Burnout Paradise Remastered
Violetta Wagganer
The only serious grievance to bear in mind is that at $49.99, the price is something of an insult. Burnout Paradise Remastered currently costs $20 on other systems (and is heavily discounted on PC and PS4 at the time of writing), so paying more than double the price for the privilege of a blurry handheld mode feels a bit frustrating. We appreciate that the Xbox One and PS4 versions have been out for two years now, but they originally launched at $39.99, meaning even by launch price standards, Switch owners are getting a bum deal.
the price is crazy i got the amazing bioshock collection and borderlands for the same price as this post. and they are amazing ports. a little less would have beed day one purchess. but no way at that price
But it cost me 4.99, which was less than the DLC alone for the Xbox 360, so it was worth it. A remaster, especially if it comes late and isn't as good a port as it should be, has to be released at a low price. Look at Duke Nukem 3D: cheaper than on the competition, with a temporary 50% even, because they know it's an old game and a version that comes 4 years after Xbox One and PS4's versions. That's the way to go.
I've tried this on Xbox One X and it doesn't even look good on that and it's far from the best Burnout game as the open world diluted the formula and the crash mode is basically gone. So 45 for a spruced up PS3 game that I can literally spend 79p to play elsewhere, not a chance
It would've certainly ran better. Makes no sense to me. Oh well I have it on PS3 and didn't care for it so I guess I'll skip it. Sad the price too. Price it the same as it came out for xb1/ps4 unless N is taking a larger cut then tsk tsk on N for doing that.
Should have expected this from EA really looks at Fifa 21 being another cash grab but there was faint hope this may actually be a glorious remaster, as it turns out its a horrific cash grab!
This whole culture of low-res visuals on a hi-res screen is very frustrating these days. Not sure if it's Nintendo's fault for having low-performance hardware, budget restraints imposed by the publishers on the developers, laziness or the fact that the original engine just isn't optimised for Switch, who knows? Possibly a bit of all of these factors. The bottom line is that I'll buy it for the Xbox for less than half the price and play it on the TV if I feel the urge at some point.
When the price was revealed I actually thought it was a mistake and thought that the only way I would even consider buying this is if it turned out to be a fantastically optimised port... if the price wasn't as high people might have looked past the performance issues a bit or if they cut the framrate in handheld mode to improve the resolution. A good framerate it all well and good but if you can't see what is going on it makes it a bit moot. I'd only consider this on sale and just never play it in handheld mode if I ever did get it.
Burnout 3 is one of the greatest games ever made. Nothing matches the satisfaction of getting your approach in Crash Mode just right. I wish that was the one getting the remaster instead of Paradise. Driving around from driving challenge to driving challenge isn't fun. I want to just do the dang challenges.
What, blurry? It looks great on my Switch. I'm doing just as well on it as i was doing on PC too. I am biased because i love Burnout, but to me it feels absolutely great. And looks sharp, so i really don't understand that part.
I'm kind of afraid people might miss out on this amazing game, for it being called blurry, which again, is simply not the case imo. Then again, maybe that'll get it down to a more reasonable price sooner?
Was planning on getting this on the switch eventually but couldnt pass up playing it for a dollar on the PS4. Game is definitely still fun but very dated in a lot of ways. Still lots of fun to be had but after 15ish hours im pretty much done with it already.
In all fairness, I have Asphalt and liked it a lot, but the game while it might look good enough it doesn't run well at all, it might look nice, but the framerate tanks all the time, this game seems MUCH better in performance.
Anyway, my issue with this game is the limited multiplayer. Going by the eshop listing Burnout only has online multiplayer and not split screen. That is a big NO in my book right now. How ironic that a free to play game like Asphalt includes it but not this. Such a shame.
It's one kind of failure to stuff a review with bullet points like price (the data destined to become obsolete as sales roll by), but "handheld mode is really blurry"? Not even asking what otherworldly version I have just got off eShop and been speeding through for over an hour, but the very undocked screenshots shared here... which PART is supposed to be looking "really blurry" there?
The Tegra is OLD. Like Super Old. IF publishers would keep to 360 era stuff then it would be fine but they're trying to shoe-horn newer stuff and it's just not working. Sure it's 'playable' but the sacrifices are just too much imo.
@sword_9mm these developers are just lazy while Nintendo is the best. Plus rayman legends runs at 1080p 60fps so clearly any game can run at proper resolutions and frame rates. Stop giving lame excuses for the company. It's NOT Nintendo's fault.
"Outrageously fast racing" - That applies to any racing game, it's part of the genre! What a generic and meaningless point.
"The price is a car crash" - one of the worst puns I've ever read. Also since when is the price part of the score?
"Lacking in modern 'quality of life' features" - well yeah, it's an old game, what did you expect?
"Handheld mode is really blurry" - yeah, that's to be expected, it's handheld mode!
@Agramonte At least PGA 2K21 and MLB The Show are coming to the console soon. Still need an NFL game, which with EA holding the rights to NFL simulation games and refusing to port over Madden, could be a while.
I have had it on everything it came out on. I 103% both PS3 and 360 versions, and just got it on the other versions cause its an amazing game. I have had friends tell me its super fun to play and really the price tag is the only downside.
I don't think it's that from what I've read though I could be wrong. N takes the same from publishers as do Sony and MS: 11-12% according to the last place I could find it. That's strictly the fee to put it on the console.
Cartridge? This one is fully legitimate and N is stupid for charging for them. They dug that expensive grave they can die and bury themselves in it. BUT does this game come on cart? If the review said I must not have noticed.
Maybe it's a Nintendo owner's tax? Maybe EA knows N only folks are so starved for anything they'll buy anything. I've rebought a few things on Switch for portability. Maybe that's what EA is thinking (I'm sure it is).
Complaining about the price but ignores the fact that ALL of the Wii and Wii U re-re-releases have the same or higher price point...you cant have it both ways. Dont complain about the price of this but then pay full price for the third release of the same Nintendo game
@Bmartin001 it's not nessecarily that horrible if you consider it a new release. Sure it really should be 30 but it can't compete with already heavy discounts on other consoles from day 1 and have any incentive to exist.
Criterion did a great job with this port and I'm glad they brought the Burnout series back to a Nintendo platform. This means Burnout Paradise is the third entry for Nintendo player who had missed the series since the GameCube editions. I still hate EA for taking the series away from Nintendo players since we're still missing the other 4 entries before this one but it's nice Criterion got a chance to work on a Nintendo platform again. For what they could accomplished here and what I had expecting I say they did their best. Would had wish the game came out sooner alongside the other two versions last year but this one still run very solid. If Criterion could also remastered the four missing ones for Switch I would be all arms for those, heck even better if they did the first two again too.
@retro_player_77 Criterion is a shell of its former self, all the main developers and creators of the burnout series have left or started other studios. Criterion hasn't created a game worth playing in 10 years.. it will go the way of blackbox.
@Bondi_Surfer That's cause the game is not an arcade (Top Gear, Horizon Chase Turbo, Virtua Racing, etc.) or simulation racing games (Gran Turismo, Forza, Ridge Racer, etc.), it's a street racing game in similar style to Need for Speed: Most Wanted, Underground, Midnight Club, and Street Racing Sydicate. The series was born at the time when the street racing craze were still popular (both in videogames, movies, and real life) which is the reason for the open world driving and race hunting. Unlike arcade racing and simulation racing games, street racing games had you traveling the city at night to search for a race to earn money for parts, upgrades, and new vehicles and you race according to an assign route, not through laps like arcade and simulation racer does.
@retro_player_77 Agreed. And that's my problem with it. They took Burnout, which was my favourite arcade racer, and morphed it into a street racer, which I dislike. Basically, I want a new arcade-style Burnout racer, where I can race with mates in real life. And then they can charge full price for it...
It looks fine for the most part. I'm only playing in handheld mode though. The resolution is obviously dynamic, but the game otherwise looks and plays great. I somehow recall Most Wanted U looking better than this, but memory can be a funny thing.
I also bought the physical edition of Ion Fury, the cartridge was already out of date (game required an update) and it runs at 30fps with performance dips throughout. I'm enjoying my time with it, but the performance issues are absolutely pathetic considerating that it's running on an engine from 1996.
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