Having lay dormant for the best part of a decade ? Burnout Crash! notwithstanding ? EA and Criterion?s arcade racer is back in vogue thanks to the release of Paradise Remastered.
It’s a bumper package, too, with enough content to keep your wheels spinning and fingers twitching for weeks ? if not months ? and Criterion’s revival is living proof that, even after nine long years on the sidelines, Burnout‘s core gameplay mechanics have withstood the test of time.
As a matter of fact, the pent-up excitement for Burnout Paradise Remastered allowed EA’s re-release to open in pole position on the UK all-format charts ? the first time in 13 years, no less ? where it?s already been dethroned by Ni No Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom and Far Cry 5 in the past few days. Of course, the mid-March corridor is typically a quiet time of year for the industry, but if ever there was proof of Burnout‘s continued relevance, this is it. Point is, EA and Criterion have a real gem hidden away in the vaults, and it?s about damn time they pull back the tarpaulin. So in light of Paradise Remastered‘s launch and subsequent success, I’d like to make the case for Burnout 3: Takedown, arguably one of the finest arcade racers ever made, to tread the same path onto PS4 and Xbox One. And PC at a later date, if Paradise‘s current-gen schedule is anything to go by?
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