Take me down to Paradise City all over again.

The Burnout franchise from EA Games and Criterion has gone from a destruction derby like clone to an open world racer as it has evolved well over a decades time.

With Burnout 3: Takedown still being my fave of faves in the entire series, Burnout Paradise took us fanboys and girls to an open world where you drove about a large map and undertook racing or Takedown challenges as you came across them.

Now, EA Games’ Paradise’s motorized foray, which originally released in 2008, has had a current gen makeover with eye candy visuals and a higher 4K framerate added.

The game has you start out as a newbie in a rundown vehicle that resembles a Learner Driver aftermath. It’s upto you to keep it on the road and get it up to a standard you are happy with by visiting any of the Garages dotted within the city. There are also paint shops aswell as Service Stations where you can refill that all glorious Nitro. However keep driving dangerously and your Nitro gauge will refill slowly anyway.

The city is an endless stream of highways, byways and streets where a race can take place at any moment. Basically just drive around and look for opportunities.

You will acquire a driver’s license which keeps a record of your recklessness, but it’s not the Fuzz that’s watching you – worse, it’s the most nefarious racers within the game that will want to take you on and burn you out, if you play online. And Burnout Paradise’s ultimate intention is exactly that, for you to partake in globally ranked races and missions behind the wheel of anything from muscle cars to hotrods and more.

The insane Takedowns are still a big part of gameplay that have made this franchise what it is. Spectacular over-the-top crash and smash animations are what made Burnout, well, Burnout.

Differing events such as general racing to having a target car that has to go down aswell as Stunt Events (my favourite mode from Burnout 3). Overall you must try to make it to a point while other vehicles delight in trading paint with you.

Car customization is full on and this too has had a massive overhaul with way more options and customs than you’ll ever need.

Burnout Paradise Remastered is a urban based racer. A more than satisfying drive down memory-lane, but with EA Games taking alot of the fun aspects from the Burnout series over the years and including in their enduring Need for Sped titles, Burnout Paradise’s gameplay does not offer anything exceptionally new.

Nonetheless, if you have always longed for a return of Takedowns and full to the brim racing carnage, also at a low price point, then Burnout Paradise is worth getting.

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Criterion Games, a studio of Electronic Arts Inc. has announced Burnout Paradise Remastered will become available on March the 16th, 2018 on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, inviting players to wreak havoc and unleash automotive anarchy once more.

Players will be transported back into the world of Paradise City to tear it up in the ultimate driving playground, from hectic downtown avenues to the wild mountain roads. Pull off high-octane stunts and create insane car destruction in one of the greatest arcade-driving games ever created.

Burnout Paradise Remastered includes the original base game and the eight add-on game packs released during the Year of Paradise, including the extension to the drivable world with Big Surf Island. Burnout Paradise Remastered also features a range of technical enhancements for greater visual fidelity, including high resolution textures for players to explore Paradise City in 4K with supporting 60FPS on the PlayStation 4 Pro and Xbox One X.

“When people think of Criterion Games, they often remember the Burnout franchise and for good reason. What we created 10 years ago, is as fun and unique today as it was back then,” said Matt Webster, General Manager at Criterion Games. “Burnout Paradise is an open world arcade racer built to provide players the thrill of racing with their friends, in a free form way that’s both seamless and immersive. Featuring Criterion’s trademark speed and destruction with awesome stunts and spectacular crashes. With the release of this remaster, we’re able to share this action-packed ride and innovate online vehicle play with a whole new generation of players.”

Burnout Paradise Remastered is rated M and will be available digitally and in stores on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. It will be available later this year on Origin for PC, bringing the Big Surf Island add-on to PC players for the very first time. EA Access members will also get to play Burnout Paradise Remastered before its worldwide launch, starting on March the 9th, 2018 via the Play First Trial.

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