I remember my first day in New York City alone. I recently moved to New York and the feeling of being in the city, alone, and completely on your own is surreal. Where do I go? How do I get back? Will I ever learn a place that's this big?
I found myself asking these very same questions again when I first picked up Burnout. The game doesn't hold your hand like a traditional racer. You're just thrown out there. Take a wrong turn at the end of a race and you're probably done. Should you happen to not pay attention to what you're doing in a race and you could very well wind up on the interstate while the other cars are careening towards the finish line. A lot to worry about, or so I thought.
After the first hour of getting familiar with the city, crashing through gates and billboards, and doing an event here and there, I suddenly felt right at home. Yeah I have to press select to view the map every so often (and yeah that sorta takes you out of the feel of the game), but checking the map lets you plot out your course.
Races aside, marked man, road rage, and even stunt mode are all very very very addictive. The crashes are so epic and they never seem to get old.
Control is extremely solid. I slow down not because I feel out of control but because the sensation of speed is amazing. I'm not even 14 cars in the game yet and I'm already flying around.
The Graphics are top notch. Really crisp and vibrant. The lightening is flawless. The sound is insane with a 5.1 hookup.
Overall, I can't recommend the game enough. If you're even remotely into cars this is the game for you. I haven't even touched online yet and I'm this pleased. Great game.
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.
Pretty good, except for the fact that you've said crash mode is gone. Whcih it isn't, and it is more fun than ever. Hit R1 & L1 together to enter crash mode.