Burnout Paradise

by Electronic Arts

Product Features

• Explore Paradise- From big-surf beach, to downtown gridlock, there's over 30 square kilometers of the ultimate driving playground to explore from the get-go. Nothing is blocked off.
• Burnout Your Way- Just pull up to over 120 stoplights and spin your wheels to start one of five different events - the classic Race, Road Rage and Burning Route, and the all-new Stunt Run and Marked Man games.
• Instant Online- Burnout Paradise sets the new standard in online social gameplay. See your friends online with the EasyDrive Friends List and connect with them instantly without having to wait or exit your game.
• Team up or Takedown- Join forces with up to seven of your buddies to beat hundreds of online FreeBurn Challenges together or heat up the competition and go head-to-head in user created race routes.
• Road Rules- Make and break the rules of each road by setting speed and destruction records all over town. Track how many you own against your friends!

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B001988XHY
• Item Weight: 3.2 ounces
• Media: DVD-ROM
• Release Date: February 3, 2009
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (32 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,932 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
  • #10 in Video Games > PC Games > Racing & Flying

Product Description

Platform: PC

Burnout Paradise has won over 55 awards worldwide and the PC version will combine new gameplay with all the open world racing, intense speed and action of the original game. Paradise delivers an open-world environment built for intense speed, excitement and exploration and sets a new standard in the seamless transition from single-player offline to social online gameplay.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Frustrating, not fun, November 25, 2010

By 

Peter Drake - See all my reviews
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= Fun:2.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Burnout Paradise: The Ultimate Box (DVD-ROM)

I enjoyed the previous Burnout games on the XBOX, so when I bought a new gaming rig, this title seemed like a natural. Alas, I was disappointed.

The menus are fantastically awkward. For example, every time you start the game, you must log into the on-line system, which requires typing in your login and password. You cannot do this using just the keyboard; you have to fill in one field, hit return, click on the next field with the mouse, and so on. Quitting the game is even stranger: you have to navigate (in a non-obvious way) through several screens, including ads for expansions you already purchased as part of this box. This feels like a bad console port.

The central idea of driving around the city to find your missions doesn't work. There isn't really much to do but try to find the part of the game you actually want to play. One is reminded of the "flying over the file structure" interface seen in Jurassic Park: it sounds cute, but it just gets in the way.

The events themselves are acceptable, but at least the first few are unchallenging. Nothing drives you forward or makes you want to keep playing. You can unlock more cars, but you don't care.

The makers of Burnout Paradise should take a lesson from the vastly more satisfying Grid: there should be a challenge in winning the game, not in fighting the interface.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Just great fun, March 24, 2010

By 

Megan - See all my reviews

= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

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This review is from: Burnout Paradise: The Ultimate Box (DVD-ROM)

It boils down to this: this game is about sitting down and just having fun. You don't have to deal with incredibly realistic driving scenarios. There are no cops to avoid. Instead you go fast and look for new races.

Turnover in the cars and the plethora of races makes this game repeatedly playable. Even my young kids can drive the cars and enjoy the game.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars really fun for pc - worth my 5 bucks on steam, January 6, 2011

By 

Vinh Le "Vinh" (NoVA) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Burnout Paradise: The Ultimate Box (DVD-ROM)

I downloaded this game because I've always loved the Burnout series with the crashing, the racing and endless boost. I was able to get it for 5 dollars on Steam's holiday sale and it was worth every penny.

The only annoying things are the menu system, and finding your races and missions in a huge map with no teleport feature for quick play.

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