Burnout Paradise

(untitled review)

I remember that Burnout was the third game i got with my PS2. It was a fun game, i made some pretty nifty crash vids and Burnout 2 was even better. Finally 3 came out but I never got round to 4.

Here we have Paradise. Well....If only. Burnout is still a racing game even though there's no driver which must mean that all humans have been killed as cars seem to be the only thing in this city called Paradise City and is even accompanied by that awful Guns n Roses song. Which brings me to mention that Atomica is still alive. And yes, he does insist on dropping useless info.

It's completely free roam but what’s the point? I'm stuck in a fudging car! The mini map is too small and complicated as you have to check it all the time to make sure you are actually going the right way and when you do....BAM. Crash. Now I know this is a key part of gamepley...Atomica told me. But it really isn't that fun anymore. Yes there’s a dandy physics engine but even that doesn't sweeten the deal. Mainly because it all just focuses on cars and slow motion isn't as cool as it was when the Matrix came out.

All you do is complete a bunch of races to upgrade you drivers licence so you can then unlock a few new cars which you may have to go and hunt down yourself.

Basically to describe this game i can say - Need For Speed: Most Wanted/Carbon but without the thrill of the cops. In essence its every racer ever made since everdom just in a big city. A city so abandoned its like downtown Pypriat on a sunny day. The graphics are amazing so why not add a few peds into the mix to get some action going? I find it hard to believe that Paradise City is only inhabited by driverless cars. This is 360 and PS3 it shouldnt be beyond the developers to put a driver in a car...nothing fancy but just something there. I also noticed (trademark EA racing game style) that there is only one time and that’s the day. Why not have some fast night time street races?

In the end the full gameplay can be experienced in the demo unless you want to collect cars.