As you can probably tell from my Last Post I have been thinking a lot about what genres i like in gaming. We all pretty much know now that i am all about the FPS and Hack ad slash games. But recently i have taken a shin to a game that isn’t any of the above.
What game am i talking about? Well if you have been seeing me on Box live recently you will probably been seeing me play Burnout Paradise constantly or hours on end. My thoughts on the game can be viewed here But why does this particular driving game have me hooked when others don’t?
Earlier in the year i had a go at playing project Gotham 4. My house mate has a copy so i decided to give it a whirl. When i first played it, I pretty much played two or three races then turned the thing off. I could not get on with the controls, they seemed to simulated for my liking, and looking at my game collection now i can safely say i like my games to be less real as possible.
PGR4 Looks great but handels too realistically for my liking
And before i hear people start questioning my last statement i just want to say one thing. Even though people think GTA IV is pretty realistic let me point out a couple of things. A) have you ever seen a guy pull out a full scale racket launcher out of his jacket pocket? B) have you seen someone survive a bike crash by flying half a mile down the road and hitting a lamp post? and C) do you really think the police are really that stupid? :p
Anyway back to the subject in hand. What burnout paradise has that other drivers these days don’t have is Lack of realism. This is probably the only game i can think of hat has no people in it at all, You can speed round the city and 300 miles an hour for no real reason. And unlike all these car games such as stunt man, you can pull of stunt whenever and wherever the heck you want.
Now speeding around the city in an over the top car. Thats more my thing!
The mixture of challenges is brilliant. (Road rage has to be the best invention ever) and the online with friends is even better with online challenges around the city, as well as races and all sorts. This game is massive.
So a word of advice to people lik me who do not like driving games and steer clear of them. Try burout Paradise, its extreme, brutal and a great laugh with friends. especially when you go an xbox live vision camera 
Grv!
