Comments on: Burnout Paradise, a Great Franchise Returns!

By: sneakatron

sneakatron — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 18:59:46 +0000

I love burnout paradise and the rest of the series, yet burnout 3 is probally my favourite. no idea why.

By: Alex (Quicksilver4648)

Alex (Quicksilver4648) — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 22:55:58 +0000

Yeah, I bought Burnout Paradise on the day and released and played it everyday for two weeks. I got my Elite license as well as three carbon cars (400 breakables, 120 billboards, and 40 super jumps). This game is a blast. The Vision camera adds tones of excitement to the races.

By: Matt

Matt — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 01:09:15 +0000

I’m so glad they got rid of traffic checking. Yes, Burnout is over-the-top, ridiculous racing – but rear-ending cars and causing them to fly hundreds of feet in front of you is just retarded. Not having that ability definitely makes it more difficult, which to me keeps it exciting.

By: Matt Burris

Matt Burris — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 22:05:24 +0000

I was in the same boat as you, I really didn’t like the demo, it turned me off the game. However, having a Gamefly subscription, I succumbed to online hype and rented the game. Next thing I know, I’m hooked and worked my way up to a Burnout License.

I’m also one of those that never played the previous games in the series. Although I did buy Takedown when it became available on Xbox Originals on Marketplace and played it a lot before Paradise came out. I love Takedown a lot, but Paradise added a new flavor to the series, and I think they did a good job.

By: Jason

Jason — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 15:20:40 +0000

wow, i’m surprised you ended up liking the game much more than you had anticipated. i was able to check it out the other day and although i feel the game is decent, it really pisses me off.

i hate that the game is so heavily free roam based. while i do enjoy driving around and finding jumps and billboards, i hate that if i fail a race, i have to drive back to the event to re-try it. i loved how in revenge you could just hit “start, restart race”. another irritating thing is you can’t “traffic check” or hit cars going the same direction as you.

i’ll admit that it adds a level of difficulty to the game but come on, burnout is supposed to be like that, this isn’t NFS.

By: Jason

Jason — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 01:40:21 +0000

I loved the demo but love the full game 10fold more. Just too much fun online with friends.

By: Jesse J. Anderson

Jesse J. Anderson — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 00:26:36 +0000

Sometimes it takes a little bit longer (usually if there is an opponent still within rendering distance) but if you stop completely and don’t hold the brake it will end the event after a god 3-5 seconds.

Annoyingly it also sometimes ends an event when you go in reverse… especially annoying for Marked Man events where you quickly reverse to catch a shortcut you missed to avoid the take-down cars.

By: James Fleeting

James Fleeting — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 00:17:17 +0000

I was with you on the demo and due to your comments and some other video I had seen on the game, I went and picked it up tonight. Haven’t gotten on it yet but look forward to it.

By: Matt

Matt — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 22:04:56 +0000

I did that one night too, Dave. There was one I couldn’t find, after driving around for about and hour or so I finally gave up. The next day I found it at a toll on the freeway.

By: Matt

Matt — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 22:04:02 +0000

Since you haven’t played a Burnout game before, there’s a good chance you’ll enjoy even more than those who have. The demo really was a poor representation of the game. Try and pretend it never existed.