Can Burnout Paradise deliver an engaging arcade racer 10 years on from its original release?īurnout Paradise Remastered brings together a compilation of the vast open-world racing of Burnout Paradise combined with 8 downloadable content packs from the Year of Paradise that are already part of the game on the disc. Burnout Crash was released on September 20th 2011 as a Criterion Games developed spin-off from the crash mode contained within previous Burnout games as a digital download on PS3. Burnout Anthology packaged together Burnout 3: Takedown, Burnout Revenge and Burnout Dominator as a PS2 exclusive that only released in America on November 19th 2008, while Burnout Paradise received an Ultimate Box release that bundled all of the post-launch downloadable content together on February 6th 2009. The Burnout franchise continued on March 6th 2007 when Burnout Dominator released on PS2 and PSP, although it was developed by EA UK as Criterion Games were hard at work developing Burnout Paradise which brought Burnout to PS3 for the first time on January 22nd 2008. Burnout returned to PS2 on September 7th 2004 with Burnout 3: Takedown, while Burnout Revenge released on September 13th 2005 with Burnout Legends releasing on the same day as a major game within two weeks of the PSP’s European launch. However, after Acclaim unfortunately disbanded Criterion Games were quite positively saved as they were bought out by Electronic Arts along with their Burnout IP which resulted in the continuation of the Burnout series. The Burnout series began on November 11th 2001 on PS2 before a sequel titled Burnout 2: Point of Impact was released on October 11th 2002 with both games developed by Criterion Games yet published by Acclaim. It appears as though EA is going through Criterion's catalogue of games and giving them a fresh coat of paint.Burnout Paradise Remastered is an arcade racer available from retail stores and for download from the PlayStation Store for the PS4. However, Burnout Paradise was recently remastered, something fans had been crying out for years.įurthermore, Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit was also remastered last year. With Criterion's involvement with the Need for Speed series and there not being a new Burnout game in ten years, this seemed like a pipe dream. In addition, there were the classic race and time attack modes, but even these were special, as the environments you raced around were some of the most varied and detailed available at the time.īurnout 3 is that good at encapsulating the mid-2000s that it could be used to show what this era was like in the future. There was real skill involved here, it wouldn't be out of place to take an hour getting a high score on a stage. You basically had to play ten pin bowling, but instead of pins, you had cars and you had to crash your ride in a specific way to get the gold medal. Speaking of the airwaves, we can't forget about DJ Stryker on Crash FM, who kept you company through the game's incredible World Tour.Ĭrash mode was the most gloriously ridiculous game mode in Burnout 3 though. Bands like Fall Out Boy, Franz Ferdinand and My Chemical Romance filled the airwaves as you tore around city streets and the open country. The soundtrack was perfect, just like most of EA's games from this era. ICONIC: You just know we're talking about Burnout from a screenshot like this
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