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Revenge Is Indeed Sweet

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 10 / 10
Date: September 14, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Ah, wonderful Burnout how I love thee. After picking up 2004's arcade racer of the year I was incredibly excited about hearing Burnout Renvenge to be released later this year. I became (and still addictied) all year round with the game, I have well over 8,000+ takedowns total & just love the hyperadiction nature of the game.

Burnout 3 Takedown changed how you look at a high paced, aggressive, balls-out fun racing game. The insane speeds & perfect framerate (Criterion the developer has never dissapointed me with a bad framerate) combo'd with the addictive nature of destorying your opponents & send then flying accross the road never fails to amuse.

Now with Burnout Revenge, the thrill has gone to new heights. One incredibly wonderful new feature is checking traffic. In the previous Burnout games, dodging traffic while trying to surivive and gain boost on the track was always a challenge. With BO:R the traffic you once feared is now a powerful weapon or shield, basically you run into other cars (some vehicles like buses, big-rigs will still make you crash) and boost them into your rivals, think of them like unguided missles at in your hands. Also the A.I. in the game is a ton more vicious than in Takedown which was just rubberband than anything else (rubberband is just the AI following you and just trying to kill you, no real strategy to dodge).

Making takedowns is a tad togher than before, in BO:3 just a simple push into a wall could make them fly into the oblivion, the cars are much more reasilient to damage and will take more effort to crush. If you happen to be crushed by another AI opponent, you can either do a afterdown takedown like in BO:3 of unleash one of the most desructive abilities you have to offer. In most game modes, you car is like a ticking time bomb, when you have been crahsed, you can activate the Crashbreaker Eliminators which will send everything around the explosion into the far beyond and gain you more boost sections to your bar ( In BO:3 by taking down more cars, your boost meter expanded and you could go faster an faster, and vice versa with your own crahses).

Some new and old modes have been put in, the Cop Pursuit mode from BO:2 is back and is as frantic as ever, with a cop trailing behind you, use the traffic as a weapon to slow down the cop and spped your way to victory, or you can also be the cop tracking down and destroying your rival. Traffic Attack is pretty much crashing in to traffic and scoring as many points as possible before the time is out, its fairly easy to get Gold medals but a fun mode nonetheless, plus a couple more I won't metion, you'll have to see for your self :D.

The track selection is very wide and lots of great new courses, BO:R has more wide open areas for fighting among cars which, also with the multi-tier tracks & shortcuts will be leaving you with a thumping heart rate & big grin on your face. Online is pretty much the same but its better and ranking & finding people to play (and the server is much more stable than when BO:3 launched, people were disconecting & making games were near impossible until EA fixed the servers). The ranking system is similar to games such as Rainbow 6 3 & Halo 2, as you get better and better, the searching system will find more people of your skill level, while some may like it other might not if you have a lower level buddy who just got the game and might not be able to join, but not a huge deal.

The soundtrack is better than last year's but still not very impressive, some artists like Andy Hunter, CKY, LCD Soundsystem, MxPx are the usual EA Trax fair but with the Xbox version I have you can still use you own soundtracks. Nothing like smashing your friends while listening to to Queens of the Stone Age, Motorhead & The Hiss, good times.

The graphics on both system are almost the same, the PS2 has better lighting and more spark effects while the Xbox has better car models & draw distance, not a huge deal which one you have, but the game is beautiful, running at a solid 60fps (the higher the fps, the more stuff can be moving, exploding around you without slowdown).

So why a 5/5? Its just as easily impressive from when I picked up BO:3, its hyperaddictive nauture just passes on to this sequel. Both games are worth having in your collection.

If you loved Burnout 3 or just looking for an incredible arcade racing game this season, there is no better choice than Burnout: Revenge.

Caffeine for your XBOX.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 28 / 32
Date: September 15, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I love the Burnout series, and it just seems to get better with each new reincarnation, Revenge is no exception. Instead of calling it Burnout 4, the name "Revenge" is implimented with the idea to get revenge on the other drivers if they take you down. It's a great new addition to an already fantastic series.

The game is faster, a lot faster. I can't believe the sense of speed in Burnout Revenge. Running at a blazing 60 frames per second at 200MPH is certainly a site to behold. No popup, no slowdown, just smooth blazing fast speed.

The most enticing new aspect is the ability to slam cars going in the same direction as you. One reviewer in here says it takes away the "charm" stating "to me the biggest rush in burnout 3 was going 200mph flying in between cars and knowing that one little mess up was going to send me flipping and slamming wildly into the wall." That's a good point, but you can still have that feeling when you choose to go in the opposite lane as on-coming traffic still can take you out just the same.

This trash every car idea was even turned into a full fledged mode called "Traffic Attack" that is strictly for smashing up cars. The goal is basically to destroy as many cars as possible within the alloted time. You get precious seconds added the more cars you smash consecutively. It's very fun mind you, but it's actually quite easy to get gold in this mode.

Opponents are very aggresive in Revenge. Cars will sideswipe you around like there is no tomorrow especially if you just sit there without defending yourself. If you get taken out directly be an opponent, you can acquire added bonuses for taking revenge on the car that knocked you out. The more revenge bonuses you get, the more goodies you'll tally up in the process.

Expect a lot more tracks in Revenge. While a few seem to be reminiscent of past Burnout games, most of these tracks are new and made from scratch. The game looks a bit darker this time around, and the tracks are longer and more grueling than ever. Still expect to attack downtown traffic infested cities, desolate crowded freeways, streets of Roman sites, wintery interstates and isolated country scenes. I still would have liked to see the "weather" factor return for Revenge and the ability to change the time of day, but that' just a little nitpick.

All the modes are back, Road Rage, single player, crash, and the new traffic attack which really adds some fun. Full multiplayer between 2-6 players is impliments online with all the modes offers. I haven't got a chance to play online yet, but you can bet your boots this game is just as fun playing online as it with yourself, and probably even more so for other gamers. If you have XBOX Live, you defintely should take the game online to rule the streets. The cars are still not authentic licensed vehicles, no Beamers, no Corvettes or Porshes. But the "creative" copies of actual cars look fantastic and they all look so cool, you wish they were actual cars. Licensed cars would have great with all the brand names, but most have a problem with trashing them in a video game, so this is how they go around it, they make up their own. And thanks to this being an "EA" game, if you have a Madden 06 save on your XBOX, you automatically get the "Madden Van" at the beginning of the game. E.A., always thinking of one more way to advertise their gridiron monster.

Burnout Revenge is better than all the Burnouts in the past. More modes, more cars, more tracks, more speed, more frenzied racing. It's the fastest racer you'll ever play and anyone, even non-gamers would probably have a blast with Burnout Revenge. A must have for XBOX owners.

Great game but its lost a little something

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 5 / 5
Date: September 15, 2005
Author: Amazon User

First off I would like to say that this is a really fun game. If you've played burnout 3 then this is very similar. It still has insane speed, outrageous crashes, and lots of different ways to play. I'm not sure if I just got too used to burnout 3 but I really didn't enjoy all the changes that were made to this game. Crash mode is probably my favorite part of the burnout series. I loved trying for the highest score in burnout 3 and searching for the sometimes elusive 4x all the while trying to create as much destruction as possible. Unfortunately crash mode has been revamped. Instead of hitting the gas in the beginning, you have this stupid "golf swing" meter to decide how fast you take off. Some may find this fun but I was really annoyed that I couldn't just take off and had to get my "swing" just right in order to go fast enough to clear a large cliff. They've also added wind as a factor so now you'll have to fight the wind as you fly off the ramp to your crash destination. I'm sure some like it but in my opinion this is supposed to be an arcade type game and I don't want to have to worry about wind or reving my engine via a stupid golf swing meter. The only new part of the crash mode that I did like is that there is now a target car that you need to crash to get bonus $$$. The problem is that when they give you the initial overview of the course it doesn't show were that target car will be. overall in my opinion crash mode went from a blazing hot perfect 10 to a ok, this is fun 8.

The other major feature that has been added is the ability to ram cars going the same direction as you. Now I will admit that raming a car and watching it go flying into a bus and creating a huge pile up can look great but to me the biggest rush in burnout 3 was going 200mph flying in between cars and knowing that one little mess up was going to send me flipping and slamming wildly into the wall. now I can just plow my way through traffic like a supercharged bulldozer. I wouldn't have minded if this was just a mode added into the game instead of a feature that has been incorporated into every mode in the game. It just took away that white knuckled feeling that burnout 3 had. Its not like I hate this game and I know I'll spend many hours working my way through all the modes but its always disapointing when a sequel isn't as much fun as the prior version. Instead of it going two steps forward I feel like this is one step back.

Unimproved Graphics -- No HD

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 3
Date: September 15, 2005
Author: Amazon User

The traffic checking is a cool new feature and it continues the fun of Burnout 3. But this title can't get a high rating from me because the graphics are unimpressive. They're a little more realistic and less cartoonish than 3, but the colors seem washed out.

Part of the problem is that I am playing this on a 61" DLP. Sadly, this title only supports 480p and that's just sheer laziness on the part of the developer. This should have been at least a 720p game to get a high rating from me.

I guess I'll have to wait until they release a version for the 360 and hope that they don't cop out there.

Crash mode Blows

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 4
Date: September 16, 2005
Author: Amazon User

All I will say about this awesome game is that if I wanted to hit a sweetspot on the crash mode, I would have bought a stupid golf game.

Slightly better than Burnout 3(which means its insanly good)

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 3
Date: September 16, 2005
Author: Amazon User

If this game is better than Burnout 3 then i would give it a 5.5 or 6 star rating the diffrence between this one and Burnout 3 are simple but efective first the graphics are way better not so much the cars cars but the effects(car grinding sparks,tackdown crash camera,parts falling off,etc.)and also if you have 5.1 surround in your crib you are in for a treat i've never heard anything better way better 5.1 than burnout 3,i've read other reviews that point this out as well,it's unbelievable.There is also some new modes that are cool,Beware this game is seriously addicting me and my wife are already fighting over the tv and at constant break neck speeds headaches are defintly in your future you just cant put the controller down even though you know you should becouse you have already been playing for 4 hours but this games to much more lets keep playing until we cant see sraight.Have lots of fun!!!!

Time for some Payback!!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 3
Date: September 16, 2005
Author: Amazon User

My favorite racing game just got better. Even more fun, longer tracks with alternate routes to take. More cars and colors to choose from...none of that just red, blue or black. And it seems like its alot harder to takedown a CPU car than it was in part 3. Plus you can easily tell that they tweaked the AI because the other racers always seem to be one step ahead of you.

Like the previous reviewer I hate the new target car in Crash mode. Its a random car and you don't know which until you crash into it or blow it up. I never really like Crash mode anyway.

The new Traffic killer is cool especially at high speeds. The cars you hit bump and crash into other suckers on the road like a pinball. But you will still lose everytime against oncoming traffic and diesels. Everything else is the same but better. If you loved Burnout 3 Takedown then you will surely love this one.

Also if you have a Madden 06 save you get the Madden van and if you have a Burnout 3 save you get some lame car. Its nothing special really.

Amazing game - totally updated and better than ever

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 12 / 14
Date: September 18, 2005
Author: Amazon User

If you check my other reviews you'll see that I really didn't like the updates and additions in Burnout 3. I loved Burnout 2 but B3's gimmicky icons and unfair AI made it frustrating to play beyond belief. Sure it looked nice; much better than the aging Burnout 2 but they fixed things that weren't broke.

Along comes Burnout Revenge and it's almost like the publishers realised their mistakes. Gone are the Nintendo icon collectables in crash mode and some good wholesome fair and fun gameplay is back. Of course it now looks better than ever - streets ahead of B3's water-down XBox graphics. Playing this game at 60fps on a big screen TV travelling at Burnout's trademark a bazillion miles an hour is a joy.

So what did they change? What did they fix? Major and minor stuff. Gone is the incredibly cheating AI of B3. Sure they stick close (and cheat a little!), but they're not 20 seconds behind only to suddenly appear in front of you because you're doing so well. Gone are the bonus icons of crash which I detested so. Gone is the simplicity of Road Rage, where a simply nudge will knock a takedown out.

What they have added first is the single most joyful addition - 'checking'. Or 'ramming any traffic going in the same direction as you and using the car as a weapon'. This makes the WORLD of difference when it comes to getting up to the high speeds. You now have a choice. Stay in your lane and check - you may be able to go faster, or alternatively risk it in the oncoming lane and gain considerably more boost. This makes the levels actually have strategy - especially on the improved multilayout levels, where you may have 3 or 4 secret tracks embedded within.

Also added is crashbreaker *during* races and takedowns. They even fixed the random camera angle during aftertouch - you can actually strategically use after touch to takedown one, two or even three cars behind you thanks to the smart camera. Then you set off a crashbreaker and all hell breaks loose.

Crash mode is back and better than even. Sure they have the 'takedown' car - a bonus car which offers lots of money, but it only has to crash; you don't have to hit it directly. So now you're free to experiment - no longer looking for the 4x bonus icon. And boy are the crash levels HUGE. I mean city huge in some places - they take place over multiple levels, tops of buildings all the way down the street. Hundreds of cars. And since you can check during crash mode you can set off multiple simultaneous crash systems by using a car as a battering ram. Crash mode is 1000 times better over B3.

Sure I have a few niggles with the game. In Crash mode you no longer control the speed of your vehicle during the crash. You set your speed at the start a la golf game controls. There's also crowd noises - cheers boos etc which I didn't like. But these niggles are more a case of me looking for faults than simply sitting back and enjoying an amazing game.

I could go on about the great progression system, the fantastic award cut sequences or the new race modes (Crashbreaker Eliminator for example). But I won't.

Burnout Revenge has redeemed the Burnout franchise. If you liked Burnout 2 (or even 3) then be prepared for a whole new experience with this game. Wonderful.

Slow down already!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 5
Date: September 19, 2005
Author: Amazon User

So I'm a huge fan of Burnout: Takedown, and I'm initially eyeing this release as suspect - it's either going to be the same game, or they're going to add some new element that's going to suck.

But no, basically they've made the best arcade racer, ever.

While Takedown gave you a sense of speed, this game makes you feel like wetting your pants. It feels so fast, it's crazy.

The additions to the race modes (traffic attack and racing with the detonation feature active during aftertouch) work well. Being able to slam into traffic from the rear was a bit hokey to me for about 11 seconds, then it was just that much more coolness thrown on top of everything.

The music is largely unimportant, at least takedown had a track or two that stood out. I'm still giving it 5 stars cos the XBOX version allows you to have your own tracks.

Like the best cupcake ever, except for the huge worm in it.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 10
Date: September 29, 2005
Author: Amazon User

While this game is insanely fun, and combines the satisfiing disfunction of road rage with mad speeding, Burnout Revenge sadly remains a flawed experience. What I simply cant understand is why the developers, who have hands down made the most entertaining race and crash experience for any video game system, included a complex (for video games anyway) rating and advancement scheme.

Imagine this, your racing along, your laughing, your madly smashing cars into Matrix like pileups, your driving like an idiot through crowded city streets (populated by ghosts it seems), you complete the level and are now looking forward to the next race, the new city scape etc, and the next thing you know your being tested on your ability to crash your car into parking lots for "points " to the sound of canned applause. Odd to say the least.

I never experienced such gaming greatness combined with such gaming idiocy. Someone on the EA design payroll is a clearly a schizophrenic. And if crashing into parked cars isin't bad enough, you have to also learn a relatively unintuitive set of commands to maximize your damage. And nope, you cant advance to the next juicy city street racing smash em up UNTIL you beat these levels of game design ineptitude. I think Napoleon Dynamite said it best: "IDIOTS!"

Phew.

Having said that, the driving agro sections of the game are so fun, so well rendered and so pleasingly violent that one forgets that around the corner another altogether different game is awaiting you.

And what corporate record company got their hooks into the marketing department at EA? The insipid " Mall Punk" music is so transparently manicured by corporate hipsters one can almost hear the money changing hands . Just thank the Gods that EA provided a soundtrack volume control.

So yeah, buy it. Burnout Revenge's sweet spots are sweet enough to mask the bitter, boring filler, but it does make one wonder what the powers that be at EA are smoking these days and why they ruined what could be a classic.

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