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Burnout Paradise: MSXbox review - 'incredible gameplay, online and off'

MSXbox writes: "Vehicles in Burnout Paradise handle really well and 360 owners will be pleased to hear the rumble feature in the controller is put to good use. Burnout Paradise provides a massive world to explore, and many secrets to find with over 30 square kilometers of road. It became very apparent to me as I explored new roads, that the entire city has been painstakingly designed to provide a true playground for maniacal drivers to tear around in. Despite this city feels natural, the perfect melding of design, and FUNctionality.

As if this weren't enough the game also include an incredibly seamless online mode that allows you to instantly enter an "EasyDrive" session with 7 other friends or strangers. Once in EasyDrive the host of the session can set group challenges to accomplish, start events, or just allow everyone to mess around in random pickup races outside of the constraints of an event. Players can even create their own race events with preset start and finish lines!

Burnout Paradise is a game I can wholeheartedly recommend as a must own title. It has so much value packed into it that my review has gone on far longer than it normally does … and there are still things about the game I wish I had the space to rave about. If you are a fan of fun you need Burnout Paradise."

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Misquote in the title. The correct quote is: 'incredible gameplay both online and off'
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TheMART6310d ago

Rumble out of the box, XBOX 360 at least. Ain't that great. A last gen feature according to Sony in your hands from day one after you got the 360 and not have to spend another 60 bucks on one with rumble ahahahha

Great. Burnout Paradise with massive rumble will be mine

Burekman6310d ago (Edited 6309d ago )

Well, too bad it isn't online out of the box... At least for the core users.

unsunghero286309d ago

"360 owners will be pleased to hear the rumble feature in the controller is put to good use."

Am I the only one that thinks this, an obviously Xbox-supporting site, might be trying a bit too hard to make people think the 360 version is superior? I mean the new DualShock is coming out in just a couple months, so it's not even much of an issue, but since when did RUMBLE make or break a game?

From what I've heard the two versions are absolutely identical... and for that matter the PS3 was the primary development platform. 360 gamers just can't accept the possibility that when you pay the $500 for a PS3 you really are getting your money's worth.

Clinton5146309d ago

Open the game(ps3), pop it into a PS3 and it has rumble. No updates required.

Fail.

LJWooly6309d ago

Yes, while PS3 owners spend another $50 for a DualShock, a purchase that you could easily do without; you have to pay another $50 for another year of Live, something that should have cost $0 in the first place, especially since PS3 owners are getting it for free.

I remember people calling the PS3 the 'Pay'Station 3, and now it's cheaper than the Xbox. You got ripped off, mate.

Snukadaman6309d ago (Edited 6309d ago )

Playing last night I got too really go through the game and I did notice those same washed out graphics with most ps3 games...so I say..if ps3 will start being the lead console, Xbox 360 owners get the shaft...And please dont tell me theres no difference in that washed out look...put any other EA game in and you notice the crisp colors ...ths colors for this game are terrible...play madden 08 and you notice colors...I guess we have too have the lowest common denominator when it comes too multiplatform games now since the ps3 is the lead.

@wooly..this display settings...is this on the xbox or ps3 cause I see nowhere in game with such settings...im also on a vga setup..i looked in-game and theres

LJWooly6309d ago

Snukadaman, go to 'Settings' on the XMB, go to 'Display Settings', and cahnge the RGB to 'Full'. You will instantly notice the difference, and the colours will no longer appear washed out.

If that doesn't work, there must be a problem with your TV. Try adjusting the brightness or contrast. Hope i helped! :)

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ASSASSYN 36o6309d ago

If you still have a core 360 without a harddrive you don't play games much or not at all.

Liquid Ocelot6309d ago

or maybe core owners don't want to fork out a 100 euro or dollars for a 20gb harddrive which in my opinion is a big rip-off.

Bnet3436309d ago

Core owners are casual gamers, so they don't matter.

LJWooly6309d ago

@DrakeLore:

It would be nice if the 360's 20GB HDD was that cheap over here in the UK, it costs £70 here. What a rip-off, eh?

Liquid Ocelot6309d ago (Edited 6309d ago )

Yeah it is i just hope Microsoft make the hard drive standard for all versions of the 360 soon.

I think its not fair for people who buy the core/arcade 360 then pay for this game only to find out that they have to pay for a hard drive just to play on-line oh and pay $50 for XBL too.

You might as well just go and buy a PS3 and a copy of the game and save yourself a lot of hassle oh and if i sound like a fanboy i apologize for that i didn't mean too.

LJWooly6309d ago

No, you didn't sound like a fanboy at all. You sound quite reasonable. You should post in the gamer zone like I do, it's far better.
Right now i'm in the open zone because there's not really anything happening in the gamer zone :)

It's unfortunate that the 360's so expensive, but I'm sure there'll be some price cuts soon. Right now the PS3's at a very competitive price, considering value for money, and microsoft really need to get it together if they have any hope of making it through 2008 intact.

But to be honest, i don't really care about microsoft, I just want the gamers to be happy. 360 owners shouldn't get ripped off like that, especially the Core/Arcade owners.

Also, Live needs to be free. it's ridiculous that you have to pay $50 a year for something you can get for free on the PS3.

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rbanke6309d ago

There are so many reviews for the same games on this site. Wouldnt it be better to have a review section, and keep the NEWS in the NEWS section?

Hellgiver6309d ago (Edited 6309d ago )

I agree. And keep the small updates in their game's areas only too.

MK_Red6309d ago

You can choose the "News" in the main page to hide articles like these reviews :)

As for the review, awesome find and score.

Hellgiver6309d ago (Edited 6309d ago )

Well, yeah, but is there a way to make it show everything but certain types of news, such as reviews?

ToastyMcNibbles6309d ago

well Mart and all the other 360 fiends out there are real proud that they have rumble right out of the box..i mean thats pretty impressive i must say...no really im happy for you its like definitely something that you should be proud of

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How Burnout Paradise bucked the trend and made open-world racing irresistible

Met with derision from existing Burnout-series fans at the time, Burnout Paradise remains arguably the greatest open-world racing game of all time. Here's why.

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SullysCigar735d ago

I don't know why - and I know I'm probably on my own here - but I liked Takedown more. I think it was just 'different' enough to feel fresh. I also loved the destruction.

On that note, a new Motorstorm would be nice! All that mud, dust and car pieces flying everywhere blew my mind on PS3 - imagine what they could do now.

NJShadow735d ago

I loved Burnout Paradise, but Burnout 3: Takedown will always be the best game in the series, for me. Burnout 3 is arguably the most fun game ever made, with the greatest licensed soundtrack ever.

EazyC735d ago

I played through the remaster quite recently. It's not as good as I remember, but I think a lot of that is because the "open world" thing was still pretty fresh back then.

I do think there's a gap in the market for a game like Burnout. With the new gen they could really make car damage a huge selling point again.

BrainSyphoned735d ago

Paradise gave me open world burnout before I knew it was a thing.

CPTN MITCHELL735d ago

Burnout paradise remastered and original are my favorite, i got the platinum trophy for both games the nighthawk is my favorite car

Einhander1971735d ago

Personally don't give a shit for open world racers. Give me a new Motorstorm, Split second, Outrun.

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Ranking The Burnout Games From Worst To Best

Cultured Vultures: The Burnout series has plenty of great games to play, but which one is definitively the best? We're here to rank them all.

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waverider1385d ago

I think the crash mode should comeback. Tryng to make the most damage was very cool.

camel_toad1385d ago

That mode was so damn fun. Couldn't believe it when they ditched it.

Flewid6381384d ago (Edited 1384d ago )

Agreed.

Flewid6381384d ago (Edited 1384d ago )

Yeah that made for a good time.

Rebel_Scum1385d ago

Burnout 2 should be above 3 imo. The aftertouch takedown mechanic slowed down the gameplay too much in 3.

Flewid6381384d ago

That's the mechanic that made me enjoy Burnout 3 over the others. It wasn't until they introduced it that I considered the series any good.

Chocoburger1385d ago

I love Takedown, Revenge, and Paradise. Dominator was okay, but it clearly felt like a B-tier game.

After playing those awesome games, I went back to try out part 1 and it was rough. I didn't like the controls (whereas the others felt perfect to me), the elevator music was generic and not enjoyable to listen to.

Finally the game's difficulty was extremely high. I could beat all single player races in Takedown, Revenge, Paradise, Dominator, but could not get first place in the very first race for the first Burnout game. It demands perfection and one slight mistake is all it takes to lose. I have yet to play part 2, but I'm hoping it's more like part 3 than part 1.

ChasterMies1385d ago

Burnout Takedown is my favorite racing game of all time. My wife was addicted to crash mode.

Xenial1384d ago

As soon as I saw Burnout 3: Takedown at #1, I knew the list was legit. lol

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EA, It's Time To Bring Back The Burnout Series

No more Need For Speed, it's time to bring back Burnout.

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Marcello1514d ago

Its long long overdue but the problem is its just not a big money spinner. Thats why EA ditched it. Alex Ward has gone his own way with Three Fields Entertainment & made Dangerous Driving but its very low budget.

LucasRuinedChildhood1513d ago

Each game gets closer and closer to being good. It's kind of painful how close they are. haha. I hope Dangerous Driving 2 being open world isn't too ambitious for them and it's a polished, fun 7.5-8/10.

roadkillers1513d ago

Maybe not, but if a quality title in the reigns released now days...People do pay more attention to reviews comparitively

BrainSyphoned1513d ago

Burnout with real life car mechanic costs sounds about right if you want EA to go for it.

isarai1513d ago

Here's the thing, EA is sitting on so many great IPs i would like to return, but at the same thing i feel like modern EA would find a way to ruin it. Besides Respawn, EA hasn't dropped anything good for almost 2 generations IMO.

LucasRuinedChildhood1513d ago

"almost 2 generations" What? Are you talking about the PS3 and the 360?

I agree with the general sentiment that their catalogue of games since the PS4/XB1 has been comparatively terrible to what they used to do though.

andy851513d ago

Absolutely loved these games back in the day. Paradise was good too but didn't quite have the feel of the old games

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