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Burnout Paradise
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Burnout Paradise turns the Burnout series on its head by moving from closed set tracks to an open world full of events to experience both alone and in a group online.
"There are some elements around the edges that haven't aged all that well, but Burnout Paradise is still a fantastic racing game."
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Take me down to the paradise city where the grass is green and the girls are pretty...

I've been wondering about this one and where it was my whole entire life. Who would've thought that there's a game in the Burnout franchise...that breaks away from the previous entries...by giving pla… Read more

Burnout Paradise - Original Jul 21 2013

9.4/10 - This game at first i didn't like it. I thought what happened to my burnout. But soon after i loved it and my favourite racing game on the 360. Great single player and multiplayer is ace. And… Read more

Burnout isnt the same as before

Game play: Not very impressed by Paradise compared to its predecessor, I have noticed that crash mode has been removed its a shame since I really liked the hole structure that racing mode had. Paradis… Read more

Burnout Paradise

Is there any developer buzz term more meaningless these days than "open-world gameplay"? Let's face it, it's kind of been done to death at this point, so you have to look on with a bit of skepticism w… Read more

A Paradise City for Speed Junkies

If you were just thinking of moving to Paradise City, you might want to rethink that. What with the constant vehicular carnage that spews across the streets and intersections of the city. Maybe we wer… Read more

Navigation can be a pain, but Burnout is still an addictive rush.

Full disclosure -- I wasn’t a fan of Burnout Paradise when it originally was released. I tried to give it my best effort, but the open-city format proved to be too jarring at the time and so it sat on… Read more

Fast and adrenaline-fueled, the way it should be.

Arcade racers are my favorite kind of racers, nothing beats the adrenaline-fueled or reckless driving not caring if the next corner will serve as a straightener, a crashing point, or both; that's what… Read more

*Paradise related cliché*

Burnout, never heard of it? it’s an aggressive, awesome full out in-your-face racing game that encourages trading paint. Let’s talk about Paradise, why is it Paradise? Is this really Paradise Josh? Is… Read more

The Quintessential Racing Game

Burnout 3: Takedown was without a doubt the previous peak of the Burnout series. Burnout Paradise blows it out of the water. Completely abandoning the setup of the previous game's races, Paradise feat… Read more

Thank you Criterion for releasing an awesomely optimized port

With every other developer and publisher giving PC gaming a secondary preference.. prominent examples like GTA 4 and Saints Row 2. Although I haven't played SR2 but from GS's review itself it seems li… Read more

Racing Game FAILED!!!

OK. To make this short, the game isn't the best game in the world and it dosen't even hit the average game mark. The Burnout series have always been a big deal and this falls miserably. To explain the… Read more

My Fav Game Ever Burnout Team Rocks

This game deserves all the plaudits it gets. A Fantastic open world game with the ability to go anyware in the map from the start. The cars are unlocked as you progress and you have muitible diffrent… Read more

Dont say a thing, its BURNOUT

What can i say about the Burnout Paradise, well its an open world crash ride from start to finish. You start of as a rookie who needs to prove himself in the burnout world, after a few wins you get up… Read more

Paradise is here, and it's full of smashed-up cars...

I've never quite understood just exactly why racing games are as popular as they are. For me, racing games are similar to fighting games. It's fun to play with your buddies, but doing it alone get's r… Read more

Great game!

I just bought this game a week ago from a site called mobgob for like $20. Given the price of this game, it is one of the most amazing I have ever seen. I am already at about 45% complete, not because… Read more

Paradise Found

I have never been much of a racing game fan I usually find them repetative and quickly get bored. I therefore thought that Forza would do me for this generation but so much positive talk of Burnout Pa… Read more

beeping down the street has a new meaning.

This game came out for the PS3 and Xbox360 in Jan. of 08, and has just been released on PC this past Feb. It’s been constantly updated with new modes and vehicles, some free, some for a price, the sup… Read more

Take me down to a Paradise City

Burnout Paradise is probably agreed by most people, that it is the most different Burnout to the rest of the series; reasons for this are: You can now free-roam around the city and get to know it well… Read more

Welcome to Paradise City

Paradise City is filled with things to do.Burnout Paradise takes a huge leap in innovation from the previous Burnout titles. As a gamer who isn't incredibly interested in racing games (besides the occ… Read more

BurnOut Paradise is great at first, but soon, it gets repetitive.

Back in January 22, 2008, EA and Criterion Games released BurnOut: Paradise for the consoles. It turned out to actually be a great sucsess for the series. Then, one year, EA and Criterion released Bur… Read more

Burnout Paradise is the 3Fs to a Tee

I originally owned Burnout Paradise for the 360, when I still had one. After the Box and I parted ways, I knew there were going to be couple games I was going to have to repurchase for the Playstation… Read more

Take me down!

This game is amazing. The graphics are amazing. The crashing is the best crashing I've seen. The races are fun. Road Rage is super fun. I'm no good at the stunt runs but I like screwing around. I don'… Read more

A Great Game For Any Gamer!

If you have played the demo for Burnout Paradise then you pretty much played the retail game. The demo was just a small portion of what is offered in the full game. It has bunch of events, that are qu… Read more

The Open World just doesn't work for Burnout.

I've played all the Burnouts before and I really loved them because it was just a series of easy to navigate menus and if you just wanted to race you could do that straight away with your friends. How… Read more

Burnout Paradise Xbox 360 Review

Burnout Paradise, the latest iteration in the Burnout series lets players race, crash and generally cause road rage in the fictional streets of Paradise City, but is it any good? Burnout Paradise has… Read more

Crash Porn

Burnout Paradise is the latest in the series from developer Criterion Games which specializes in celebrating grotesquely over the top automobile collisions. I'm not exaggerating when I say that the vi… Read more

Burnout Paradise is a bold change that will either be hit or miss

Criterion's decision to depart from the tried and true formula that has made Burnout a popular series among gamers world wide was a gamble, a gamble that did and didn't pay off; depending who you ask.… Read more

A departure from the previous Burnout that pays off in the end

Burnout Paradise is completely different from its predecessor, Burnout Revenge . At least, that's what it feels like when you first start playing. You need to stick with it for a while before all the… Read more

Take me down to the Paradise City...

Burnout Paradise Burnout Paradise, the 7 game in the Burnout series, is not necessarily the most unique racing game, but is still worth your time regardless. For those of you not familiar with the Bur… Read more

A Burnout Revolution

Since Criterion added the Takedown in Burnout 3 and made racing cars at ridiculous speeds through crowded streets not just intense, but refreshingly aggressive, the series has played it fairly safe wi… Read more

All the violence of car wrecks with none of the people

The Burnout series is the only set of racing games that I've ever really been able to stomach, and that is for a few reasons. One being the fact that the game is as much (if not more) about wrecking s… Read more

Paradise is a perfect blend of great action and smooth racing

Burnout Paradise is a very different Burnout Game. It still has all of the very high intense racing but in a different formula. This time around the game uses an open-ended formula that works well to… Read more

Great Arcade Style Racing

I tried the demo for this game months ago when it first released and thought it was so much fun. I thought about buying the game, but did not because I haven't been into a racing game since like GT3.… Read more

Rescinded

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Burnout Paradise Review

Alright, trying my hand at something new here: game reviews. I think it would be fun to eventually do these as a video review/show thing, but for now this will be good. Now onto the actual game. Burno… Read more

Gorgeous graphics

I decided that this game wasn't worth 60$ when I first heard about it and decided to wait until it was cheaper. All I can say is boy am I sorry I waited. This game takes the phrase open-world to extre… Read more

Paradise is not near...it's here!

WELCOME TO PARADISE Burnout Paradise is an amazing game where you basically just drive around, do races, beat cars down, do some amazing tricks, go off a lot of jumps, and have a blast doing it all...… Read more

Great game of early 08

The fifth and newest entry in the arcade racer Burnout series by Criterion Games has arrived. While the same chaotic and over the top crashes still remain the formula for this game has totally changed… Read more

Paradise Burn

Barreling down the Interstate as what seem speeds not meant for humans, you put pressure down on the brakes as you drift towards the next exit narrowly escaping impact with the concrete wall. The angr… Read more

Burnout Paradise brings some well made changes to the series.

Burnout Paradise is the fifth game in the highly acclaimed Burnout series by Criterion Games and Electronic Arts. The game was released on January 22, 2008, and is in my opinion the best Burnout game… Read more

Driving is a pleasure in Paradise

Burnout Paradise is a super charged open world racing game. It has 5 modes in the single player mode that will give players a verity of challenges. The modes include the legendary Road Rage, Classic R… Read more

Not the burnout I remember

Back in the day when Burnout existed on PS2, it was one of the best games out there. Crashes seemed fairly decent, and the races were generally fun. Burnout Paradise tries to mix up that formula and d… Read more

Burnout Paradise (PS3, PC) - Review 2009

Review from http://bngames.basicallynothing.com I am going to just straight out say it: Burnout Paradise is the best Next Gen game to come out on any platform yet . There, I said it. You can now stop… Read more

Worth Your While

The racing game genre in recent years has split between varieties of themes. Most racing games can be categorized under street, simulation, or arcade racing. The Burnout series squeezes a little bit f… Read more

Burnout Paradise Review

In Burnout Paradise you're a lone driver whose goal is to become the best in Paradise City and to use every twist and turn to take you one step closer to reaching the finish line. In this newest insta… Read more

EA's tainted fingerprints are all over this game

I'll begin by getting the good out of the way. The driving is fast and exhilirating, Paradise City itself is simple gorgeous and burnout fans will love it, while Average Joe will be entertained. My pr… Read more

Completely Disappointing

Let's start with the obvious things - Burnout Paradise is no where near as good as the series was before. The game is a lot of fun to play when you're doing events, but the problem is getting to those… Read more

Burnoult Paradise : a true paradise

Since it was first released Burnout has been an arcade racer. A crazy arcade racer, full with adrenalin, crashes and fast paced action. You see, there are two types of racer, the arcade race like Burn… Read more

Better than fading away

When I was little, my cousin and I would play the Rush games a ton on the N64. We didn’t play it for the racing as much as we played it for the stunt course. When we got sick of that, we would play th… Read more

Best Future proof game, ever.

From the first moment you start the game you will notice that the game is entirely free roaming and you can go anywhere. This however creates a big flaw to the game since the franchise has been known… Read more

Burnout: Paradise, but where did all the Burnout go?

Let me preface this first by saying that I like my structure in racing games. I don’t get a kick out of sand-box style driving because it’s stressful and time-consuming. I like to have that linear fee… Read more

The art of setting clear objectives and overacheiving.

I loved Burnout Paradise. Every gate crash, superjump, stunt run and race was an amazing time. I was finishing this game when the Dualshock 3 was released and made the experience all the better. BP do… Read more

Favorite Burnout So Far

I have rented this game multiple times and am unable to tare my hands away from my controller. All of the different aspects of this game are near perfection. All the different challenges have me drivi… Read more

Glorious Crashing

As the latest entry in the Burnout proves, wrecking your car can prove to both incredibly cool, but also somewhat annoying if you get taken down 100 yds from the finish line and your wreck doesn't man… Read more

a great game but could be better i would tell everone 2 buy this

alright great game i mean great cars great free roam excellent muiltplayer online is very strong and the challange's are great to do with a bunch of friends i think this is the best burnout game out b… Read more

It's a little to nichey to be 5 stars.

Burnout Paradise is an insanely crazy driving game, It's also structured like a grinding MMO. You spend your time completing one event at a time of the three types being stunt run, road rage, race, an… Read more

Not the burnout i remember, but good though...

Although its still called burnout it's completely different to the previous games. It's still about cars and driving insanely fast but it's not as fast pasted as burnout 3 and the others were. If you'… Read more

A huge risk, but one that's paid off big time.

Welcome to Paradise City, a place that packs more punch than a heavy-weight boxer, more pizzazz than a back-street burlesque, and err, more yellow than The Simpsons. Burnout Paradise is essentially an… Read more

First Burnout game, Pretty damn good

Well this was one of my most anticipated games when i finally got an Xbox 360and picked out all the games that i wanted and to be honest from what ive played only at class B right now its a pretty ful… Read more

Burnout Paradise Is a Fantastic Game that Dose Not Disapoint

Burnout is an arcade racing game. I just wanted to get that out of the way to people that like really realistic racing Grand Turismo type games. If you like really realistic racing sims and nothing el… Read more

Paradise City

sees what are arguably the biggest changes in the franchise's history, with nearly every single aspect of the game having seen some sort of shift in design. Some of it works really well, and some of i… Read more

Racing Revolution

This game is amazing. Now that I got that out of the way, let me explain why. On the surface, it's simple: stop at a stoplight and perform in one of five events to gain new cars and better, yet still… Read more

A departure for the series that works like a charm

To be honest, after trying the demo, I was a little worried about how the game would turn out. Luckily, those bad feelings were quickly chased away as I motored around Paradise in it's entirety, havin… Read more

I Can Has Cheeseburger In Paradise?

When has there been a time that I didn’t agree with crashing beautiful and expensive cars? Ah, yes, real life. Thanks to Burnout Paradise, gamers can now treat their gas pedal-happy hearts with crashi… Read more

The new burnout for next gen consoles, any good? Better then othe

The answer to all them questions is yes! Burnout paradise is the first burnout game for next gen consoles. It goes in a different direction to the series because unlike the other arcade racing burnout… Read more

An enjoyable & unique arcade driving experience.

Being new to the Burnout franchise I went into this latest iteration of the series oblivious as to what to really expect from the title. While an arcade racer in nature, a run of the mill driving expe… Read more

A Well Made Burnout Game

Transitioning to an open world gameplay type Burnout Game was a risky choice but I personally think it was executed very well. The only gripe I have with this game is the fact that if fail a mission,… Read more

Far from burning out.

Since Grand Theft Auto 3 made its grand entrance on the Playstation 2 in 2001, its free-roaming style of gameplay has been pasted into countless games, with varying success. What is becoming more and… Read more

Burnout Paradise Review.

Burnout Paradise is a free-roam racing game. It's nothing like the past Burnouts but at the same time, it has the Burnout feel. There are a couple of modes worth mentioning. 1. Road Rage- Destroy all… Read more

A game that you wont soon forget

The Burnout series has pretty much been the same since the beginning with slight changes and graphical updates. In my opinion i think Burnout Paradise is the best of the series. Many games have tried… Read more

Best in the Series

When first playing Burnout Paradise it may seem like the developer, Criterion Games, decided to abandon the old Burnout formula and attempt to take the series into uncharted waters by giving the playe… Read more

Showtime cant replace Crash mode, but still ....

So Burnout Paradise, the newest edition into the series for the Xbox 360 / PS3 and soon to be windows platforms. Ok to jump right into the review if your reading this you've proberly played any of the… Read more

A (high-speed) change of direction

Burnout Paradise is Criterion's 5th Burnout game, and the first built from the ground up for this console generation. It's apparent from the first moment you get behind the wheel, not just from the bu… Read more

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