Burnout Paradise
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Burnout Paradise

Criterion Games

2008•Racing•PEGI 7

Taste attributes: actionmusic/dancerobots/ai/spacevehiclesfastimaginarysimplelinearglossybig & variedall consuming questfighting evilinjustice/tragedy/vengeanceself destruction/implosionsolving the riddle/not as it seems

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Boxlist takeA larger-than-life, wide-ranging racing game: breakneck and stylish. Best if you like the extraordinary over the everyday.

Pace: very fast · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: balanced · Realism: imaginary world · Story: simple · Structure: linear · Look: glossy · Scale: big and varied · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score

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About This Game

Burnout Paradise is an arcade racing game set in an open world called Paradise City, a departure from the fixed tracks of earlier Burnout games. Players roam the city freely and start events by pulling up to intersections, choosing their own routes to each finish line rather than following set courses. The series' emphasis on high speed and spectacular crashes returns through features such as the Showtime mode, which lets players trigger a crash sequence anywhere at any time. Completing events raises the player's driver rank and unlocks new cars, and an online system supports additional cooperative and competitive modes. It was the first Burnout game released on Windows and later received a remastered version bundling its downloadable content.

Summary: IGDB

Screenshots

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Characteristics

Where this game sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast
FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal
DarkTONEWholesome
LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy
FantasyREALISMRealistic
SimpleINTRICACYIntricate
Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear
UnderstatedSTYLEStylised
IntimateSCALEEpic
RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Genres and themes

ActionMusic/danceRobots/ai/spaceVehiclesAll consuming questFighting evilInjustice/tragedy/vengeanceSelf destruction/implosionSolving the riddle/not as it seems

Keywords

Vehicular combatMotorcycleCarsDestructionBurnoutStreet racingDrivingFemale protagonist

Details

Developer
Criterion Games
Publisher
Electronic Arts
Released
22 January 2008
Series
Burnout
Platforms
PlayStation 3, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360
Modes
Single player, Multiplayer
Perspective
First person, Third person
Time to beat
40h complete
Age rating
PEGI 7
Taste scores
How we score
Source
IGDB

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