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Burnout Paradise 1.6 Before & After Video Comparison

A before & after comparison video showing the changes made to the Xbox 360 version of Burnout Paradise, including the new Burnout Store and enhanced visuals.

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Sangria5978d ago

Sadly it's not a side-by-side comparison, but some stuff are clearly enhanced. Very nice job from Criterion to keep updating there game even one year after its release.

ZeroBlitz5978d ago (Edited 5978d ago )

Edit: responded to the wrong post.

m235978d ago

I just bought paradise couple weeks ago, I felt like the game just keeps getting better and the developer keeps supporting it. It's a great game and this update fixed the one annoying thing about the game. I don't know why they didn't have a restart option from the start.

Sheddi5978d ago

How do u restart? I cant find it.

ThatArtGuy5978d ago

It's in your easy drive menu.

ExcelKnight5978d ago

That's the least ergonomic way they could have given us a restart option. I would've preferred they give us the option to press Start or Select for "Yes" or "No" when you fail an event and everything goes into bullet time (to tell you about how you won or failed).

ZeroBlitz5978d ago

The start menu has a couple seconds loading time... the easydrive menu doesn't. It's clear which is the better choice. Why the hell would they need to explain how you lost? The events are pretty self-explanatory.

ExcelKnight5978d ago

You didn't understand a single thing I just said. "Start" or "Select" for "Yes" or "No" to a "Restart?" prompt that appears the instant you fail. I'm not talking about pulling up the menu screen, just suggesting out-of-the-way buttons to press to restart an event instead of having to go into easy drive.

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Kleptic5978d ago

yeah this game is awesome...I too just recently bought it...I very much like the night driving changes...as I pretty much locked it on mid day because night visibility was garbage...

SlyGuy5978d ago

if they fixed the glitch with the "Beat 10 Timed Road Rules" trophy?

I had to backup my old game and start a new one just to get this trophy.

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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.

SullysCigar775d 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.

NJShadow774d 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.

EazyC775d 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.

BrainSyphoned775d ago

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

CPTN MITCHELL775d ago

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

Einhander1971774d 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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waverider1424d ago

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

camel_toad1424d ago

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

Flewid6381424d ago (Edited 1424d ago )

Agreed.

Flewid6381424d ago (Edited 1424d ago )

Yeah that made for a good time.

Rebel_Scum1424d ago

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

Flewid6381424d 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.

Chocoburger1424d 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.

ChasterMies1424d ago

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

Xenial1423d 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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Marcello1553d 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.

LucasRuinedChildhood1552d 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.

roadkillers1552d ago

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

BrainSyphoned1552d ago

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

isarai1552d 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.

LucasRuinedChildhood1552d 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.

andy851552d 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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