Burnout Legends

Burnout: Legends takes the most explosive moments of the popular Burnout series of racing games, mashes them together and adds some new surprises -- giving you the best racing experience to come out for the DS. Use your car as a weapon and battle your way to the front of the pack - by taking out rivals and instigating spectacular crashes. Speed, depth and destruction are waiting for you, in the game of on-the-go automotive anarchy.

Released: 13 September 2005
Platforms: Nintendo DS PlayStation Portable
Genres: Arcade Racing
Developers: Criterion Games
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 3 USK 12
Languages: Dutch, English, French, Italian, Spanish (Spain)
Entry: #4 in Burnout

About

Burnout Legends is a 2005 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.

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

Keywords

vehicular combat
cars
burnout
police
street racing
driving
bullet time
artificial intelligence
drifting
high score
instant replay
vehicle combat

Media

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Gameplay

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:

World Tour: Players compete against other cars in different varieties of modes. The tour is divided into car types. There are three medal types (Gold: 1st place, Silver: 2nd place, Bronze: 3rd Place) in a series to unlock Grand Prix. Finishing gold in the GP unlocks the next World Tour series. World Tour is the primary way to unlock cars.

Reception

Burnout: Legends received mostly positive reviews for the PSP version, while the DS version received negative reviews, according to video game review aggregator website Metacritic.

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.

Releases by platformdates and regions as published

Platform	Released	Regions
PlayStation Portable	13 September 2005	North America · Europe 16 September 2005 · Australia 23 September 2005 · New Zealand 23 September 2005 · Japan 20 October 2005