I picked up the most recent issue of Official Playstation Magazine yesterday. I grabbed it because I saw it had a demo of Burnout 3 on the disk. I’ll just say I was not disappointed. That game is shit hot and I highly recommend you go get a copy of it for yourself. My only complaint is that after the one race they allow you in the demo you are kicked all the way back out to the main menu of the disk. I guess this is because they want to remind you that there are other games and movies available there but the only thing you’re going to want to play is Burnout. I almost feel bad for the other racing game demos on the disk. Maybe they didn’t know their game would be featured alongside Burnout 3. As I drove one of their destruction derby cars around a crappy looking track at approximately five miles per hour I actually felt embarrassed for them.
The other interesting thing I saw mentioned in OPM this month was in their rumor section. They suggest that Sega has finally realized what an incredible game REZ was and they have decided to re-release it and possibly even produce a sequel. Now this is a rumor that I’ve heard a few times before but I still get excited each time it pops up. If you ever attend one of our question and answer panels you will hear someone ask us what our favorite game is. You will then hear Tycho say Dynamite Cop for the Dreamcast and you will hear me say REZ. To this day, I still play REZ every couple of weeks. As much as I’d love to see a new REZ game I’m not entirely sure I want Sega to make it. I just don’t know that I can trust them anymore to make a quality game. If I had it my way Harmonix would make the next REZ game.
-Gabe out
