Ever since the horrible experience I had with my first PS3 racing game (Need For Speed Carbon)I have been hoping that Burnout would satisfy my need for a racing game. Fortunately for me this game is a pretty fun game to play when im on the mood for crashing cars and speeding across highways.
Burnout Paradise follows the theme of "free roam racing" in Paradise City. There is no real goal or story you just go to whatever race you want and upgrade your license by winning as many races as you can. There is more then racing in this game though. There are several other modes such as Marked Man Road Rage and Stunt Run. Marked man involves you haven't to avoid other cars that are trying to kill you until you get to the finish line, Road Rage involves you having to kill a certain amount of cars to win and Stunt Run focuses on getting points through performing jumps and spins. All these game modes and a selection of 75 cars means that you can get a lot out of this game plus 2 free future updates adds even more replayability.
All this doesn't mean that the game is not without it's faults. The first biggest one would be in the racing. The way it works is they tell you where to go and leave it up to you to figure out the fastest route. This means if your finish line is far away you can end up taking a wrong turn and then losing the whole race if you don't know the map from back to front. If it wasn't for the other racing modes you can use then the game would be a lot more frustrating but since you can choose your race this is pretty excusable.
The next downside is the way you select cars. You select your car at the beginning of the game but if you want to choose another you will have to drive back to the junkyard and choose another one. I just wish there was some sort of way to instantly warp back instead of having to drive back. It would make it a little easier and faster.
The final small flaw is there are no people in this game. Not in cars, not on the sidewalk, not anywhere. A little weird but this is simply because of the E rating so you can't run people over.
The online part of the game works very well. You can go in and out of it seamlessly and there is very little lag. Plus they add new cars to use in the online part of the game and have integrated the PS Eye into the game so you can take a snapshot of yourself for your license.
Overall Burnout Paradise is doing a lot of things right. It is updating often, it's getting trophies in the future, it has in game music and it looks and plays very well. So far they are not charging us a dime for all this. With a variety of racing modes and future updates to keep the gameplay fresh Burnout may not be shelved for a while.
Met with derision from existing Burnout-series fans at the time, Burnout Paradise remains arguably the greatest open-world racing game of all time. Here's why.
I don't know why - and I know I'm probably on my own here - but I liked Takedown more. I think it was just 'different' enough to feel fresh. I also loved the destruction.
On that note, a new Motorstorm would be nice! All that mud, dust and car pieces flying everywhere blew my mind on PS3 - imagine what they could do now.
I loved Burnout Paradise, but Burnout 3: Takedown will always be the best game in the series, for me. Burnout 3 is arguably the most fun game ever made, with the greatest licensed soundtrack ever.
I played through the remaster quite recently. It's not as good as I remember, but I think a lot of that is because the "open world" thing was still pretty fresh back then.
I do think there's a gap in the market for a game like Burnout. With the new gen they could really make car damage a huge selling point again.
Burnout paradise remastered and original are my favorite, i got the platinum trophy for both games the nighthawk is my favorite car
Personally don't give a shit for open world racers. Give me a new Motorstorm, Split second, Outrun.
Cultured Vultures: The Burnout series has plenty of great games to play, but which one is definitively the best? We're here to rank them all.
I think the crash mode should comeback. Tryng to make the most damage was very cool.
Burnout 2 should be above 3 imo. The aftertouch takedown mechanic slowed down the gameplay too much in 3.
That's the mechanic that made me enjoy Burnout 3 over the others. It wasn't until they introduced it that I considered the series any good.
I love Takedown, Revenge, and Paradise. Dominator was okay, but it clearly felt like a B-tier game.
After playing those awesome games, I went back to try out part 1 and it was rough. I didn't like the controls (whereas the others felt perfect to me), the elevator music was generic and not enjoyable to listen to.
Finally the game's difficulty was extremely high. I could beat all single player races in Takedown, Revenge, Paradise, Dominator, but could not get first place in the very first race for the first Burnout game. It demands perfection and one slight mistake is all it takes to lose. I have yet to play part 2, but I'm hoping it's more like part 3 than part 1.
Burnout Takedown is my favorite racing game of all time. My wife was addicted to crash mode.
The online servers for 2008's Burnout Paradise are closing down after almost 12 years of service. This will not affect 2018's Burnout Paradise Remastered.
it's an amazing game. I just got my 100% platinum cars the other day =D Game on and hit me up if you wanna get smoked bro =P