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Buckle up, it's a bumpy but fun ride

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: April 14, 2008
Author: Amazon User

My favorite PS3 racing game is Motorstorm but this was almost as much fun. The cars in this game don't drive, they more likely fly because of the devilish speed and power that the player can inject.

Fun and entertaining with sleek graphics and an element of adventure when driving and discovering the sights is very enjoyable. I can't wait to play this again, after starting it this week I am always craving to turn on my PS3 and firing this baby up.

very fun game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: April 15, 2008
Author: Amazon User

This is the first burnout game I've played, and I love it! A racing wheel and a 54" hi-def TV really enhance the experience. I usually like to have a few drinks, a toke, and just drive while smoking a cigarette. I sometimes do that in real life, but unfortunately you don't reset and get a new car when you crash.

I love the open world environment because I can just explore. The graphics are very nice. I wish they would have the option of light, medium, or heavy traffic. I really want to try heavy traffic, so I can weave in and out like during rush hour. Also, this game would have been more complete if it had a speedometer.

Online is probably the best feature of this game. Press right twice and you're online. Taking people out is awesome, especially those who have weaker cars or don't know how to drive well. It's fun being a bully sometimes.

Overall, this is a very satisfying game. Well worth the 60 something dollars that I spent.

Finest Racing Game on the Market

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: April 15, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Burnout Paradise finally achieves what car racer games have aspired to be for years. Smooth controls, vibrant graphics, steel-twisting crashes and a crazy labyrinth of streets create the framework for the most rewarding driving game ever created.

Burnout Paradise forces players to begin with stripped down cars and unlock ones with more eye appeal and accessories by following a loose story. "Locked" cars appear on the street, and once your track it down and crash it, you then have the ability to rescue it from salvage and make it your own.

Hidden gems are also reached by performing tricks, along with the standard rewards for winning races. Of course, as your career progresses, the game gets tougher as your competition gets better.

Of course, the best feature of the game is the option to race others gamers online. With the best controls in any racing game, gorgeous graphics and intense music, Burnout Paradise is everything it promises and then some.

One of the better racing games

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: April 15, 2008
Author: Amazon User

The Burnout franchise has always been one of the better racing games of the last ten years. Like Grand Theft Auto, the biggest change you will see in this installment is that it takes place in an "open world." What this means is that you are no longer limited to a specific track or route while racing. You can do whatever you want and travel wherever you want. While this seems like a great idea in theory and works great in a game like Grand Theft Auto, it's not suhc a good idea in Burnout. The main reason is that I found myself getting lost a lot. The game needs much better indicators of where the track is. A lot of you may say this isn't realistic, but when I am this frustrated, I don't mind a huge yellow arrow on the screen telling me I'm going the wrong way.

One of the great things about the open world however, is that the city looks great. You won't find yourself passing the same repeated textures and landscapes like many other racing games use. The city is actually mapped out, with different buildings and scenery depending on where you are. The cars handle very well once you get used to the controls. Visually, the HD graphics are superb and the car models look better than anything I've seen yet from the PS3.

Probably the best driving game I've ever played

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: April 16, 2008
Author: Amazon User

This game is tons of fun. Though I agree with some of the negative posters on here saying that the events can get a bit tedious...however, once you learn the city (which is huge) you get a hang of it pretty easy. Once you play this game online, this game totally opens wide up. It literally takes 3 button presses to go online, anyone can do it, and it is lllllooooooaaaaaadddddddsssss of fun. Interacting with other gamers from around the world is like 10x's more fun than just playing the normal game. If you own a PS3, this game is a must-have. PLUS, the creators at Criterion Games are adding a whole new bunch of features and fixes, plus adding a whole new island to the city FOR FREE!!!!

A Satisfying Racer

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: April 24, 2008
Author: Amazon User

My son and I have been playing this for a couple weeks now. Okay, my son has played quite a bit more than I. We're very satisfied with the graphics. Playability is wide open. Only one time did we use the sixaxis and noticed it took a little more practice so we've been sticking with the normal mode. I found the races hard to win, my son not so much. Overall very satisfied with the game. The first thing my son noticed and said was "How can I tell how fast I'm going?" No speedometer.

Fun racing game

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: April 23, 2008
Author: Amazon User

This game is different enough from other racing games to make it fun and something new.

In a nutshell the object of the game is to complete street races and perform stunts and jumps to open new cars.After completing so many "tasks" a new car is released for the taking into the game.You then have to wreck out that car to own it.So when you get your new car it will pretty much be totaled.Not a problem though because all you have to do is drive through a body shop and you are good as new!These shops are located all over the game so not a problem to find.

It is also fairly easy to spot the car you need to wreck because if you drive around long enough you will see it whiz by and will definately stand out from the regular traffic.You will also easily be able to find the stunt locations while driving around just look for bridges and cliffs.The DJ on the radio will offer tips and hints to help you as well.

For the most part this game isn't very challenging although when you reach top speeds and hit something(which is easy to do) you will wreck out and have to retry.One of my favorite things about the game is watching the wrecks,they look awesome in slow motion!

I really only have two complaints on this game.First I do like some of the music but some of the tracks are questionable,particularly the Avril Lavigne song.I didn't know people still liked her?It drives me crazy when I am into the game and her song comes up so you will probably want to put your own tunes on here.
The second thing is the setup for selecting the car you want to use.You scroll through and each one drops from the air of a junkyard.Not that that is a bad idea considering that they are junk once you wreck them but it really takes an unnecessarily amount of time for them to fall,especially when you have your collection built up.I would prefer a faster more direct approach to viewing your cars.

This game has a certain charm and flow that is fun to play and of course watch.While it is not my favorite racing game,it is a great addition that is fun to play and a definate keeper.

Avaliação Burnout Paradise

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: May 05, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Excelente Jogo! Tem como ponto forte a dirigibilidade. No entanto, tem como ponto fraco a ausência de legenda em português.

This Game Should Be Renamed "Lost Tourist In a Hurry GPS Training"

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: May 11, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I've played all the burnout games over the last few years, and while this one looks the best, it is by far the worst to play. The reason is that the whole game is made to make you feel like a lost tourist.

The average race goes like this:
-Pause the action 5 times or more to look at the map.
-Crash 3 times because you are looking at the HUD instead of the road
-Make a wrong turn anyway and lose the race

To add insult to injury most of the race cars require you to keep your nitro button pressed pretty much all the time or you go a lot slower. Of course you have to take it off when you look at the map, so when you come back you've lost your boost chain unless you are really quick to get your finger on the button again.

And it seems like all the events leave you up in the hills where there are only about 5 events within a 3 minute drive, so you find yourself constantly trying to get back to the city just like a lost tourist. I don't know about you but I never enjoyed being a lost tourist. Unfortunately the main characteristic of this game is that it is the perfect lost tourist simulator.

The stunt events are similarly annoying, require that you pretty much know exactly the course you will take in order to get the right points. But if you know it, you probably smashed all the billboards and stuff that give you points.

It's very annoying. And sad, because the graphics and crashes are great (however the crashes are way too drawn out, especially since you will be so unfocused that you will crash a lot and just want to get it over with)

The takedown events are actually the only part that feels somewhat like the fun bits of the old burnout games. They don't require you to go in any specific route, so they are a lot less annoying. Unfortunately they took out the crash events of the old games and put in a much lamer showtime event which takes away all the skill and precision of the crash events with a stupid car that bounces around on other cars.

Overall this game is a huge wasted opportunity. They tried to shoehorn an open ended environment into burnout without thinking at all about the gameplay mechanics. It didn't work.

Games like GTA have solved all of the problems that this game has by putting a ribbon on the road to follow or arrows at the top saying where to turn. I'm not sure why they decided not to do that, but it was stupid. It turns this game from a fun racing game into a tedious map reading excercise.

Taking out the crash events and replacing them with showtime was also a terrible move.

Overall, if they had put 10% of the energy they put into the graphics into gameplay it would have been a fun game.

You may think I'm just complaining because I'm bad at this game. Well I've always been good at burnout and this is no exception. It's actually pretty easy compared to past burnouts. I pass 90% of the events on the first try, but am always annoyed in the process. On the takedown events I routinely double or triple the required number. The point here is that it's not challenging, it's just irritating.

As it stands it is by far the worst entry in the burnout series. They have stopped thinking about how to make a fun game and focussed solely on the flash.

tsquared72

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

This game is honestly a lot of fun. Not only do you have the racing aspect but there are many other things you can do to complete the game. Stunts, races, aggression, etc. This game honestly has kept me busy for quite some time. When you're done playing you're own game you can branch out and go to do online challenges. These are actually very fun. What i especially like is that they are constantly updating the game. Not many developers actually go to this trouble. It seems as if they honestly want you to enjoy the content that is available and will go to great lengths to add new content so that you don't get bored. Don't take my word for it. Try it out. :)

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