Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #189 in Computer & Video Games
• Brand: Electronic Arts
• Released on: 2008-01-25
• Rating: To Be Announced
• Platform: Xbox 360

Manufacturer's Description
Burnout Paradise proves that crashing is awesome! Next generation technology has enabled an unprecedented level of crash deformation allowing you to experience the most explosive pile-ups in the series' history. Now the development team can realise their original vision for the Burnout franchise: an open world environment where you can do anything, anywhere, anytime.

Feel the adrenaline course through your veins as you take to the road for the first time in Paradise City, where the action is all around you. Explore the city, discover events, and look for the best opportunities to crash, jump and pull signature takedowns. In Burnout Paradise you're given the keys to the city, but it's up to you to earn the keys to the meanest and most dangerous cars on the street, and earn your Burnout licence.

Customer Reviews

Bring back the old Burnout
I was a huge fan of all of the burnouts since the very first one and 'revenge' is probably the best - i actually completed the single player with perfect in all events.

The new freeroaming burnout is a completely differnt game and i ahve to say i don't like it anywhere near a much. In the old games the 'wrong turns' were blocked off, but they're not in this one leading to some errors at 100mph and more than a little frustration. The level up seems similar to older versions but you seem to ride the same routes at each level just in faster cars and there doesn't seem to be as much variation as in burnout revenge.

Burnot has been great up until now - please bring the old version back Criterion

UPdate - i've just recieved a second hand copy of burnout revenge and i intend to work my way through this better game again. If you have neither i would suggest buying revenge over paradise

Fun, just not for long.
Being a hardcore Burnout series fan, I absolutely could not wait for this game. It was going to be one of my biggest games this year.

So obviously I bought the game and started playing it alot, first impressions weren't amazing, wasn't to keen on free roaming, I mean Burnout is supposedly a racing series. I didn't dislike it because I can't read maps, it's just stupid. If your racing at break neck speed, the last thing you want to be doing is trying to read a badly run map, whilst also trying to plan your next few corners.

And in a racing game, I'd like to be able to go to the menu and select a race, in 'free' raoming, you cannot actually do that, you have to drive around for ages to get to them, and activate a race. It just seems silly for a racing game. Although some people do say the NFS series are racing games, so I guess if you like them, you'll like this!

Another ridiculous feature, or lack of, is that there is no speedo??? I don't think I need to explain why that's annoying.

Anyway after all these flaws, I did actually enjoy the game for a while. I really enjoyed trying to set road rules, and enjoyed a few of the new game modes, although I didn't like stunt run at all, but then again I was awful at it, which is probably why it frustrated me so much.

It's actually quite a good game to play with a few mates over live, completing the challenges is quite enjoyable.

The single player was fun for a while, but you actually have to go through the whole game twice to get your elite license, which is incredibly annoying as going through it once quite a hassle anyway, due to the fact you cant just select a race you have to drive to one. People may argue that point by saying 'well just do an event that's close', but what if the car you're driving isn't suitable for a near event? The whole free roaming thing really isn't good, and I can assure you, there is nothing free about it at all.

If you're a Burnout fan: Don't buy it, rent first.

If you're new to the Burnout series: Rent first, you might like it, but if you do, you'll the old ones.

All in all, it's OK. But definately no way near amazing. In my opinion EA really screwed this game up, as they have with so many others this year.

I had all the other Burnouts, and I had Revenge on the old Xbox, then the 360, and alltogether I had about 3000 hours on it. Paradise lasted about 60.

Not as much fun as it should've been
With all the hype about an open world to explore and after enjoying Burnout Revenge I was expecting more from this game. It's just not as much fun as it should've been. There really isn't enough to do while roaming around...how many times can you jump off a ramp and hit a billboard before it gets old. As for the races, it is too easy to take a wrong turn and get lost. Slowing down at junctions and peering at the map ruin the sense of speed.

As for the multiplayer...freeburn just feels half baked. A lot of games I've joined had people just roaming around on their own not talking, and the odd one parked at the roadside complaining about how bored they were.
Some of the co-op challenges can be fun but some are very poor. During one game the challenge was to all meet at a junction..so we all drove there and that was it "challenge completed". Erm ok ;D I was expecting something to do when we got there but no, just drive there and you're done.

If you are after a good destruction derby/stunt racer then Flatout UC is a better game. It probably sold a tenth of what Paradise has but then hype is powerful.