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Review: Burnout 3: Takedown - Graphics - very colourful and smooth. The lighting is more than adequate and draw distance is good. Cars receive damage with parts flying everywhere so there's good attention to detail. Sound - lots of rock acts to listen to so if you like that sort of thing then you'll like the music to this game. Burnout 3 also features a rather pointless radio DJ who has absolutely nothing interesting to say but there is an option to shut him up should you so wish. Gameplay - a lot of fun. Very fast facing action that certainly kept me entertained for a very long while. There are also various gameplay modes to play such as a standard race (against 5 opponents), crash junctions (create as much damage as you can by crashing your car at a busy road junction), knockout races (finish a lap in last place and its race over - you start with 5 oppenents and the car coming in last is knocked out at the end of every lap until there is one remaining) and takedown races (take down as many opponents as is humanly possible within a set time limit but make sure you don't receive too much damage in return). Also, the more dangerous you drive without crashing the more boost you are given to use at will during the race (but if you crash some of the boost will be taken away from you). Longevity - there is so much to see and do in this game. There are well over hundred of races/crash junctions to work through in total (with 100 crash junctions alone). You compete to earn medals in the world tour (the main body of the game) - there are over 160 medals up for grabs. There is a good selection of cars - must be in the region of about 40 vehicles - ranging all the way from sports compacts through to fire engines and buses (ideal for crashing!). This game had me hooked for about 35 hours in total. Not bad for an arcade racer! Multiplayer - the multiplayer mode is adequate. You can play all the crash junctions and race tracks from the main game. But for some reason there is no music in multiplayer which I feel detracts from the atmosphere slightly. Controls - easy to get to grips with. Controls are pretty standard for an Xbox racing game with the right shoulder trigger for accelerating and the left for braking. Overall - a top class racing game from start to finish. I'd give this more than five stars if I could. I never thought I would have quite so much fun as I did. I would recommend this to anyone. Thouroughly enjoyable, completely addictive and very rarely frustrating. This is an almost perfect arcade racer. I say almost as nothing's ever perfect. But this comes very close! Buy it without delay!!! | 
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