Comments on: Burnout Paradise Review

By: Zephyr

Zephyr — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 13:13:11 +0000

Sorry, but this review falls far short. I understand that you like it, but at least warn consumers of the pitfalls we all are beginning to realise are out there, as so many people find this purchase so disappointing. I’m one of those people. If you’re into single-player racing? Fine. But Burnout was about the party mode for a huge portion of its audience, I actually think this series’ success was a premonition of the popularity that would translate into the success of Wii. This has NO CRASH PARTY mode, and not even mutliplayer offline racing option (no split screen). For those who loved this aspect, your 9.4/10 review is misrepresentative of this game.

By: knight667

knight667 — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 05:27:43 +0000

Great review! I need to pick this one up at some point!

By: reaperhybrid

reaperhybrid — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 05:03:04 +0000

Good Job, DJ! Burnout Paradise will be spinning in my newly repaired (or new???) 360 when it returns from the shop. I can smell the burning rubber now….

By: Twylyght Myst

Twylyght Myst — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 04:24:41 +0000

Great Review DJ, Cant wait to get my hands on this one but sadly the funds are lacking at the moment.

By: guywholovesrice

guywholovesrice — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 23:57:09 +0000

great review, have wanted to pick up this game for a while. Thanks for making the urge so much bigger

By: IRISHprik411

IRISHprik411 — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 22:41:11 +0000

I had a lot of fun in co-op as well…it really is a great game (and I’m not even into racers either)…as some of you have already said though the map is hard to navigate and make some of the races & challenges difficult…all in all though it’s a fun title and you summed it up pretty nicely…great review DJ

By: Goon360

Goon360 — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 18:48:53 +0000

Great review. I’m loving it so far. It really shines when your doing the coop challenges with a room full of friends. There are some minor annoyances I have with it to, but I see Lantern already covered them

By: Commander JC

Commander JC — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 18:11:35 +0000

Great review!

By: GreenLantern4

GreenLantern4 — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 18:04:20 +0000

As I said before, I actually thought this “Burnout” was a step back. I applaud them for trying something new, but it just didn’t feel right to me with the open-ended world. Some of the flaws were the failure to not be able to ‘restart’ or ‘warp’. Others are huge like the map. I just found it hard to follow the map when you are racing full speed let alone during a race. Sorry, but speaking of races, I prefer the track to be closed off like the past Burnouts instead of this open-ended world where you could easily take the wrong way. I also miss “Crash”, which was my favorite part of the past Burnouts. I see how EA was trying to follow “Test Drive” with the open-ended world and online ability, but I just feel they didn’t implement it as well. I will admit that the Vision camera use is awesome during takedowns and even for your driver license. I was really looking forward to this title since “Burnout” is my favorite racing franchise, but ended up being disappointed.

By: TXPaladin

TXPaladin — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 17:32:34 +0000

Good review and I’ll at least try the demo myself. As far as racing goes I really like Forza 2 Motorsports myself and what it has to offer. I’ve tried the PGR demos and didn’t like those as much. I liked the Burnout Revenge demo, so I’m sure I’d like this one too.

By: Mocha Jive

Mocha Jive — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 17:30:57 +0000

Hmmm might have to give this a rent

By: lawlhalla

lawlhalla — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 16:49:20 +0000

if it gets budget, i’ll buy it for sure.