Comments on: Review: Burnout Paradise: The Ultimate Box

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Fri, 13 Aug 2010 01:01:40 +0000

[…] ‘ultimate box’, this looks great, controls great, and is loads of fun. As I said in my review: My expectation was that this would be a reasonable but not great console port with wonky controls […]

By: Matt

Matt — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 20:44:50 +0000

Same for me, racing games generally don’t hold my interest for too long, particularly in sim racers when you start to get into longer races that go beyond 5 laps. But I think BP will be a little different for me. It’s such an easy game to pop in and just cruise around for as little or long as you want. The trophy system seems well implemented so far too.

By: Michael

Michael — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 20:05:57 +0000

My older son still plays this (along with Empire Total War and Neverwinter Nights … I’ve trained him well!) and loves it … racing games for me don’t tend to hold on long … it is already gone from my PC.

By: Matt

Matt — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 17:58:18 +0000

Finally got around to picking up Burnout Paradise on PS3 this week. Man, what a spectacular game! I flipped it on last night (after waiting through like 2GB of patches) and sat there for like an hour just cruising around the city, searching for shortcuts, crashing through billboards and finding super jump ramps. There is so much to do, pretty amazing.

By: Michael

Michael — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 18:30:47 +0000

It is all multiplayer, but focused on ‘around the couch’ sorts of stuff. We only had two at a time challenges, so it didn’t add much for me. It isn’t anything I’d pay for, but on a console version, if you routinely have friends over playing I could see the attraction.

By: Matt

Matt — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 17:56:56 +0000

I still need to pick BP up, now more than ever with it only $20 on consoles. Unfortunately it’s just been one of those great games that’s continued to slip under my radar due to the sheer volume of other games on my plate.

You think the extra Party Pack content is worth it? It’s an optional $10 DLC pack for the console versions. Is it all multiplayer mini-games or does it offer solo challenges too?