Burnout: Paradise

[Demon Cleaner]

The next Burnout game will be released on the 360 and the PS3, unfortunately only next winter. I just saw a trailer on TV and my only reaction was:

[Harrison]

I just watched the trailer and it does look very polished, although even the previous Xbox versions looked really nice. Obviously the move to HD will have the biggest impact and make it look even more amazing.

[Submeg]

I have been hooked by Burout since Burnout 3, I have revenge and I have to get the new one that is out at the mo

[Harrison]

Burnout Dominator? I wouldn't bother.

I much preferred Revenge and Takedown (3) over it. It doesn't really add much new except for some of the tracks having more branches so you can take different routes. They have also removed the crash junction mode from the game which is annoying.

About the only thing going for it is the slightly improved graphics. Well they say and the reviews say they are, but again I think revenge looks better. Also Dominator seems much easier.

[Submeg]

oh really? cheers Harrison! saved me some cash

[Demon Cleaner]

Yeah, Dominator is easier, you can often make a whole lap with boosting without crashing and taking all the guardrails.

[Submeg]

well that sucks....the whole point of it was to be hard...

[Harrison]

Indeed. You can chain together too many boosts in Dominator and it just gets ridiculous and boring too fast. I found myself going back to the previous games within an hour of playing it.

[J T]

I still have a major fondness for the original burnout. The highway level had some intense traffic and neat scripted events. Plus the ace way the music got more and more frantic the faster you went, and crazy on boost!

What EA gave in polish, the series lost in charm..... that's life and business though.

[Harrison]

With a lot of games the original first game is always the best when everything is considered. Graphics might get polished, audio and voice acting may improve, but the original in any series had the true innovation and gameplay that all sequels have just copied across.

A great example of this has to be Driver. The first game on the PSX was brilliant and I don't think any of the sequels have matched it properly. The second game for me got too complicated with silly extra bits, the third was the worst by far (although I did still enjoy it) and even parallel lines is missing something. And even today, the graphics may have dating and now look quite pixelated and grainy, but the original still plays just as well.