Burnout: Revenge

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Description

The fourth Burnout racing game puts you once again in the eye of traffic storms, where you do not only rush to be the fastest, but brutally, yet stylishly, take down your opponents. This is emphasized by impact time, which shows crashes in all their slowed-down glory, and the boost you receive after a successful wrecking. Reckless driving bumps your Revenge rank, unlocking new events. This can also be achieved by medal placings that grant new vehicles.

Collectible signature takedowns, crashbreakers (detonate your vehicle, now also in some regular races) and aftertouch for precise havoc remain, but one of the major changes is the ability to check traffic. Non-racing vehicles are no longer a nuisance with the sole purpose of slowing you down. They can now be actively used to obstruct traffic or send them into your foes. The Road Rage mode (take down a set number of rivals within a time limit) and Crash mode make a return, but Traffic Attack is new - race against the clock and level the traffic at the same time. Other modes include regular races, grand prix races, Burning Lap (high-speed time attack), Eliminator (last one after each round is out) and a normal time attack mode.

In the Crash mode, the multipliers and bonuses have been removed, and you cannot drive at full speed towards a crossroads. You have to time your start to receive a proper boost and then it is only about steering, crashbreakers and aftertouch. There are many new tracks and cars, a soundtrack with lots of famous artists, and a new world tour in different countries.

Online multiplayer is available for up to six players. New off-line additions are the split-screen Traffic Attack and a hot-seat Crash Tour for up to six players, next to the familiar Road Rage, Crash Party and Crash Battle modes.

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Alternate Titles

• "横冲直撞：复仇" -- Chinese spelling (simplified)
• "Burnout 4" -- Informal title
• "번아웃 리벤지" -- Korean spelling

Part of the Following Groups

• Burnout series
• Graphics Engine: RenderWare
• PlayStation 2 Greatest Hits releases
• PlayStation 2 Platinum Range releases
• Theme: Street racing

User Reviews

I said, “No ice in my coke!”	PlayStation 2	lasttoblame (427)
Everything you ever secretly wanted to do in a racing game.	Xbox 360	Gargaj (93)
Best in Series	Xbox	Cody Cooper (6)
Revenge is best served cold	Xbox 360	Terry Havard II (3)
Revenge is sweet	PlayStation 2	Kadeem Gomez (38)

Critic Reviews

Game Chronicles	Xbox	Oct 02, 2005	9.8 out of 10	98
Gamer Within	PlayStation 2	Sep 19, 2005	9.6 out of 10	96
NZGamer	Xbox 360	Apr 10, 2006	9.2 out of 10	92
Computer Games Magazine	PlayStation 2	Nov 16, 2005	A-	91
Gamezoom	Xbox	Oct 10, 2005	91 out of 100	91
Fragland.net	Xbox 360	May 10, 2006	89.5 out of 100	90
Game Over Online	PlayStation 2	Oct 28, 2005	90 out of 100	90
TalkXbox	Xbox	Sep 20, 2005	89 out of 100	89
Armchair Empire, The	Xbox 360	Mar 14, 2005	8.9 out of 10	89
Gamestyle	Xbox 360	2006	8 out of 10	80

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Trivia

Multiplayer

On 1st November 2007, EA closed their servers for multiplayer games, for the Xbox and PS2 versions.

Savegames from other games

• If a savegame from Madden NFL 06 is detected on the hard disk or memory card, a hidden Madden Challenge Van is unlocked.
• If a savegame from Burnout 3: Takedown is detected on the hard disk or memory card, a hidden car is unlocked.

Soundtrack

The full soundtrack includes the following songs:

• Andy Hunter - Come On
• Animal Alpha - Bundy
• Apocalyptica - Life Burns!
• Asian Dub Foundation - Flyover
• Avenged - Sevenfold Beast...
• Billy Talent - Red Flag
• Bloc Party - Helicopter
• Bullet For My Valentine - Hand Of Blood
• The Chemical Brothers - The Big Jump
• CKY - As The Tables Turn
• Comeback Kid - Wake The Dead
• The Dead 60s - Riot Radio
• Dogs - Tuned to a Different Station
• The Doors - Break On Through (To The Other Side) BT vs. The Doors Remix
• Emanuel - The Hey Man!
• Fall Out Boy - Dance, Dance
• Finch - Ink
• Funeral For A Friend - All The Rage
• Goldfinger - I Want
• Infusion - Better World (Adam Freeland Mix)
• Junkie XL - Today
• LCD Soundsystem - Daft Punk is Playing at My House (Soulwax Shibuya Mix)
• Maximo Park - Apply Some Pressure
• Mindless Self Indulgence - Straight To Video (KMFDM Remix)
• Morningwood - Nu Rock
• MxPx - Heard That Sound
• Nine Black Alps - Shot Down
• OK Go - Do What You Want
• Pennywise - Stand Up
• The Academy Is... - Almost Here
• The All-American Rejects - Top Of The World
• The Black Velvets - Fear And Loathing
• The Bravery - An Honest Mistake (Superdiscount Remix)
• The Outline - Shotgun
• The Starting Line - The World
• Thrice - Lullaby
• Timo Maas - First Day (General Midi Remix)
• Tsar - Band-Girls-Money
• Unwritten Law - F.I.G.H.T.
• We Are Scientists - The Great Escape
• Yellowcard - Lights And Sounds

During development, a contest called Burnout Bandslam was launched, a European-wide music competition for a place on the videogame soundtrack of a future Burnout game. Unsigned bands could upload their tracks to a website. Four bands per country were chosen to perform at Hard Rock Cafés in Barcelona, Berlin, Paris and Manchester, and had a chance to win a Gibson Guitar prize package. The four regional finalists then joined the European final at the Hard Rock Café in Barcelona on 5th October 2005 where the winner was offered a session in a recording studio.

Awards

• GameSpy
  • 2005 – #6 PS2 Game of the Year
  • 2005 – PS2 Racing Game of the Year
  • 2006 – #5 Xbox 360 Game of the Year
  • 2006 – Xbox 360 Racing Game of the Year

Information also contributed by DarkDante

Related Web Sites

• Burnout Revenge (Official game website)
• IGCD Internet Game Cars Database (Game page on IGCD, a database that tries to archive vehicles found in video games.)
• Operation Burnout (Fan site and resource for all of the Burnout games)
• Wikipedia: Burnout Revenge (Information about Burnout Revenge at Wikipedia)
• X360A achievement guide for Burnout Revenge (X360A's achievement guide for Burnout Revenge)