Play a while, and it grows on you. The cars sound bang-on, and having tested a selection of the machines from the game in "real-life", I appreciated the attention to detail in this regard. The free-roaming maps which offer plenty of shortcuts and straight stretches also add to the fun factor.
There are many ways to shape your experience with this game--from tuning your selected ride, to shaping it any way you like with the unique "auto-sculpt" feature, to racing against the police force and trying to escape. There are obstacles you can hit to send shrapnel into the road, slowing the progress of the sometimes dim-witted "five-oh's". It's complete amusement.
Need for Speed: Carbon might look better with less-cheesy acting and more light, but it's still pretty fun once you warm up to it--at least worth a rental.
It's available across current and next-generation systems, PCs and portables--so no matter your gaming rig, you'll be able to find a copy.
What's Hot: Lots of room to play, many challenges, amusing police chases, great selection of cars, great sounds.
What's Not: Graphics on PS2 are mediocre at best, die-hard fans won't appreciate the cheesy storyline tie-ins and acting.
Burnout 3: Takedown(PS2 and Xbox)
This arcade style crash-and-burn game puts drivers in control of anything from super-exotics to nitrous-powered transit buses, and sets them up a course of destruction.
The entire purpose of this game is automotive carnage. Stunt-courses are set up for players to accelerate to hundreds of kph before ramping off a jump into a congested intersection, or bisecting a fuel tanker parked inside of a busy tunnel.
The result is videogame pyrotechnics and shrapnel-dynamics at their finest, with flying glass, fire, honking and total mayhem ensuing. It's just like driving in Scarborough around 4:45 pm on a Friday.
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| Need for Speed: Carbon |
There are many ways to shape your experience with this game--from tuning your selected ride, to shaping it any way you like with the unique "auto-sculpt" feature, to racing against the police force and trying to escape. There are obstacles you can hit to send shrapnel into the road, slowing the progress of the sometimes dim-witted "five-oh's". It's complete amusement.
Need for Speed: Carbon might look better with less-cheesy acting and more light, but it's still pretty fun once you warm up to it--at least worth a rental.
It's available across current and next-generation systems, PCs and portables--so no matter your gaming rig, you'll be able to find a copy.
What's Hot: Lots of room to play, many challenges, amusing police chases, great selection of cars, great sounds.
What's Not: Graphics on PS2 are mediocre at best, die-hard fans won't appreciate the cheesy storyline tie-ins and acting.
Burnout 3: Takedown(PS2 and Xbox)
This arcade style crash-and-burn game puts drivers in control of anything from super-exotics to nitrous-powered transit buses, and sets them up a course of destruction.
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| Burnout 3: Takedown |
The entire purpose of this game is automotive carnage. Stunt-courses are set up for players to accelerate to hundreds of kph before ramping off a jump into a congested intersection, or bisecting a fuel tanker parked inside of a busy tunnel.
The result is videogame pyrotechnics and shrapnel-dynamics at their finest, with flying glass, fire, honking and total mayhem ensuing. It's just like driving in Scarborough around 4:45 pm on a Friday.