Fun fact: The woman in the opening movie for Burnout Revenge is Jules De Jongh who would go on to do the same introductory voice for Burnout Paradise, Need for Speed Hot Pursuit and Most Wanted 2012. She also did the voice for Faith from the Mirrors Edge series and Cora Harper in Mass Effect Andromeda.
I actually didn't mind the bump in difficulty with things like taking down the enemy. I actually had no idea the revenge mechanic had no purpose other than self satisfying revenge lmfao. I loved it. I used to go after my target like a damn ballistic missile.
It was needed to unlock special cars by completing all trophies there was a trophy for X revenge takedowns in races other than that, no purpose but stay mad at a bot lol
Without a doubt my favorite Burnout game, and it’s not even close. Burnout 3 is the game that gets the majority of the attention, but Revenge is the franchise at its absolute best to me.
I used to like Revenge better but recently, I went back to both Burnout 3 and Burnout Revenge on PCSX2 with amazing enhancements (like no blur, widescreen patch, updated textures). I think I've come to like Burnout 3 better after spending time with them. Revenge has the problem that a lot of games of that "Early 360" era had - They made the color palette too gritty and industrial like in a few stages. Angel Valley, Eternal City, and Motor City are all Yellow as fuck, and I personally don't like that. The 360 version takes it even further and adds too much bloom and motion blur. Burnout 3 just simply has a much more beautiful, balanced color palette (more in line with other beautiful games like Outrun 2 or Daytona USA) and more tracks. In Revenge it feels like you get through the tracks too quickly and then it feels like a lack of variety. At the end of the day though, they are both fantastic games and I still love Burnout Revenge very much. I'm just nitpicking on minor things that most casual players won't even notice. It's like comparing a 9/10 to a 10/10 game.
My dad recommended this game to me when I turned 7 years old back in the day. I still remember not fully knowing what I was getting in to, until I was tasked with hitting as many cars as I could in the first mission. Ever since that moment this game has been one of my all-time favorites, and without any doubt my favorite Burnout game. I still return to this game every now and then to relive these fond childhood memories, 14 years later...
Agree. I didnt like Crash mode as a kid, but it grew up on me. Played all stages on Revenge, then tried to do the same on Takedown and I hated the pick ups because it forces you to do only one thing: go after them to rack multipliers. On Revenge there is optimal ways to finish stages, but it is way more open ended and you can get quite creative on doing crashes.
I respectfully yet vehemently disagree. They ruined the crash mode in Revenge when it was easily the most fun part of Burnout 3, it feels much more random as to whether or not one will hit the quota for the gold medal due to the vehicles having awful controls in the mode, the traffic AI feels much more random and unpredictable, there's wind resistance to worry about on top of everything else, several junctions require a traffic check trick shot to hit the required amount and the physics for traffic checking isn't anywhere near precise enough to pull off consistently and that's still on top of doing everything else right, there's no powerups or powerdowns to aim for and avoid respectively which is just less fun IMO, and worst of all they made crashbreakers into a button masher and an insanely hard one at that, I am a button mashing GOD I've beaten every Test Your Might challenge in Mortal Kombat and Injustice perfectly, I've beaten Dark Gaia in Sonic Unleashed, and even bested the legendarily infamous Canary Mary in Banjo Tooie, and I still struggle filling the crashbreaker meter in Burnout Revenge to the point where I have hurt my getting the 5 stars in certain junctions it is that hard especially counting retries! Edit: for got to mention how random the timer seems to be, sometimes it will start counting down almost immediately and other tries it takes its time. I know that it's supposed to be based on if there's enough of a lull in the carnage but it was never consistent on what exactly constitutes a sufficient lull even doing the same thing in the same same junction would have the timer pop up at different intervals for no apparent reason and I've had countless would be successful attempts ruined because the timer decides that even though there's plenty of carnage still going on to time me out early, just completely inconsistent and infuriating! Edit 2: added some commas that where missing.
@gremlinstdm Most of the problems I listed are most noticeable as a completionist, going for perfects in every event (which I recently Perfected the game last December btw True Elite baby!) if someone just goes for the bronze or only perfects the easy ones they might not notice or care as much, as the problems don't interfere with getting bronze or even silver that much it's only really when going for the gold that it becomes insufferable. (I still have no idea how anyone can defend button mashing for crashbreakers though, I hated that change with a burning passion even before I became a completionist, it's just not fun even without how much harder it makes certain junctions. I can see how it wouldn't be a dealbreaker but I don't understand how anyone could prefer it.) So if you're also a completionist at least regarding Burnout Revenge that might explain why we think alike.
I unfortunately cannot agree with you. The crash mode feels way too clunky in this game compared to any other Burnout. Also, the framerate is cut in half which makes this mode feel even worse. For me it's probably 1. Burnout 3 crash mode 2. Burnout 2 crash mode 3. Burnout Legend crash mode 4. Burnout Paradise Showtime mode 5. Burnout Revenue crash mode
Technically revenge is a better game, especially in terms of car's poly count and reflections, but overall it's more gloomy,more aggresive and less fun than 3rd one. I also like tracks in takedown more,they're seem to me more attractive and diverse compared to what we've got in revenge.
@@poltergijstt Legends is the first PSP version, it's pretty much a 'Best Of' the Burnout series between 1 and 3 with tracks and cars from all those games, all wrapped in the solid Burnout 3 engine. It's really well done. (Just avoid the DS version of Burnout Legends, that's so bad it's hilarious)
@@jackh.3052 Dangerous Driving is good but still has a long way to go. Eyes are on Dangerous Driving 2 to see whether they can polish it up to be the Burnout 3 it so clearly wants to be.
I found it strange too how they remastered the latest game and not an earlier one. Only played Paradise a little bit back in the day but happy to be able to play it on my PS4 and PC now
@SUPERBOOTLEG Archive SSX 3 with Atomika came out about 6 months before Burnout 3 (with Stryker... lol that spelling is so early 00s). so it seems likely that Atomika came first. and Stryker was more of a 14 year-old mind ("let's smash things") while Atomika was more of a mid-20s "let's go ride pow and tell funny stories" kind of guy. they both fit very nicely with their games.
Finished Carbon again right now and I am sorry, I coudnt get into. I like how it carries over a lot of things from Most Wanted, but on Carbon everything is under used. Pursuits are a bit better, but they only annoy the player after races, dont have any objectives. The world is very pretty, but it is useless to explore because you will get into pursuits that dont mean anything and I loathe to death the "crew" mechanic, they love to steal wins from the player. I like the added customization options and the canyon races though (especially because they dont have teammates in there, shame that it has so few canyon races)
that traffic check was actually really clever way to "balance" one complaint i had on takedown; thanks to motion blur, traffic cars are harder to see from behind than from oncoming traffic headlights. That, coupled with the fact that driving oncoming lane fills your boost, makes driving oncoming lane "op" and atleast in the endgame timeattacks you are practically forced to drive oncoming lane if you want gold, no choice there. So i'm glad they found a solution that included more airborne cars :)
Man this review makes me want to go back and play Revenge again. I've only ever played through this title on Playstation 2, but I own it across all platforms that it was released on, so I may go and play it on the 360 next. Your reviews just have that aspect to them that makes me want to go back and play the game after watching.
I remember it being amazing, but boy playing it now wasn't amazing. Still fun, but the controls man. It's very stiff, and it's very easy to skid the walls
In my biased opinion, this is the best in the whole series. Play this with the Logitech Driving Force Pro wheel and it's the epitome of arcade racers still!
Revenge is brutal and energetic, it doesn't forget about begginers but it doesn't let down good players. Amazing balance with a large show of destruction either seeing others get demolished or you being the one that's gone.
Agree but I kinda didnt liked Blur unfortunately. What bothers me the most about it is the drift mechanic, no matter how much I leveled up, used different cars and such and I managed to get wrong when trying to go to tight corners. Split Second does have a weird drift system but I find it consistent on what car you choose, so it is a matter of time and practice to learn to handle well. I am sad because I think Blur is very cool in making the "kart racing" mechanic more strategic than on other games of the genre, but drifting ruined the game for me. Even Metropolis Street Racer is easier to do tight corners than Blur in my opinion
@@Rb26z I played split second but it suffered from the setpiece dilemma for me. Only so many times seeing the same thing blow up around the same time that it got old quick. Plus the game does the destruction for you at a press of a button instead of creating that chaos yourself like you can burnout/blur where you directly control it. Great looking game though.
this and takedown influenced the hell out of my music taste. couldnt be more thankful for the sountrack....love me some thrice whilst bombing it at 200mph
Probably The Most Brutal Burnout wuth greedie looking, with still kickin' ass soundtrack plus Traffic Attack and introduction of Crashbreaker in Race as well Crashbreaker trigger by damage feeling so you can explode *MORE THAN ONCE!*
Revenge was my favourite. I remember being excited for Paradise and feeling cheated by how much of a downgrade it was compared to revenge. Really wish it got a remaster.
Revenge was the first automotive racing game I ever played as a kid back in '05, and to this day is still my all time favorite of the genre. Kind of a shame that this masterpiece has been nearly forgotten about, except from the most diehard racing game fans.
I booted this game up on a ps2 emulator and put the resolution and framerate up a bit and I was seriously surprised that it actually looked like something way more modern than it actually is
I love how brutal you can be in this game, with all of these crazy explosions, traffic checking and takedowns ! Clearly the best game to play after a bad day 😈
The last true Burnout game in my eyes. No other game after this had crash mode. It's an essential part of the game for me. I prefer the 360 version for it's higher resolution and 16:9 support. Also the extra crash junctions you mentioned. Yeah, the bloom and blur is a bit much, but it's worth the other upgrades. Also, female DJ. Hell yeah. She can interrupt any time.
I still play this game to this very day. Ive 100% 5 times already, and will do it for a 6th. The challenge you get from progressing further is perfect. It may get frustrating later on but it's part of the fun, as you feel as a rush of success
This game has the best tracks and soundtrack ever. I remember drifting thru White Mountain while Fallout Boy is playing and it's the most epic feeling ever.
The most amazing thing for me is the fact, that Burnout 3 had fully original soundtrack, like the Burnout 2 and 1, but it got scrapped in favor of the licensed tracks. However, all of the unused tracks came back in Burnout: Paradise. Makes me wonder what else got scrapped in those games.
Although I didn't finish the video yet, I just love the ever loving HECK OIUT OF COLOURSHED for using the sound effects in his transitions from the burnout games. Smacking me with childhood nostalgia. and I love it.
Besides the general improvements there was one important thing the 360 version of Revenge did over the PS2/XBox version: Crash mode in the 6th gen had a meter at the start that was taken straight from golf games. If you flubbed it you had a poorer start that could affect your goals. 360 version just made you perfect start every time.
Regarding what you said around the 11:00 mark. It’s harder to take other cars down because this was the first one that the weight of the cars was really felt. Light cars are not easy to take down heavier cars with.
14:10 and 14:45 I remember playing the demo of this game on PS2 before it came out, and the crash mode was so fucking satisfying it alone made me buy the game. Just that moment of build-up before exploding like a nuclear bomb was incredible and still gives me nostalgic chills today
the 360 and PS2/Xbox versions have slightly different car physics. it's easier to take opponents down on the latter. on the 360 they feel a lot more like tanks. also the crash mode differs in the PS2/Xbox versions in the way you launch the car. On the 360, it just plays out like B3's crash mode, but on PS2/Xbox you could set the "power" of your launch, yknow, like a golf game.
This along with 3 are the best in the franchise for me. The thing I love about Revenge are the astetic of the cars (The Factory R, Criterion M-Type, Works M-Type, Prototype R (Later known as the Watson V12) and the Custom M-Type being my top five.) and the sense of challenge. Sure takedowns are harder but they're so rewarding once you get it right. Great video, just earned yourself a new subscriber!
One thing I think was missed in this review was the location challenges. He said he skipped them and yet that's a part of the game where all the unique cars are earned (and not just cars that are upgraded versions within the 3 tiers of performance). I didn't notice this myself in my revisit to this game a few years ago as I too was just focusing on 5 stars on every event.
About the takedowns in Revenge, here's where the 6th gen and Xbox 360 versions differ the most gameplay wise. I played the PS2 version and X360 version back to back and I found that the X360 version for some reason makes takedowns wayyy too difficult, meanwhile on the PS2 version it's similar to Burnout 3 where hitting opponents puts them out of control for a second. As for the traffic, despite how much traffic appears on screen, when I played it on the PS2 there was absolutely no frame rate hiccups whatsover. Despite better graphics and a better crash mode, I still believe that the 6th gen versions really are overall a better experience mainly because of how doing takedowns feel in X360 Revenge.
I could never get used to Revenge's tone and physics after B3, too grungy and aggressive. The game may have disappointed me but at least I got a kick out of the special edition's calendar where pinup girls destroy cars. I still have it too.
I never got to play this one and unfortunately I still cannot try it in any way. Just hope to be able to do it one day, because the crashbreakers give me goosebumps
In case you have any difficulty with the road rages, on the 360 version, you could do a glitch where if you go into a 2 player crash battle and quit out when it starts, you can select the crash vehicles for the races. Due to their heavyweights, you'll bulldoze opponents with the only issue of speed.
Agree on almost everything apart from crashing being better on Takedown. The graphics and added explosions are one thing but I didn't like scrambling for the multipliers on Takedown. In revenge it's simply about destroying everything possible on the zone and cleverly positioning yourself to do so. Glad we finally got this review though, do Paradise next!
I agree with your central take on this game, that the crash breaker absolutely makes it. It's kind of hard to go back and play the earlier levels, but once I get past that it becomes the most satisfying game in the world.
Dominator was a stop gap for Paradise. It felt like a budget burnout game. It plays brilliantly on the PSP and suits the short play sessions of the PSP.
Regarding the difficulty you were having with getting takedowns, I did notice a couple things. Firstly, car weight has a big impact. Super Light and Light weight cars can struggle at getting takedowns, but Medium is very strong. That's why for Road Rage events I always use the Etnies Racer, which is easily the best Medium vehicle you can unlock in my opinion. Secondly, I've found that doing pit maneuvers (striking the back wheel area of a vehicle from the side) and colliding with the rear trunk are the best ways to force a takedown. Once you get the hang of it, it's quite easy to farm the bots for takedowns galore.
I love Revenge and have done a couple playthroughs on youtube, but I really adore Burnout 3 with its locations, style and above all else, the crash mode. I prefer Burnout 3's crash mode to Revenge, mostly for the pick-ups and the heavyweight vehicle (fire truck, bus, etc) crash breakers which are huge. You don't really have many heavyweights in Revenge other than the mobile crasher truck. As for the main menu system in Revenge, the 360's menu and music is great but I prefer the look and style of the PS2 version (never owned original Xbox version) and I liked the Break on Through remix song that played. I am one of those who liked hearing Stryker's comments during events, but it's not really needed for Revenge. He suits the Burnout 3 world more I think. It would've been nice to hear from him again though.
Burnout Revenge was a blast. Similar to Takedown, Revenge up the ante on the car combat aspect. Even loved the car designs (Tuned R series, Custom M-Type series, Factory M-Type series and the Criterion R series are some of my fave car designs)
Traffic Check feature was good in its own mode. And thats the place it shouldve stayed. I loved the risky driving in B3 Takedown where one mistake could ruin the run
I love this game, i bought all the burnout games for nostalgia, i'm super damn depressed and alone ever since covid and this game in particular just brings me such joy.. i was about 12 years old and now i'm 25... i feel like a kid again playing this
Burnout Revenge is a great game still holds up, replayed it 2 years ago on the xbox one and the feeling of carnage is insane cant wait to see what you think of Burnout Paradise
I have Burnout Revenge for the Xbox 360 I absolutely love this game I recently bought Burnout Paradise for the 360 these are the only racing games I'll ever play
- The biggest and more flexed out (street/Modified/GT race car + special versions) car rooster out of the whole franchise. - Traffic check system and the most flexible crash mode ever. - A soundtrack to remember with Fall out boy, the chemical brothers, LCD soundsystem and Andy Hunter. - *Crashbreaker* Don't get me wrong, Burnout 3 was awesome on itself, but this was Awesome+1=Perfect! 😁
I always preferred the bright, sunny look and feel of Burnout 3 over this game. It's a close second for the best Burnout game but looking at the footage of this review just reminds me of how edgy and dark it was trying to be! Great review
I just bought this game for the first time when you put this video out and I love it. I was a freshman in high school in 2006 when the game was released and it's nice to listen to the soundtrack (which has no business being this good) and enjoy the horrible brown ENB preset and just crash cars. It's fun to play when you're drunk because not much skill is involved until higher rankings. super fun if you appreciate older games
Well, obvious step now is to make a review of "Burnout: Dominator". Back when I was a kid, I loved this thing to bits. I remember playing this game with my friends during breaks in school via LAN and how I once managed to literally destroy my PSP after one particularly frustraiting event later in the game. Gosh, I loved it so much, that I have installed a PCSX2 initially just to play "Dominator" again!
At Least the last Burnout was the most ambitious. Paradise is my favorite out of the series overall. Dead Space, EA destroyed with micro-transactions. Dead Space 3 was like topping a beautiful two tier cake with a shit flavored third tier filled with broken glass.
You are the best in terms of review and advises to give,and the best thing is that you are reviewing games that i played back then and still on the 360 and ps2 you are the BEST!!!😆
Burnout Revenge was one of my favorite games that I played on the original XBox. I love the Crashbreaker, the events, and even the music. I need to get this game again at some point via the Microsoft Store. I really missed it and 15+ years is SO LONG!
Anyone wanna hang out and get high and fill our bellies with diet soda while playing burnout revenge on the ps2?
hell no
When I first heard that part I was like "fuck yeah I do!"
smiling friends brought us here
you kissed your dad on the mouth?
Dirty Brown Watah
You forgot one thing, if you start your car but got explode during Crash mode, the crowd start laughing at you.
Hated that
Oh that, it is even in Paradise, but in party mode, where you get boo, instead of laughing.
Only on the original Xbox and PS2 releases. The Xbox 360 port removed it entirely, and it's all the better for it.
I didn’t like that as I can’t even get the timing correctly
I am not fond of the crowd noises in Revenge's crash mode, sounded so cheesy and annoying, especially when the crowd jeers when you stall.
Fun fact: The woman in the opening movie for Burnout Revenge is Jules De Jongh who would go on to do the same introductory voice for Burnout Paradise, Need for Speed Hot Pursuit and Most Wanted 2012.
She also did the voice for Faith from the Mirrors Edge series and Cora Harper in Mass Effect Andromeda.
These mid-2000 racers are what shaped my love for this genre of music that I still listen to till this day.
I actually didn't mind the bump in difficulty with things like taking down the enemy. I actually had no idea the revenge mechanic had no purpose other than self satisfying revenge lmfao. I loved it. I used to go after my target like a damn ballistic missile.
It was needed to unlock special cars by completing all trophies
there was a trophy for X revenge takedowns in races
other than that, no purpose but stay mad at a bot lol
@ShamarKemet dude what
Actual NASCAR behavior and i just love Criterion for that
Without a doubt my favorite Burnout game, and it’s not even close. Burnout 3 is the game that gets the majority of the attention, but Revenge is the franchise at its absolute best to me.
not to discredit B3 but I agree
Revenge is peak Burnout game
The best one is Paradise
I used to like Revenge better but recently, I went back to both Burnout 3 and Burnout Revenge on PCSX2 with amazing enhancements (like no blur, widescreen patch, updated textures).
I think I've come to like Burnout 3 better after spending time with them.
Revenge has the problem that a lot of games of that "Early 360" era had - They made the color palette too gritty and industrial like in a few stages. Angel Valley, Eternal City, and Motor City are all Yellow as fuck, and I personally don't like that. The 360 version takes it even further and adds too much bloom and motion blur.
Burnout 3 just simply has a much more beautiful, balanced color palette (more in line with other beautiful games like Outrun 2 or Daytona USA) and more tracks. In Revenge it feels like you get through the tracks too quickly and then it feels like a lack of variety.
At the end of the day though, they are both fantastic games and I still love Burnout Revenge very much. I'm just nitpicking on minor things that most casual players won't even notice. It's like comparing a 9/10 to a 10/10 game.
Agreed
My dad recommended this game to me when I turned 7 years old back in the day. I still remember not fully knowing what I was getting in to, until I was tasked with hitting as many cars as I could in the first mission.
Ever since that moment this game has been one of my all-time favorites, and without any doubt my favorite Burnout game. I still return to this game every now and then to relive these fond childhood memories, 14 years later...
This game had the best crash mode of any Burnout game. The explosions and crashes are absolutely amazing.
Agree. I didnt like Crash mode as a kid, but it grew up on me. Played all stages on Revenge, then tried to do the same on Takedown and I hated the pick ups because it forces you to do only one thing: go after them to rack multipliers. On Revenge there is optimal ways to finish stages, but it is way more open ended and you can get quite creative on doing crashes.
I respectfully yet vehemently disagree. They ruined the crash mode in Revenge when it was easily the most fun part of Burnout 3, it feels much more random as to whether or not one will hit the quota for the gold medal due to the vehicles having awful controls in the mode, the traffic AI feels much more random and unpredictable, there's wind resistance to worry about on top of everything else, several junctions require a traffic check trick shot to hit the required amount and the physics for traffic checking isn't anywhere near precise enough to pull off consistently and that's still on top of doing everything else right, there's no powerups or powerdowns to aim for and avoid respectively which is just less fun IMO, and worst of all they made crashbreakers into a button masher and an insanely hard one at that, I am a button mashing GOD I've beaten every Test Your Might challenge in Mortal Kombat and Injustice perfectly, I've beaten Dark Gaia in Sonic Unleashed, and even bested the legendarily infamous Canary Mary in Banjo Tooie, and I still struggle filling the crashbreaker meter in Burnout Revenge to the point where I have hurt my getting the 5 stars in certain junctions it is that hard especially counting retries! Edit: for got to mention how random the timer seems to be, sometimes it will start counting down almost immediately and other tries it takes its time. I know that it's supposed to be based on if there's enough of a lull in the carnage but it was never consistent on what exactly constitutes a sufficient lull even doing the same thing in the same same junction would have the timer pop up at different intervals for no apparent reason and I've had countless would be successful attempts ruined because the timer decides that even though there's plenty of carnage still going on to time me out early, just completely inconsistent and infuriating! Edit 2: added some commas that where missing.
@gremlinstdm Most of the problems I listed are most noticeable as a completionist, going for perfects in every event (which I recently Perfected the game last December btw True Elite baby!) if someone just goes for the bronze or only perfects the easy ones they might not notice or care as much, as the problems don't interfere with getting bronze or even silver that much it's only really when going for the gold that it becomes insufferable. (I still have no idea how anyone can defend button mashing for crashbreakers though, I hated that change with a burning passion even before I became a completionist, it's just not fun even without how much harder it makes certain junctions. I can see how it wouldn't be a dealbreaker but I don't understand how anyone could prefer it.) So if you're also a completionist at least regarding Burnout Revenge that might explain why we think alike.
@@GodOfOrphans woah
I unfortunately cannot agree with you. The crash mode feels way too clunky in this game compared to any other Burnout. Also, the framerate is cut in half which makes this mode feel even worse. For me it's probably
1. Burnout 3 crash mode
2. Burnout 2 crash mode
3. Burnout Legend crash mode
4. Burnout Paradise Showtime mode
5. Burnout Revenue crash mode
Burnout Revenge improved on literally everything, and still kept the amazing soundtrack. I still listen to it to this day.
Minus the sound effect. Like the crash sfx
while i agree that Burnout Revenge was an improvement in almost every way, i still prefer Burnout 3 by any means
Technically revenge is a better game, especially in terms of car's poly count and reflections, but overall it's more gloomy,more aggresive and less fun than 3rd one. I also like tracks in takedown more,they're seem to me more attractive and diverse compared to what we've got in revenge.
@@ГеоргийКурганов-у7у I totally agree
I have the soundtrack to this game as a Spotify playlist. It's just pure mid 2000s bliss
"Burnout 4: Rush Hour"
Coincidentally, SimCity 4: Rush Hour came out a bit before Revenge came out and that was another game I loved.
... this was the real reason then given EA own Sims too
...but they never made Rush Hour 4 😔
Burnout 3, Legends, and Revenge all top tier!
What about new burnouts like dangerous drive/2 and dangerous zone/2 ???????
I have never played Legends, is there anything specific you can say about the game?
@@poltergijstt Legends is the first PSP version, it's pretty much a 'Best Of' the Burnout series between 1 and 3 with tracks and cars from all those games, all wrapped in the solid Burnout 3 engine. It's really well done.
(Just avoid the DS version of Burnout Legends, that's so bad it's hilarious)
@@jackh.3052 Dangerous Driving is good but still has a long way to go. Eyes are on Dangerous Driving 2 to see whether they can polish it up to be the Burnout 3 it so clearly wants to be.
@@jamiedavinci1328 Thanks for clarifying that for me! I am gonna check out Legends because it sounds like something I just have to try!
Well this is timely the day I dust off Burnout Paradise Remastered, shame it wasn't Revenge that got a remaster.
Both, as well as 3 deverved it
I can't understand why EA won't remaster them as well
They should remaster ps2 version
I found it strange too how they remastered the latest game and not an earlier one. Only played Paradise a little bit back in the day but happy to be able to play it on my PS4 and PC now
@@dathotbox probably because its easier to do, they dont have to remake the entire game
@@ajemajh makes sense I guess, still a weird one
The only downside was that DJ Stryker was forgotten, I really liked his humor when selecting an event in World Tour.
@SUPERBOOTLEG Archive SSX 3 with Atomika came out about 6 months before Burnout 3 (with Stryker... lol that spelling is so early 00s). so it seems likely that Atomika came first.
and Stryker was more of a 14 year-old mind ("let's smash things") while Atomika was more of a mid-20s "let's go ride pow and tell funny stories" kind of guy. they both fit very nicely with their games.
just stumbled across a SpikeTV series from back in the day called "Ultimate Gamer" and he was the host haha. It was a very 2000s show for sure
Interesting
Okay the real question is how to I get this game thank u
One of my favorites of 2006, up there with NFS: Carbon.
@Noob Tuber well...that was the remix version.
Finished Carbon again right now and I am sorry, I coudnt get into. I like how it carries over a lot of things from Most Wanted, but on Carbon everything is under used. Pursuits are a bit better, but they only annoy the player after races, dont have any objectives. The world is very pretty, but it is useless to explore because you will get into pursuits that dont mean anything and I loathe to death the "crew" mechanic, they love to steal wins from the player. I like the added customization options and the canyon races though (especially because they dont have teammates in there, shame that it has so few canyon races)
The regular MC3 I had all the memories with, but yeah Midnight club 3. Best arcade racer of that decade 🤷🏽♂️
OH MY FUCKING GOD. YES
Burnout Revenge is one of my favourites of 2006 alongside Test Drive Unlimited 1 and sorry but Carbon was average at best.
that traffic check was actually really clever way to "balance" one complaint i had on takedown; thanks to motion blur, traffic cars are harder to see from behind than from oncoming traffic headlights. That, coupled with the fact that driving oncoming lane fills your boost, makes driving oncoming lane "op" and atleast in the endgame timeattacks you are practically forced to drive oncoming lane if you want gold, no choice there. So i'm glad they found a solution that included more airborne cars :)
Also traffic check costs you speed a bit so if you don't want to waste some milliseconds you have to near miss them
Man this review makes me want to go back and play Revenge again. I've only ever played through this title on Playstation 2, but I own it across all platforms that it was released on, so I may go and play it on the 360 next. Your reviews just have that aspect to them that makes me want to go back and play the game after watching.
The 360 version is great, I just wish we could tone down the bloom
And now for the review we’ve all been waiting for.
I love when DJ Stryker co-hosted Loveline. He does a spot on Gene Summons impression.
My most played game in the ps2 and to this day, best game of all time.
For me it was a 3-way battle between Burnout 2, 3, and Revenge on most time played.
I remember it being amazing, but boy playing it now wasn't amazing. Still fun, but the controls man. It's very stiff, and it's very easy to skid the walls
Really? Over GTA SA and Most Wanted?
Ikr this path of neo tenkaichi 2 my games
Woah burnout 3 is best game of all time. lol! man you're spitting facts
In my biased opinion, this is the best in the whole series.
Play this with the Logitech Driving Force Pro wheel and it's the epitome of arcade racers still!
Revenge is brutal and energetic, it doesn't forget about begginers but it doesn't let down good players. Amazing balance with a large show of destruction either seeing others get demolished or you being the one that's gone.
The best Burnout imo
Agreed with the best soundtrack as well
yea if u have ps2 or xbox original version
@@jacobm92 I got the PS2 & 360 version
Yes
The HD version may have absurd bloom, but I love it so much
Can’t believe the Burnout 3 video was a year ago. Been waiting for this one!
I'll always prefer B3 over revenge, but it's still an amazing game.
When the world need him most.. he returned
Burnout Revenge, NFS Underground 2, Grid 1 are the trifecta of arcade racing games...Honorable mention Blur.
TDU 1 and 2
Sleeping on split second
Agree but I kinda didnt liked Blur unfortunately. What bothers me the most about it is the drift mechanic, no matter how much I leveled up, used different cars and such and I managed to get wrong when trying to go to tight corners. Split Second does have a weird drift system but I find it consistent on what car you choose, so it is a matter of time and practice to learn to handle well. I am sad because I think Blur is very cool in making the "kart racing" mechanic more strategic than on other games of the genre, but drifting ruined the game for me. Even Metropolis Street Racer is easier to do tight corners than Blur in my opinion
@@Rb26z I played split second but it suffered from the setpiece dilemma for me. Only so many times seeing the same thing blow up around the same time that it got old quick. Plus the game does the destruction for you at a press of a button instead of creating that chaos yourself like you can burnout/blur where you directly control it. Great looking game though.
@@jesse76thgames80 Fair enough, I always loved playing with my friends on the 360, plus the short campaign helps for single player every now and then.
this and takedown influenced the hell out of my music taste. couldnt be more thankful for the sountrack....love me some thrice whilst bombing it at 200mph
Probably The Most Brutal Burnout wuth greedie looking, with still kickin' ass soundtrack plus Traffic Attack and introduction of Crashbreaker in Race as well Crashbreaker trigger by damage feeling so you can explode *MORE THAN ONCE!*
Revenge was my favourite. I remember being excited for Paradise and feeling cheated by how much of a downgrade it was compared to revenge. Really wish it got a remaster.
Nah Paradise is great
@@ineedandrenalinenah it's mid I haven't even played revenge
Revenge was the first automotive racing game I ever played as a kid back in '05, and to this day is still my all time favorite of the genre. Kind of a shame that this masterpiece has been nearly forgotten about, except from the most diehard racing game fans.
I booted this game up on a ps2 emulator and put the resolution and framerate up a bit and I was seriously surprised that it actually looked like something way more modern than it actually is
I love how brutal you can be in this game, with all of these crazy explosions, traffic checking and takedowns ! Clearly the best game to play after a bad day 😈
Smiling friends brought me here
"No thanks I have to get to work"
@@reycesarcarino4653”Suit yourself!”
@@reycesarcarino4653 Suit yourself. (laughs crazily and walks away fast).
The main menu song for Burnout Revenge has lived in my head rent free since i was like 12
The last true Burnout game in my eyes. No other game after this had crash mode. It's an essential part of the game for me. I prefer the 360 version for it's higher resolution and 16:9 support. Also the extra crash junctions you mentioned. Yeah, the bloom and blur is a bit much, but it's worth the other upgrades.
Also, female DJ. Hell yeah. She can interrupt any time.
Worth saying that paradise did have a crash mode, But it was as organised..you could initiate it anywhere on the map
Best racing game of all time. No realistic simulation bullshit, just straight arcade fun madness.
This was my favorite game in the franchise. I've never had so much fun with a game.
Almost a year since the last Burnout review? Dude time flies...
I've been waiting for this review for a long time and it's here!!!
I still play this game to this very day. Ive 100% 5 times already, and will do it for a 6th. The challenge you get from progressing further is perfect. It may get frustrating later on but it's part of the fun, as you feel as a rush of success
If u dont try yet, bournout revenge have a achievement list on retroarch. Is excelent to give even more lifetime to old titles.
This game was epic as a child!! The crash mode was my favorite causing the most chaos and blowing the crap out of everything!
Didn't you have to pump the crash breaker button to get a bigger explosion?
This game has the best tracks and soundtrack ever. I remember drifting thru White Mountain while Fallout Boy is playing and it's the most epic feeling ever.
daft punk is playing at my house
(my house)
All American rejects - Move Along
All The Rage by Funeral for a Friend. Absolute banger.
The most amazing thing for me is the fact, that Burnout 3 had fully original soundtrack, like the Burnout 2 and 1, but it got scrapped in favor of the licensed tracks. However, all of the unused tracks came back in Burnout: Paradise.
Makes me wonder what else got scrapped in those games.
It was mainly down to EA's marketing team, they wanted it to be desirable to teenagers I guess.
I've waited a long time for this and so looking forward to your review Burnout Paradise. Keep up the good work!
Did you enjoy Paradise? I'm genuinely curious. I skipped it back in the day for some reason, but recently played the Xbox One port.
@@saintallison Yeah, I had a blast with it
loved this game soo much. Really missing the old days. almost 20yrs ago. Damn time is running so fast
Although I didn't finish the video yet, I just love the ever loving HECK OIUT OF COLOURSHED for using the sound effects in his transitions from the burnout games. Smacking me with childhood nostalgia. and I love it.
Besides the general improvements there was one important thing the 360 version of Revenge did over the PS2/XBox version:
Crash mode in the 6th gen had a meter at the start that was taken straight from golf games. If you flubbed it you had a poorer start that could affect your goals. 360 version just made you perfect start every time.
Regarding what you said around the 11:00 mark. It’s harder to take other cars down because this was the first one that the weight of the cars was really felt. Light cars are not easy to take down heavier cars with.
14:10 and 14:45 I remember playing the demo of this game on PS2 before it came out, and the crash mode was so fucking satisfying it alone made me buy the game. Just that moment of build-up before exploding like a nuclear bomb was incredible and still gives me nostalgic chills today
Paradise next? :3
Definitely dominator
Bought the 360 version when it came out and absolutely loved it. Preferred this to paradise
the 360 and PS2/Xbox versions have slightly different car physics. it's easier to take opponents down on the latter. on the 360 they feel a lot more like tanks.
also the crash mode differs in the PS2/Xbox versions in the way you launch the car. On the 360, it just plays out like B3's crash mode, but on PS2/Xbox you could set the "power" of your launch, yknow, like a golf game.
This along with 3 are the best in the franchise for me. The thing I love about Revenge are the astetic of the cars (The Factory R, Criterion M-Type, Works M-Type, Prototype R (Later known as the Watson V12) and the Custom M-Type being my top five.) and the sense of challenge. Sure takedowns are harder but they're so rewarding once you get it right.
Great video, just earned yourself a new subscriber!
One thing I think was missed in this review was the location challenges. He said he skipped them and yet that's a part of the game where all the unique cars are earned (and not just cars that are upgraded versions within the 3 tiers of performance). I didn't notice this myself in my revisit to this game a few years ago as I too was just focusing on 5 stars on every event.
Hope you play Burnout Dominator too since it seems to be somewhat forgotten about but its a great Burnout game too.
About the takedowns in Revenge, here's where the 6th gen and Xbox 360 versions differ the most gameplay wise. I played the PS2 version and X360 version back to back and I found that the X360 version for some reason makes takedowns wayyy too difficult, meanwhile on the PS2 version it's similar to Burnout 3 where hitting opponents puts them out of control for a second. As for the traffic, despite how much traffic appears on screen, when I played it on the PS2 there was absolutely no frame rate hiccups whatsover. Despite better graphics and a better crash mode, I still believe that the 6th gen versions really are overall a better experience mainly because of how doing takedowns feel in X360 Revenge.
Nowdays you can play revenge on series x/s and there is no framerate issues or loading issues whatsoever.
I could never get used to Revenge's tone and physics after B3, too grungy and aggressive. The game may have disappointed me but at least I got a kick out of the special edition's calendar where pinup girls destroy cars. I still have it too.
I hate how dark it looks, despite being middle of the day. Can't see what colour any car is until you're right on them.
I never got to play this one and unfortunately I still cannot try it in any way. Just hope to be able to do it one day, because the crashbreakers give me goosebumps
Check Amazon or a used game store
Or Emulate it
In case you have any difficulty with the road rages, on the 360 version, you could do a glitch where if you go into a 2 player crash battle and quit out when it starts, you can select the crash vehicles for the races. Due to their heavyweights, you'll bulldoze opponents with the only issue of speed.
I always loved the sound design of the. them explosions are great. im surprised other game companies don't use it
Ironic how you upload this as my 9 year old just completed 3 and has moved on to this THIS actually morning haha keep up the great work dude.
Great review. Man, this game has way too much bloom on 360. That was a time when bloom lighting was being overused, and I have no idea why.
Atmosphere
Agree on almost everything apart from crashing being better on Takedown. The graphics and added explosions are one thing but I didn't like scrambling for the multipliers on Takedown. In revenge it's simply about destroying everything possible on the zone and cleverly positioning yourself to do so. Glad we finally got this review though, do Paradise next!
I played this game on the PS2 back in the day. I'd say it was one of my favorite childhood games
I agree with your central take on this game, that the crash breaker absolutely makes it. It's kind of hard to go back and play the earlier levels, but once I get past that it becomes the most satisfying game in the world.
A few years later, the Dominator was released. And that was nerfed so much feature from previous Burnout titles
Dominator was a stop gap for Paradise. It felt like a budget burnout game. It plays brilliantly on the PSP and suits the short play sessions of the PSP.
Burnout: Dominator was the only Burnout game I had played so going to Burnout: Revenge was quite bizarre with the feature changes.
Thanks for capturing with the correct aspect ratio
What do you think about The vehicles in Burnout Revenge?
10:46 man really came in clutch by finishing with just 0.16 seconds to spare
would love to see the other Burnouts reviewed too.
Next: Burnout Dominator
Regarding the difficulty you were having with getting takedowns, I did notice a couple things. Firstly, car weight has a big impact. Super Light and Light weight cars can struggle at getting takedowns, but Medium is very strong. That's why for Road Rage events I always use the Etnies Racer, which is easily the best Medium vehicle you can unlock in my opinion.
Secondly, I've found that doing pit maneuvers (striking the back wheel area of a vehicle from the side) and colliding with the rear trunk are the best ways to force a takedown. Once you get the hang of it, it's quite easy to farm the bots for takedowns galore.
I love Revenge and have done a couple playthroughs on youtube, but I really adore Burnout 3 with its locations, style and above all else, the crash mode. I prefer Burnout 3's crash mode to Revenge, mostly for the pick-ups and the heavyweight vehicle (fire truck, bus, etc) crash breakers which are huge. You don't really have many heavyweights in Revenge other than the mobile crasher truck.
As for the main menu system in Revenge, the 360's menu and music is great but I prefer the look and style of the PS2 version (never owned original Xbox version) and I liked the Break on Through remix song that played.
I am one of those who liked hearing Stryker's comments during events, but it's not really needed for Revenge. He suits the Burnout 3 world more I think. It would've been nice to hear from him again though.
This was my first 360 game when! I spent sooooo many hours on this game as a kid, loved it!
Burnout Revenge was a blast. Similar to Takedown, Revenge up the ante on the car combat aspect. Even loved the car designs (Tuned R series, Custom M-Type series, Factory M-Type series and the Criterion R series are some of my fave car designs)
Traffic Check feature was good in its own mode. And thats the place it shouldve stayed. I loved the risky driving in B3 Takedown where one mistake could ruin the run
Remember the circuit city car ?
I love this game, i bought all the burnout games for nostalgia, i'm super damn depressed and alone ever since covid and this game in particular just brings me such joy.. i was about 12 years old and now i'm 25... i feel like a kid again playing this
Burnout Revenge is a great game still holds up, replayed it 2 years ago on the xbox one and the feeling of carnage is insane cant wait to see what you think of Burnout Paradise
Happy you’re back
I have Burnout Revenge for the Xbox 360 I absolutely love this game I recently bought Burnout Paradise for the 360 these are the only racing games I'll ever play
This was the first game I 100% i remember crying when i unlocked the Revenge Racer
- The biggest and more flexed out (street/Modified/GT race car + special versions) car rooster out of the whole franchise.
- Traffic check system and the most flexible crash mode ever.
- A soundtrack to remember with Fall out boy, the chemical brothers, LCD soundsystem and Andy Hunter.
- *Crashbreaker*
Don't get me wrong, Burnout 3 was awesome on itself, but this was Awesome+1=Perfect! 😁
I was just playing Burnout Revenge when I saw this in my recommended, as usual, your reviews are great!
I always preferred the bright, sunny look and feel of Burnout 3 over this game. It's a close second for the best Burnout game but looking at the footage of this review just reminds me of how edgy and dark it was trying to be! Great review
bro i've been waiting for a paradise review. that's why i subbed.
One of my favourite game themes ever, Love the review!
I just bought this game for the first time when you put this video out and I love it. I was a freshman in high school in 2006 when the game was released and it's nice to listen to the soundtrack (which has no business being this good) and enjoy the horrible brown ENB preset and just crash cars. It's fun to play when you're drunk because not much skill is involved until higher rankings. super fun if you appreciate older games
Well, obvious step now is to make a review of "Burnout: Dominator". Back when I was a kid, I loved this thing to bits. I remember playing this game with my friends during breaks in school via LAN and how I once managed to literally destroy my PSP after one particularly frustraiting event later in the game. Gosh, I loved it so much, that I have installed a PCSX2 initially just to play "Dominator" again!
Great in depth Review! Thanks! Would love to See your take on Dangerous Driving
The Burnout and Dead Space series were some of my favorite games. I hate that EA killed both.
At Least the last Burnout was the most ambitious. Paradise is my favorite out of the series overall. Dead Space, EA destroyed with micro-transactions. Dead Space 3 was like topping a beautiful two tier cake with a shit flavored third tier filled with broken glass.
Revenge's explosions in crash mode are just superb, makes you feel like Oppenheimer every time you can use the Crashbreaker
Brings me back to when I was gaming on my original Xbox and I thought it looked so good at the time. Still holds up today imo.
I will respectfully disagree with the trophy point. When I unlocked a trophy and I saw that metallic animation, it felt kinda cool.
I also found getting takedowns harder than in the 3rd game. I love this game, but I still prefer Takedown, especially in terms of crash mode.
cant wait to see your review on Paradise, if you get around to it
You are the best in terms of review and advises to give,and the best thing is that you are reviewing games that i played back then and still on the 360 and ps2 you are the BEST!!!😆
Nice to see some love for my favourite Burnout game
The default crash car has the most powerful crashbreaker in the game
I had the demo disk for this back in the day and enjoyed playing that more than underground 2
Burnout Revenge was one of my favorite games that I played on the original XBox. I love the Crashbreaker, the events, and even the music. I need to get this game again at some point via the Microsoft Store. I really missed it and 15+ years is SO LONG!