One title you probably wouldn’t expect to have any surprises in this regard is Burnout Crash. With so little known about Criterion’s upcoming Burnout title, it’s a wonder that rating’s board summaries are the way that we’re having information disseminated to us.
Burnout Crash is an arcade game where the objective is to crash your vehicle into busy intersections and buildings, causing as much damage as possible. How this will be implemented still remains a mystery, but with the recent reveal that Need for Speed: The Run will be using DICE’s Frostbite 2.0 game engine, perhaps Criterion will also be following in Black Box’s shoes and upgrading for some very realistic property destruction.
The title comes from the game’s setting in fictional Crash City, which is likely a place where insurance rates are extortionately high. Similarly, it seems to take its premise from the Crash modes that were present in previous Burnout titles, where the objective of the additional mode was to crash your vehicle into traffic and cause the most expensive possible damage.
The ESRB summary for Burnout Crash is listed below in full.
Of all the mysteries surrounding this game, there is none more compelling than the inclusion of airplanes, UFOs, and even “lobster monsters” in the game’s levels. Yes, lobster monsters. We can’t believe it either. Just how these objects of destruction will play into the game, as environment hazards or as player-triggered events, still remains to be revealed, but you can rest assured that Burnout Crash is going to be a bit of a departure from the series it takes its name from.
According to the ESRB description, Burnout Crash will be released for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, but since there’s no distinction on the site between the consoles and their online networks its possible that it could in fact be Xbox Live and PlayStation Network. No release date or release window has been given just yet.
Source: ESRB
