Old Games: Encyclopedia Bombastica: Burnout 2: Point of Impact

you do realize that the bombasticas aren't captured with a webcam right? sure the video of one of the duder's face is but i'm pretty sure capture cards are still the only way to capture video games.

Still remember it was a sunny Saturday evening, coming back from a pub BBQ and having rented this game, fecking loved it. Memories.

Takedown still the best however.

Float On has always been a great driving song.

I had this on Gamecube! I unlocked all the cars and it took me forever.

@sharkman: hey sharkman where's my cigarette butt salsa??? :angry:

I learned to drift in Diddy Kong Racing, just FYI.

I love how this game uses the Impact font.

I think the PS2 version came out before, but Ryan is referring to the Xbox release which I guess was later.

Yup.

@ryan Where's the Encyclopedia part of this EB?

So awesome! Such fond memories of this. Thanks for doing a video that just awakens the nostalgia!

This. I also disagree with Drew. Traffic checking was one of the most significant things added to the franchise. Only being able to check same direction traffic made driving in oncoming traffic that much more thrilling.

Not sure if I prefer this or takedown. In terms of actual driving, cornering and challenging tracks this is the best

I can't believe this. This game... was f***king GARBAGE!

Burnout Takedown aka Burnout 3 was the rightful definitive breakthrough Burnout game. Burnout 2 was a buggy, boring mess!

@fitzgerald: If it weren't for me renting this game completely on a whim, I NEVER would have thought about the superior Burnout 3: Takedown, or revenge, or Paradise.

"Recollection, or *wink wink* WRECKALECTION"

high five, @drewbert

Burnout 3 was my first burnout - I've played every one since but never went backwards from there. So, I can't speak directly to 2, but the crash mode doesn't look as great. I liked steering my car into multiplyers after the crash. That was all part of the strategy. However 2 doesn't have Stryker, so that's a checkmark in its favor. With traffic checking in Revenge, it was a step in the wrong direction. It allowed you to boost through on the right side of the road with impunity, really dumbing down the experience. In Takedown the thrill was that you could crash anywhere so it gave you that white knuckled excitement. It was fun knocking cars into rivals but that got old after a bit. Takedown for me has always been the game that hit that sweet spot for the franchise.

P.S. Miss Ryan Davis :(

goddamn this game was cool

I was just describing the joy of doing this very thing to a mate at work today, which in turn made me search "burnout mona lisa overdrive" and led me here. Respect from the future my friend!!

I just played this game again a few days ago. It's still pretty fucking cool.