Burnout Paradise

Burnout Paradise

Burnout Paradise is a fascinating game. It takes the open-world, online play style pioneered in Test Drive Unlimited and couples it with the Burnout series' action-packed, thrash-and-burn gameplay. The result is one of the best racers on the road, where online and offline opponents cruise the same streets at the same time, and you can basically do anything you want as long as it involves driving fast, crashing, or both. The game takes place in the eponymous Paradise City, a locale that serves triple duty as setting, victim, and front end. It's a setting because it's where you drive; a victim because it's what you'll wreck; and a front end because you'll never have to jump out to a menu to change modes or go online--everything you could ever want to run over or crash into is right here in Paradise City...and it's also downloadable at a discount price as well on the PlayStation Network.