The game features standard circuit races which take place on carriageways and city streets populated with traffic. A Takedown can fill and extend the boost meter, enabling the player to drive faster.īurnout 3: Takedown is a racing video game with arcade-style gameplay that emphasises dangerous and fast-paced driving. Takedowns are performed by slamming rivals until they crash. Retrospective coverage of the game has been highly positive with some publications declaring it as the greatest arcade racer game ever made and the peak of the Burnout series.īurnout Revenge, the successor to Takedown, was released in September 2005. The game went on to win numerous awards including three from the British Academy Games Awards. The addictive gameplay and visuals were widely praised by reviewers, many of whom ranked Burnout 3: Takedown among the best games released on the PlayStation 2 and Xbox. Critics were enthused by the shift to a more aggressive style of racing game and the addition of gameplay mechanics like Takedowns. Upon release, Burnout 3: Takedown received critical acclaim from the video game press becoming one of the highest-rated racing video games of all time and is considered by many to be one of the greatest video games of all time. It is the third instalment in the Burnout series, released in September 2004 for the PlayStation 2 and Xbox. Burnout 3: Takedown is a 2004 racing video game developed by Criterion Games and published by Electronic Arts.

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