Review: Burnout Dominator
There are returning games modes like Race, Road Rage, and Eliminator, but four new modes provide the most variety to Dominator. But it's Burnouts, a returning Burnout 2 maneuver, that tie everything together. Fill your entire boost meter and you're prompted to unleash a Supercharge Boost. Keep boosting until meter depletes, and that's called a Burnout. If you perform enough dangerous maneuvers, like executing drifts and near misses, and you'll refill your boost meter to start a Burnout chain. The more you do this, the more chains you link together and the higher score you'll receive.
It's a fun, challenging maneuver, but in actually, Burnouts change the gameplay entirely. This is because chaining Burnouts increase any other action in the game. For example, there are three new game modes in Dominator: Drift, Near Miss, and Maniac, in addition to a Burnout challenge where linking Burnouts is the only goal. In Drift mode, drifting earns you points, but drifting during a Burnout earns you massive points. The whole game works under the fundamental principle that Burnouts enhance everything you do.
It's Burnout, After All
You'll find the difficulty in Dominator about the same as the rest of the Burnout series, possibly a bit harder simply because to achieve Burnout chains, you're going to be boosting while dodging traffic for the majority of the game. Aside from World Tour, there is a Record Breaker mode that simply allows you to jump in to single tracks that you've unlocked through your World Tour progress. And there is split-screen multiplayer, which ain't no online, but is barrels of fun with a buddy if you have an amply sized TV.
The absence of 480p support hampers the visuals in Dominator, as background objects look a bit grainy, especially on a TV larger than 40 inches. But car models are some of the best looking on the PS3. And, none of this affects frame rate or phsyics performance, which are surprisingly good for the PS2, just as the rest of the series has been.
Even with the lack of a Crash mode and no online play, Burnout Dominator is a wise investment, even for the Burnout first-timer, especially with a $40 price tag.
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