Burnout Legends

Publisher: Electronic Arts

Platform: PSP

Category: Racing

Rating Info

Release Date: 21/07/2006

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Number of Players: 1

Burnout Legends Description

It all began in 2001 on the PS2. As if from nowhere, along came a game which shunned glossy graphics and licensed car manufacturers in favour of high speed, sweaty-handed, twitchy arcade race action. Developed by Criterion and published by Acclaim, Burnout had an intensity unmatched at the time, and required total concentration to play, and was so involving that you found yourself unable to blink and breathe in as you zipped through gaps in traffic. Burnout 2 followed and the legacy continued. A perfect structure and difficulty curve drew you through the game, an enhanced physics engine improved the cars' handling and new exciting features like jumping were introduced. With the passing of Acclaim, Criterion had to look for new publishers and turned to a certain publishing behemoth with a UK base a few miles down the road from their own Guildford HQ: Electronic Arts. The result of this alliance was a very successful development of the brand in Burnout 3: Takedown. Rather than avoiding even the slightest contact with other cars, players were now encouraged to smash their opponents off the track, into oncoming traffic or bits of the scenery. While the old techniques of drifting, jumping and other dangerous habits would still fill the ever-present burnout gauge, attacks on your enemy racers were rewarded with huge dollops of boost. The less precise driving style disappointed some purists but won the game a new audience and became the most successful Burnout title ever, not least thanks to its hypnotic colours and effects and blistering frame rate. The combative new style was well suited to this particular iteration, the first to feature online play. Now the entire history of a games legend comes together in the appropriately named Burnout Legends on PSP. Decide for yourself which version was the greatest, or simply appreciate all three on their own undoubted merits. Legends features the greatest moments from the series so far, all updated to look their best for the slinky new PSP handheld console. New gameplay and new cars feature as well, and naturally you can play your friends using the PSP's wireless capabilities. A generous GameShare feature allows you to upload any level of the game to your friend's machine so that they can enjoy it with you. Burnout Legends is a welcome addition to the PSP library.

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Reviewed by: chrisgarman	Date: 26/12/2005	Rating:
How many of you have ever gone the wrong way round the track on a normal racing game to cause as much carniage as you can? Burnout Legends has about 100 different scenes where your goal is to cause as much damage to the other traffic as possible. I have read reviews from some people saying this soon got tedious becuase they say you just charge into the traffic and wait to be told your score. I actually find a lot of the scenes in this game require some thought and strategy to disrupt as many flows as traffic as possible, plus you have to control where your wreck ends up because you can make it explode to cause more damage!. Its great fun! There are other modes where you race (but you dont need to worry about getting round corners perfectly!) and where you are pursuing other vehicles and have to 'bring them down'. If some of the other racing sims are too difficult this game is the racing sim for you!

Reviewed by: tuftex	Date: 20/09/2005	Rating:
Wicked game. Just like the console one's. The gameshare option is good, it allows for multiplayer racing using only 1 UMD on the host PSP

Features

Irresponsible Speed - Burnout Legends captures the series' blistering speed and intensity, delivering the fastest, most dangerous racing experience available on the PSP. Blinking is overrated

Best of Burnout - Burnout Legends includes completely redesigned versions of the best tracks and crash junctions in Burnout's history - all revved up for aggressive driving and maximum takedowns on the PSP

Wireless Multiplayer - Gamers can take down their friends in four-player WiFi action in Race, Crash, Pursuit and Road Rage modes

Customizable Championships - The Burnout Legends wireless mode lets gamers create multiplayer race series that cycle through multiple events ... keeping players behind the wheel, not searching for matches in the lobby

Unlockable Surprises - Each copy of Burnout Legends ships randomly with 5 of 25 unlockable cars. The additional 20 can only be collected by playing friends in WiFi challenges

Game Share - Gamers can upload a level of Burnout Legends to their friend's PSP so they can both play - from just one UMD.

Crash Mode - It's in there! A new scoring system does away with multipliers, challenging gamers to strategically launch their car into traffic in search of the biggest, Hollywood-style crashes imaginable

Pursuit Mode - The cops are back! Get behind the wheel of all-new police cars for the ultimate game of high-speed cat-and-mouse

Gameplay Modes - Burnout Legends delivers enormous variety with a total of nine gameplay modes, including Crash, Pursuit, Burning Lap, Road Rage, Eliminator, Race, Time Attack, Legends Face-Off and Legends GP

Championship Structure - An all-new progression system offers frequent rewards, keeping gamers coming back for quick bursts of on-the-go action

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