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Freakin class.
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Cyclone wrote:
> Excellent, excellent fun, and somehow makes PGR2 look completely
> sterile and dull, although of course it isn't.......just B3 is so
> polished and class it's hard to outshine.
>
> Worst bit? EA basically. 1) Awful 'Dj', 2) Special EA Live stuff -
> they have slightly different ways of doing stuff, and it's not nice.
> I.e, joining friends games is trickier, you have to 'sign into EA',
> there are strange bugs........but it's still marvellous.
Never. Burnout 3 should have been delayed a few months and tidied up some more. Acclaim wouldn't have shipped it like that, EA would, for sequels reasons. First up, HUGE graphical hit in split screen. Loss of aftertouch in split screen. Samey tracks. No major difference between cars, apart form the shape and some being a bit faster. No difference in handling of them either.
And it SO stupidly easy.
Don't get me wrong, I do actually think it rather good. But 9.5 out of 10? That's bribery in action folks. The limitations of Renderware affect the graphics overly much for my liking. If EA were serious about it being really good, they should have had two seperate development teams. As it stands, this is the best racing game for the PS2, but only second or third best on Xbox, depending on how much you like RSC2.
> EDIT; Getting takedowns on your friends is perfection
> itself.....although Bullett and Creepy seem to be able to do it,
> whereas I do it accidentally.....to Creepy, of course. ;)
Yup, it is immense amounts of fun doing that. But I don't know for how long. It just doesn't quite have the lifespan of PGR2, which really is the benchmark. Easier to get into at first due to having slow cars at the beginning of PGR2, but not so good at the end. Put it this way, I still ended up playing Halo when I was at Algy's.
> Excellent, excellent fun, and somehow makes PGR2 look completely
> sterile and dull, although of course it isn't.......just B3 is so
> polished and class it's hard to outshine.
>
> Worst bit? EA basically. 1) Awful 'Dj', 2) Special EA Live stuff -
> they have slightly different ways of doing stuff, and it's not nice.
> I.e, joining friends games is trickier, you have to 'sign into EA',
> there are strange bugs........but it's still marvellous.
Never. Burnout 3 should have been delayed a few months and tidied up some more. Acclaim wouldn't have shipped it like that, EA would, for sequels reasons. First up, HUGE graphical hit in split screen. Loss of aftertouch in split screen. Samey tracks. No major difference between cars, apart form the shape and some being a bit faster. No difference in handling of them either.
And it SO stupidly easy.
Don't get me wrong, I do actually think it rather good. But 9.5 out of 10? That's bribery in action folks. The limitations of Renderware affect the graphics overly much for my liking. If EA were serious about it being really good, they should have had two seperate development teams. As it stands, this is the best racing game for the PS2, but only second or third best on Xbox, depending on how much you like RSC2.
> EDIT; Getting takedowns on your friends is perfection
> itself.....although Bullett and Creepy seem to be able to do it,
> whereas I do it accidentally.....to Creepy, of course. ;)
Yup, it is immense amounts of fun doing that. But I don't know for how long. It just doesn't quite have the lifespan of PGR2, which really is the benchmark. Easier to get into at first due to having slow cars at the beginning of PGR2, but not so good at the end. Put it this way, I still ended up playing Halo when I was at Algy's.
I love SR for getting it to me early.
This game is just...
...essential.
In a word.
This game is just...
...essential.
In a word.
WS, MM was saying even with one track it's genius and great fun.
SR sent it yesterday, got it today!
Excellent, excellent fun, and somehow makes PGR2 look completely sterile and dull, although of course it isn't.......just B3 is so polished and class it's hard to outshine.
Worst bit? EA basically. 1) Awful 'Dj', 2) Special EA Live stuff - they have slightly different ways of doing stuff, and it's not nice. I.e, joining friends games is trickier, you have to 'sign into EA', there are strange bugs........but it's still marvellous.
EDIT; Getting takedowns on your friends is perfection itself.....although Bullett and Creepy seem to be able to do it, whereas I do it accidentally.....to Creepy, of course. ;)
SR sent it yesterday, got it today!
Excellent, excellent fun, and somehow makes PGR2 look completely sterile and dull, although of course it isn't.......just B3 is so polished and class it's hard to outshine.
Worst bit? EA basically. 1) Awful 'Dj', 2) Special EA Live stuff - they have slightly different ways of doing stuff, and it's not nice. I.e, joining friends games is trickier, you have to 'sign into EA', there are strange bugs........but it's still marvellous.
EDIT; Getting takedowns on your friends is perfection itself.....although Bullett and Creepy seem to be able to do it, whereas I do it accidentally.....to Creepy, of course. ;)
Hmm seen this in gamestation store down town earlier looks alright I guess but I have the feeling it's a little bit too hyped up cos it has cars and it's fast. It's not like I'm saying it's a poor game but it's annoying when you see games that are as good or even better than it is that gets overlooked because it's not as cool.
As long as it beats Need for Speed 2 in terms of sales I'm happy for it to succeed but I really doubt it.
As long as it beats Need for Speed 2 in terms of sales I'm happy for it to succeed but I really doubt it.
well, flick through some xbox mags before you purchase, to check them out for vouchers.
please let me know :)
yeh but a free mag:) whcih ones will have the voucher in it?
mattributé wrote:
> sPiKeCaSt wrote:
> Quality game, arcade racing at it's best, contender for best live
> game
> imo.
>
> Have you plaed Black Arrows Retrieval mode?
Yup, also decent, but I'm loving BO3, more my type of carnage :D
> sPiKeCaSt wrote:
> Quality game, arcade racing at it's best, contender for best live
> game
> imo.
>
> Have you plaed Black Arrows Retrieval mode?
Yup, also decent, but I'm loving BO3, more my type of carnage :D
sPiKeCaSt wrote:
> Quality game, arcade racing at it's best, contender for best live game
> imo.
Have you plaed Black Arrows Retrieval mode?
> Quality game, arcade racing at it's best, contender for best live game
> imo.
Have you plaed Black Arrows Retrieval mode?
gamecollector wrote:
> hi does anyone know which magazines have a voucher i can use in GAME
> the shop? to get money off this game?
>
>
> plz help
Mate don't bother, you're paying £5 for the mag to save £5 off the game, well your not really because you are paying for the mag to get the £5 off, save the £5 for the mag and put it towards the game :)
> hi does anyone know which magazines have a voucher i can use in GAME
> the shop? to get money off this game?
>
>
> plz help
Mate don't bother, you're paying £5 for the mag to save £5 off the game, well your not really because you are paying for the mag to get the £5 off, save the £5 for the mag and put it towards the game :)
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