review aggregator Metacritic, with the Xbox 360 version receiving "generally favourable" reviews. Jim Schaefer of Detroit Free Press gave the PS2 a score of all four stars and said that it "proves once again why it is the ultimate spectacle for those of us who just want to feel the rush. You know you're playing a great game when even the pauses in the action are filled with rockin' music, flashy video and big sound effects". Ryan Huschka later gave the X360 version the same score and stated that it "makes online showdowns much more personal". Greg Edwards of Maxim gave the PS2 and Xbox versions a score of nine out of ten and stated: "Tons of tracks, events, and online races give Revenge plenty of variety, but it's the blinding speed and the velvety smooth controls that make this the best racing game of the year". Eliot Fish of The Sydney Morning Herald gave the game four-and-a-half stars out of five and called it "relentlessly intense". However, Tim Meston of The Times gave it four stars out of five and stated: "The locations are varied, but with the usual generic locations, and a repetitiveness notic[e]able in the track layout for each stage is reduced somewhat by the addition of numerous shortcuts along each route". Scott Jones of the Hartford Courant'' gave it three stars out of four and called it "a car insurance agent's worst nightmare", but added that "there's still something a bit cold and heartless about the 'Burnout' series. Maybe it's all the phoney cars (no real car manufacturers, for obvious reasons, were willing to lend their vehicles to the game). Maybe it's because your opponents lack personality. Maybe the series needs a narrative. There's no story, nothing to keep you playing, other than more difficult challenges. And that's just not enough". References External links Official EA web site Official Criterion Games web site 2005 video games Burnout (series) Criterion Games games Electronic Arts games Multiplayer online games PlayStation 2 games Video games developed in the United Kingdom Video games set in Asia Video games set in Europe Video games set in the United States Xbox games Xbox 360 games Multiplayer and single-player video games RenderWare games Video games with custom soundtrack support D.I.C.E. Award for Racing Game of the Year winners