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Burnout Paradise: Big Surf Island

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Publisher: Electronic Arts

Developer: Criterion Games

Genre(s): Racing

Players: 8

ESRB Rating: E10+ (Everyone 10 and Older)

Release Date: June 11, 2009

Summary

The island is roughly the size of Downtown Paradise, but features gameplay unlike any other area in the game. We're running with the mantra "if you can see it, you can drive it" to introduce a new level of freedom to Burnout Paradise. The island features the biggest, most awesome jumps in the entire game. Big Surf Island contains over 5 hours of gameplay bringing you more of everything you love about Burnout Paradise with a few new surprises along the way. The Dust Storm Buggy available to drive straight away. 8 Incredible New Cars to Win. 15 Events (Including all New Island Tours). 10 Freeburn Challenges. 12 New Roads to Rule. 75 Island Smashes. 45 Island Billboards. 15 Island Mega Jumps. [Criterion Games]

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Destructoid

Whether you've done all there is to do in Paradise City, or you just recently purchased Burnout Paradise, "Big Surf Island" shouldn't be passed up. And, for the record, this thing totally did make me break out into my "giddy like a schoolgirl" routine.

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Boomtown

Paradise feels reinvented, certainly reinvigorated. Fabulous fun.

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3DJuegos

If you are a Burnout Paradise fan, you can’t skip this Big Surf Island add-on.

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Xbox World 360 Magazine UK

A fun playground boasting ace stunt lines. It's miniscule size is a real issue, though. [Sept 2009, p.104]

Game Revolution

While the new island is certainly a fun diversion with a few interesting gifts in store for Paradise City veterans to unlock, it's an ephemeral one that won't hold interest for long, making it hard to recommend this whole-heartedly to everyone.

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What Our Users Said

The average user rating for this game is 6.1 (out of 10) based on 9 User Votes

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George J gave it a10:
I simply love the island because it brings me so much content in small ways(toy legendary cars!). The jumps are truly big as I was able to pull off six seconds of airtime with one of the new toy cars, nine awesome cars total to unlock, and lastly I have a new place to have some reinvented fun online thanks to the density of all the creative and massive ramps that can be found online.

Joel H gave it a9:
This add-on is a very unexpected surprise. I was looking forward to it simply for the reason that I love Burnout Paradise. However, this release has exceeded my expectations, and I don't anticipate leaving the island to race downtown or elsewhere any time soon. The whole tropical island feel is a welcome change (particularly the sunsets), and the new "mega jumps" are a lot of fun. I also very much enjoy driving around in the new buggy, which has great handling and is extremely tough to boot. If you have any reluctance to purchase Big Surf Island due to the price, please rest assured that the investment is well worth the cost, especially considering all the free content and upgrades Criterion has given us since the Paradise launch date.

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