Burnout Paradise

List Price: $29.99 Discount Price: $24.77

Features:

• Rock Paradise City—Shred your way across more than 250 miles of open road discovering jumps, stunts, and shortcuts.
• Infinite Possibilities—Blaze your path to glory in 120 unique events, using your knowledge of the city to find the fastest routes and get the drop on rivals.
• Team Up or Takedown—Battle friends online and grab their mugshots, or join forces to complete more than 300 online challenges.
• Showtime: Crash Anywhere, Any Time—Send your car wrecking, spinning and scraping down the road, smashing through traffic and leaving a trail of expensive wreckage in your wake.
• Road Rules—Make and break the rules of each road by setting speed and destruction records all over town. Track how many you own against your friends!

Accessories:
Burnout Paradise (Prima Official Game Guide)	The Official Xbox Magazine [1-year]	Electronic Gaming Monthly	Play

Customer Reviews:

Easy to learn, fun to play, downloadable content [Posted on 2008-10-03]
Burnout Paradise is one of the best racing games I've played. The controls are simple, so it's easy enough for even my three year to play.

The open city to drive is great for just having some fun and there are so many challanges that there is always something to do.

Recently, the Bike Pack was released, allowing you to ride motorcycles within Paradise City. Criteron Games has committed to even more downloable content in the future as well.

For the $30 price, this game is a must have for anyone who enjoys racing games.

In-game Advertising [Posted on 2008-10-14]
I just read an article where EA talks about selling advertising to the Obama campain. There's going to be an ad in the XBox 360 version that reads, "Obama for President". I think that is going to far. Revenue from sale of the game should be enough for EA, but no, they have to sell ad space so they can make even more money at our expense. No thanks.

Best Game of 2008, So Far [Posted on 2008-10-15]
Burnout Paradise, for me, was the best game of 2008, and if you haven't had a chance to play it yet, it's not to late. Now is your chance to play this incredibly fun and addicting arcade racing game. If you don't like racing games or like sim racing games, then it will be obvious that you won't like this game.

So why exactly did I name this the best game of 2008 for me? I'm a fan of the Burnout series in general (the mechanics are what makes the game so appealing), and I personally love racing games, for the most part of my life. This game is just so addicting. With gobs of modes. Burnout's AI seems less rubberband that it has in the past, which makes the game more easier. The physics engine is a wonder, something about the sastifying crunch of watching cars explode makes the game so fun. And the sense of air and jumps is great too, and it makes those races more action packed. Plus, being open roaded, all of those races can end up anyway you want. The controls are amazing and intiutive, as you will have no trouble powersliding and controlling your car. They are perfect at control, you must give the game that.

And racing through Paradise City is a blast. Paradise City really is a paradise. Lush forests. And there's hardly a repeat building, as, like a real city, you won't see much of the same buildings (look at the excellent Test Drive Unlimited's map and you'll see what I mean). The graphics are gorgeous, the damage is awesome to watch, the game runs as smooth as butter, and the lighting is amazing. The sound is great as well, I like the start up sounds, the roaring of the car, the works.

To confirm other people's woes, yes, there is no crash mode, which is kind of a disappointment. While this certainly is a loss (especially with the highly tuned , I personally was too busy playing races, unlocking cars, and playing the aforementioned crash mode. I also found the stunt mode to be a little hard, especially because, as a non-creative person, it's kind of hard for me to chain combos together. It's not much of a mode for me, and it's the only pair of race events I haven't won yet. Other than that, I was very pleased with what the game gave us in terms of events.

If you were one of those people that loved crashing matchbox cars together in the schoolyard, then this game will be a delight. This is the game that hotwheel launching kids have been waiting for. There's no reason for expensive hot Wheels playsets when you have this videogame. It's not quite the best game of 2008 yet (since Midnight Club is yet to be released), but this is the game that I have been waiting for. You may not like it as much as I did, but it still is a must play game, especially if your the aforementioned car crashing kid inside.

Great game to get and great DLC [Posted on 2008-10-28]
I woudl have to recommend Burnout Paradise, the game has a ton to do. I enjoyed myself playing this game and the city is fun to explore. Now i haven't played all the burnouts thsi is my first one in a while so i dont miss the modes that others do but i liek the modes and events in Paradise. Online play is very fun with challenges and events to complete in 2-8 players, and just racing and freeburn wich lets you do whatever in the city tring to get the best rating or score for the rankings. Lots to find and unlock to keep you playing. Also the DLC they have released are great to add to the life of the game, and have been free, no clue if future ones will still be free but good to know your games will last a while after you been playing and unlocked everything, and for greedy EA.

FAIL...sad to see the Burnout series come to this [Posted on 2008-12-20]
Say goodbye to fantasy INDESTRUCTIBILITY and HIGH SPEED.
Say hello to real-life CONSEQUENCES and NAVIGATION.


They removed everything that made the Burnout series fun.


Is this a pansy family-appropriate sellout or what?


-if you barely nick another car you have to go through an annoying wreck film, and it happens a LOT-and when I say a LOT I'm not exaggerating-this game is a far cry from the Burnout you know and love.


-You have to navigate through a complicated city map AND keep your eyes on the road. Look at the map for one second, nick a parked car and
blammo you lose.


-If you fail a race you HAVE to finish it. That is probably the most irritating thing about the game. It is easy to make a wrong turn or get yourself on train tracks and end up going the wrong way. You cant simply quit. You have to find your way back to finish the race, and then face the "YOU FAIL" movie animation.



Say goodbye to the thrilling rush of high speed.
Say hello to the annoyance of navigating and parked cars.

Say goodbye to the unbridled glee of plowing through traffic indestructible.
Say hello to delicate cars made of glass.

Say goodbye to the glorious CRASH mode of the old series.
Say hello to ten times the work and one tenth the fun.

Consider Revenge the last game of the series. Paradise is a blight.

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