Burnout Legends

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Burnout Legends
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Developer(s) Criterion Games [lower-alpha 1]
Publisher(s) Electronic Arts
Series Burnout
Engine RenderWare
Platform(s) PlayStation Portable
Nintendo DS
ReleasePlayStation Portable
  • NA: 13 September 2005
  • EU: 16 September 2005
Nintendo DS
  • NA: 29 November 2005
  • EU: 9 December 2005
Genre(s) Racing
Mode(s) Single-player, multiplayer

Burnout Legends is a racing video game developed by Criterion Games and published by Electronic Arts for PlayStation Portable. The game features many of the tracks and gameplay modes from the first three Burnout titles but repackaged for the handheld format. Many of the gameplay modes are similar to Burnout 3: Takedown using a mixture of old and new tracks. The Nintendo DS port was developed by Visual Impact. [1]

Contents

The PSP version of Legends received mostly positive reviews, according to review aggregator Metacritic. The DS version, however, received negative reviews.

Gameplay

An in-game screenshot of Burnout Legends on the Nintendo DS. Burnout Legend-DS.jpg
An in-game screenshot of Burnout Legends on the Nintendo DS.

In the game, players will compete in a series of racing modes to unlock returning tracks, cars and events. The following list includes the 9 main types of modes in the game:

Vehicles

There are a total of 89 cars to unlock through the various classes – these are Compact, Muscle, Coupe, Sports, and Super. [3] There is also the Race Special and Heavyweight classes. Some cars can also be unlocked by completing conditions. The cars featured in the game are from Burnout 2 and 3.

The game also has Collector's cars. There are five collector cars for each class, [4] but the player only starts with just one random car for each class. To get the other four, the player has to challenge another player on a Wi-Fi battle mode, betting their collector car against theirs and win their car in the challenge (the Collector's cars are exclusive for the PSP version).

Reception

Burnout: Legends received mostly positive reviews for the PSP version, but the DS version received negative reviews. The PSP version received "favourable" reviews, whilst the DS version received "unfavourable" reviews, according to video game review aggregator Metacritic. [5] [6]

During the 9th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards, the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences nominated Burnout Legends for "Handheld Game of the Year", which was ultimately awarded to Nintendogs . [23]

Notes

  1. ↑ Ported to Nintendo DS by Visual Impact.

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