My buddy Jake has been on me forever to pick this game up. Every time we talk on the phone he’s like “Hey man, you get burnout yet?”
“No man not yet.”
“Dude you’d totally like it, it’s no Call of Duty 4 but the multiplayer is great I swear.”
Well Jake, you are right. You’ve always been right, I just didn’t want to believe. I tried to convince myself saving my sixty dollars for a rainy day was a better plan. But as REO Speedwagon used to say, “I can’t fight this feeling anymore.”
There are so many reasons to pick this game up it’s ridiculous. The Burnout series has always brought the best arcade driving there is to the table, and with an expansive open world experience this is surely the best so far. Whether it’s single player or multiplayer that floats your boat, you’ll find what you’re looking for here.
While able to roam anywhere your heart desires from the moment you put in the disc, you have to work to unlock all the events and vehicles. And with a Criterion QA record for 100% completion currently sitting at over 17 hours (trust me, it’ll take you twice as long) the game obviously has a ton of content. The disc has around 75 vehicles, add that to the older DLC and the new bikes expansion (They are FREE!!!) and you’ve got a garage full of gasoline burning heaven on a raceway stretching as far as the eye can see.
The game has reached 1 million online users which shows what a multiplayer haven it’s become. Online competitive and cooperative racing modes add continued playability to a game that is already an ass to couch magnet. Add all of this to the four future downloadable packs recently announced by Criterion and you’ve got a game you may end up playing all the way up to your mid life crisis. If you’re lucky, it may even help you resist the urge to go out and buy a new sports car…
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