Burnout Dominator

PlayStation exclusive

Burnout Dominator is an installment of the Burnout series for the PlayStation 2 and the PlayStation Portable systems. The game is mainly focused on returned Burnouts feature - draining a complete boost meter without stopping wich was last seen in Burnout 2: Point of Impact. With return of Burnouts feature there were four new game modes added including Maniac Mode (players need to drive dangerously to get highest scores by earning drifts, air, oncoming and near misses. Chaining Burnouts in this mode increases the score multiplier), Drift Challenge (in this mode player need to obtain as many feet of drifting as possible.

Released: 6 March 2007
Platforms: PlayStation 2 PlayStation Portable
Genres: Racing
Developers: Electronic Arts
Publishers: Electronic Arts
Series: Burnout
Modes: Multiplayer Single-player
Perspective: First person Third person
Themes: Action
Engine: RenderWare
Country: United Kingdom
Age ratings: ESRB E10+PEGI 7 CLASS_IND 12 CERO B
Entry: #6 in Burnout

About

Burnout Dominator is a 2007 racing video game developed by EA UK and published by Electronic Arts for PlayStation 2 and PlayStation Portable. It retains the core gameplay of the series, as players race at top speeds through dozens of World Tour events testing "reckless skill-based" driving techniques.

This is the only Burnout game that was not developed by Criterion Games although the logo appears at the startup, and the first Burnout game in the series since Burnout 2: Point of Impact to not feature the "Crash Mode". At the time Dominator was being developed, Criterion was busy working on Burnout Paradise and was waiting to reintroduce the mode in a new form for the latter title, but Criterion Games are listed as "the makers of this game" in the game manual and credited as developer on the official Electronic Arts site. This was also the final Burnout game to be released on both the PlayStation 2 and PlayStation Portable.

Keywords

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arcade racers
street racing
bullet time
drifting
high score
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Gameplay

The main focus in Burnout Dominator is the return of "Burnouts", which are the result of draining a complete boost meter without stopping. The boost meter in Burnout Dominator is primarily orange flames prior to a full boost meter, at which point in time the flames turn blue (known as "Supercharge Boost"). Driving dangerously while using supercharge boost will light up the arrows on the boost meter, and when they are all lit, one can obtain a Burnout once the current supercharge boost has drained. The process can be continually repeated allowing the player to get a Burnout Chain. Prior to Burnout Dominator, Burnouts were last seen in Burnout 2: Point of Impact.

Features removed from the previous game, Burnout Revenge, include Traffic Checking (the ability to ram into smaller vehicles heading in the same direction as the player's vehicle), Traffic Attack Mode, Crash Mode (a puzzle-oriented mode, in which one's vehicle is driven into an intersection full of traffic with the aim to cause the largest amount of damage possible), and online multiplayer support. Also, unlike all of the Criterion developed Burnout games, the PlayStation 2 version of Burnout Dominator does not support USB steering wheels such as the Logitech Driving Force or Logitech Driving Force Pro.

Reception

Burnout Dominator received "favourable" reviews on both platforms according to video game review aggregator website Metacritic.

Releases by platformdates and regions as published

Platform	Released	Regions
PlayStation Portable	6 March 2007	North America · Australia 26 April 2007 · Europe 27 April 2007 · Japan 20 September 2007
PlayStation 2	6 March 2007	North America · Australia 22 March 2007 · Europe 23 March 2007 · Japan 20 September 2007