![]() ![]() ![]() One of the most surprising elements of Burnout 2 was the astonishingly fast and detailed graphics engine that made it hard to believe the game was running on a supposedly humble PS2. We'll see how this claim stacks up in reality at E3, when the game's likely to be given its public debut. On a happier note, the various gameplay modes will apparently be supported online, however, and OPSM2 reports that the frame rate and detail levels are unaffected by lag. Although this is certainly a result for Sony in its attempt to tempt more of its users online, it's a massive blow for Xbox fans (and Cube fans aren't getting the game at all at this stage). The good news is the enticing prospect of six-player online play - the bad news is that only PS2 owners get to indulge in this potentially fantastic mode, with Criterion bafflingly ignoring the immensely rich promise of Xbox Live (possibly a legacy of EA's stalemate with Microsoft over online). Online? Yes and no.īut as you may have heard already, there's good news and bad news. Predictably Criterion hasn't gone overboard with additions and changes - expect more cars, better graphics, you know, the usual - but has added enough tweaks to make this much more than the generic sequel it could so easily have been. Obligingly, EA has given the World Exclusive to Official PlayStation 2 Magazine here in the UK, which considers the game important enough to devote its front cover to the game as well as running a screenshot laden four-page feature on it - although most of these shots have been released already. Our face wobbles just thinking about the G-force in prospect. Needless to say, we're more than a little interested to see how Criterion can top it with the third in the series - imaginatively titled Burnout 3. ![]() After the promising, but ultimately disappointing original no-one expected this quick-fire sequel to be anything more than that - but it was, and still is, one of the best arcade racing games ever. Playing Burnout 2 was enough to shake the jaded cynic out of even the most poker faced old hack. ![]()
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