Burnout Dominator

List Price: $19.99 Discount Price: $12.87

Features:

• Drive like a maniac to max out your boost -- or drain it totally to perform a Burnout and get an instant boost recharge. Chain multiple burnouts to keep the adrenaline burning!
• New ways to burn in Maniac Mode - Drive on the edge in the most challenging race mode seen yet and watch your score soar
• Watch out for the signature shortcuts on every track - Ram a rival through the barrier of a shortcut entrance to unlock it and shave precious seconds off your race times
• Every car offers a unique experience -- master them all as you drift, smash and race your way through the world tour
• Collect Domination Points as you win races, takedown rivals and nail the challenges thrown at you to progress to the deadly Dominator series

Accessories:
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Customer Reviews:

CRASHING, EXPLOSIONS, AWESOME 8.5 OUT OF 10 [Posted on 2007-11-26]
Though this game is not as good as Burnout Revenge, it's still a lot of fun to play even if it is missing some things like online play and crash mode. Still it's a fun tide-over till until Burnout Paradise hits the Xbox 360 and Playstation 3. The crashes are still great to watch, and this time when you crash you can blow up your car to take out an opponent or to just raise hell among the commuters by destroying a lot of things. The soundtrack is still solid even if there are some songs that don't belong(Why is the girlfriend song from Avril Lavigne on here?). Burnout has always been the leader in car destruction, and this game proves to be no different, and still stands above pale imitators(Ahem, Full Auto, I'm looking at you). Crashing cars never really gets old if done right and this is a prime example of how it'll never gets old.

Prepare to Dominate!  [Posted on 2008-03-17]
You gotta love Burnout. The first Burnout was a run chase-style racing game, the second a crash puzzle game that even had a mode where you could chase down speeds as law enforcement or run from it, the third a game about taking out the competition any which way you can. The fourth... let's not talk about the fourth... and now at last the fifth game in the series proper, a Playstation 2 exclusive about getting back to the roots and getting rid of the uh...gunk that muddied up Burnout: Revenge.

So for better or worse this is a very different experience. First of all, crash mode is gone. Yeah, yeah, cry me a river. If you want crash mode go play Burnout 2, 3 or (ugh!) 4. Secondly, some modes using different driving techniques are in. There's Drift Mode where you power slide as much as possible, Near Miss where you try to almost hit as many cars as possible. There's modes where you try to keep Burnout going as long as possible and drive as crazy as possible. And of course there are the requisite races, eliminations, and the oh-so-wonderful Road Rage where you take out as many as possible. You don't have a hub world or a map for event selection, instead selecting events from different series and unlocking more events as you go like in Forza, unlocking new cars along the way.

"But..." you may say "I've already played all those other Burnout games. Why should I play this one?" Ahh.... but the main reason surely to play this game is simple: it has some very nice variety in the tracks which allows for some very exciting races and takedowns. You'll find yourself greatly enjoying racing through the Tuscan Hills trying to take out a car AND win the event, and perhaps like me you you'll get a real kick out of taking down your friends again and again.

The graphics are about as good as a Playstation 2 game gets. The music is better than previous games in the series (I like Avril's song Girlfriend, so sue me), the tracks are great fun, and the events are at least very different for the most part from the other Burnout games. If you just can't get enough Burnout, or find yourself longing for some more races and takedowns, you can't go wrong with Dominator for the price. Happy crashing!

Burnout/Dominator [Posted on 2008-07-18]
The epitome of racing games. Use your burnout feature to smash into cars then watch them explode. There is a feature in this game that allows the player to slow down time after a crash to allow the player to "guide the crash" in to oncoming traffic. If you tap another player while you are crashing you are forgiven the crash and placed back on the track doing an automatic burnout. This keeps the game moving at high speed no matter how much you crash. The better you place in each event builds the player's points and eventually you can unlock more events and earn cars.

Flawed, but still fast as HELL [Posted on 2008-08-12]
Everyone knows burnout games are fast, everyone also knows that this is not Burnout 5. If you aren't expecting the next big thing in racing, but are prepared to have an amazingly fun time, get this game. First off, for a PS2 title, this game looks absolutely terrific, the environments are rich, and the cars look really real. This game continues the Burnout legacy of giving everyone a heck of a rush whenever they activate boost, and chaining burnouts is still as fun as ever.
A couple gripes about this game:

1. It isn't BO5, but then again, I knew it wouldn't be.
2. The music sucks. With tracks by two bands that start with "Army of..." and both horrendous versions of Avril Lavigne's "Girlfriend", I usually mute the sound and put on my Sansa.
3. It is really easy to, if you crash once, get really disoriented and crash several more times in a row. This is no big deal unless you're racing, (which I don't do much of anyway)
4. Even if you (or your friends) are a bad driver, you can still dominate Road Rage mode just by crashing in front of a ton of cars and taking them all out. This is really annoying (especially when you have your 7-3 lead evaporated when your 12 year old cousin gets lucky like that).

Overall, if you own a PS2, you may as well get this game, as it is likely the final one to be released for the system. If you are one of the lucky souls who have a PS3 or 360, wait for B05.

Despite its flaws, Burnout Dominator provides good, fast fun that's worth whatever Amazon is selling it for these days.

Buy the Anthology [Posted on 2009-01-02]
Don't waste your time buying just this one, buy all three from the amazon store at this link http://www.amazon.com/Burnout-Anthology-Playstation-2/dp/B001IX4CMA/ref=sr_1_12?ie=UTF8&s=videogames&qid=1230873252&sr=1-12 TRUST ME you will end up buying them all anyways. They are all fun and addictive.

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