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Ok, could have been great
Burnout is a pretty good, arcade style racer. It has all the usual options like 2 player, Time trial etc. The graphics are great, but youd kinda expect that on the gamecube. There are several really annoying gameplay flaws that stop Burnout being excellent:-
1. When you crash, the replay takes forever, when all you want to do is get on with racing. Its also too easy to crash, one touch of another car takes you into the annoying crash replay. After a while this gets very frustrating. For an arcade racer, what is the point of having super realistic crashes?
2. Only 4 racers, surely there could be a lot more.
3. Lack of options, for example you cant turn off or change the amount of traffic. Sometimes you cant help but crash because there is so much traffic. For example at a crossroads, its down to luck whether a car comes right in front of you or not. Also you are timed in every game mode you do. Even in split screen mode. So there is no driving at a leisurly pace.
Saying all that, it is a good game and can be immense fun to play, just a little annoying at times.
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Brilliant racing fun
This is the first racing game for the gamecube. And what a wonderful one to start with. It is a superb game with very instinctive controls. You get to race on the streets, along with all the civilian traffic! The handling on the game is just perfect, being very similar in feel to Ridge Racer. Not too much sliding on grass or finding it impossible to recover from skids !! It has a real feel of speed, helped along by a boost button ! The main aim of the game is to win.......of course, but you also get loads of money for crashes too. The bigger and more spectacular the crash, the more cash you earn ! This element alone will find you revelling in your mishaps rather than cursing them. Invlove large or multi-vehicle pile-ups and watch your funds soar! The graphics are super smooth, with no clipping whatsoever. You can take shortcuts and even find that if you take a dusty side street, it can help you no end, as the dust blows up in clouds and obscures the view of the poor car behind ! A great fun game, easy to pick and play with a great replay value. You will find yourself coming back for more.
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twice as good on Gamecube
Burnout on Gamecube dominates the driving genre. It has excellent Graphics and the courses layouts are all truly excellent. It has an amazing sense of speed and all runs smoothly, even if you are travelling at 150mph throgh a motorway full of cars, all as impressive as each other. Every car around you reflects its surroundings realistically, but moving at such speeds often means that you do not have time to admire the awsome graphics.
Many people complained that the crash replays were just annoying, but a good crash looks incredible as you flip through the air at high speed, causing huge pileups as you go. At the end of the race, the game adds up the damage cost, and puts you on the worst drivers list if yours is the highest.
So what is the point of burnout? Contrary to popular belief it is not just about crashing. It is a real racing game, with options for Championship, single race, head to head, time trial and Special. In Championship, you race a varying ammount of courses(usually 3) against 3 other cars, where you must finish in a set position. If you complete all three in under 4 attempts then you open up new courses and new modes of play. Single race is very similar yet it is just made for racing, not for opening up new courses etc. head to head is the multiplayer option and in time trial you race on your own to try to get the fastest time. As for special, you can open up 2 new modes of play from championship for it. Face off, where you race another, usualy faster car, and if you beat it you get it, and Survivor, where you must try to complete a race without crashing.
So, this just about sums Burnout up. It is an amazing game that is quite challenging for begginers, but experts will find it tough.
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