Product Description

Make action your middle name, as you control what happens when and where in Burnout Paradise. Welcome to Paradise City. Immerse yourself in the open roads of Paradise City from the downtown streets through the hectic freeways to the sweeping mountain roads; the world is waiting to be explored. Slam, Shunt and Wreck opponents in cross-town race events, where you decide the fastest route to the finish line. Hit the jumps and find shortcuts, smash through barriers and get to the places that other racers can't reach to get that competitive edge. Meet your friends online with the revolutionary EasyDrive system that smashes through the tedium of lobbies and servers and cuts straight to the chase. Burnout Paradise provides the ultimate driving playground for you and your friends to play online on the Xbox 360. Mugshots - Track the length and breadth of up to 2,500 online rivalries Speed, Speed and Even More Speed - The rebuilt, race-tuned Burnout game engine delivers intense speed boost gameplay at a super-smooth and super-fast 60 frames-per-second Crash Deformation - Burnout Paradise features an all-new deformation technology that gives players an astounding close-up and slow-motion view of super-real destruction

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Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #522 in Video Games
• Brand: Electronic Arts
• Model: 014633156393
• Released on: 2008-01-22
• ESRB Rating: Everyone 10+
• Platform: Xbox 360
• Dimensions: 2.00 pounds

Features

• Rock Paradise City—Shred your way across more than 250 miles of open road discovering jumps, stunts, and shortcuts.
• Infinite Possibilities—Blaze your path to glory in 120 unique events, using your knowledge of the city to find the fastest routes and get the drop on rivals.
• Team Up or Takedown—Battle friends online and grab their mugshots, or join forces to complete more than 300 online challenges.
• Showtime: Crash Anywhere, Any Time—Send your car wrecking, spinning and scraping down the road, smashing through traffic and leaving a trail of expensive wreckage in your wake.
• 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!

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In Burnout Paradise players are treated to a rarity in the video games universe: a complete reinvention of an established franchise that equals, if not betters any of the previous games in the series. Yes, this is a large claim, but one that can be explained in a single phrase: Next-Gen Freedom.

Driver's heaven is a wide open world

In Paradise City even cars can fly. View larger.

Go for broke in 'Marked Man' Mode. View larger.

Nothing is off limits, even head-on crashes. View larger.

Start a race any time with 'Easy Drive.' View larger.

Although the Burnout series’ over the top mobile action has been its calling card since it ignited audiences on the PS2 in 2001, and later on the first generation Xbox console, Burnout Paradise is the first game in the series that has been designed specifically for play on Next Generation consoles. This has allowed game developer Criterion to rip the training wheels off the game and rebuild it from scratch. The result is a new, expansive world that players can roll through at will. And what a world it is.

Enter Paradise City
Heaven on Earth, at least to road-raging, crash-causing Burnout fanatics, Paradise City is your domain and ultimate proving ground in Burnout Paradise. This expansive driver’s playground stretches across 250 miles and encompasses all sorts of road driving conditions, from fun-in-the-sun seaside cruising boulevards, to mountain roads and downtown gridlock. But regardless of what stretch of asphalt you find yourself on, the beauty of this place is that nothing is blocked off and your wits are at least as important as the horsepower under your hood when it comes to racing here. Check out Paradise City’s five sub areas (click the links for sample images):

• Downtown Paradise City
• Harbor Town
• Palm Bay Heights
• Silver Lake
• White Mountain

Burnout Your Way
Unlike in previous Burnout games, Burnout Paradise not only puts the keys to your ride in your hands, but places you squarely in the driver’s seat when it comes to where you can go and what you can do.

Along with wide avenues and crowded highways, the open game design of Paradise City is also jammed full of hidden side streets, back roads and alley ways. These can be used as short cuts in races, that is, if you know where they are. As you explore, commit these potential short cuts to memory because they will definitely come in handy in a tight race. And since we are talking Burnout here, players should not expect uneventful, genteel contests of speed and precision driving. In Paradise City players are always free to slam, shunt and wreck opponents in their bids for supremacy and they will. Also, new to the Burnout series, races can now start anywhere, anytime. Just pull up to a stoplight and spin your wheels to start one in one of five different event classes:

• Classic Race
• Road Rage
• Burning Route
• Stunt Run (new)
• Marked Man (new)

Instant Online
Burnout Paradise also keeps the mobile carnage coming while simultaneously setting the new standard in online social gameplay. With the new ‘Easy Drive’ feature you can find friends online and with the click of a button invite them to a race. Once they’ve accepted the race will start immediately. That's right, no more annoying wait times at online lobbies and servers. And keeping in touch with friends is easier than ever.

Team up or Takedown
In the winner-take-all universe of Burnout teaming up usually isn’t the first option that comes to mind, but on these rough and tumble streets it's a good option to keep in mind. With more than 300 FreeBurn Challenges packed into the game, players always have the choice of going it alone against the field as a whole or joining forces with up to seven of your buddies in user-created race routes. Either way, if you are victorious in your takedown you'll get the chance to talk some trash as you exchange Mugshots with your victim via an optional camera hooked to your gaming system or your gamertag/PSN avatar if you prefer to keep your identity on the down-low.

Showtime: Crash Anywhere, Any Time
And finally since a new Burnout release wouldn't be complete without a little something special in the wreckage department, Burnout Paradise continues the carnage with an update of its familiar 'Crash Mode.' Renamed 'Showtime Mode,' players can now crash, bounce and scatter their ride in any location and replay the wreckage over and over in slow motion. One of the most addictive and down right fun features of the game, players activate the mode by simply pulling both triggers on their controller and if they are good enough can also immortalize their Showtime moments on the leaderboards for all to see.

Driving fans this is Next-Gen at its best and definitely the Burnout title you have been waiting for.

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Customer Reviews

Hate Burnout Paradise
I truly wish I would have checked reviews from my friends before trusting the critics on this game. I absolutely hate Burnout Paradise. I loved the games before this one but whoever did this one screwed the pooch. There are no set races you basically just wander aimlessly around a beautifully drawn city with no real goals of any kind. Quite often you'll accidently start a race only to realize too late you did and smash into something and lose.

WTF reviewed this game, extremely drunk critics perhaps, that thought driving around and doing absolutely nothing else was the greatest game ever? If you love the Burnout Series just think about how the old games are and then play this game and you may hate is as much as I do. I stupidly bought the game new and paid full price.

FAIL...sad to see the Burnout series come to this
Say goodbye to fantasy INDESTRUCTIBILITY and HIGH SPEED.
Say hello to real-life CONSEQUENCES and NAVIGATION.


They removed everything that made the Burnout series fun.


Is this a pansy family-appropriate sellout or what?


-if you barely nick another car you have to go through an annoying wreck film, and it happens a LOT-and when I say a LOT I'm not exaggerating-this game is a far cry from the Burnout you know and love.


-You have to navigate through a complicated city map AND keep your eyes on the road. Look at the map for one second, nick a parked car and
blammo you lose.


-If you fail a race you HAVE to finish it. That is probably the most irritating thing about the game. It is easy to make a wrong turn or get yourself on train tracks and end up going the wrong way. You cant simply quit. You have to find your way back to finish the race, and then face the "YOU FAIL" movie animation.



Say goodbye to the thrilling rush of high speed.
Say hello to the annoyance of navigating and parked cars.

Say goodbye to the unbridled glee of plowing through traffic indestructible.
Say hello to delicate cars made of glass.

Say goodbye to the glorious CRASH mode of the old series.
Say hello to ten times the work and one tenth the fun.

Consider Revenge the last game of the series. Paradise is a blight.

Great game to get and great DLC
I woudl have to recommend Burnout Paradise, the game has a ton to do. I enjoyed myself playing this game and the city is fun to explore. Now i haven't played all the burnouts thsi is my first one in a while so i dont miss the modes that others do but i liek the modes and events in Paradise. Online play is very fun with challenges and events to complete in 2-8 players, and just racing and freeburn wich lets you do whatever in the city tring to get the best rating or score for the rankings. Lots to find and unlock to keep you playing. Also the DLC they have released are great to add to the life of the game, and have been free, no clue if future ones will still be free but good to know your games will last a while after you been playing and unlocked everything, and for greedy EA.