Burnout Paradise (PS3)

Burnout Paradise (PS3)

Navneet Prakash, Jan 22, 2008 1604 hrs IST

The classic series is here with its latest form. Read on to know what's new!

Awesome gameplay, Open ended world concept works perfectly, Great visuals and a smooth frame rate, New racing modes, Amazing online experience.

You may miss Crash mode, Restarting a race would make life easy.

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Gameplay

Burnout Paradise' gameplay is as intense as ever; the game is still fast and racing, and is still better than all the other titles in the genre. As mentioned earlier, you roam around the city, choose an event and start racing. The city is huge and will provide many events to choose from. The really irritating issue is the inability to restart a race. You'll have to drive half way through the city to start a race again. If you crash your car while racing, a small cut scene will showcase your car turning into rubble in slow-mo; this looks absolutely amazing and adds more presentation value. There are many small events that can be played other than the main races -- crashing into all the bill-boards, finding hidden routes, performing barrel rolls, flat spins, super jumps, and so on. There's always something to do while wandering around paradise city. The objective is simple, complete all the races and get high rank on your license. At the start of the game, the player receives a license and a rank; completing events will unlock a higher rank and more cars.

There are about 75 cars in Burnout, each belonging to a particular class. There are race cars, muscle cars, and stunt cars. These are used for their respective events and can be accessed through a junkyard -- here's where all the cars you win are parked. A junkyard can be found at various points in the city. You just drive to one and select the car you want.

There are other installations as well -- for a paint job, auto repair, and boost refill. As the name suggests, they're a quick stop to fully repair your car, give it a new paint job or refill your boost. These can be accessed while racing as well; this facility makes it very interesting while racing. The right installation at the right time can turn the race around very quickly. The compass is pretty unique and annoying as well; the street name will appear on the top right and top left side of the screen and you have to drive using the street names. You cannot custom mark a position on the map; therefore you'll end up opening the map quite regularly.