Burnout Revenge Preview

Gamespot has a preview of the next title in the Burnout series, Burnout Revenge. From the article: "When we saw Burnout Revenge at E3, Criterion compared this year's crash mode courses to holes you might play during a game of golf, complete with a simplistic teeing-off mechanic that determines how fast you get off the line, fairways--aka freeways--full of hazards (like cars you don't want to crash into...yet), golf green-like areas (such as intersections that ooze carnage potential), and a hole that takes the form of a moving "target car" that's worth loads of points if you manage to wreck it. These comparisons still hold true, but Criterion has clearly been hard at work refining and improving upon the crash mode since it showed it off in Los Angeles." Given how good Burnout 3 was, I'm looking forward to this.

Comments

Re:Pros vs Cons

[nc_yori]

Or maybe you could just get over it and realize that they aren't the only game making company out there with questionable business ethic, just one of the biggest.

If you like Burnout or Oddworld, then play Burnout or Oddworld. If you feel so compelled to tell us about why you irrationally dislike EA, submit an article with an actual explanation instead of talking about how they're "evil."

Moving on the actual topic:

I'm already excited about the game just from the fact that you can become airborne in parts of the game besides Crash Mode (or whatever it will be called). My friends and I have played Burnout 3 to death and the new one is already sold to me just based on that.

For any 3d enthusiasts out there, Newtek interviewed Peter Lake, one of Criterion's head Art honchos a while back about the making of Burnout 3.

Re:awesome-o

[cowscows]

What they need to do is be smarter about all the damn loading screens. It really kills the energy of the game sitting through as many of them as you have to. Especially in crash mode. I did some of those crash levels a dozen times in a row trying to get gold. There's no reason I should've had to sit though a couple loading screens each time I reset the crash to try again. Everything should be there in memory, what are you loading for?

That was, by far, the most aggravating part of Burnout 3. All that being said, what an awesome game. Even my girlfriend loves it. She bought herself a smaller xbox controller for it. Games that I can get her to play with me are automatically winners in my book.