burnout paradise remastered switch review

When they say 60 FPS in handheld, they mean it. Even though this is technically an older game, I still was shocked to see zero frame rate dips in handheld mode. After all, this is Burnout and things move at lightspeed. I could not believe my eyes and kept waiting for performance to drop. Have you ever had an older family friend or relative walk in while you were playing a sports title and ask with a bewildered tone, “Is this a video game or a real game?” I felt that similar elderly mystification when I pulled the Switch console off the dock and played Burnout in handheld mode. But is it too late? What I Like Handheld Performance Especially considering how great the game is in shorter and smaller doses, Burnout Paradise felt like the perfect EA Switch entry.ĮA would eventually come to their senses, so here we are. Remember, too, that this was right around when the Switch was really taking off and defying expectations. After all, the Switch’s non-Mario Kart racing offerings are not exactly plentiful, and a revamped classic from the previous console generation frankly felt like an obvious priority and easy win. That being said, it felt odd at that time when it was not only not announced for Switch, but an EA rep confirmed that they had “nothing to announce” about a potential Switch port. Remastered is unquestionably one of the best entries in the Burnout series, even if the open world gets stale from time to time, and I played it for obscene lengths on the PS4. Patiently, I waited for and pounced on a juicy PSN sale, and I was completely immersed in Paradise City. Naturally, when the remaster was released in 2018, I was ready to hop back in and truly give the game the attention it deserved. I loved Burnout: Revenge the most, but every so often, the allure of “open world Burnout” would catch my attention. The latter steps of this process would repeat more than once, as an insatiable craving for the arcade racers of yesteryear fondly brought my mind back to the quarter-guzzling Cruis’n series and middle school summers playing the original Burnout. I avoided the title until it become a discount Greatest Hits title, and even then, I could not stand the open world to the point that I at most reached 25 percent completion before selling the game on eBay. I was late to the Burnout Paradise party.

That song has been in a million things and played at countless events, but my mind jumps to the junkyard car falling from the sky. When I hear the opening riff to Paradise City, I still get transported back to Burnout Paradise.

Burnout paradise remastered switch review