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For online challengers, it's OK. Buy Burnout Revenge instead for the thrill. 2010-07-20

Reviewer: Nathan Schubach

After playing the emensely addictive Burnout Revenge game for the original Xbox, when I purchased a PS3, I didn't even do my research on this game, but I really should have. While the excitement is still sort of there, I can't tell you how disappointed I was.

Now I'm not that into online playing modes, so immediately I'm regretting what I bought into. Everything is done through the network: gamers' lap times, profiles, and even pictures that can be taken as you play different parts of the game are shared. One of my pet peeves is the fact that you have to go to Criterion's homepage before you even start the game...why? Who knows. It's also evident that more variety to the driving space could have been a huge plus...I can't tell you how many times I drove by the same jumps and garages before I got tired of them real quick. I'm unaware if the ultimate edition of the game gives you more cars or more land to drive on, but everything that you want to drive (the shiny cars, the quirky cars, the "toy cars"), you have to BUY seperately for the game at $6 a pop?!? Why? I bought the damn game, give me some cool stuff, Criterion.

In this version you get to ride motorcycles, too, which is OK, but the show-stoppers modes aren't available for them. You have to listen to the annoying DJ Atomika tell you things you already know all the way through the game, on top of music that cannot be changed to the user's own music...a serious flaw to the fun if you ask me. They even included a CD-worth of classical music in the soundtrack...to blend from Avril Lavigne's track into. What kind of DJ is this? A sadistic one. It's best to throw on some headphones and put the TV on Mute for this game.

Driving these cars (which all start off in various stages of junkyard versions post-demolition-derby-style, for some reason) feels fluid after a little while, but again, it's not like past versions of the game. You progress in the old games from slow, chunky-steering vessels to sleek, speed demons. In this version, you are told after you complete missions that there is a new car racing around out there, and if you find it and take it down, its yours to access in the "junkyard." So you don't really know what's faster, and it doesn't matter either b/c you'll find if you wanna go fast, all of the sudden you'll see a mission to enter that tests your endurance, which you don't have b/c you wanted the fast, light car. Also the "wrecked screens" in this version are terrible, taking 5-7 seconds before you're back on the road.

Ultimately, if you've never played the old versions, buy yourself a used Xbox and Burnout Revenge, but if you're browsing with $20 in your account and want a less-technical driving game that lets you blow your car up and take down unsuspecting motorists all in the nameof killing time, be my guest and purchase it. But the music is boring, you'll get sick of DJ Atomika, and the menus bait you to buy buy buy more more more, so try and be happy with what you bought.

Great game for single player and online, but sadly no split screen 2010-07-19

Reviewer: D. Duncan

This game is the best auto racing game on the PS3, but would be even better if it had split screen. Its replay value is just so much worse than it should be because of this. The story mode gets old fast, and you have to be creative to make the online mode fun, but it is still a good game. I highly recommend this game, especially if you like online racing.

Burnout Paradise 2010-07-13

Reviewer: Brigid Weldon

It's a really great game but when you see the crashes there are no bodies, and that bother's me. Which is in my opinion the only flaw at all.

Kids can't turn it off 2010-04-02

Reviewer: B. Steele

Bought this for my 11 yr old son and neither ne, nor my 8 yr old daughter can turn it off. They love driving around and finding new races and things to do. Great game.

Motorcycle doing wheelie can't flip backwards 2010-03-20

Reviewer: Happy r/c

Try GRID racing game which I think is better.

Way, way too many screen options before I could just start racing is very very frustrating.

Only 1 car and 1 motorcycle, the rest have to be bought online (stop nickel and dime me).

I didn't grow up with muscle cars, mostly rice burner cars.

Awesome crash scenes.