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Burnout Paradise (2008)

Criterion Games

PC (Microsoft Windows) · PlayStation 3 · Xbox 360

3.64 from 2138 ratings

6314 members have it in their collection · 130 playing now · 1897 backlogged · 255 wish listed

How long? Main story 15h · with extras 35h · 100% 26h (from 11 logged playthroughs)

Evolve or die. For Paradise, we knew we had to change everything. Burnout was a killer arcade driving game, but for a new generation of hardware and connected player Burnout had to become something more ambitious. Closed tracks made way for an expansive, open city, and we seamlessly synced your friends into the action and let you loose on a … Read more
Evolve or die. For Paradise, we knew we had to change everything. Burnout was a killer arcade driving game, but for a new generation of hardware and connected player Burnout had to become something more ambitious. Closed tracks made way for an expansive, open city, and we seamlessly synced your friends into the action and let you loose on a heap of cool challenges that unsurprisingly rewarded you for driving like a lunatic. Hey, it’s us after all. Read less
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Details

Developers
Criterion Games
Publishers
Electronic Arts
Genres
Racing
Themes
Action, Open world, Sandbox
Series
Burnout
Event
Sony E3 2007 Press Conference
Steam
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Release dates

  • Jan 22, 2008 (North_America) PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
  • Jan 25, 2008 (Europe) PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
  • Feb 07, 2008 (Australia) PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
  • Feb 21, 2008 (Japan) PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 3, Xbox 360

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Rating distribution

5 stars
422
4 stars
791
3 stars
685
2 stars
209
1 star
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ARNO129

Status ARNO129 Aug 3, 2025

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Hey, if you haven’t played Burnout Paradise (the original 2008 version), you’re missing out. It’s one of the most fun arcade racing game. The open-world city is huge, the speed feels incredible, and the crashes are just insane in the best way. You can race, explore, or just mess around. Honestly, it was way ahead of its time. Definitely worth …

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Hey, if you haven’t played Burnout Paradise (the original 2008 version), you’re missing out. It’s one of the most fun arcade racing game. The open-world city is huge, the speed feels incredible, and the crashes are just insane in the best way. You can race, explore, or just mess around. Honestly, it was way ahead of its time. Definitely worth playing even today.

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Exterminans27

Status Exterminans27 Jan 23, 2024

Way to ruin this franchise. Not every game needs an open world and racing games most definitely do not need an open world.

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plasmasnake

Status plasmasnake Jan 21, 2024

Having fun with this on the Switch (after paying $6 on sale) but there are annoying attempts to go online every time it starts up, fortunately they can be clicked past eventually.

City is small and somewhat bland (and literally lifeless but understandable they wanted to avoid people getting hit for the age rating), they should have gone more colorful …

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Having fun with this on the Switch (after paying $6 on sale) but there are annoying attempts to go online every time it starts up, fortunately they can be clicked past eventually.

City is small and somewhat bland (and literally lifeless but understandable they wanted to avoid people getting hit for the age rating), they should have gone more colorful and possibly outlandish, mixed more architectural styles in. Also a few streets should have more traffic even if it's avoided elsewhere because it would mean constant lower speed collisions (but is that truly bad in a Burnout game?), at least during rush hour.

Is there a 'cause a huge pileup and get a higher score for more damage' minigame anywhere in here?

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cefer

Status cefer Sep 26, 2021

idk if this is the right word, but crashing cars in this game is so therapeutic

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kingbk83

Status kingbk83 Jul 8, 2020

I know this game came out years ago, but it just released to the Switch and it's my first time ever playing it. Let me tell ya, if EA released more games like this on the Switch, their reputation wouldn't be so negative on the console. This is such a fun game, it's like Grand Theft Auto, racing edition. Lots …

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I know this game came out years ago, but it just released to the Switch and it's my first time ever playing it. Let me tell ya, if EA released more games like this on the Switch, their reputation wouldn't be so negative on the console. This is such a fun game, it's like Grand Theft Auto, racing edition. Lots of fun events with a great variety, a ton of cars to collect, a ton of secrets to uncover, and boy, do you feel like you are going FAST in this game! Great soundtrack with a lot of rock tunes from the 80s, 90s and 2000s. I love playing a few races on my TV, or at night going handheld while my family watches TV. Really fun game and runs very well on the Switch.

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KP_Neato_Dee

Status KP_Neato_Dee Sep 24, 2019

Just installed the newer "Remastered" version and am trying it out. I can't really tell any difference from the original, and I thought those graphics were fine, but it's been a while. Anyways, hooray for Burnout!

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peter

Status peter Oct 30, 2018

Adding to my year behind gamer catalog, I just picked up burnout paradise remastered for $9 on PS4 on some PS+ discount. This game is amazing and worth way more than $9, but I’m glad I waited around to grab it again.

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peter

Status peter Feb 6, 2017

How does this game only have a 3.66 average rating? I didn't realize that we'd gotten this one so wrong on here. This was the very first game I ever downloaded on my PS3. I was so excited to finally be able to play a game straight off of my hard drive, and it just so happened to be one …

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How does this game only have a 3.66 average rating? I didn't realize that we'd gotten this one so wrong on here. This was the very first game I ever downloaded on my PS3. I was so excited to finally be able to play a game straight off of my hard drive, and it just so happened to be one of the best driving games ever.

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