Burnout Review + New screens

It seems this game is out already in the UK, has anyone gotten it yet? Care to give your impressions? Anyway I found a review for the game at gamesradar.co.uk, formerly dailyradar.co.uk.

http://www.gamesradar.com/reviews/game_review_471.html

The review is actually taken from PSM2, and its an 88% or a Direct Hit, whatever you want to call it.

Here\'s some interesting quotes regarding the gameplay mechanics:

And so begins the delicious pain of Burnout - that is the
balancing of the burnout versus the danger involved. The meter can only be triggered when maxed out, and it\'s only, slowly, filled when you either pull off a well-held drift, narrowly avoid another vehicle or race into oncoming traffic. The result is that - despite being faced with the most dangerous and nerve-shredding environment of any racing game, ever- you\'ll actually choose to take even more risks.[/b]

Sounds brilliant. Apparently when you race into oncomming traffic your burnout meter (turbo boost) increases dramatically so that you keep going faster and faster against more and more traffic until you eventually turn your car into a flying, twisting piece of scrapmetal. They also mention that the game is insaneley fast, moreso than any other racing game.

Anyway I am really begining to like this developer, with projects like Airblade, and Burnout Criterion is definitley showing some talent.

Here\'s a few screenshots for all you graphic whores:

wow, the game is so enhanced since my last glimpse, thanx for the info and pics

Damn.. I must get that game..
I havent seen it anyware, so it prolly isnt out

it\'s reviewed in this months psm2, but according to their release dates section, it\'s not out until december

Burnout is coming out in UK on the 16th of Novemeber

Yeah Criterion is one of the few PS2 dev\'s that started getting performance out of the PS2 from the get go

sweeet..........

Too many good games coming out, i wonder if i should start working :thepimp:

Do you think Criteron have got rid of the shimmering and jaggies? The video\'s I\'ve seen all have them. But those screens look like they\'ve sorted it out, or maybe its because the screens are small

yeah i read a review in the ops2 mag, it sounds great!!!!! those pics dont do it justice though

Ive seen it down as the 30th November for UK..... hope it is the 16th though.... seen a dvd of it running and its fast as **** with fantastic crashes

bring it on

Originally posted by kopking
yeah i read a review in the ops2 mag, it sounds great!!!!! those pics dont do it justice though

What did they give it (what score)?

Originally posted by Lavan


What did they give it (what score)?

they gave it a 8, they said it was excellent, only prob was that there was too much onus on a perfect run and two player wasnt as good as it could have been, also saw a dvd of it....WOW it loks good

k............thanx