First off let me say that I am not a lover of racing games one bit, I got this game as it just looked to fun to pass up, open world games are seeming to pop up everywhere nowadays, but never did I think it would extend to a racing game, usually so generic, but this one could very well make creators rethink their whole gameplan on making this genre of gaming.
As far as I know on racing games it is pretty much, here is your starting point, here is your finishing point, go through the checkpoints and do it all as fast as you can, this game offers so much more than that, you can follow a set path, you can go off on your own, you are encouraged to smash and crash into other cars, taking them out of the game, with several different car types and looks to choose from you can take a dominant authority into the game and look to mainly take out your advisories, you can choose speed over power in which you just try to get from point A to point B as fast as possible and maybe try and take 1 or 2 cars out in the process, but basically try and avoid at all costs.
My other thoughts will come a bit later but the basicness of the gameplay could work in it's own favour by involving something simple that can also be looked at in a complex way too, for me it was pretty simple to just pick up and get going straight away, but it does take a little longer to work out the little nuances that make your car tick.
Overall i thought that it was definetly nothing groundbreaking in terms of other racing formats that I have played, but the open world style certainly offers alot more possibilities and definetly adds alot more than a typical circuit track and race game would, the lack of menus is brilliant, no need fiddling about with stupid unresponsive menus, with just a push of the D-Pad you get online and can start playing with your buddies immediately, not only that but you can also complete minor tasks while in "freeburn" online mode, my final words would be this is definetly a game buy, with about 75ish cars to collect, online that will go for a long time and a competent story mode with many features, will keep you going for a fair while.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Burnout paradise remastered and original are my favorite, i got the platinum trophy for both games the nighthawk is my favorite car
Personally don't give a shit for open world racers. Give me a new Motorstorm, Split second, Outrun.
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.
I think the crash mode should comeback. Tryng to make the most damage was very cool.
Burnout 2 should be above 3 imo. The aftertouch takedown mechanic slowed down the gameplay too much in 3.
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.
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.
Burnout Takedown is my favorite racing game of all time. My wife was addicted to crash mode.
The online servers for 2008's Burnout Paradise are closing down after almost 12 years of service. This will not affect 2018's Burnout Paradise Remastered.
