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Great game...especially with Logitech Racing Wheel

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 2
Date: March 27, 2008
Author: Amazon User

This is a really excellent game; beautiful graphics, fun challenges, and great soundtrack. However, if you do buy this game then definitely get the Logitech Racing Wheel. This game RULES with the wheel...you can feel every bump and turn and every car that you drive has a different feel with the wheel; they really thought it through well. You can even tell when you "get air" in the game because the wheel loosens up. My wife doesn't like video games that much but she really likes this game with the racing wheel. Highly recommended!

Great Gameplay

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 2
Date: March 27, 2008
Author: Amazon User

This is a great racing game, though it greatly differs from other racing games that I have played. First thing I want to point out that the PS3 version is a slightly better experience than the Xbox 360 version.

Anyways, this is the first Burnout game i have played, before this I was a Need For Speed fan, but I got this for my birthday, so I tried it out and loved it.

Positives:
-Dualshock 3 support
-^OMG!!!
-Great online gameplay, to play online, press right on the d-pad three times and you are online just like that. And there is no lag
-Hours of gameplay
-81 cars if you include the promotional cars
-Six-axis controls
-New game-mode (showtime, which is crash mode but with a different name)
-Beautiful graphics

Negatives
-Voice of DJ-Atomica ticks me off
-Horrible music
-No split screen
-the Six-axis controls are hard to get used to
-No crash mode
-Races can get REALLY hard
-No real cars, though I couldn't care less

Anywho, I completely recommend this game. Get it, its a great deal so you won't feel guilty spending 60 dollars on a game when there are kids starving in Africa who could use 60 dollars.

Paradise, Indeed.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 3
Date: March 30, 2008
Author: Amazon User

The Burnout franchise has never been content to simply re-release the same set of ideas as "new" games day in day out. They finally hit it big with Burnout 3, but rather than milk the precise formula established there, they gave us a number of variations in Burnout Revenge and Burnout Dominator. None of the changes in those games, however, matches the complete reworking that Paradise represents.

The previous games were somewhat non-linear in the sense that you could choose from about 5 events at any one time. Paradise, however, has the type of nonlinearity more akin to Grand Theft Auto games. Rather than navigating menus to choose an event, you're navigating the Paradise City, itself, which hosts all of the events. You can be headed off to do one thing only to get distracted by other things that pop up along the way. Allow me to explain: There are events stationed at most every intersection (and the map is HUGE). Some of these events require specific cars. You may be getting to these events or heading to a junkyard to switch cars. In come the distractions: There are 120 billboards that need smashing (some quite difficult to reach), over 400 shortcut gates to run through, and rival racers running through town- take them out and you've got a new car. Basically, this is a game you can easily lose yourself in and not realize where the time has gone.

Visually and aurally, the game is amazing. The graphics and level of detail are superb while the soundtrack is lengthy and fun. I was slightly disappointed to find some repeated tracks from previous games, but if you've only played some of the Burnout games, it will all seem new. I've never been one of the people that was annoyed by DJ Atomica- I've always thought he brought a bit of fun and believable atmosphere to the game. Either way, he doesn't say as much as he did in past games.

The meat and potatos of the game remains largely the same: Races, Burning Laps, and Road Rages are still the order of the day. What's new is an event called Marked Man- evade your pursuers to reach the finish line. It's a fun variation that hasn't worn out yet for me (I'm about 4 hours in). On a side note, racing now has the freedom introduced by other franchises such as Midnight Club. Chart your own course to wipe the floor with your competitors- they don't often make driving mistakes, but they typically don't take the best route, either.

And now to address the problems raised by others. Some lament the lack of a retry function for events. I'm okay with this because it means NO loading screens (something Burnout was always a bit bad with in the past) and, besides, you're never more than 10 seconds away from another event.

The other thing that will disappoint fans of Burnout 3 is the continued lack of a true Crash mode. The puzzle-like aspect they presented isn't really repeated here, but destruction afficionados will still find an able replacement in Showtime events. On any street, you can hit a couple of buttons to seamlessly start smashing into other cars for points (there are, of course, records to beat).

The one aspect of the game I've yet to try is the multiplayer aspect, but it promises to provide an interesting experience. Apparently it makes getting into an online game easier than ever before. Combine that with online-only challenges and...well, I'm off to try it right now.

Burnout Paradise is an enormous game (with FREE downloadable expansions of the already gargantuan map announced), and its content is a great deal of fun. Sign up here for your annual dose of adrenaline-fueled racing and other assorted automotive carnage.

The first true next gen racer

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 2
Date: April 03, 2008
Author: Amazon User

The Burnout series was never truly known for its innovative game design. First and foremost it was all about hectic, fast, arcade racing. As the series has progressed from its humble beginnings its focus on spectacular crashes had made it the racer of choice for those of us who love big loud explosions along with our racing cars. When this feature had reached its peak in Burnout Revenge the developers decided it was time to take Burnout to the next level.

Its hard to believe that this is the first racer to take place in a fully realized city. One of the major foibles of the originals was a seemingly endless menu system of events that would give anyone a headache after awhile. Menu's within Menu's until you were lost and couldn't find your way back to the start menu. Of course that's an exaggeration but it certainly became annoying and the devs decided it was time to NEVER take the gamer out of the car. Everything from race events to crash events occurs at every stop light in Paradise city. You'll never have to leave the game to change your car or play an event.

With over 120 events at many stop lights you don't have to drive far to find something to do. The only hiccup of course is that when you want one particular kind of event you have to drive all the way back to that particular stop light on that particular street name. You can edit the menus to show you only one kind of event so theyhave made this as tolerable as possible. The only other problem with this open city structure is that it doesn't allow you to replay a race you've just lost. Instead you have to drive all the way back to the stop light which really doesn't help when you cant remember what street it was on.

It's easy to nit pick when someone is the first to innovate a genre so I'd prefer to thank the devs for taking a chance on something new. The online system is also seamless, you just click the in-game menu, and turn it on and wallah you are online with other players from around the world. Its really that simple. For every small problem the game truly does give a fresh take on a genre that is running out of ideas. Burnout Paradise is truly THE next gen arcade racer to own. So grab that new PS3 rumble controller and set your sights for paradise.

Burnout returns and it's all good

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 3
Date: April 03, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Burnout was one of the most fun racing series on the PS2. It's combination of crazy crashes, sense of speed, and easy to play mechanics wowed gamers all over. Now it's back for the PS3 and 360, and you have next gen crazy racing at your disposal. Unlike the Burnout games of the past, this is like one huge "sandbox" GTA style driver, giving you a gigantic city as a playground. You can drive anywhere in the city, and start racing events at stoplights. It's a welcome change, and it allows you to just pick up and go. Graphics are really nice, though not jaw dropping but the sense of speed and the crashes are still there.

I tested the PS3 version mostly, and yes it IS better than the 360 one. Being the lead platform this time around no doubt helped in that regard. If you have a PS Eye, you get a drivers license with your mug on it, and if playing online, and using the Eye, it takes snap shots of your face when you crash(or your friends if they too have the Eye). Music tracks on this one are great, providing a nice assortment of driving music, with tracks from previous Burnout games also making an appearance. And heck, when the game starts, you're greeted by Guns N' Roses Paradise City. Uber cool.

Amazing Game, best of the series!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 2
Date: April 05, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Free roaming around the city is the best. Wanna race? Pull of to any stop-light and smoke your tires! Wanna go online, 2 clicks of the d=pad and your online with up to 7 other people! Great game!

One of the best racing games

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 2
Date: April 05, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Well just as the others have said, this game is one of the best in terms of racing/driving genre. The free roaming of the game is nice if you just want to "mess" around and explore. The races themselves are fun to do. It is not as simple as getting into your fastest car and go to any race you want. You need to think of what type of car is the best for the kind of race you are joining, be it straight racing, road rage (You have a target number of how many of the other AI racers you need to "take down". In other words make them crash.), man hunt (AI racers try to take you down as you race to a designated location), stunt run, burning route, etc. One thing I have noticed is that the game tends to put drone cars in your path while you are doing any type of racing. They seem to be conveniently located in your path just beyond a turn, hill, intersection. Other than that minor irritation, this game is a blast to play.

MOM OF A GAMER

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 3
Date: April 06, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I'm not a gamer, yet even I was blown away by the graphics and the electrifying crashes at which I excelled. More than that I have to turn to my son:

It's a quick start with only one load screen.

The graphics are impressive and a huge improvement upon the Burnout series.

The cars handle well, brake great, though even if you lose control you'll end up with the most massive crashes nothing short of awesome.

Paradise City is gigantic, astounding and will take some serious time to explore. Fav, driving around unlocking points to get new cars and finding shortcuts.

The fact that each car drives differently is a big plus.

Stunt Run (performing different stunts) and Road Rage (bashing out as many cars as you can on a run) both seem to be particular favs.

He'd like to see a multi-player/split-screen mode added, though I don't think this was an enormous downside, since it stopped his elder brother from moving in on him.

Burnout Paradise iz 2 fun 2 put down!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 3
Date: April 09, 2008
Author: Amazon User

i was hugely disappointed with Dominator BIG TIME!! cuz Revenge was fun as hell!! and i LOVE this game!! its almost like GTA with the little map at the bottom!!! the showtime thing is different but really AWESOME!! the Road Rage really has been my favorite feature since Burnout 3, BUT BUT BUT THEY NEED TO STOP PUTTING AVRIL LAVIGNE IN THE GAME SOUNDTRACKS!!!! what the hell is wrong with people nowadays??? NOBODY gives a flying fig newton for AVRIL!!! she's not rock, she's not punk, she's not cool and she's not even PRETTY!!! WEREWOLF!! EA STOP putting Avril in the frickin games!!!! and put more thrash metal, hardcore punk and old school hip hop in them! i dont wanna listen to emo when i'm crashing!!

Great game if you like to drive around for hours

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 2
Date: April 09, 2008
Author: Amazon User

A great way to kill some time. You can drive through 'Paradise City' for hours, without getting bored. This is definitely one of my favorite 'car raceing game'. And the soundtrack is very good, too !

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