Burnout Paradise

Burnout Paradise is the latest game from Criterion Games, they are now releasing many downloadable packs that increase the enjoyment of the game. These include a legendary cars pack that has recently been released a few weeks ago. This pack includes a car which has an uncanny resemblance to the DeLorean from back to the future and has the ability to hover around paradise city. Then there is a car which looks like the car from the original GhostBusters along with many others.

Back to the game, Burnout Paradise allows you to roam the streets of paradise city to find certain items on the map and find shortcuts to different areas on the map. After you have done this you are pitted against some of the best drivers in paradise city to create carnage across the city with a variety of different events. These include, races which are always from one point to another landmark, road rage, stunt run and marked man. These allow you to perfect you driving skills and show other off your latest cars.

Showtime allows you to create as much carnage as possible like the older versions. Road Rules are also available to complete, these allow you to go against your friends online and try to beat their time on a road from one end to the other.These cars are helpful for completing the game and also make the online play much more enjoyable. You can get with up to 7 other people online and race with them, do challenges or do a contest such as marked man.

Downloads for this game currently consist of the Cagney pack, two more cars available online only and trophies to unlock, the bike pack which allows day and night play and four more bikes, two of which require unlocking through doing the bike races.

Recently, The Ultimate Box has been released which allows you if you do not have a Internet connection to buy the game and the bike, trophy, and Cagney pack downloads.

These which I am about to mention need to be paid for as most of the content will, by the looks of it, this is the Party pack which allows you to have up to 8 people playing one controller around one screen, this allows you to do certain challenges such as, land a barrel roll on the beach, gain as much airtime as possible on the airfield and do a lap of the speedway as fast as possible. Soon there will be toy cars, which are modelled of cars on the main game put into a different context. And finally the much awaited 'Map Pack', this creates a massive increase in the amount of area which you can cover and also allows you to unlock a new car the 'Dust Storm'. This map will give you bigger jumps than ever seen before on Burnout. A price for these has yet to be specified but I am sure that the Map Pack will hold a substantial price tag but I am sure to report back when I have tried it out.

Two new cars have recently been released called the boost specials, one of them being a tuned up version of the Carson Hawker which allows you to split between all three of the different boosts available. Soon there is going to be the release of a Cops and Robbers pack the brings a bit of Need for Speed to the game with a large amount of getaway vehicles and police cars to use varying from a Nissan Skyline lookalike to a Lamborghini. These are sure to bring people back to the game as it has been out for quite a while now and has started to lose some of its original charm.

Overall this is a great game, but really aimed more towards people who like a more arcade racing experience, the graphics are spectacular and the amount of time you can spend on it is remarkable. I recommend this game to anyone who enjoyed any of the other Burnout Games and people who are new to the PlayStation as it will show them anything and everything that it has to offer.

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