Games released on September 8
Five games that still hold up, from Burnout 3: Takedown in 2004 to Tales of Xillia in 2011
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Burnout 3: Takedown 2004
Turned 22 this year PlayStation 2, Xbox
A racer built around slamming rivals until they crash, where driving dangerously is what fills your boost. Even your own wreck can be steered in slow motion into one last takedown.
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Mini Ninjas 2009
Turned 17 this year Wii, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
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Colin McRae: Dirt 2 2009
Turned 17 this year PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
An off road racing game with five disciplines, a co-driver reading pacenotes on narrow rally routes, and Ken Block, Travis Pastrana and Tanner Foust among the drivers.
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Amnesia: The Dark Descent 2010
Turned 16 this year
A horror game with no weapons, in which Daniel, an archaeologist, wakes with no memory in Brennenburg Castle in 1839, and the monsters are to be fled from.
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Tales of Xillia 2011
Turned 15 this year PlayStation 3
Jude Mathis, a medical student, and Milla Maxwell, a spirit wielder, go on the run after sabotaging a weapon of mass destruction, and the story can be followed from either side.
