Some people just want to see the world burn - fans of the Burnout series's Crash Mode especially. Released today, Danger Zone 2 by ex-Criterion devs Three Fields Entertainment looks to recapture some of those mindlessly destructive thrills. From the looks of the new gameplay footage below it's an improvement over the original (which constrained the action to bland, boxy concrete crash testing facilities), but I still remain unconvinced.
]]>The former Criterion folks at Three Fields Entertainment are renewing their commitment to smashes, crashes, bashes, and explosions next week in Danger Zone 2. It's a sequel to their 2017 arcade smash 'em up, which did involve driving cars but was most certainly not about racing. Riffing heavily on Crash mode from Criterion's Burnout 3: Takedown, it has us smash through traffic and power-ups to score megapoints - pinball where we're the ball. While the first game caused spectacular crashes inside bland concrete boxes, the sequel is stretching its legs and getting some fresh air everywhere from LAX airport to English motorways complete with caravans.
]]>Shh! I'm typing this quietly so John doesn't know. If he hears that we're twelve days away from the launch of Danger Zone [official site], a splode-o-rama drawing heavy inspiration from Burnout's Crash Mode, he'll burst into the RPS treehouse shouting "Explosions!" while kicking things over. He flipping adored Crash Mode, see, and Danger Zone is very much doing a similar thing: you try to cause huge crashes to score mega-points. Heck, developers Three Fields Entertainment were even founded by former top brass from Burnout devs Criterion. Here, look at this Danger Zone trailer:
]]>A couple of Criterion founders abandoned the EA owned studio back in 2014 to go their own way, forming the unenigmatically named Three Fields Entertainment. So far they've released the wonky Dangerous Golf and the entirely unnoticed Lethal VR. But no one wanted those. What people want from anyone with the word "Criterion" in their resume is some more Burnout. And ideally, some more Burnout 3: Takedown. Hey, guess what Three Fields just announced is coming out next month? And they're calling it Danger Zone [official site].
]]>According to international law, I am not allowed to post the video I made playing of myself playing this Skyrim Mod, which changes the fighting music into Danger Zone by Kenny Loggins. Now, I'll admit there hundreds of reasons and at least three court orders that should prevent me from going anywhere near recording equipment, but I am sad that one of them is "A man in his pants enjoying a game and wants you to share it with the world." It seems like my happiness, and the happiness others would get from it, should override petty rules and regulations, particularly when it involves Skyrim and the Top Gun soundtrack.
]]>When I grow up, I want to be an airplane. I want to soar and spin and shoot all the bad guys with my jet lasers. At the moment, unfortunately, my relative youth is the one thing (that's it; there's nothing else) standing between me and that dream. It's not all bad news, though, because now I can make do with Ace Combat: Assault Horizon - Enhanced Edition on my personal computing device. Sure, that means there'll be tiny people yammering on inside of my planes, but I'll just ignore them. I am the sky.
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