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Must Have for Xbox Owners..

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: March 27, 2008
Author: Amazon User

i played this game on xbox 360 and liked it...but for some reason, i LOVE it on the original xbox. its fast...fun...the areas you race in are beautiful and long..the graphics are excellent for the xbox...this is THEE racing game for the xbox, hands down, no other racing game can stack up, not even Burnout Paradise. nothing else i can say really, you just need to own this now..

iLL .

One of my favorite XBox titles ever

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: March 26, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I have had this game for a long time and recently purchased another to replace an over-used original copy. It's a great game and one of my favorites of all time.

Better than it's predecessor?

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: December 26, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Burnout: Revenge is the fourth [4th] Burnout game that has been released [not counting the ones on handheld portable gaming consoles], and is also the first one to be released on a "next-gen" console [the Xbox360]. In Revenge, the Burnout series takes a small step away from it's bright colors and light-hearted theme towards a more mature, grittier one [see: the darker/edgier soundtrack, as compared with the ones in previous Burnouts], and also adds new types of takedowns [for instance, the Vertical Takedown, accomplished when the player lands his car on top of a rival's] along with new racing modes [i.e.: Traffic Attack, where your objective is to keep the clock running by smashing ["checking"] traffic on the road, until you reach a specified dollar amount in damages to get a bronze, silver, or gold medal]. Obviously, new cars, along with new tracks are added. I don't recommend this game [or any of the Burnout series] to beginning gamers, as the sheer speed of the cars racing along tracks along with you, combined with the amount of mayhem that goes on around you, can be overwhelming. The Xbox [original, not the 360] version I bought looks absolutely stunning, and I'm frankly surprised the machine can handle so many things going on at once.

My ratings:

Gameplay [controls, fun factor, ease of use]: 9/10
Graphics: 10/10
Sound: 10/10
Lasting Appeal: 8/10

Overall: 9/10

CRASH, EXPLODE, DESTROY 9 OUT OF 10

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: December 04, 2007
Author: Amazon User

In some ways I kinda regret not waiting until I got my Xbox 360, and bought this game for that instead of my old Xbox. But when playing this game that regret immediately wears off. The action racing is still among the best in gaming, crashing your opponents is still very satisfying, the graphics are still great, the cities are still great, and the crashing is still amazing. Unlocking stuff is still a lot of fun as well, and is well worth the challenging tasks given to you. So if you like crashing your opponents during a race, and you like adrenaline rushes, this is most definitely without one helluva choice for you.

Awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: August 10, 2007
Author: Amazon User

BEST RACING GAME EVER!!! TRUST ME! JUST BUY IT. WARNING! DONT BUY IF YOU ARE ALLERGIC TO AWESOME, SPEED, REALISTIC GRAPHICS, OR FAST CARS!!!!!!!!YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED

Crash And Burn!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: April 05, 2007
Author: Amazon User

i was a huge fan of burnout 3, the racing, crashes and even the takedowns where so realistic that you would feel sorry for the guy. now the newest one Burnour Revenge puts you on the egde of your seat. with new cars and new ways to anahilate your friends, youll never put the controller down. i have played the game from start to finished. unlocked every single car and beaten every single race with a gold. there is so much stuff to unlock youll be playing for weeks. the best part about the game is the takedowns. when you use your boost your screen blurs, giving you the "Too Fast" feeling. the music used for the game fits the game play. but if you dont like the music they have you can always use your own off your xbox. i played it online and it was really good. there is someone always online to play you. so overall i highly recommend this game to anyone who likes racing and distrution.

Hold on to your seat!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: March 07, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This is a fast paced high action first person driver game. The First two "Burnouts" were wimpy compared to this one! More levels, more crashing action equals more fun. Burnout Revenge is graphically more realistic than any other game I have played. The cars you win to use in other levels are amazing. This is a game that will take up alot of time because it is just that fun and exciting!!

Adjustments made, but sometimes unnecessary

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: January 28, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Burnout Revenge. The next incarnation of a great series. I couldn't wait to get my hands around the XBox controller and race a few computer cars and friends. Well, I got what I wanted. The problem, however, is that I got a LOT more than I wanted. And all that extra pushed me right into the pit, and contentedly so.

All of the good elements are still in this edition. The sense of speed is unmatched; adrenaline still flies through you as your car weaves in and out of other cars/traffic (a rare occurence here) to be first across the finish line. The car models are sleek and shiny. The crashes are nasty and involve other cars. This game overall looks really good. Maybe too good, but more on that later.

I soon discovered the first annoyance: Racing along at 190 miles an hour, miscalculating a turn, and flying towards a guardrail and.... No crash! Instead, a dead stop! No violent wreck that produces a sports-car comet with debris-tail. That would be at least acceptable. You go head-on into an obstacle, you crash. Such is the Burnout way, right? Not this time. The clock ticks away and you have to hold down the brake to slowly back out of the corner you're now stuck in. This is a common occurence with this game, and I'm frankly surprised it is so obvious. Deduct a fair amount of fun points there.

Now to the looks part. Burnout Revenge is eye-candy. It's a beautiful array of rich scenery and (nerve-racking)light effects, which I guess are supposed to add to the ambience of the experience but only end up hindering the path. Which is, to say the least, very distracting. Rarely can the driver clearly see the road ahead (save for a few tracks) until it's too late and he's about to slam into something. If the point of a race is to win, or have fun trying, this is not the way to do it. There is simply WAY too much going on at one time visually to try and have a serious, competitive race and expect to progress markedly. Couple this with the fact that no CPU driver really ever crashes unless you bump it off the road. So much for race mode. Crash mode would surely be fun! Uhh.. kind of.

New to Crash mode are an utterly pointless half-moon power-guage start thingie, which if not done right every time will somehow blow up your motor on the Starting Line, and the shameless plug of a Carl's Jr. Mobile Diner(?). Here, the crashes are more challenging, and the payoff is spectacular, but you'll need a lot of patience. Tweaking the Crash mode with this "startup meter" was a mistake. Who really cares how you start? You are there to careen towards traffic at an insane speed and cause insurance damage, not make a pretty start!! Give me a 5-second countdown and let me step on the gas! Also, if you want a preview of the crash route you're about to embark upon, and it shows you the complete route, you have to sit through the WHOLE thing as it winds back up to the starting line, and THEN you get to start. All in all, crash mode still playable, but lose the product placement and the startup gauge. Both needless.

New mode: Traffic attack. Another step in the wrong direction. Until now, the protocol of Burnout racing is DO NOT hit other traffic except for the cars you're racing.. Now it's suddenly OK to hit traffic going the same direction as your car. All of this while fighting to keep a clock going.. Whatever.

Summarily, this game feels rushed. The new "shortcuts", provided you can steer into their path, are a toss-up as to whether or not they'll actually help you in the race. Every opportunity to get ahead of the others is met with some building or piece of map that juts into your path at the wrong place, causing a crash. Frustrating it is, especially when you're finally passing that car ahead of you! There's no room to boost freely and enjoy pure speed and traffic-weaving.
Whomever tinkered with the formula adjusted the wrong spots. Burnout Takedown is easily a better and more fulfilling game. Takedown isn't so flashy and is more engaging, and in less time. I dislike excess tedium in any game, especially a racing one. Burnout Revenge needs to take more pages from its big brothers. Only then would it be more enjoyable. This game has its good points but they're few and far between. San Francisco Rush did it better. I hope someone else has a good time with this installment.

The best cure for your high Rush-Hour blood pressure!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: January 09, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This game is awesome! One of the best ways to unwind after a long drive home in bumper-to-bumper traffic. While it would be socially unacceptable and severely frowned-upon to side-swipe the guy in front of you who just cut you off and didn't use all five fingers when he waved in response to your horn-blowing, this is the perfect way to exact revenge and still remain un-incarcerated. If I had more than two thumbs, they'd all be up!

Excellent game for all ages

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: December 30, 2006
Author: Amazon User

IMHO, this game is more fun than Forza or Need for Speed. I bought it for my son for Christmas along with the Speedster FS, and it works fantastic. It's good fun, simple guidelines... I mean, what person wouldn't like to blow up fake cars?

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