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Burnout Paradise X360

User Reviews about Burnout Paradise

I enjoy playing this game, but its easy for me do set down and do something else (5 stars - i'd have a hard time putting the controller down). -- It's Fun

If you like racing games this is a great game fun fast driving and the car crashes are just great to watch. Totaly recomended -- Fun Game

I have not ever been a fan of open-world racing games. When I heard Paradise was going to be done in this way, I was skeptical to say the least. Then I got my hands on the game and my fears were realized. First off, the map is TINY. So tiny that you will drive down the same roads so many times you'll forget you even care how small the world is. The events are presented in an interstingly enough way; you pull up to intersections with traffic lights and initiate races from there. There are over 100 events to choose from, which is nice. The unfortunate thing is that because the city is so small, the races are over VERY quickly. There is also no feature which allows you to warp to events (a mistake seen in earlier EA produced NFS titles during the last console generation), so if you race from one end of the map to the other (this can be completed in under 3 minutes) you have to drive WAY back to the other side if you have events over there to complete. This happens often. Another curious design choice with the events is how they are setup. The races begin at traffic lights but every single race ends at one of six pre-determined locations. Pretty soon it feels like you've gone from an open world racing game, to one with only 6 closed tracks. Only the tracks are poorly designed and you can't tell where to go.

Another gripe is the fact that the navigation system is a mess. It is very hard to tell which direction you are supposed to be going because there are no arrows or barriers to keep you on track. Small green signs pop up on either the left or right side of the screen to indicate to turn left or right. This is distracting for two reasons. 1. You have to move your eyes too far away from your car to see which way to go. Taking your eyes off your car is a death sentence in ANY game. 2. Because there are no barriers to indicate where your turns are, you have to rely very heavily on depth perception against many similarly colored objects to determine WHERE to turn. This results in many crashes because you are having to not crash into things while simultaneously trying to understand where to go while driving too fast to even be able to do this. Luckily since the AI is so bad, you can recover from these instances. Trust me, it happens A LOT. However, the game is not all bad.

The best thing about this game is easily the cars. There are around 70 cars but half of them are just upgraded versions of the other half, which is stupid. This problem not withstanding, the cars are fun to drive and the game does a good job of ratcheting up the speed gradually. You start off with a clunker (albiet a fast one) and slowly work your way up to supercars. The speed increase is done very well, something this series is known for. You never feel like you're driving something you can't handle. The sense of speed is also top notch and you feel like a champion after wrecking seven cars in a row on any given event. And for some STUPID reason the crash camera cannot be turned off. I feel like the crash cam takes you completely out of the moment just to show some chump crashing.

All in all the game is ok. Its shortcomings are pretty big but that doesn't change the fact that it is still fun. If you NEED a Burnout fix, pick this up for $20. Just don't get the Big Surf Island expansion pack, its a lot of money for 6 cars and not much else.

Remember: Its just one man's opinon. -- All That Could Have Been.....

I really like this game. The gameplay is pretty fun, and the graphics are very well done. I only wish that some aspects had been kept from previous versions, such as the races where you smash and make as much damage as possible. This version has something to replace it (show) but I liked the old version a lot better. -- Fun!