Racing games are all about driving well. Burnout 3: Takedown is all about driving badly. But driving badly well. Confused? Try doing it at 159mph. Because it’s at those speeds that most other racers reach into the zone: the tracksides and lens flare drop away, the shiny paint detailings fade to nothing, and the racing line, that single half-seen glimmer of silver, drags you instinctively forward. You won’t find that kind of zone in Takedown.
It's time for EA to bring back Road Rage. And Crash Mode, for that matter.
I absolutely loved this game. It was my favourite in the series, even over Paradise!
Go play it then. Should be able to find a PS2 copy for less than $5.
Stop wishlisting games that already exist. Stop doing EA's marketing department's work for them.
Funny enough last weekend I was playing PS2 game, burnout 3. First time in years. Fond memories.
Cultured Vultures: The Burnout series has plenty of great games to play, but which one is definitively the best? We're here to rank them all.
I think the crash mode should comeback. Tryng to make the most damage was very cool.
Burnout 2 should be above 3 imo. The aftertouch takedown mechanic slowed down the gameplay too much in 3.
I love Takedown, Revenge, and Paradise. Dominator was okay, but it clearly felt like a B-tier game.
After playing those awesome games, I went back to try out part 1 and it was rough. I didn't like the controls (whereas the others felt perfect to me), the elevator music was generic and not enjoyable to listen to.
Finally the game's difficulty was extremely high. I could beat all single player races in Takedown, Revenge, Paradise, Dominator, but could not get first place in the very first race for the first Burnout game. It demands perfection and one slight mistake is all it takes to lose. I have yet to play part 2, but I'm hoping it's more like part 3 than part 1.
Burnout Takedown is my favorite racing game of all time. My wife was addicted to crash mode.
Edgar writes: "We're getting into a time machine -- a fancy DeLorean, no less -- and taking a nostalgic look back at Burnout 3: Takedown."
Awesome game. Possibly the best in the series.
Hopefully the next Burnout game (or maybe Criterion's NFS title) will move back to this format - as although I liked the open world nature of Paradise I still miss the old style)