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Burnout 3: Takedown 2004
Log Status
Completed
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Time Played
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Days in Journal
1 day
Last played
September 29, 2021
Platforms Played
When its generous number of brilliant systems collide properly, this is pure ecstasy like no other. But its AI is so atrocious that you can win a race and still go to bed furious...for a game ostensibly about risk and reward, it seems odd to force caution like this does at the end of a race, having had a perfect 2.9 laps and still being forced to contend with a teleporting car breathing down your tailpipe. There should've been a full congressional inquiry into how rigged the Face Off events are. Still, all other elements -- the perfectly paced dripfeed of events, the tight controls, and the manic core gameplay -- bring this far closer to perfection than the score and my frustrations imply