Burnout Paradise: The Ultimate Box

Publisher: Electronic Arts

Developer: Criterion Games

Genre: Racing

Release Date: Feb 5, 2009

ESRB: Everyone 10+

System Requirements:

Processor: 2.8 GHz or equivalent

RAM: 1GB

Graphic Card: 128 MB

Hard Disk Drive: 4GB free space

“Welcome to Paradise City!” This is how you are greeted when you enter this amazing world of driving! Burnout Paradise offers you open-world free form racing. And wait, that is just not it! You can perform various stunts, crash into almost anything, takedown vehicles and race against time. Perhaps the best part of this game is its variety, and you are your own boss while exploiting it.

The game has 70+ unlockable vehicles, of different modes: Speed, Stunt and Aggression. Spread across Paradise City are various points, which allow you to start a event of your will, be it Stunt Run where you crash bill boards and perform super jumps in air, Race where you beat other cars to the checkpoint or Burning Route where you need to race against time at Burnout speed, there is excitement at every corner, literally! Other available missions are Road Rage where you have to smash up other cars to win, and the Marked Man, where you are the target, and need to reach the checkpoint before you are totaled by your nagging pursuers. Some challenges involve nothing more than reaching seemingly inaccessible areas. The Showtime mode allows you to crash on vehicles at will, and cause damage. Then there is offline racing where you beat the best time of another player, across almost every highway. Occasionally you find some crazy driver roving Paradise City with a new car. But there cannot be two Kings in a city. Just shut the vehicle down, and add it to your collection.

You'll spend the majority of your time in Paradise City on four wheels, but there's an option to use just two. Paradise Bikes are just as amazing being blisteringly fast. And they hardly take a damage as you race on, or rather, crash on!

The multiplayer mode of this game is equally versatile. The Burnout Paradise Party, an offline pass-the-controller mode should provide chill out fun while hanging in with friends. Going online too is just a few clicks away, and you can pop into any race, anytime.

Visually, this game is a sumptuous feast. Running at its highest resolution, Paradise City has never looked crisper or more vibrant. Every wreck, every smash is superbly detailed and realistic as the cars deform just as you would want them to. The weather effect, and the night time Paradise City provides any gamers delight!

The audio effects are top-notch; the screech of brakes, the horn of the car and other such ambient noises make the game more realistic. Unfortunately, DJ Atomica continues to irritate as you try to drive and relax.

Undoubtedly, this 2009 release is one of the best PC Racing games available till date. So what are you all game freaks waiting for? Grab your copy, and Game On! There are yet more features, which you will discover first hand!