#Burnout 3 takedown for xbox 360 480p#
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When you knock another car out, not only is your boost meter filled, but also it's extended up to a maximum of four times its original size. Takedowns, as you might imagine from the game's subtitle, are a major part of Burnout 3. But the quickest way to fill your boost meter in a regular race is to make your opponents crash. When you pull such risky maneuvers, you're rewarded with boost. Driving dangerously comes in the form of driving in the wrong lane, getting close to (but not hitting) other cars, catching air, drifting around turns, and so on. The courses in the game are open-road tracks on winding freeways and city streets, and, naturally, the streets are populated with a good amount of traffic. The game features simple, extremely responsive controls, so you can accelerate, steer, brake (around corners), and boost for a burst of speed.

#Burnout 3 takedown for xbox 360 series#

These changes and added features drastically improve a series that was already very impressive.īurnout 3, like the previous games in the series, is mainly a racing game that rewards you for living dangerously. Burnout 3 expertly combines the two main elements of the series while also adding some great, new gameplay modes, a career mode that ties all of these different modes together, good split-screen support, and online play that supports up to six players on the same racetrack. The crash mode in Burnout 2 was totally separate from the main racing game, but the puzzle-like challenge of wrecking your car in the right spot and at the right time caused the most spectacular, most damaging multicar pileups, which represented an amazing addition to the game.

In fact, the crashes were so cool that they were spun off into their own mode of play in Burnout 2. It delivered a sense of speed that most games lacked, and it also showcased some pretty spectacular crashes. The original Burnout, released back in 2001, was a great arcade-style racing game. Now Playing: Burnout 3: Takedown Video Review

Still pictures can't do Burnout 3 justice.īy clicking 'enter', you agree to GameSpot's It ranks among the best racing games ever made. Put it this way: Even if driving games aren't normally your thing, Burnout 3 is still right for you. With the release of Burnout 3: Takedown, developer Criterion Games makes the choice surprisingly easy. With all these vastly different styles of driving games to choose from, it might be hard to figure out which type is the right one for you. And, more recently, there are games that focus on the import tuning scene. There are the open-road, 'choose your own route'-style of racing games, which usually give you an entire city to race in. You've got the hardcore simulations that attempt to model cars and driving as accurately as possible. But now there are even more subsets to choose from. Driving games were either attempting to simulate actual driving, or they were eschewing realism in favor of a more accessible, more instantly gratifying game. Hopefully it never gets as bad as PGR.As driving games continue to flood the market, the genre seems to be splintering apart further and further. Haven't played through any OG Xbox games on my 360, but Burnout 3 should run fine (I have tried it).

#Burnout 3 takedown for xbox 360 ps3#

The PS3 may have gained triggers, but they aren't useful for Burnout. If you're playing the game using Backwards Compatibility on a PS3 with an Emotion Engine on the motherboard or Xbox 360, go for the Xbox release.

#Burnout 3 takedown for xbox 360 ps2#

If you're looking to play on original hardware but don't own any yet, the PS2 is probably cheaper. Burnout does not actually use the Dualshock's analog feature on the face buttons despite requiring a Dualshock 2 (it will not recognize a Dualshock 1).

#Burnout 3 takedown for xbox 360 480p#

Keep in mind that for Burnout, 1080i doesn't really enhance the game over the standard supported 480p, and it should only really be used when 480p results in high latency. +Softmodded PS2's can use GSM to force 480p automatically, or push the game through 1080i if your TV's internal scaler results in poor latency for EHD feeds (480p).

#Burnout 3 takedown for xbox 360 plus#

Maybe a little more of a plus I guess if you have solder skills but I know that's not a universal skill. Xbox Component cables aren't nearly as easy to find as PS2 compatible ones, but you can buy a set of composite cables and solder your own. +I personally found the Xbox release to feel better. +Xbox version has support for custom soundtrack, in case you ever get bored of the original (I don't).