Danger Zone ( Russian: Danger Zone ) - a video game in the genre of arcade car simulator for survival , developed and published by on May 30, 2017 for the PlayStation 4 game console and personal computers running Windows . On October 10 of that year, the game was released for the Xbox One console. Danger Zone is the spiritual successor to the Burnout series.
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| Developer | Three Fields Entertainment |
| Publisher | Three Fields Entertainment |
| Announcement Date | April 26, 2017 |
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| Genres | arcade , survival simulator |
| Age ratings | ESRB : E10 + -Everyone 10+ PEGI : 7 |
| Technical details | |
| Platforms | PlayStation 4 ( PlayStation Network ), Windows ( Steam ), Xbox One ( MS Store ) |
| Game engine | Unreal engine 4 |
| Game mode | single user |
| Interface language | English |
| Carrier | digital distribution |
| Control | gamepad keyboard |
On July 13, 2018, a sequel was released - Danger Zone 2 [1] .
Content
- 1 Gameplay
- 2 Development and release of the game
- 3 Ratings and Opinions
- 4 notes
- 5 Links
Gameplay
The game takes place in the arena "Danger Zone". The goal is to arrange the most spectacular accidents in 20 different missions. You can put the results in the leaderboards, as well as shoot video crashes [2] [3] [4] . There are bonuses in the arena, during the collection of which you can blow up and thereby move the car, or get extra points, depending on the type of bonus. At the end of the accident, points are counted, and depending on their number, a gold, silver or bronze medal is awarded. If, during an accident, a player’s car falls into an electric field, the game in the arena ends. The Danger Zone has an achievement system.
Game development and release
The announcement of the Danger Zone took place on April 26, 2017. Three Fields Entertainment, which consists of former employees of Criterion Games , was responsible for the development and already had experience in creating games, releasing and Lethal VR , which received mixed ratings from the press. Danger Zone , according to the team, is the spiritual heir to the Burnout series and will borrow the features of the Crash mode from it, and will also include 20 missions with the ability to shoot video of accidents and put their results on the leaderboards.
May 17, representatives of Three Fields Entertainment announced the release date of the game, and also released a gameplay trailer [5] . Danger Zone was released on May 30, 2017 on Windows personal computers in the Steam digital distribution service and on the PlayStation 4 game console on the PlayStation Network . On October 10 of the same year, the Danger Zone was released for the Xbox One console in the Microsoft Store .
Ratings and Opinions
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| Gameranks | 64% ( PS4 ) [6] 63% ( XONE ) [7] 59.50% ( PC ) [8] |
| Metacritic | 64/100 ( PS4 ) [9] 64/100 ( PC ) [10] 63/100 ( XONE ) [11] |
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| Edition | Rating |
| Destructoid | 7.5 / 10 [12] |
| Egm | 6.5 / 10 [13] |
| Game informer | 7/10 [14] |
| Gamespot | 6/10 [15] |
| IGN | 6.9 / 10 [16] |
| PC Gamer (US) | 53/100 [17] |
Danger Zone received mixed reviews from critics. On the Metacritic website , the average score is 64 points out of 100 possible in versions for PlayStation 4 and PC, in the version for Xbox One - 63 points out of 100 [9] [10] [11] , and on GameRankings - 64% for PlayStation 4 [6 ] , 63% for the Xbox One [7] and 59.50% for the PC [8] . To the advantages of the game, observers attributed the idea and gameplay, but the disadvantages were called a small amount of content and low quality graphics [14] [15] [15] .
Notes
- ↑ Wesley Yin-Poole. Criterion founders reveal two new games . Eurogamer (June 21, 2018). Date of treatment June 21, 2018.
- ↑ Danger Zone - a new game from the creators of Burnout . PlayGround.ru (April 26, 2017). Date of treatment May 1, 2017.
- ↑ The crash mode from Burnout will become a separate Danger Zone game . Gambling (April 26, 2017). Date of treatment May 1, 2017.
- ↑ Burnout creators spin off Crash Mode into its own game, Danger Zone . Polygon (April 26, 2017). Date of treatment May 1, 2017.
- ↑ Romano, Sal. Danger Zone launches May 30 . Gematsu (May 17, 2017). Date of contact May 31, 2017.
- ↑ 1 2 (PlayStation 4) Danger Zone . GameRankings Date of contact May 31, 2017.
- ↑ 1 2 (Xbox One) Danger Zone . GameRankings Date of appeal October 25, 2017.
- ↑ 1 2 (PC) Danger Zone . GameRankings Date of contact May 31, 2017.
- ↑ 1 2 Danger Zone for PlayStation 4 . Metacritic . Date of contact May 31, 2017.
- ↑ 1 2 Danger Zone for PC . Metacritic . Date of contact May 31, 2017.
- ↑ 1 2 Danger Zone for Xbox One . Metacritic . Date of appeal October 25, 2017.
- ↑ Glagowski, Peter. Review: Danger Zone . Destructoid (May 30, 2017). Date of contact May 31, 2017.
- ↑ Harmon, Josh. Danger Zone Review . Electronic Gaming Monthly (May 30, 2017). Date of contact May 31, 2017.
- ↑ 1 2 Kato, Matthew. Danger Zone Review . Game Informer (May 30, 2017). Date of contact May 31, 2017.
- ↑ 1 2 3 Clark, Justin. Danger Zone Review . GameSpot (May 31, 2017). Date of contact May 31, 2017.
- ↑ McCaffrey, Ryan. Danger Zone Review . IGN (June 1, 2017). Date of contact May 31, 2017.
- ↑ Danger Zone // PC Gamer : Magazine. - 2017. - August. - P. 87 .