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Burnout Legends

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Great Great Game! So, here is a different take on reviewing this game. I know everyone else loves the racing of the Burnout series, and surely this is some of the best racing on any platform. However, for me, the absolute best thing about the Burnout series is the crash mode. INCREDIBLE! It is hard to put into words why it is so much fun to drive as fast as you possibly can into a crowded intersection to see just how much monetary destruction you can cause. It's like primordial fun. Your inner beast gets to come out in the form of plowing through semi trucks cars and minivans. Plus, every time you complete a crash intersection, you unlock another. Each crash is different, each intersection is different. Eventually you'll get to harder to crash intersections and the crash mode becomes somewhat of an addicting puzzler, trying to figure out how to get the gold. Each crash intersection takes about 1 minute to complete lending this mode of the game to the perfect portable title.

Bottom Line: Is it fun? Yes. If you like completely destroying cars and you don't mind using a little brainpower to do it, or if you just want the best racer anywhere, get this game. Will I keep it? It can be played forever. Is it for kids? Extremely violent car crashes with no people involved. My kids can't get enough of it.

This is truly a fun game... especially if you like to run into other cars and make them crash and burn. For Burnout 3 fans, this game will not disappoint you. It has the best features from the other previous burnout games... like pursuit mode where you get to be a cop car and run down other cars. I also own wipeout, and ridge racer and I have to say that this game is a step up from those games in terms of fun gameplay.

Tips: The game will ask you to upgrade your firmware to version 1.52 before you can play it, this was a big turn off for me. If you don't want to upgrade, there ARE alternatives available on the web that allow you to play this game without upgrading firmware, so don't worry. Search the psp websites out there before you upgrade.

The Burnout series has been on my list of greatest racing games since Burnout 1, which was a super sleeper hit. Although Burnout was lacking in a lot of things, it had potential. I didn't think a second game would EVER come out, but to my suprise one DID come out. Burnout 2: Point of Impact ( My favorite Burnout game besides Burnout Legends PSP ) That game got a lot of praise, and soon enough, Burnout Takedown came out, and just recently, Burnout Revenge. However, Burnout Legends is a handheld exclusive ( PSP and DS only, but the DS version really stinks. )

Graphics: 8.5/10. Probably the low point of the game. This may be confusing; but Burnout Legends in my opinion is THE BEST looking PSP game available, but I give it an 8.5 simply because of glitches. If you are riding up against a wall or something, you can see through them and stuff, just like if you take someone out against a barrier or a wall, their car will often fall through a glitch. It isn't a bad thing really, it just kinda shows a car falling through blue sky. Moving on!

Sound: 9.5/10. At first the soundtrack I thought was horrible except for Goldfinger's song "I Want", but that isn't really true. After listening to the songs over and over again, i found myself singing some of the songs at home (D'oh.) The soundtrack is all new songs that weren't on any other Burnout. Besides the music, all the other sounds are in there, they are pretty much exactly the same as the console versions, they sound very good.

Control: 9/10. Can it get too much easier? In standard driving mode, X to drive, D-Pad or Analog nub to manuever, square to brake, and R to turbo; that's pretty much it. It's very simple, although the game isn't simple.

Fun: 9.5/10. Not suprisingly, this was an amazing game, Suprisingly though, is how well the frame rate holds out. You can literally be taking down cars over and over again and there will rarely be any lag on screen. Due to the fact the PSP's screen is so well sized, you can easily see cars well up the road. ( assuming your face is on screen into action, like mine. ) Many people say this is not worth more than a rental. Uh.. wrong. It is pretty much impossible to even beat this game in a rental period because it's so in depth. I've played it fairly often since christmas ( I have 4 other PSP games ) and I'm only 18 percent through the game. This is simply an amazing game, and a true PSP gem. A must buy for a PSP owner, no doubt.

Electronic Arts and Criterion have made the Burnout series the most successful and exciting racing video game series to date. Now a yearly franchise (or so it seems), Criterion dropped the bomb on the home consoles this September when they released Burnout Revenge. They also released a PlayStation Portable Burnout, titled Burnout Legends, which is one of the best PSP games to date. With all of the hard-hitting crashes and the same blazing speed of the console games, Burnout Legends holds true to its legacy and delivers in every way.



Burnout Legends takes bits and pieces of Burnout, Burnout 2, and Burnout 3: Takedown and optimizes the experience for the PSP. You'll instantly recognize some courses, cars, and Crash Junctions if you've played any of these three games. This means that there hasn't been much new stuff added to the mix, but what is crunched up into this UMD is impressive. There are eight gameplay modes, including Ad Hoc WiFi multiplayer, and the single player World Tour mode has over 170 events on its own as well as the usual 100 Crash Junctions. It would be safe to say that Burnout Legends will take players as long to complete as Burnout Revenge would on a home console.



After four or five years of high-speed crashes, I'm surprised that EA has managed to keep this franchise fresh and entertaining but somehow they surpass themselves every year with something new. In this year's revenge, you have the ability to ram pedestrian cars around and potentially cause crashes this way. Unfortunately, Burnout Revenge's newest feature is exempt from Legends. This means that Legends plays in almost every way like Burnout 3: Takedown, which isn't a bad thing at all, it just means that Takedown veterans won't find anything new to try.



Still, all of those events never get old. Crash Junctions are as fast, explosive, and hectic as ever. I could never tire of making 30-car pile-ups. There are rewards for players who rack up damage dollars and collect gold medals, of course, so getting all of the gold medals in this game is as addictive as before. As a side note, though, I was disappointed as I noticed it was slightly easier to get gold medals in most of the challenges.



Visually Burnout Legends ranks among the best-looking PSP games so far. The exaggerated sparks from Burnout 3 return and the explosions, filled with smoke and debris, look right at home on the PSP. The crashing not only looks great, but it sounds great as well. The sound of metal buckling and explosions going off is as sweet as candy. As far as music goes, the soundtrack is similar to most of EA's other games this year. It contains pop rock and punk rock, so take it or leave it.



I noticed a few small glitches while playing Burnout Legends, but nothing really distracts from the experience. Sometimes when I was taken down or I'd crash, my car would fly into a tree and get stuck or slide along a wall until the crashing sequence ended itself. I've always thought this, but some Crash Junctions are more luck than skill. No two attempts at the same Crash Junction will end exactly the same, so some Junctions may take one or two tries while others could take an hour or so to finally beat. I know there was one Junction that I tried about thirty times and still never managed to earn gold until I tried it one last time and blew the score away. It's inconsistent, but it's always fun.



In conclusion, Burnout Legends is one of the premium PSP games. It ranks among Hot Shots Golf: Open Tee, Metal Gear Acid, and Wipeout Pure as one of my favorite games on the console. With so much to do and so much excitement while doing it, Burnout Legends is an explosive rush quite unlike anything else on the PSP. The console is loaded with racing games (and there's still more on the way) but you'd be hard-pressed to find something better than this.

(NOTE: This review is also posted on a website where I review games on a regular basis.)

Clearly, Burnout Legends is more of a 'Best-Of' racer that features tracks from all the previous Burnout games on the consoles. Yet, even so, this game smokes and is one of the best racing games currently available for the Playstation Portable. Everything from the sense of speed to the nerve-wrecking crashes to the gorgeous tracks and scenery are all here. Even the EA Trax soundtrack has some heavyhitters on it; like Goldfinger, Finch, Junkie XL and more. Even the load times are kept to a minimum(which is my biggest problem with racing games for the system) It's everything you'd expect a Burnout game to be on the PSP and more. There's 175 races & crash events as well as multiplayer races for up to six players.

On the downside, Burnout Legends suffers from frame rate problems here and there. That's the biggest flaw I've noticed with Legends, so far.

If you're a big racing fan and have a Playstation Portable, Give Burnout Legends a shot. It might leave your stomach all tied up in knots but you'll keep coming back for more...I assure you.

This is my first game for the PSP, so i'm not going to say this is the best or the worst.Instead, I will just list what I believe to be the pros and cons.

PROS:
-Very, very,very,very,very,very,very,very fun
-I found it (usually) easy to control
-Many cool cars
-crash mode is awsome
-pursuit mode, though hard(unless you know the easy way...), is a very fun addition
-it's very true to the original burnout games
-many hours of play

CONS:
-Road rage is a pain in the ***, and unless you're REALLY good at them, in later stages you'll almost never get past silver
-Burning Lap, though I find them eaiser than in Burnout 3, are still a pain in the ***, especially the early ones.
-For some reason,I find that trying to get the signature takedowns are harder in this game than in Burnout 3
-The 2 first stages of cars really suck
-Crash mode isn't as fun as it used to be, and the camera doesn't follow the action well at all.
-The Legend,i.e the new, cars, except for the j-super, aren't that good.
-The tour can be finished fairly quickly, and there's not a lot of replay value, unless you want to get all the extra cars.
-The game doesn't give you all the collector cars, and it gives you those cars at random; so if you want to get the famed green-and-blue coupe, but you only have the stars-and-stripes car, and you don't know anybody with this game, good luck.
-Framerate is a real issue. I found if there's a lot of action on the screen, the game will become slurpy slow.This can be a real big problem during road rage.
-The circuit racers, and Hot Rod, really suck, except for the cop racer. Unfortunatly, I have not gottten the Euro racer or any other "extra" cars yet.
-What the **** is mirror mode!!??!! I still can't figure out what it is, and I can't turn it off!!

Because I am in the middle of nowhere(my town only has a pop. of 150!!), I still have not been able to try multiplayer, so you'll have to figure that out for yourself. I hope this review helps.

As a longtime fan of the Burnout series, I have to say that I've been very pleased with the PSP version of the game. It translates very well to a handheld. It's just as fun as any of the other Burnouts, and is just as addictive as, let's say, Lumines for the PSP. In fact, if you play your PSP while on the toilet, Burnout Legends is a great way to get hemmorrhoids. Expect a long bathroom experience.

If you're looking for great games for the PSP, this is one of them (easily placed alongside Lumines and Mercury).

Wow!! This game really is fun. Although it was a gift for my 9 yr old son, I play this game all the time and find myself having trouble putting it down. The graphics are so real! When you crash, it is so real looking, it is actually SCARY! It is worth the money, just for the graphics!!

I first played this impressive game on the Xbox 360. I haven't broken down and bought the 360 yet so I figured that I would give it a whirl on the PSP that I own. WOW!! This game is hours of fun. Great graphics and control. You have to love the 'Crash' mode where you try to cause the most insane wreck. Buses, semis, and cars create a pile of twisted metal that makes me smile!! Check this game out. Plus the price is right.

Burnout Legends for the PSP is by far the best racer released for this brand new system! It is hands down, the best portable racing game I have ever played. Okay, so I haven't played a lot of portable racers, but I'll even go so far to say it is in the top five racers I've played on all systems, portable and console! It's that good!

I own Burnout 2 and 3, both on the X Box. I was instantly interested when I heard that a port of Burnout 3 was coming to the Playstation Portable. Having become a HUGE fan of the Burnout series on the X Box, I knew (well, at least hoped) that the PSP version would be even half as good as what I had become accustomed to Well, you know what? It was! Maybe even better, in its own PSP sort of way.

I was a little hesitant to get my hopes up for any kind of mode even close to the original, but EA did an excellent job of mimicking the console's positive aspects, including the spectacular crashes and sense of speed. The sense of speed is so great, that I actually have to hold the PSP close to my eyes, because I feel like I'll hit something I don't want to before I can turn. At first it seems like a negative; but after a while you get used to it. It adds to the excitement that you are so close to having a spectacularly spectacular crash, THEN BOOOOOOOM!!!! Big time crash.

Various modes, also included in the Burnout 3 version offered on X Box and Playstation 2. But, there is the Police Car Chase mode, where you get to chase down a "Gangster," I have already gotten the "Gangster car" but still working on getting the other bonus cars.

I love taking down Oil tankers in crash mode. They explode across the screen, with spectacular results! Watch the screen for clues of bonus points, and "traffic patterns" to give you information about how to make a great crash, and earn mega bucks. One thing I don't see in this game is "heartbrakers." Hitting them cut your score in half. No complaints, but I'm wondering if anyone missed them from the console version? Maybe they only exist in multi-player on the X Box?

Okay, no custom soundtracks. I think that would be a nice feature, if Sony could pull it off with Tracks saved on my memory card, for example. This was a feature that got a lot of mention, but apparently never came to fruition. Maybe next time. I don't really dig on the current mix of songs, but the game gives you the option to lower the playability, or completely turn them off, song by song. A nice feature.

My favorite game so far on the PSP.

Fun Factor: 10/10
Graphics: 9/10
Replayability: 9/10
Sound: 7/10