Burnout 2: Point of Impact

"This game is even better than Need For Speed..."

INTRODUCTION
Burnout 2: Point Of Impact was designed by Acclaim in the year 2003 and it’s the second sequel from the previous Burnout. From what I’ve studied, it had been improved from the previous one basically more to its game play.

GAMEPLAY 8/10
Burnout 2 features a sport game, racing involving nice, cool cars. You’ll start with learning all the basic to become a pro and of course, to collect winning trophies along the way. The game doesn’t really have all the things used in a racing game, because it’s unique, game play style. You’ll definitely love the technique they did to attract people’s attention. You can boost with your turbo, do your skill, earn boost to speed up, crash with cars to write your name into the record and so much more! It’s not like other racing games because its different. So, this game is mainly about cool type of racing and not just speeding up as the only reason this game is made as a racing title.

Well, the difficulty is not fixed, because you can’t choose but instead, you’ll have to rely on your skills to be able to go to next level, which may not be simple or easy. So, the main thing is that you can’t choose the control, the difficulty is not set, and you can’t tell whether your skill level is going to rise or not at the next point. So, you may want to consider this as an option. But trust me, if you’re going to play a racing title game, which is challenging, play this game and it definitely suits you.

The controls are also depending on you. It requires your own skill to control the car and not slowing down when crashing into walls or cars. But you can suit yourself with the control option available in the game. It will help you give some options for you to pick. So, pick the easiest and I do recommend that you keep yourself to the one you’ll be choosing for the first.

GRAPHICS 8/10
The graphics are a bit like 3D, but not 100 percent. The scratches when you touch slightly to the wall often look real. The condition of your car when you crash in the middle of a traffic also looks real. As far as I’ve experienced, there never was a glitch surrounding the game. Glitches like hollow things, color problems or anything. The graphics are great, and uncontaminated with glitches or any other problems.

SOUNDS 7/10
The sounds are great, but sometimes it doesn’t sound right. I think the game’s default music is irritating. It has only one track and plays by itself the same way it played before. Other than this, I think they were done pretty well. The crashing sound, the intro music, the traffic’s noise, the cars’ engines sound, and others are done better than other similar games. The sound is one factor that keeps this game refreshed and makes the game alive.

REPLAYABILITY 4/10
Are you serious on playing the game, again? Based on my own opinion, I think you shouldn’t play the game again because it has tons of championships and 60 percent of them are difficult. So, why play again, when you’ve unlocked everything? Unless you’re just bored or have good skills, then its fine. But you could play other available modes to be better in the game or you just want to complete everything.

FINAL RECOMMENDATION 8/10
I think you should just make up your mind and buy this game. You should experience the taste of the game like others have. Well, do you like Need For Speed? I can tell you, this game is much better than that! So, why do you have to wait? Get it fast or you’ll miss all the fun!

Reviewer's Score: 8/10, Originally Posted: 11/20/03