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[โ€“] altima_neo@lemmy.zip 48 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Paradise is simply not a Burnout game. It's a great racing game, but there's nothing Burnout about it.

I'll take Burnout 3 or even Burnout Revenge any day. That crash junctions are the series bread and butter.

[โ€“] ChicoSuave@lemmy.world 13 points 3 months ago

I thought no one remembered when Burnout was a puzzle game with car physics and explosions. It was criminal to turn Burnout into a full racing game.

[โ€“] AlternateRoute@lemmy.ca 12 points 3 months ago (2 children)

I also strongly agree that Burnout 3: Takedown and Burnout Revenge are the best in the series, the most focused and polished.. Burnout Paradise is OK but lacks something those other two have.

[โ€“] AsterixTheGoth@lemmy.ml 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Whenever I think about Burnout Paradise I think about somebody (I think it was Yahtzee) describing the world of Burnout Paradise as a post apocalyptic nightmare world where cars have taken over, and one lone human hides out in his radio station broadcasting desperately to a murderous mechanical audience.

[โ€“] redhorsejacket@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

While it's possible that a different reviewer applied that hypothetical headcanon to the Burnout series, I believe you're actually thinking of Ross' Game Dungeon. Specifically the Trackmania Canyon video, not Burnout.

[โ€“] altima_neo@lemmy.zip 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

It lacks the crash junctions. It has a really half assed mode that's nowhere near as interesting.

Also racing in an open world not nearly as fun as racing in bespoke tracks.