FlatOut 3: Chaos & Destruction

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2.9

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 332 Ratings

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  1. Positive: 75 out of 332
  2. Mixed: 15 out of 332
  3. Negative: 242 out of 332

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  1. KhanYT
    Apr 26, 2023
    0
    Absolute pile of sh*t. Playing it makes you cry. Sh*tty graphics, bad physics, horrible soundtracks and even more.
  2. SwordUpURAss
    Jan 2, 2023
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Buy this game if you want a reason to kill yourself!

    Pros: Cheap

    Cons:

    Visually Unappealing
    Horribly Optimized
    Unrealistic physics
    YOU WILL RAGE!!!    … Expand
  3. SniperEliteFan
    Dec 12, 2022
    9
    Not Bad!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  4. bar0yka
    Dec 9, 2022
    1
    ne heyecanla almıştım oyunun cdsini sonra yüjkledim 30 dk dayanamayıp sildim amina.
  5. NickARG
    Nov 12, 2022
    2
    This game does not represent the saga. Bad Physics, controls and the rest is history...
  6. The_D4RknesS
    Nov 4, 2022
    0
    the description of this game has to be like and really is Jsjsjajaksndixsdjxjsjdbhxxhshsusjsksosbdo
  7. Problox420
    Feb 27, 2022
    2
    Everyone says this game is ass, and they are all right. It crashes more than every game I have on steam right now. And for 10 Gb, It looks ugly. And keep in Mind, I have not played the other Flatout games. So even people who haven't played the other games can still hate this game like me
  8. pazot
    Oct 19, 2021
    0
    Impossible to play, in this game everything was done wrong! The graphics are worse than in the first part, there is no physics
  9. Gorbunov2004
    Mar 25, 2021
    2
    Игра просто хуже во всем прошлой части, графика стала просто ужасной для 2011 года тогда к примеру вышел Mortal Kombat. Гонки отвратительные добавили монстр -траки управляя которыми надо взрывать бочки! Дерби также плохое оно стало очень долгим.Игра просто хуже во всем прошлой части, графика стала просто ужасной для 2011 года тогда к примеру вышел Mortal Kombat. Гонки отвратительные добавили монстр -траки управляя которыми надо взрывать бочки! Дерби также плохое оно стало очень долгим.
  10. NON_STOP_DAY
    Feb 23, 2021
    4
    Погана гра. Жахлива фізика, графіка, впринципі гра дуже погана в усіх аспектах. Музика ще так собі... Слухабельна. А от на картинку неприємно дивитися. Купив її поприколу)
  11. Inny74
    Dec 14, 2020
    1
    Horrid physics and controls, laughably bad character and car designs, awful graphics, no windowed mode, and AI that is f**king stupid. This almost sounds like that it was an unfinished game...and according to someone that managed to contact Team 6, this was actually an unfinished version of the game, and they accidentally released the unfinished version out by accident. By the time theyHorrid physics and controls, laughably bad character and car designs, awful graphics, no windowed mode, and AI that is f**king stupid. This almost sounds like that it was an unfinished game...and according to someone that managed to contact Team 6, this was actually an unfinished version of the game, and they accidentally released the unfinished version out by accident. By the time they realized, it was too late. They couldn't get the final product out because of Strategy First. Do I believe this? I do not know, how can you mess up a FlatOut game THIS BAD?!

    1/10
    The only thing not giving this a 0 is I cannot hear the awfulness that is FlatOut 3 because of Intel's incompetence of fixing Intel UHD 630 drivers. After hearing how awful the soundtrack and audio is in general, maybe this was for my own good...    … Expand
  12. LordTachanka
    Apr 3, 2020
    1
    As An Insult To The Flatout Series!
    One of My Favorite Game Series, And This Game Is Far Under Game 2 and 1.
  13. RudigerTech
    Aug 21, 2018
    0
    A bad game, which have the Name Flatout but isn't good! It's a Punch in the Face for every Flatout-Fan. Horrible Gameplay, physics of the Cars, Graphics and lots more!!!
  14. gold
    Jul 14, 2018
    3
    Просто скучно... Единственное, что забавляет это стычки, но и это быстро надоедает...
  15. Talonator
    Jul 11, 2018
    4
    I'd give this game a lower rating, but there's a lot of charm in it, and also can get some ironic fun from its awfulness.
  16. GravyWrestler
    Mar 4, 2018
    10
    By far the best installment in the series. It even has a target FPS of 15! INCREDIBLE!
  17. DrifterKid
    Feb 24, 2018
    7
    Drivable handling, enough maps, and electrifying soundtracks is a need on a racing game. This game have each one of them. With Flatout's iconic ragdoll cannonball windshields, this is the worst flatout game ever made but at least it's a great single player game rather than playing solitaire or mobile racing games.
  18. russiangamer
    Jun 9, 2016
    0
    Одна из НАИХУДШИХ игр в которые я играл! Эта игра не только недостойна называться "FlatOut",но и существовать тоже.
    Графика ужасная,хуже чем в прошлой части,как это возможно? Музыка в меню отстой,а в игре вообще нету .Во втором FlatOut музыка была идеальна подобрана,абсолютно весь саундтрек теперь в моём трек-листе. Геймплей убогий,появились новые режимы,но с такой отвратительной    Одна из НАИХУДШИХ игр в которые я играл! Эта игра не только недостойна называться "FlatOut",но и существовать тоже.
    Графика ужасная,хуже чем в прошлой части,как это возможно? Музыка в меню отстой,а в игре вообще нету .Во втором FlatOut музыка была идеальна подобрана,абсолютно весь саундтрек теперь в моём трек-листе. Геймплей убогий,появились новые режимы,но с такой отвратительной физикой,убогими картами невозможно просто играть,врезались во врага на скорости 100 км/ч, 3% повреждений.... Опять же,во второй части была крутая физика,крутые красочные трассы,когда ты ехал,а тебе в лицо светило солнце...
    Играйте во FlatOut 2,не играйте во "FlatOut" 3    … Expand
  19. ArchDemon36
    Feb 11, 2016
    0
    This is **** game. Please not buy this **** My parents were in a psychiatric hospital when playing this game, and said that it is good. The first part is a hundred times more abruptly this ****
  20. Matko
    Nov 3, 2014
    0
    malisimo , que paso con flat out , llos autos no se rompen , solo explotan cuando chocan y explotan muy feo , parecen autos de juguete la fisica es asquerosa parece twisted metal de ps1 con graficos buenos pero infantiles , nada mejor que flat ot ultimate carnage , esto pasa cuando bugbear deja este juegazo en manos de otros desarrolladores ,como en este caso team6
  21. ZombieMM7
    May 24, 2014
    0
    I'm a fan of FlatOut since the beginning so I had to play this one too. Oh well... Probably the worst video game ever - this is just PAINFULL to see and play. Don't even try... 0/1000000
  22. vpm
    Dec 10, 2013
    0
    A complete insult to both Bugbear, the players, the publisher and the entire world! Team 6 has spent absolutely 0 effort to even let 'players' drive a car. No effort, no logic, no respect.
  23. liuby33
    Oct 12, 2013
    0
    It is an utter awfulness and doesn't deserve a Flatout name badge. I have been playing games for years and this redefined the word "bad" in gaming....
  24. PrincessCadence
    Sep 11, 2013
    0
    I didn't expect that FlatOut will continue after Empire Interactive bankruptcy, but I knew that all Team6 suck immensely long before they ruined my favourite game. That was enough to make me scared of FlatOut burial, and I was totally right. This... "game" not only shows true identity of Team6, it also breaks hearts of gamers very hardly. Entire game is like swiss cheese; full of holes.I didn't expect that FlatOut will continue after Empire Interactive bankruptcy, but I knew that all Team6 suck immensely long before they ruined my favourite game. That was enough to make me scared of FlatOut burial, and I was totally right. This... "game" not only shows true identity of Team6, it also breaks hearts of gamers very hardly. Entire game is like swiss cheese; full of holes. The only thing that game can be praised for is holding a Guinness record for most blur in computer games history. Team6 staff keep defending themselves from getting raped by angered gamers armed with barbed wires, but resistance is futile and these morons will definitely pay sooner or later. Strategy First did noting wrong here; it was set up by Team6.… Expand
  25. dinklsoons
    Jul 20, 2013
    2
    This is a HUGE disappointment to the FlatOut franchise. I was so happy to hear about a new Flatout game. It is horrible. It is extremely cartoony and boring. The awesome flatout physics are gone and are replaced with physics like Mario cart. All the characters with their own traits are gone two!. Same with the stunt mode which was so fun during parties. Also, Flatout UC had anThis is a HUGE disappointment to the FlatOut franchise. I was so happy to hear about a new Flatout game. It is horrible. It is extremely cartoony and boring. The awesome flatout physics are gone and are replaced with physics like Mario cart. All the characters with their own traits are gone two!. Same with the stunt mode which was so fun during parties. Also, Flatout UC had an awesome soundtrack that actually affected the way you drive. Lets say you drove on a track listening to an upbeat song you would take all the ramps and drift round corners. While with a dark song you would drive very seriously and drive on the a pecks. Though in FO 3, it is all the same annoying trash techno music! Overall, this game is NOT focused on the same audience as the previous game and it is focused at 7-year old kids… Expand
  26. QueenAndrea
    Jun 17, 2013
    0
    I thought it was a dream. The worst game of 2011.

    The FlatOut series is one of these games where vehicular slaughter is a daily entertainment. Unfortunately Empire Interactive has been resolved and rights to publish the game were given for Strategy First that made the worst mistake ever. They gave right to the game development for Team 6. Knowing how good games they make, I was already    I thought it was a dream. The worst game of 2011.

    The FlatOut series is one of these games where vehicular slaughter is a daily entertainment. Unfortunately Empire Interactive has been resolved and rights to publish the game were given for Strategy First that made the worst mistake ever. They gave right to the game development for Team 6. Knowing how good games they make, I was already scared before I started playing their game.

    Gameplay is presented with great difference from previous titles. And it's difficult to call it an improvement. There's no career and instead we have 9 events that has almost nothing to do with chaos and destruction. Many are copies of each other, for instance destruction derby, that changes only the amount of opponents between events. Other are hybrids, like offroad races, monstertruck challenges or speed races where the only tactic is raping the acceleration key on your keyboard. Amount of cars and tracks is not impressive either. Customization has nothing to do with cars other than changing the colour of our vehicle to more one. Many tracks are mirrored or with changed weather conditions/time of the day.

    Graphics are failure over failures, even in this gaming generation, and the word "failure" is a very mild statement here. Textures are of a very low quality and they don't resemble even a 1% of reality. Rather everything in this game looks like a vomit combined with excrement. And strength of these ugly graphics is increased by the highest amount of blur I have ever seen in any video game. In normal racing games a hint of that effect is used to give a felling of speed for the player, but here the blur is so intense that is more obstructive than vision through 3 lenses thick glasses. Lighting leaves a lot to discussion.

    Sound is in some ways can be survived, but it does not save the game. The music is average and not many suit to the climate of racing games. This is very typical to Team 6 as they almost never find any good music. Same thing can be said about FX that is mediocre and cheap. I'm always wondering if these were made with kitchen equipment.

    Physics Engine is so up that Newton rolls in his grave. Every vehicle handles like a butter-coated paper box on ice. Drifting or taking corners is a challenge and handbrake is a joke. It's hard to get to the finish line without even a single crash. But Flatout is all about crashes right? Well, no. There is no enjoyment from destruction in this game. Damage model and hitbox are rather funny. Wrecking opponents car is more a matter of luck than skill. Stunt Man returns in this game, but it has been completely destroyed. Flight control is difficult and unresponsive and catapulting our driver through the windshield often fails.

    And now the cherry on top of the cake. Artificial intelligence. Most likely all opponents were born in the cement mixer, because they find a sense of life in randomly driving around and crashing each other until wreckage nothing else. And they can do this even without us. In races they still show the knowledge on the same level as sidewalk. They don't care how they are driving. They are hardly trying to get back on track after crash and their speeding has no relationship with any thinking.

    The game has pseudo-patch, but the way it changes the game only shows Team6's lack of effort. No music in menu, dissapearing car models, removal of the HUD and worse game performance are a price for extra racing track and even worse AI of opponents.

    The game is a game, but the behavior of Team 6 is very off-limits. In reply to numerous criticisms onto a game, The Ronnie Nellis made an attempt to shame Rich Stanton on Eurogamers saying to him: “It is clear he copy pasted the review from other reviewers, probably that German guy at Gamestar. If he would have played the game as he said he did, he would have had Update4. No way the game is too fast or has bloom enabled, since this has all be fixed long time ago. I’m calling the Eurogamer guy a liar.” He also critcised players for having cracked copies. This game on Steam costs 30 EURO, this is too much for such a crap. Additionaly, Steam does not provide cash refunds. Flatout fans feel disappointed and fooled. Team 6 thinks that they are good and the rest of the world is bad at making games.

    Overall, Flatout 3 is a crime against both gamers and fans of series. Everything in it sucks and the behavior of the developers leaves a lot to think about. It's like Team6 threw into us gamers and said: "This is your next FlatOut And that why this crap deserves lowest possible scores.

    R.I.P. FlatOut    … Expand
  27. DarkCowboy
    May 31, 2013
    0
    I tried hard to be objective about this game, due to the bashing reviews. And to be honest, I think I have been.
    I've never rated a game 0 before, but this game deserves it.
    The controls, the physics and the flow of this game is just plain awful. If I didn't know better I'd think this was a graphic overhauled knock-off of the real FlatOut games. Sure, there's a lot of game modes, new    I tried hard to be objective about this game, due to the bashing reviews. And to be honest, I think I have been.
    I've never rated a game 0 before, but this game deserves it.
    The controls, the physics and the flow of this game is just plain awful.
    If I didn't know better I'd think this was a graphic overhauled knock-off of the real FlatOut games.
    Sure, there's a lot of game modes, new exiting tracks, arenas and stunt courses, loads of different cars and characters.
    But everything just loses it's value due to the awful controls, physics and overall flow of the game.
    I'll advise every possible buyer to stick with FlatOut 2, which is hilarious fun.
    This game is not even worth playing for free.    … Expand
  28. Wight
    Jan 10, 2013
    1
    A huge disappointment and an eternal stain in the Flatout franchise. Everything is unfinished and just plain bad. You may as well burn your money because that will make you feel better than playing this piece of garbage would.
  29. dumle
    Jan 10, 2013
    1
    I had heard that this game couldn't in anyway compare to the previous titles in the series so i didn't expect anything more than an average budget arcade racer that i could play for a few hours. But i didn't expect this game to be so terrible. The cars handle like **** the physics is terrible, its buggy and just everything about the game feels half finished. They have even managed toI had heard that this game couldn't in anyway compare to the previous titles in the series so i didn't expect anything more than an average budget arcade racer that i could play for a few hours. But i didn't expect this game to be so terrible. The cars handle like **** the physics is terrible, its buggy and just everything about the game feels half finished. They have even managed to screw up the stunt and derby mode beyond repair. There seems to be a decent amount of content in the game but that doesnt matter when none of it plays anywhere near ok. Stay the hell away from this one.… Expand
  30. Borrelia
    Dec 29, 2012
    0
    This game is absolutely horrible in so many ways. I bought the complete pack on steam about six months ago and enjoyed FlatOut 2 and UC for many many hours. They were magnificent racing games that looked very well on my PC and were a lot of fun to play. I already read the reviews about Flatout 3, so I knew what I was up for, but since this game was in the complete pack I decided toThis game is absolutely horrible in so many ways. I bought the complete pack on steam about six months ago and enjoyed FlatOut 2 and UC for many many hours. They were magnificent racing games that looked very well on my PC and were a lot of fun to play. I already read the reviews about Flatout 3, so I knew what I was up for, but since this game was in the complete pack I decided to download it and give it a fair chance. It was a complete waste of my time and bandwidth. Apparantly, this game was patched many times, but they still didn't fix the menu's. It looks ridiculous. The graphics look like they are from 10 years ago. Even FlatOut 1 looks better. The gameplay is bad. You have no feeling whatsoever with the cars. And it all just looks so uninspired and boring. It's not even a bad game in a fun way (like Big Rigs). It's just embarrassing. I usually think that everyone should give a game a fair chance. Because if I don't like it, you might, or someone else. Here I make an exception to that rule. I can not imagine anyone liking this game. I don't understand the positive reviews on this site. Seriously. Stay away from this game. Don't buy it. Don't even download it. There are so many better and cheaper games to buy, that will run smoother and have a bigger entertainment value. Forget this game exists. Forget. Forget...… Expand
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23

Generally unfavorable reviews - based on 22 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 0 out of 22
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 22
  3. Negative: 20 out of 22
  1. LEVEL (Czech Republic)
    Feb 27, 2012
    30
    Despite to first two enjoyable episodes FlatOut 3 sets out its own way – unfortunately, what a way to a waste container. A.I., driving model, boring races… almost everything is as bad as it gets. [Jan 2012]
  2. XGN
    Feb 23, 2012
    15
    Avoid this game at all cost! Don't even think about buying this it. FlatOut 3: Chaos and Destruction is pure garbage!
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  3. PC Gamer
    Feb 23, 2012
    28
    This is an immense disservice to the Flatout franchise, and one that makes Flatout 2 look like a vehicular ballet. [Apr 2012, p.72]
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