Burnout Paradise: The Ultimate Box (PS3)

Burnout Paradise was released in 2009 and just let me start off by saying that it is really awesome. If you have played the earlier Burnout games, then you can first notice, that the action takes place in a city, no more scrolling through the menus to find races to do. So the game's point is to race cars, and bikes. There are not many bikes in game though, if I remember correctly then there are four of them. Anyways, but that is not the point of this game, the game is still based on racing cars in the city, with traffic. And there are more cars than ever before. It really is exciting. There are different race modes, for example takeout, where ...  Read the complete review

I consider myself someone that loves video games and although I havent had enoug time over the last few years to play many I have loved best sellers like call of duty, resident evil, football manager etc. However recently I began to think more about racing games especially as I love formula one and I realised that I hadnt purchased a proper racing game in years. By proper I mean not something like GTA where racing is incorporated. I use Gamespot to check game reviews out and found that Burnout Paradise was very highly rated, and without looking much further into the details I went out and purchased this game. I have to admit at first I was not that impressed, ...  Read the complete review

I bought this game about a year ago from the playstation network. I played it a bit but wasnt very impressed. Being a fan of the gran turismo series I just felt it was a bit too arcadey. I didnt play it for months and only picked it up again because my 3 year old boy is mad on bikes and he loves riding around pulling wheelies and doing donuts (hes got a ps2 controller with the lead cut off so he thinks hes playing!!! top tip there dads) and I have to say I have completely changed my mind. You start with a standard stunt car and win new ones by completing races, stunt challenges, point to point timed races and various other challenges. What really did it ...  Read the complete review

== Introduction == Burnout Paradise was one of last year's big hits; the latest in the long running Burnout series it expanded on its largely track-based predecessors to give you a whole city - free of any distractions like police or pedestrians - to drive around in with plenty of other cars to race, dodge, or crash into. Whilst the latter is usually seen as a bad thing that you're penalized for in other games, the Burnout series turned that on its head here and comes positively rewarded. This Ultimate Box packages up the original game with the downloadable content of Bikes and Party into a single game. == Gameplay == Playing the ...  Read the complete review

Only bought this game as a second choice, as part of a two games for £45 deal. But, instead of putting it on my shelf and letting it gather dust, I have became addicted. The other game which I bought as part of the deal which was supposed to be the main game, is the one gathering dust. The whole map is unlocked from the beginning, so if you don't want to dive straight in and upgrade your license by winning races and other events then you can simply just cruise around "Paradise City". ~What can be done~ There are multiple different types of races/challenges to be completed in order to upgrade your licence through the ...  Read the complete review