Burnout 3 - Takedown
Burnout 3: Takedown redefines arcade racing risk through takedowns, boost chains, traffic, and Crash-mode destruction. This catalogue entry evaluates the recorded original-platform release, including its period-specific controls, presentation, content structure, hardware limits, and intended mode of play.
- AI score · out of 10
- 9.2 / 10
About this game
Burnout 3: Takedown redefines arcade racing risk through takedowns, boost chains, traffic, and Crash-mode destruction. Speed, impacts, boost, and track flow are classic, while events, crash mode, music, and replay are outstanding. Late rubber-band AI and crash calls can frustrate, and online functions are absent in compatibility play. This assessment covers the catalogued Xbox 360 release. This description covers the original xbox-360 release represented by this catalog entry and does not assume conveniences introduced by later ports. The assessment also treats period hardware limits, documented mechanics, original controls, and release-specific access as explicit evaluation boundaries.
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Burnout 3: Takedown redefines arcade racing risk through takedowns, boost chains, traffic, and Crash-mode destruction.
Speed, impacts, boost, and track flow are classic, while events, crash mode, music, and replay are outstanding. Late rubber-band AI and crash calls can frustrate, and online functions are absent in compatibility play. This assessment covers the catalogued Xbox 360 release. Overall, its main strengths are Speed, impacts, boost, and track flow are classic; Events, Crash mode, music, and replay are outstanding. Its material limitations are Late rubber-band AI and crash calls can frustrate; Online functions are absent in compatibility play. This score covers the original platform release represented by this catalog record and excludes conveniences added by emulators or later ports. The conclusion also accounts for original hardware readability, input, and access conditions. Documented uncertainty remains explicit. The evidence supports this balance.
Strengths
- Speed, impacts, boost, and track flow are classic
- Events, Crash mode, music, and replay are outstanding
Weaknesses
- Late rubber-band AI and crash calls can frustrate
- Online functions are absent in compatibility play
Who it is for: Players who value speed, impacts, boost, and track flow are classic and accept this release's limits.
Play notes: Expect late rubber-band ai and crash calls can frustrate and online functions are absent in compatibility play.
View scoring basis
| Dimension | Review state | Score | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dimension Events, Crash mode, music, and replay are outstanding; Online functions are absent in compatibility play. | Reviewed | 9.2 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Speed, impacts, boost, and track flow are classic; Late rubber-band AI and crash calls can frustrate. | Reviewed | 9.5 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Events, Crash mode, music, and replay are outstanding; presentation is judged within the original platform conditions, with no bonus for age alone. | Reviewed | 9.3 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Judged on the original xbox-360 release's input, readability, saving, and accessory conditions. Late rubber-band AI and crash calls can frustrate. | Reviewed | 8.4 / 10 | Not provided |
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Core information
- Developer
- Criterion Games
- Publisher
- Electronic Arts
- Release date
- 2004
- Platforms
- Xbox 360
- Content kind
- Game
- Release state
- Released
- Region
- Worldwide
- Official website
- Not provided
- Offline minimum players
- Not provided
- Offline maximum players
- Not provided
- Online minimum players
- Not provided
- Online maximum players
- Not provided
- Categories
- Racing · Primary genre
- Tags
- Short SessionsPlayer versus Player3D GraphicsReplayableThird PersonDriving and RacingHigh DifficultyModern Setting
- Supported game languages
- Not provided
- Requires base game
- Not provided
- Standalone
- Not provided
- Age ratings
- Not provided
- Play modes
- Not provided
- Perspectives
- Not provided
Release editions
- PlayStation 2Worldwide2004
- Xbox 360Worldwide2004
- Original XboxWorldwide2004
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