Burnout 3: Takedown was amazing when it released all the way back in September 2004. Does it hold up now? I hope you enjoy this 2024 review. Thanks for watching!
Still holds up to this day, been playing it at 4x resolution with various widescreen patches and 60fps crash mode on my Steam Deck. It looks amazing and barely aged a day.
Man I’ve gotta get a steam deck or ROG Ally! I’ve heard so many great things about them. Having a whole library of awesome ps2 games to play in bed would be awesome! Thanks for watching!
On PCSX2 you don't even need any widescreen patches, the game supports native widescreen! One of the few to do so. Just need to turn off fast boot and set 16:9 in the bios.
From the fun races with takedowns, great graphics and great licensed soundtrack to the violent crashes and horror theme when you crash, this game definitely has everything.
It's mad how much detail is in damaged cars, today's games look like the cars barely get wrecked at all! Might need to have a sneaky revist to the burnout series and also finally get around to playing burnout paradise!
This game is still age very well and it's my childhood game too. Great sense of speed, great graphics and great soundtrack (Lazy generation, best theme song for this game). Probably the best Burnout game besides Burnout Revenge and Paradise. Only time will tell if we can get a new Burnout game nowadays.
Fantastic review brother. I needed convincing to emulate/ download on Steam, you gave me the motivation and reduced my sense of anxiety of committing time and money towards a game. Originally I wanted NFS Rivals/ Hot Pursuit, until I stumbled upon your review. I have already played 'Most Wanted'. But I didn't want to play the same style again.
What were you going to download off steam? NFS rivals and Hot Pursuit are still different from most wanted, so if you got one of those it would still be awesome! But burnout 3 is awesome too
as someone who has 100%d the game 4 times, i feel personally offended by that 8/10 replayability. longevity is more of a problem for me, especially with road rage having a 30-minute time limit so going for reaaaally high scores is missing some appeal. i suppose it makes going for world records a lot less cheesy though
I keep a CRT hooked up and it always ends up being used to play this. Burnout 3 is one of the greatest games ever made and is as fun today as it was 20 years ago.
8:14 even after 100% the gameplay alone is enough to make you race one more time, every time. Also, the Online mode was revived some years ago but I'm not sure if people play it nowadays.
@@colbyboucher6391 The track quantity is quite a bit less than B3, and the lack of a Single Race mode is tragic (although theres an emulator cheat to fix this)
As someone on Playstation, it sucks this isn't on the PS store for PS3, PS4 or PS5. Even revenge isn't there either. Sucks so much, hoping 1 day a remaster comes
ive been playing retro games again since release of series x, dev mode is so nice to emulate ps2 ngc wii and more, got a 3tb hdd loaded up all with retro stuff
Also yes, this game emulates perfect now. I also think if you try and 100% this game and aren't super sweaty about it, you can easily spend 30 hours playing this on a single playthrough 100%. Super worth it for $12 AUD. Great review.
This reminds me of a game I used to play on N64 emulator called Hot Wheels Turbo Racing but with graphics that look more like GTA. Would be cool to see you do a review and comparison in a future video, HWTR was from 1999 so would be interesting to see how it holds up and if there's a noticeable jump in game quality in the five years between them. I'm not super familiar with the range of racing games available so the Hot Wheels one is probably just another branding reskin of existing games of the time, but it was still pretty fun to play in the late 00s/early 10s so I'm curious how it compares to whats out there :)
YES YES and HELL YES Me and my brother still talk about Burnout 3. We played and finished the Single Player with all GOLD Medals, Now we are in our early 40s
Racing games were fantastic back then the insane amount of content on gt 4 the over the top police chase on nfs mw and the epic wreaks of burnout 3 and revenge
This is such a great game, I still have my Xbox 360, and I downloaded the digital copy of the original xbox version for backward compatibility on the Xbox 360 console.
Grew up with this game (started playing at 4) and it is an absolute favourite! Recently went back and got 100% on it for the first time ever. Also off-topic, what song is used in this video? (1:48)
@@RetroRangerReviews88 Oh agreed. Burning laps were my nemesis, always was just a few seconds off! That and getting 2 of x vehicle in a race for the trophies (bus took me so long). Also music channel when? On the real I loved the music! Spent some time trying to find it to no avail haha
They need to remake Burnout 3,4,2 and also Wave Rave Blue storm,and F Zero Gx. That was the peak of arcade racing. All the horro games remakes like Resident Evil,Silent Hill,Dead Space are doing well. Racers need the same treatment.
It aged way way better than Paradise, lazy open world was a mistake if they really wanted open world they should do it like NFS Hot Pursuit 2010. I wish we would get next game of the same gameplay style as Burnout 3.
I played for the first time recently, I was expecting a lot considering that people praise this game so much. I was disappointed. The game wants to make you go fast, but the streets are constantly full of traffic. As the cars get fasters, it gets harder and harder not to crash all the time. It seems like non sensical design to me.
I mean... that's part of what makes it fun, learning to not crash all the time? You could play Revenge instead though, in Revenge only big vehicles like moving trucks make you crash, you actually knock most cars out of the way.
@@casualcadaver believe it or not, I recently tried ssx for the first time EVER. I featured it in another video but I’ll definitely do a review on it 🙂 Thanks for watching!
I hate how ps2 held this gen back with its ugly polygons this should of been ported down from Gamecube and Xbox but nooo it gets based off the weaker hardware piecofshi2
Yeah, the industry kinda suffered from the PS2's success. Logically it should have beem the one getting ports but it was so dominant that it wasn't a sane decision to make.
PCSX2 is in an unfortunate position where a lot of games were made for the PS2 and only got cruddy ports on GC (if they did at all), but PCSX2 has crazy input lag compared to Dolphin. Which is particularly bad for a game like this.
The greatest racing game of all time
If it isn’t, it’s pretty darn close!!!
Best I've ever played.
Underground 2 would like a word
@@NotAnAmerican I might say both are equaly good
Midnight club dub edition??
Still holds up to this day, been playing it at 4x resolution with various widescreen patches and 60fps crash mode on my Steam Deck. It looks amazing and barely aged a day.
Man I’ve gotta get a steam deck or ROG Ally! I’ve heard so many great things about them. Having a whole library of awesome ps2 games to play in bed would be awesome! Thanks for watching!
how do i set it up on pc? i desperately want this shi
@@someonesomewhere8265 find me on Instagram and shoot me a dm. I’ll help you out
@@RetroRangerReviews88 Get a Steam Deck OLED
On PCSX2 you don't even need any widescreen patches, the game supports native widescreen! One of the few to do so. Just need to turn off fast boot and set 16:9 in the bios.
i like that there is no bloom
I remember playing as a kid struggling in those 1v1 races against the special cars. Simple times but good times.
ooh,those ones,I played this game on pcsx2 and struggled but I got to super series eventually
From the fun races with takedowns, great graphics and great licensed soundtrack to the violent crashes and horror theme when you crash, this game definitely has everything.
It's mad how much detail is in damaged cars, today's games look like the cars barely get wrecked at all! Might need to have a sneaky revist to the burnout series and also finally get around to playing burnout paradise!
Play burnout Paradise and feature it on your channel!
@RetroRangerReviews88 have to get it in my hands first, will need to keep an eye out for it now!
Timeless car combat classic! This with codes makes this massively replayable and you won't get tired of it!!
I love this game! Thanks for watching!
@@RetroRangerReviews88 me too!!!
This game is still age very well and it's my childhood game too. Great sense of speed, great graphics and great soundtrack (Lazy generation, best theme song for this game). Probably the best Burnout game besides Burnout Revenge and Paradise. Only time will tell if we can get a new Burnout game nowadays.
And let’s hope a new burnout game doesn’t get plagued by micro transactions! 🤮
I can't ever forget that this game run in pure 60 FPS in the PlayStation 2
Absolutely awesome!
480p also
Does It deserves a remaster?
👍🏼 Yes
👎🏼 Yes
So many good memories with this one!
I agree! I’m loving it again
this game lowkey needs a remake man its so fun i just wanna play it again in hd and relive my childhood 😭
I've bought it for my 360, where the emulation is surprisingly solid (it's not always that way). And yes, it's every bit as good as you described it
Awesome! Yes, one of my all time favourites. Thanks for watching!
Awesome video man. I'm sure your channel will grow huge one day
Wow! That’s a massive compliment! Thank you so much
I recently fired up PS2 & played this game for a little bit. Honestly, the gameplay is so much fun, that I wanted to play more of this game.
It holds up so well!
Fantastic review brother. I needed convincing to emulate/ download on Steam, you gave me the motivation and reduced my sense of anxiety of committing time and money towards a game. Originally I wanted NFS Rivals/ Hot Pursuit, until I stumbled upon your review. I have already played 'Most Wanted'. But I didn't want to play the same style again.
What were you going to download off steam? NFS rivals and Hot Pursuit are still different from most wanted, so if you got one of those it would still be awesome! But burnout 3 is awesome too
as someone who has 100%d the game 4 times, i feel personally offended by that 8/10 replayability. longevity is more of a problem for me, especially with road rage having a 30-minute time limit so going for reaaaally high scores is missing some appeal. i suppose it makes going for world records a lot less cheesy though
Uh the memories of playing this game... never gets old.
When I'm president, giving Burnout 3 a 9 out of 10 in gameplay will result in prison time.
😂
Revenge is better.
I keep a CRT hooked up and it always ends up being used to play this. Burnout 3 is one of the greatest games ever made and is as fun today as it was 20 years ago.
Nice! Thanks for watching!
8:14 even after 100% the gameplay alone is enough to make you race one more time, every time.
Also, the Online mode was revived some years ago but I'm not sure if people play it nowadays.
EA I would happily instantly buy this game if it was released on current gen. Even with no changes.
Hell I'd pay over 70 bucks for a good remaster.
Exactly!
Someone replied yet I can't see there reply. Why?
@@In-Nihilum I replied? Or maybe it was EA!?
@@RetroRangerReviews88 it appears now. It says exactly. Wierd youtube even hid a youtubers comment lmao.
@@In-Nihilum 😂
*i never played 3 but Burnout Revenge changed how I view racing games* 👍
You could play Burnout 3 and it doesn’t feel like a lesser game to revenge at all. Thanks for watching!
I've never been able to figure out why people snub Revenge so much. I loved 'em both.
@@colbyboucher6391 me too!
@@colbyboucher6391 The track quantity is quite a bit less than B3, and the lack of a Single Race mode is tragic (although theres an emulator cheat to fix this)
Of course it holds up, brother! Always have, always WILL. ❤
Always!
Holds up so well 19 years later
I love it so much!
Still the best racing game till thus day, better than the newer version
I 100% agree!
As someone on Playstation, it sucks this isn't on the PS store for PS3, PS4 or PS5. Even revenge isn't there either. Sucks so much, hoping 1 day a remaster comes
ive been playing retro games again since release of series x, dev mode is so nice to emulate ps2 ngc wii and more, got a 3tb hdd loaded up all with retro stuff
Nice! I heard about dev mode. I’ve got a series x but have never looked at dev mode. Thanks for watching!
Also yes, this game emulates perfect now. I also think if you try and 100% this game and aren't super sweaty about it, you can easily spend 30 hours playing this on a single playthrough 100%. Super worth it for $12 AUD. Great review.
Thanks mate! Easily $12 well spent!
Definitely the GOAT bro
Heck yeah!
This reminds me of a game I used to play on N64 emulator called Hot Wheels Turbo Racing but with graphics that look more like GTA. Would be cool to see you do a review and comparison in a future video, HWTR was from 1999 so would be interesting to see how it holds up and if there's a noticeable jump in game quality in the five years between them. I'm not super familiar with the range of racing games available so the Hot Wheels one is probably just another branding reskin of existing games of the time, but it was still pretty fun to play in the late 00s/early 10s so I'm curious how it compares to whats out there :)
I LIVE THAT GANE!
A racing game with...
- Arcade controls
- Detailed damage
- Insane challenges
- Amazing soundtrack
- Game-changing mechanics
5 keywords I'd describe about 1 game.
YES YES and HELL YES
Me and my brother still talk about Burnout 3. We played and finished the Single Player with all GOLD Medals, Now we are in our early 40s
Nice!! Man I think I’ll be talking about it in my 80s 😂
gonna pick it up ASAP thanks!!!
Awesome! Have fun mate!
Racing games were fantastic back then the insane amount of content on gt 4 the over the top police chase on nfs mw and the epic wreaks of burnout 3 and revenge
This was a great video! Can we look at Tak?!
Coming soon!
This is such a great game, I still have my Xbox 360, and I downloaded the digital copy of the original xbox version for backward compatibility on the Xbox 360 console.
Nice! It’s great how a game made that long ago is still amazing in 2024. Thanks for watching!
Grew up with this game (started playing at 4) and it is an absolute favourite! Recently went back and got 100% on it for the first time ever. Also off-topic, what song is used in this video? (1:48)
I actually never got 100% on this because the open wheel races were too fast for me lol all music is made by me 🙂
@@RetroRangerReviews88 Oh agreed. Burning laps were my nemesis, always was just a few seconds off! That and getting 2 of x vehicle in a race for the trophies (bus took me so long). Also music channel when? On the real I loved the music! Spent some time trying to find it to no avail haha
@@thebutterappletutorials6553 youtube.com/@rrrtracks?si=0Y7DuBJtc7TdY7aC
Some of music is on that channel 🙂
@@RetroRangerReviews88 Subscribed!!! :D Hope to see the song from this video on there at some point!
They need to remake Burnout 3,4,2 and also Wave Rave Blue storm,and F Zero Gx. That was the peak of arcade racing. All the horro games remakes like Resident Evil,Silent Hill,Dead Space are doing well. Racers need the same treatment.
*playing this with a wheel is epic affff.*
I’ve never tried with the wheel! The G25? I did play GT4 with the Logitech and it was awesome. Thanks for watching!
I prefer Revenge for the track designs and amount of great musics.
Review Burnout 2, I never played 3 because I preferred the purism of the crash mode on 2. Wasn't keen on the after touch and all that.
the best in the franchise with racing, music, and crashes
I agree! Although I can play Revenge and appreciate it the same way. Thanks for watching!
Short answer, yes
The Burn out games are amazing.
Burnout 3, Gran Turismo 4 and Midnight Club 3. The ultimate triforce of PS2 racing games.
I could be happy with just those 3 games, plus NFS Underground 2!
Best game of the series by far
It aged way way better than Paradise, lazy open world was a mistake if they really wanted open world they should do it like NFS Hot Pursuit 2010. I wish we would get next game of the same gameplay style as Burnout 3.
Best ever
Crash mode helped me get my driver's license 😂
😂
is there an emulator for pc?
Yes, PCSX2
Easy to pick up and difficult to master. How games should be.
Exactly!
Yes. Next question.
Yes lol!
Burnout 3 emulated on my steam deck justifies my purchase of the deck
This really could be the best game of all time idc
Which is better, this, Revenge or Paradise?
@@RetroRangerReviews88 gotta be 3 babyyyyy
@@tessademsky1156 nice!
Playing this today love crash wicked game
Awesome! Have fun and thanks for watching!
I played for the first time recently, I was expecting a lot considering that people praise this game so much. I was disappointed. The game wants to make you go fast, but the streets are constantly full of traffic. As the cars get fasters, it gets harder and harder not to crash all the time. It seems like non sensical design to me.
I’m so sorry to hear that, mate. I guess we all have our own tastes in games. Thanks for watching!
@@RetroRangerReviews88- It's okay. Do more retro reviews, I will watch them.
I mean... that's part of what makes it fun, learning to not crash all the time? You could play Revenge instead though, in Revenge only big vehicles like moving trucks make you crash, you actually knock most cars out of the way.
@@colbyboucher6391 traffic checking was a great addition. I love how each game is awesome in its own way. I could play either and be just as happy
What game should we look at next?
You should do SSX and SSX Tricky.
@@casualcadaver believe it or not, I recently tried ssx for the first time EVER. I featured it in another video but I’ll definitely do a review on it 🙂 Thanks for watching!
Combat evolved or the halo series in general (the bungie games)
@@sandman8920 added!
Motor mayhem, enthusia, NFS hp2, ATV offroad fury
Didn't it have ads on billboards for AXE deodorant I wonder if AXE are still paying a royaltie for this advert
That’s a great question 😂
I hate how ps2 held this gen back with its ugly polygons this should of been ported down from Gamecube and Xbox but nooo it gets based off the weaker hardware piecofshi2
I love it nonetheless! Thanks for watching!
Yeah, the industry kinda suffered from the PS2's success. Logically it should have beem the one getting ports but it was so dominant that it wasn't a sane decision to make.
This game is alot worse then what your showing B3 looks horrible on modern tvs
I’m emulating at 4K and I love it
Figures i still got my PS2 version 😂
My sisters and I bonded over games like this and they didn't really like video games. 10/10
F*ck Need for Speed, it’s the reason as to why we haven’t gotten a new Burnout game or a remaster of 3
PC Folk - Use PCSX2 :)
It’s so good! Thanks for watching!
PCSX2 is in an unfortunate position where a lot of games were made for the PS2 and only got cruddy ports on GC (if they did at all), but PCSX2 has crazy input lag compared to Dolphin. Which is particularly bad for a game like this.
@@colbyboucher6391 I have noticed some slight lag in other games but not so much here. Maybe I’m rusty lol