Lunchtime Thoughts: Burnout Paradise
It’s a standard friday afternoon, half the people in the city have gone home and the other half have lost all motivation, the weekend must be just around the corner and predictably my mind is on video games!
Burnout Paradise
So I’ve been itching to tell people about this game, I got it on released day a few weeks ago and I’ve not stopped playing since then.
First up the graphics are simply beautiful on my 32″ Sony Bravia, one of the best looking games I’ve played on the 360 so far, the effects and the detail put into every little bit make it a joy to play.
The crashes, which have always been the important bit of burnout, are awesome too. Everyone looks like it’s came straight out of a hollywood film. I find myself crashing every so often just so I can stare, open mouthed at the slow-mo close ups of crumpling metal followed by complete carnage as car’s go left, right and center!
Another great thing about Paradise is that it has no loading, once you’ve gone past the initial start screen and your into the game you won’t see any more loading screens. This is how all next-gen games are supposed to be!
Some other points to mention are the cars themselves which all look suspiciously like real life cars only with slight tweaks to the badges and names, they all look great and there is a wide variety of styles too taken from previous burnout games.
Like how the boost worked in Burnout 2 the best? Then go for the speed cars, or if you prefer the Burnout Revenge way of building more boost by taking down opponents then the aggression style is for you.
It’s completely free-form as well, drive anywhere, do any race at any point in time, there are no restrictions. This does mean you loose the ability to hit the start menu and restart a race if your loosing but rather than being annoying it changes the way you play the game, if you are loosing you can just stop the car for a few seconds and then go find a race near-by instead.
I absolutely love this game, and if you have an 360 or a PS3 I strongly suggest you give it a try.
My lunch today was a chicken caesar wrap, some ‘fridge raiders chicken bites’ and a bag of fruit pastilles.
Nice! I got the new Burnout too, what’s your gamertag?
Robert Day on February 8, 2008 8:02 pm
Chuck Norris can poop out a rubix cube solved.
Charlotte on February 9, 2008 1:37 am
hmm, i think im going to play it this weekend. Seems like an interesting game to play.
stabani on February 10, 2008 6:49 pm
My Gamertag is ‘andrewnez’ but I don’t have the internet so you won’t get much out of it!
Andrew on February 11, 2008 10:33 am
Good to see you blogging regularly again - I’ve been a fan since the Atariboy days!
From what you and a few others have said, Burnout looks a pretty tidy game, I might have a look at some point.
Ali on February 11, 2008 12:49 pm