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37 of 45 people found the following review helpful.
Yeeeeha, what a ride!
By M. Edgar
Ok, My background in racing.. Need 4 Speed all games. GTA III on up. Gran Tourismo all. Many more earlier, but for the most part these for the sake of my review... meaning I never played the former Burnout series.
Feel for the racing menu is much like GTA to me. Free form racing around the city is superb. There is a new race or even on just with regards to each corner. Awesome! The feel of the city and environs is very good. Just as in GTA, you find mystery billboards and distinguishable jumps along with the racing. The way they have the level upgrade to your license is fun and keeps you going. Many a time, I have been close to the next level and refused to get off the game. Addictive.
There are tons of races, events, records to beat, too numerous to list actually. Some have complained regarding the Showtime event. I LOVE this event. It's a crack up (pun) and when you get good at it, setting the record in this event for each street in the game is genuinely fun.
Ok.. if the game ended there, it would still be a outstanding game. It doesnt.
Multiplayer. Online racing and entrance is seamless. You just fundamentally hit the right button and you are in a game online. I always go in wanting to work on the online events you may do by teaming up with other players and doing jumps and stuff together, but I end up getting wrapped up in the Takedown with others and gorgeous soon, time has gone by without notice. It's almost too fun really. I'd in all probability buy this game if all it had was multiplayer takedown and no other options. Gladly, that's not needed. lol
There are numerous cars in the game and getting them is finelooking straight forward. No garage or home here, just a junkyard where all your cars are kept. I've seen complaints in regards to having to fix cars and such.. well, that just takes with regards to 5 seconds, since all you do is drive your car through a repair shop which is always just down the street from the junkyard. Not sure why the difficulties with this feature. Basically you get your car from disabling it from somebody else, so the fix feature makes sense to me.
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Ok, so I gave the game 4.5 stars. Why the .5 down? The voice settings in the game are in truth bad. You have to turn your scheme music and game noise way down and keep voip on max to even listen the other players and then it's commonly muffled. I use a PS2 USB cable headset which has no volume control, so galore bluetooth sets may have better luck with this. However, it's the poor settings that make the problem, not the headset. I guess they are worried people would up the volume too much and harm ears or something. Still.. it's a minus for me.
Other down.. no split screen racing for offline multiplayer. This is a must have in truth for me. I like to race family memebers offline in racing games and wish Burnout had this feature.
Those two minor things aside, the game is flawless really. The graphics are superb and the framerate is better than any game I've seen on the PS3 to date.
Buy it. You won't regret it if you like racing. I am hopeful for GTAIV and GT5, but for now, this ones the king of the heep.
10 of 11 persons found the following review helpful.
Great arcade racer
By Jonathan M. Leack
Pros:
- Great replay value
- Intense racing experience
- Brilliant online execution
- Constant patching is a huge plus
Cons:
- Only 8 racing designations
- Map layout could use a great deal of work
- Races become insanely difficult
Gameplay:
At it is core, Burnout Paradise is a established arcade racing game. You may suppose to drive your car at insanely fast speeds, launch off dozens of jumps, and crash frequently. However, from there the correspondings quickly vanish. Burnout Paradise is one of the original racing games to feature a to a complete degree rendered sandbox environment. From the get started you are permitted to drive up to any of the games a heap of intersections and hold down both the throttle and brake buttons simultaneously to enter one of the assorted events that the game offers. There is a traditionalisti race mode, a stunt mode, assorted crash affiliated modes as well as an person race indicated to each car. Unfortunately, the crash affiliated modes become boring rather quickly, and only the racing and trick modes actually stay enjoyable.
The sandbox surroundings and intersection conception are very interesting, but unluckily comprise flaws. First off, it is inconceivable to retry the race without driving back to the starting emplacement which leads to frustration. Secondly, since all races end at one of the 8 corners of the map, you'll find yourself driving on a few of the roads in each race, and will closely never see more than half of the map. Also, some of the turns on the map are very difficult to navigate, exceptionally when you element in that you'll be driving upward of 200mph with boost on, and there is lots of traffic. However, the game is still very gratifying and the presentment is very commendable.
Controls:
Inputs in Burnout Paradise are very responsive and each car has a wholly distinguishable feel. Some of the heavier cars are very slow to turn, but are likewise very durable. However, numerous of the more immediate cars with low durability incorporate a great deal of of the best controls of any cars in any racing game to date. Racing is as simple as using R2 to accelerate and L2 to brake/reverse, but learning to drift around corners takes some practice. With that said, the controls in Burnout Paradise are great and are right where they need to be.
Graphics:
Although the game features a very expansive map, the graphics haven't been compromised. Burnout Paradise is a very gorgeous looking game, and the car models are very well-done. The shading and filters applied give the game a very next-generation look and each of the main areas of the game have a distinguishable design to them. The most impressive thing in regards to the visuals is that at times you will be driving at almost 250mph and the game is capable to keep the framerate and visuals without degradation.
Sound:
The game features gorgeous general sound effects but each of the dozens of cars has their own engine sounds. The soundtrack for Burnout Paradise doesn't have any big hits, but there are over 90 tracks ranging from opera to songs from the former Burnout games. The announcer is very repetitious to listen to but the elaborated sound effects more than make up for it.
Replay Value:
Burnout Paradise features hundreds of intersections each with their own race which may take upward of 20 hours to complete. There are likewise 400 yellow gates which quintessentially lead to shortcuts as well as 50 super jumps and 120 red billboards to collect. To top that off, the online mode is a blast to play. The online mode includes all of the single-player event modes as well as a good deal of challenges to finish cooperatively in groups of amongst 2-8. Most importantly, Burnout Paradise has without apparent effort had more content added post-release than any other game on the market, and has received not only free patches which add to the game's already flourishing replay value, but there are also a great deal of freed and soon to be freed downloadable content which require little fees to download. Couple that with the closely 100-trophies available and you have yourself one of the longest lasting racing games on the market.
Rating:
Story: N/A
Gameplay: 9.0
Graphics: 8.5
Controls: 9.0
Sound: 8.5
Replay Value: 9.5
Overall: 9.0
Own, Rent, Avoid:
Own: So far this is the best arcade racing game this generation. Not only is it a very well-polished game but the neverending addition of content and the already existent addictive gameplay make it well worth the admission.
Last Thoughts:
Burnout Paradise is one of the original outstanding tastes of what the new-generation of racers have to offer. For such a budget price, there is no reason for any individual who likes racing games to not own Burnout Paradise.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful.
Taking Burnout formula and mixing it with a Sandbox Environment is a Winner!
By Jason
Let me say right off the bat that I'm not a simulator racing person. I don't use a driving wheel and I like my driving games to be wild, crazy, fast and full of beautiful, unpredictable racing tracks. My favored racing game of all time was Star Wars Episode I: Racer until I encountered Burnout 2.
So naturally, when I purchased my PS3, I was very fascinated in getting the next generation version of Burnout. I found that this Burnout was very different. At primary it seemed kind of fun, driving around, smashing things, at last tried a few races, most were finelooking straight forward, not too hard. But it didn't take too long until I was insanely frustrated because one little mistake, one wrong turn may lose you the race, and there is no "start over" button. This is because everything with regards to this game is open world sandbox style. The races are such that you may pick your own route. For me, at initial this meant a great amount of frustration, at last it meant thrills and miles of fun. There is more than racing to be done here, there are stunt runs, marked man runs (you're getting chased by these strong cars that undertake to wreck you), burning routes and more.
The one thing missing from the Burnout series is the unbelievable crashes where you would drive full speed into an intersection and just watch as your car crashed and caused incalculable damage. While Burnout Paradise has something called "showtime mode" where you fundamentally have a controlled crash mode where you ought to cause the car to proceed to bounce and cause a lot of damage, but it seems somewhat contrived and gets boring rather easily. My only other complaint is the crashing for the duration of race like events, you'll be driving and smashing with other racers and causing them to careen off course and crash magnificently, but if you hit some civilian-non-racer you'll end up in a pile of junk on the side of the road before you may say "what the..."
Aside from these two minor complaints there is a great deal to love in this progressed arcade racer that allows you to roam the entire city and country side of "Paradise City". There's a great deal of signs to smash, parking garages to explore, lots of events scattered around the city, a great deal of cars to earn, and races to win, shortcuts to find and lots of fun to be had in this bold take on the Burnout series. This is probably one of the best arcade racers you may find out there.
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