them, this blows the rest of them OUT OF THE WATER!!!! NOTHING else to be said about the GREATEST RACING GAME EVER CREATED But BUY IT RIGHT NOW I MEAN RIGHT NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!

carpal tunnel syndrome

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 2
Date: September 24, 2004
Author: Amazon User

You will start playing this game and before you know it you will be pulled from your trance by the burning sensation in your eyes from not blinking for two hours and the burning sensation in your right hand from holding the R trigger down so hard for two hours.

I dont even like racing games all that much. This game is the definition of speed.

Cool

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 6
Date: September 27, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Burnout3 is a cool game.The crashes are cool and how you can control them too.The game modes are good also.

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