Burnout Paradise
Burnout Paradise is a PlayStation 3 racing game released in 2008 developed by Criterion Games. It centers on driving and route control, vehicle control, and route judgment, with controls and information arranged around the DualShock 3 or Sixaxis twin sticks, triggers, and face buttons, with PlayStation Move only where explicitly supported.
- AI score · out of 10
- 8.3 / 10
About this game
Burnout Paradise is a PlayStation 3 racing game centered on driving and route control, vehicle control, and route judgment. Tracks raise pressure through corners, rivals, and time targets, with progress divided into stages, tasks, matches, or growth milestones that make immediate goals understandable. Its value depends on whether these rules continue to create judgment and room for mastery rather than on length, sales, or series recognition. Short campaigns are judged by repeat-challenge value, while longer ones are judged by variety, pacing, and recovery after failure. Speed, track boundaries, and vehicle feedback determine driving readability, while HD 3D scenes, Blu-ray data streaming, surround audio, and cinematic presentation need to preserve action, state, and text readability together. The genre-specific limitation is that visibility, collisions, steering precision, wheel support, or loading can limit consistency. Platform conditions also include Blu-ray loading, HDD installs, system software, DualShock 3 battery life, Move accessories, resolution and frame rate, and retired online services affect present-day use. This description covers only this platform release and does not import features or conveniences from remasters, emulators, or other console editions.
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Free-roaming speed remains thrilling; original online play has retired.
The original PlayStation 3 Burnout Paradise turns a series of closed tracks into a city of intersections, risky overtakes and destructive shortcuts. Starting events while roaming makes ordinary driving productive: road records, billboards and licence progress keep supplying small goals. Crumpling vehicles, dramatic crash cameras and forceful engine audio preserve the speed and impact that define Burnout. The trade-off is orientation. Learning routes while racing can be confusing, and the absence of a quick return to a particular starting point makes focused retries inconvenient. Showtime is entertaining as an improvisational pile-up, though it does not fully replace the older designed Crash challenges. A direct comparison found the PS3 frame rate strong and its image slightly crisper, while warning that the minimap is difficult to read on a standard-definition display. EA has retired the original online service, so this assessment concerns the offline game that remains playable, not the historic online feature set.
Strengths
- Open routes, forceful crashes and plentiful discoveries.
Weaknesses
- Route reading and returning to event starts cause friction.
Who it is for: Players who enjoy open-world arcade racing and takedowns.
Play notes: Original PS3 offline play only; the map is hard to read on SD displays.
View scoring basis
| Dimension | Review state | Score | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dimension 内容充足但定点练习不便。 | Reviewed | 8.0 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension 开放路网成功承载系列冲撞乐趣。 | Reviewed | 8.8 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension 视觉强项超过配乐短处。 | Reviewed | 8.3 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension 离线可玩，版本条件需说明。 | Reviewed | 7.6 / 10 | Not provided |
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Core information
- Developer
- Criterion Games
- Publisher
- Electronic Arts
- Release date
- 2008
- Platforms
- PlayStation 3
- Content kind
- Game
- Release state
- Released
- Region
- Worldwide
- Official website
- Not provided
- Offline minimum players
- Not provided
- Offline maximum players
- Not provided
- Online minimum players
- Not provided
- Online maximum players
- Not provided
- Categories
- Racing · Primary genre
- Tags
- Local Co-opFast-pacedDodgeMain Story Under 10 HoursPick-up and PlayReplayableThird PersonPlayer versus PlayerDriving and RacingShort SessionsSolo-friendly
- Supported game languages
- Not provided
- Requires base game
- Not provided
- Standalone
- Not provided
- Age ratings
- Not provided
- Play modes
- MultiplayerSingle player
- Perspectives
- Third personFirst person
Release editions
- Xbox 360Worldwide2008
- PlayStation 3Worldwide2008
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