Burnout 3: Takedown
Burnout 3: Takedown
Burnout 3: Takedown, jeu de course développé par Criterion Games et édité par Electronic Arts, est sorti le 3 septembre 2004 sur PlayStation 2 et Xbox. Le titre utilise le moteur de jeu RenderWare et propose une expérience de course arcade mêlant conduite agressive à grande vitesse et actions de carambolage pour propulser le joueur vers la victoire.
Le jeu emmène les joueurs dans une tournée mondiale à travers les États-Unis, l'Europe et l'Extrême-Orient, avec plus de 60 événements de course ainsi que des modes Crash générant d'importants carambolages aux intersections. Cinq modèles multijoueurs compétitifs sont disponibles, et le chaos peut s'exporter en ligne pour affronter jusqu'à sept joueurs. La conduite dangereuse est récompensée par des Crash $ et des Burnout Points permettant de débloquer plus de 60 véhicules, des trophées de compétence et d'autres contenus.
Le temps de jeu estimé pour l'histoire principale est de 13 heures, s'étendant à environ 32 heures et demie pour une expérience complétiste. L'agrégat des notes attribue au jeu un score de 88,19.
Du côté de l'accueil critique et des joueurs, la presse a salué la qualité du titre, le magazine Xbox Nation le qualifiant sans hésitation du meilleur jeu de course arcade jamais créé, tandis que Gamestyle estime que les jeux de course ont changé pour le meilleur. Certains joueurs sur Metacritic partagent cet enthousiasme en le décrivant comme l'un des meilleurs jeux de course arcade, louant notamment sa bande-son et son gameplay intense, même si d'autres regrettent que les concurrents pilotés par l'IA semblent appliquer un système de rattrapage évident dans chaque course, rendant impossible la prise d'avance.
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Avis des critiques et joueurs
Critiques de la Presse (Metacritic)
« Hands down, the best arcade racer ever made. Ever. [Oct 2004, p.99] »
« Racing games have now changed forever, and entirely for the better - for that there can be no higher recommendation. It's that good. »
« Burnout 3 is special. It's not just another racing game, and despite lacking certain features car enthusiasts hold dear (such as customisation and ultra realism) it's easily the most fun we've ever had with any racing game. [Oct 2004, p.96] »
« Astonishingly good...This is pure, balls-out speed that will cause even the most hardcore of gamers to rock from left to right as they barely miss ramming a truck at two hundred plus miles an hour. »
« What with the totally aggressive but fun gameplay, the sheer madness of the speed at which you drive, the incredible quality of the foreground, background and moving visuals and the pumping soundtrack to run alongside it, you'd be a fool not to have Burnout 3: Takedown in your collection. »
« Takedown is nearly flawless, with crisp graphics, a rousing punk-rock soundtrack and smart level design that keeps you on the edge of your seat. It is not just the best driving game I have ever played, but one of the best games of any genre this year. »
« This is only marginally a racing game - it's a game of destruction and chaos that holds more in common with a first person shooter than with a true racer. »
« The new king of arcade racers. Think about everything that was brilliant about its predecessors -- the whimsical take on the laws of physics, the gorgeous graphics, and the completely insane emphasis on crashing -- and multiply it by ten thousand. »
Avis des Joueurs (Metacritic)
« CPU racers very obviously rubberband in every single race, making it impossible for the player to open up any sort of lead against them even if he drives literally perfectly. Crash physics are comically inconsistent, you can smash into a wall going 100 MPH and nothing happens but if you so much as look at certain obstacles the wrong way then your car goes pinwheeling a mile into the air and your entire race is lost. It's unbelievably pathetic that the game was released in this state, where the only way the computer can beat you is if it literally cheats to do so. The developers should be ashamed of themselves. »
« Arguably one of if not THE best arcade racing games ever made. The soundtrack is incredible, the moment to moment gameplay is intense and gripping and surprisingly tight for a PS2 racer. the "takedown" mechanics to this day have never been matched outside of the Burnout franchise. The only real negatives are that the rubber banding can be a little crazy at times and I would potentially like to see maybe one or two more unique locales on offer. I'd say no game is perfect but this is as close as we have ever gotten. »
« one of the best games ever made! 10 out of 10 I have played this game for so many hours , one of the best games of all time imo »
« This game is the closest we've come to a perfect racing game. It's going to be a long time before someone tops it. »
« Very good game very very good **** revenge is better and revenge is my childhood game »
« Almost close to platinuming this game on retroachievements. Perfect gameplay and hands down the best licensed soundtrack on any PS2 game, and that's a hard competition right there »
« El mejor maldito dios todo poderoso juego de carreras que jamás allá existido, si no lo has jugado no me quiero ni imaginar de que hoyo olvidado por Dios saliste. »
« This is my first 10/10 on Metacritic, and I reviewed Ocarina of Time. This game is literal perfection in arcade racer form. The soundtrack is perfect, the graphics are perfect, the events are perfect, the feeling of smashing an opponent into a semi truck at 160mph, oh you better believe that's perfect. This game is what all other arcade racers must measure up against. It is the gold standard of the genre. It doesn't matter if you get it on PS2 or XBOX, (or on something else if you catch my drift) just get this game. It's one of the only two games I have 100%'d. »
