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Sep 12 2005
Burnout Legends Review
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| Summary: Burnout: A Legend
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With the abundance of PSP racing games out for Sony's little gem, it's difficult for a title to try and distinguish itself from the pack. Well, EA's latest offering does just that, and may very well have taken the crown altogether. Burnout: Legends, the title made famous on consoles has made its way onto the smaller screen and the first word's that come to mind are; FAST, INTENSE, FANTASTIC. This game is the Hotshot's Golf of racing games, and if you've read my review of that game, you'll know that's a huge compliment.
Upon first booting up the game and viewing the intense intro movies your fingers itch to get this baby underway. Yes, there are the usual exhibition races and options settings, but the meat of this baby is in the tournament mode. That's the mode you'll be playing the most. The tournament mode consists of circuits played around the globe. Each tournament also has different classes. Clear the Compact Tournament and you move onto, Muscle, Coupe, Sport and Super. Every race has different unlockable sections and scenarios as well. I'm not done yet. Every tournament has Crash Tournaments as well consisting of different scenarios, so if you think this game is big, it is. 175 Events. 89 Unlockable cars, ranging from, Police Cars, Hot Rods, Fire Trucks, Ferrari Lookalikes, etc. I hope it doesn't sound confusing. It's really quite simple, and the simplicity of this game is what makes it so addcitive.
So you enter your first race and the first thing you notice is, this game is fast. Forget about every other racing game on the PSP, I'm serious. This baby rocks. The graphics, while not as beautiful as Wipeout Pure, are still extremely well done. There's just so much going on. Every car is destructible, and there are tons of effects going on like flash sparks and your car getting mashed up in the process. Did I mention it's intense and fast?
The first race is a standard race, you know, beat the other guys. Then the fun begins. As you race, you acquire nitro through near misses with other cars or actually taking cars out. The X button is gas, the Square button is brake. The Triangle button switches between 2 different views, an on the road view and a behind the car view. This brings me to my first little gripe, I wish there was a few more camera angles; sometimes its hard to see whats coming up, but this is a very minor gripe. Circle button is your horn or Siren (for police cars) and then you have the fabulous are shoulder button. This button slows down time after big crashes and they look oh so damn good. Think of it as bullet time, but for cars, and you get the idea.
Later scenarios actually encourage crashes. Some range from a certain amount of cars you can smash up. Other races have you taking out cars while blazing at insane speeds with Nitros, and weaving through traffic. It does all of this so fluidly and so fast that it just oozes fun and addcition. The crash scenarios get to be so intense that sometimes you'll want to play them over and over just for the fun of it (and also for the beautiful devastation). There are also Trophies you can win along the way, for example; say you're in a crashing scenario and you need to take out a certain amount of rivals for a gold medal, well depending upon how you take them out, you're awarded with trophie takedown. Smash an opponent onto oncoming oil tankers and watch them blow. Grind them into side barriers and watch them spin into the air. Remember, this is all going on while blazing at insane speeds and every takedown is shown in slow motion. Beautiful.
What more can I say, I could go on and on. I can't put this game down, it's that much fun. EA has done a fantastic job. Sometimes a game come's out that's so much fun that you want to keep playing and playing. This is one of them. It's the best racing game on PSP period. It's a pickup and play game. Even if you're short on time you can start this baby up and play a few 5 minute rounds and shut it off. It's a long game that will keep you playing for weeks, with tons of replayability and short load times. Even the music consisting of EA Trax, Rock tunes etc. fits the game perfectly. Do yourself a favour and pick up this baby when it's out, but if your driving to your local store, please buckle up.
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god review i will be getting this game tomorow but how long are the load time and how did you get this game when its not out yet.
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How were the loading times?
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Awesome cant wait to get this
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ohhhh darn it all..... another game to prob buy.. with Burnout, GTA, and madden, and maybe midievil. I have it for xbox and know its different than console version but i have to bite my lip while putting another 50 bones on a game, even if it will rule.
p.s. FatherG loading times are good from what i read on another review, meaning nothing like midnight club
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good review! ever since i played burnout 3 for xbox at e3 last year, i have been addicted to this series! with all 3 games in one psp version, it's a no brainer... this is MINE! =)
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just got this about 4 hours ago and i've loved evry minute of it. i'm very surprised they could fit all this into such a small package
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Its simply the best racing game that available for PSP right now!
Damnit its soo addictive!
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some questions, im thinking of getting this as apposed to ridge racer...does this game emphasize racing though? or is it all about the crashes? i prefer to keep my cars O N the road... no one seems to be addressing the race aspects of burnout... is there no manual shifting?
also, what is the soundtrack?
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imageburn13 said: "some questions, im thinking of getting this as apposed to ridge racer...does this game emphasize racing though? or is it all about the crashes? i prefer to keep my cars O N the road... no one seems to be addressing the race aspects of burnout... is there no manual shifting?
also, what is the soundtrack?"
Basically, there are several modes to the game that you play throughout the tournament, one is a normal race, you get boost by close calls, taking out your opponents (side swiping, ram directly into them causes you to crash thus losing time),drifting and also by driving on the wrong side of the road. The idea of this mode is not to crash though.
Other modes include one were you must smash your car into other cars causing as much damage as possible (usually off a ramp), here you get multipliers to multiply the damage and crash breakers were you can hit the shoulder button to explode your car (and others in the vicinity). The idea is to cause as much damage as possible to rack up a high $ total.
Another mode is one were you must take out all your opponents in X amount of time, and another is a chase mode were you are in a cop car and must stop a criminal by ramming them.
It is very much an arcade street racing game, but easily one of the best out there, its just sooooo much fun.
I don't have Legends though, only burnout 2 and 3 on the PS2, will be getting Legends when released in the UK though (friday i think)edited: Sep 13 2005
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uumm not out yet? linkedited: Sep 13 2005
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umm came out today? DUH see the release date? 13th? yeah, that's today stewieedited: Sep 13 2005
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u have it where did u get it cuz ever site and place it called said that it ships today and is on sale tommorrow linkedited: Sep 13 2005
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Yay finally a game worth getting excited over! 'Bout time!
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Actually I called a bunch of places, it will hit shelves tomorrow, 9/14. Ridestowe, Stewie is right.
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