Reading through the available Xbox360 games, one game I had thoughts of getting was Burnout Paradise. I had Burnout 2 for Gamecube and it was a fun arcade racer. Burnout Paradise was in similar vein but crossed with the open world with GTA. It was actually because of the open world concept I didn’t get it right away.

In Burnout Paradise, you can drive around and explore Paradise City. If you stop at a traffic light and spin your wheels, you can enter a race or some other sort of event; typically driving across the city along any route you pick. The problem is if you don’t win, you’ll have to drive back to the original intersection to try again! I thought that “feature” would be incredibly irritating (they’ve since patched it so you can restart) but it turns out it wasn’t that bad anyways!

I bought Burnout Paradise this weekend now that it’s $20 every where. The game is not structured like normal driving games where you have to enter tournaments or championships, it really is open ended. You can race from this part of the city, and then play a new event in another part of the city. You progress in the game by getting a better license by winning or completing events. It really is free formed and not as irritating as I thought it would be.

There’s a lot of stuff to do, it looks great, and it’s not too hard to play (at least not yet – I’m still at the beginning) and now for $20 it’s a great deal.

Posted by Kevin in Blogs Tags: driving, games, xbox