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I really enjoy the Burnout series (Even though I have been driving for 30 years, and my 10 year old shows me up in every race!) But what I have enjoyed the most in the past is Crash Mode, where you try to do the most damage possible to other cars and tally the cost of the damage. Burnout Paradise did away with it!! Why? I do not know anyone who did not like Crash Mode...it is like doing away with desert after dinner! I feel the same way about the explosions....why is it that cars cannot explode in Paradise..that was a big thrill in Takedown!
Next issue I have is the way the car crashes...In Paradise, if I crash into a cement divider, my car accordians...which it should do (as it has happened to me in real life years ago.) but if you hit a wooden fence, it should either go through it or damage the fence....instead, your car accordians, as if you hit a cement divider! That is just plain silly!
I love the free roaming capability, but aside from that, it is not the best of the Burnout series...they could have kept explosions and crash mode in, and it would have been a killer game!
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I've played both versions and again the Xbox 360 comes out on top of the PS3 for a couple main reasons. Rumble, the Xbox 360 controller is better for racing games overall than the generic PS3 controller and the achievements are fun to get.
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After playing games like Burnout 3, this game seems a little shallow, the open world isn't as fun as it sounds, there aren't too many tipes of game, the showtime is great at first but after a few times it's just boring..
the game has great graphics, great controls, but Burnout used to be a good crashing game. Now the crashing seems to be a secondary objective in a game that doesn't have a primary one.
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EA's insanely fun Burnout series takes some big steps forward with Burnout Paradise, which takes the series' formula to some new levels. Most notably is that the game features an open-world environment, otherwise known as Paradise City. The game has virtually no linear feel to it as you are basically free to drive, crash, and smash until your heart is content, as you come across objectives to keep progressing up the game's ladder of licenses. One thing I've noticed based on other reviews here, notably the negative ones, is that many are complaining that Crash Mode is nowhere to be found. Yes, it's sad but true, Crash Mode is gone, but one new feature that what we get here instead is Showtime Mode, which is a sheer blast to say the least. Yes, Crash Mode is gone, get over it. The game itself looks gorgeous and is wonderfully detailed in its scenes of vehicular destruction, and the driving and racing elements are still as fun as you'd come to expect from the series by now. XBox Live support is nearly flawless as well, nicely implementing the use of the XBox Vision Camera, which is a neat little feature in itself. The one thing I absolutely couldn't stand about Burnout Paradise was the game's licensed music soundtrack. This has become a staple with just about every sports/driving-themed game to come out of EA, but the songs here are just plain annoying. Also, there are a few glitches and hiccups that pop up now and then, but they're not too noticeable. All in all, Burnout Paradise is a welcome change of pace for the series to take, as it still provides heaping amounts of mayhem that fans of the series old and new can enjoy, and if you've never played any Burnout game before, Burnout Paradise is a more than welcome place to get acquainted.
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Whatchoo talkin' 'bout Willis?
This game is freakin' awesome! My wife and I have been huge fans of the series since Takedown and we couldn't wait until this was released. We were not disappointed in the least with the game play, or the environment. The open world is too cool. If you prefer to race in the city, do it. If you prefer mountains, do it. The fact that there is no split screen may force me to buy another Xbox so my wife and I can both play!
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I see some people are gettin' lost in the map? Maybe because I learned to drive before there was GPS that's not an issue for me...? :-) The challenges and events will help you learn the city. Once you've completed a chunk of them, it's like driving around your hometown. Drive around, study the layout, discover shortcuts, know how to get anywhere from everywhere. Plus, the online challenges are a blast to grab some friends, (or strangers), meet online, and just tear up the city!
Yeah, it's different than Takedown, and Revenge - but change can be good...if you don't like change, dust off your Nintendo and rip up some killer 2D scrollers like Mario Brothers! No map to worry about, just grab coin and kick turtles.
Don't forget to blow into the cartridge before you put it in the system...
If you like to jump in a new game and master it the first weekend, this ain't your game. If you like to wine and dine it, learn what makes it tick, and then make sweet love to it throughout a long loving relationship...well, before this game I'd have said that was weird.
This is a great game.
Caleb agrees.
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