![]() ![]() These can all be obtained by using the new 'aftertouch' ability, which lets the player control their car post-crash. And not only that, but the challenges themselves have been upgraded with various medals and multipliers. ON PURPOSE? You could imagine my reaction once I played Burnout 3 for the first time and found out that crash mode has been expanded to include an entire HUNDRED of these challenges. When I played Burnout 2 as a kid, the new 'crash mode' blew my mind. Because of this, Burnout 3 ends up being a lot more accessible to racing game outsiders without losing its challenges and the sense of pure speed. You're rewarded for crashing and causing mayhem with your opponents. They turned that imperfection, the very act of crashing, and turned it into its own useful gameplay element. But Burnout 3 took that bridge to a new level. Mario Kart did a good job at trying to bridge this gap, by including power-ups as a way for lesser skilled players to have a chance at catching up to the pack. Gran Turismo will spit you into strict license trials, Ridge Racer will kick you onto the track and force you to learn how to slide, and Need for Speed will stick you against their rubberband AI and pestering cop cars. There appears to be Burnout Revenge logos printed on some buildings in the background menu, but it's hard to see because of the motion blur of the speeding vehicle.Racing games, even the arcadey ones, can become unforgiving to try and learn.In Need for Speed: Most Wanted (2012), players can acquire a license plate with the title "Revenge" by getting to speedlevel 40, in reference to Burnout: Revenge. ![]() The online servers for the Xbox 360 release of Burnout Revenge were shut down on April 13, 2012, however, they came back online three weeks later for unknown reasons, but were shut down again on October 24, 2017.The online servers for the PlayStation 2 and Xbox releases of Burnout Revenge were shut down on November 1, 2007.The logo for Burnout Revenge varies slightly a plain and simple for European releases of the game on PlayStation 2 and Xbox, the North America release features a subtle sheen to the logo as well as the additional slogan - " Battle Racing Ignited", and the Xbox 360 box art features a crystallised logo similar to the Burnout Dominator logo.Soundtrack Main article: Soundtrack (Burnout Revenge)īurnout Revenge has EA Trax licensed music with 20 of the 40 songs also appearing in Burnout Legends. Locations in Burnout Revenge are designed mostly for aggressive vehicle combat but also include many alternate routes. Locations Main article: Locations (Burnout Revenge) Rather than having generic names such as Compact Type 1 or Super Prototype, vehicles in Burnout Revenge are named similar to factory models such as Factory M-Type and are now ordered by their top speed rather than class. Vehicles Main article: Vehicles (Burnout Revenge) Players can earn an extra chunk to their boost bar by taking down a rival but they can just as easily lose a chunk if they crash or are taken down by a rival. Rivals can also do the same to the player. Shunting, slamming, drive into oncoming traffic, and grinding rivals steals their boost and adds it to the player's own Boost meter. Explosive Payback - The player detonating their vehicle and taking down a rival with the resulting explosion.Traffic Check - Shunting traffic into rivals.Takedown Into - Shunting or ramming a rival into a car, big rig, van, or other traffic vehicle.Psyche Out - The player can drive erratically near a rival to cause them to crash.Vertical - Taking down a rival from above.Signature - Certain location based Takedowns are prized.Aftertouch - Players can steer their wrecked car into an oncoming rival after they've crashed.Revenge - Rivals are marked in red for Revenge, if they takedown the player.Takedown - formerly "Wall Takedown", executed by simply shunting or ramming a rival into a wall or other structure.New events include Traffic Attack and Crashbreaker modes. Events Main article: Events (Burnout Revenge)Įvents in Burnout Revenge retain many of the gameplay elements seen in previous Burnout games including Race, Road Rage, Eliminator, Burning Lap, and Crash, with Face-Off disappearing from the series . ![]()
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