Paradise is simply not a Burnout game. It's a great racing game, but there's nothing Burnout about it.

I'll take Burnout 3 or even Burnout Revenge any day. That crash junctions are the series bread and butter.

Burnout Revenge.

Fight me.

I have fond memories of hanging out, smoking weed, and filling my belly with diet soda while playing Burnout Revenge for the PS2.

Being serious it's Revenge

Burnout 3 baby!!

I love takedown, it is definitely up there with one of my favourite games of all time, paradise however was a struggle to get the motivation to finish.

I just don't like open world games and the races all felt the same on paradise, all the takedowns felt like it was a repetition of the last and I just wasn't enjoying it by the end.

Also crash mode..... Takedown wins hands down for me.

Burnout 3 absolutely. Paradise was a great game but it's format shift to open world effectively killed the series. Also made races really repetitive since they always went to the same places and you didn't have an incentive to explore the rest of the map, which was full of really cool stuff like the quarry and train lines...

Anyway Burnout 3 is just the perfection of the classic formula. Shoutouts to Revenge for the traffic check mechanic and the cool new car designs.

I think paradise is a better game, but I prefer takedown because I loved the road rage mode where you try to create the most damage, and I like the races not to be on an open map.

@HotWheelsVroom @asklemmy yes.
They both have strengths and weaknesses, I preferred take down but it's not a big difference in terms of "better"

Takedown feels more like a racing game, whereas Paradise's open world lets you more accustomed with its environment, so the answer varies on what i want to play that time

Burnout 3 because it's the only I played, and I played it very much

I absolutely adored Burnout Paradise. It's my favorite game in the series. It's also a very different kind of game though, so I get why people get up in arms about it.

Crashing into billboards was a great collectible of which I never grew tired.

Definitely Burnout 3. Paradise didn't feel like a real Burnout game to me but I also hated the open world.

Burnout Revenge is the better game.

Reading these replies , I'm going to have to watch some videos on Burnout 3. I played it back in the day but I'd forgotten things like aftertouch to wreck more vehicles.

I played through games 1 & 2 a few years back and I loved the Crash Junctions.

Having been playing Burnout: Paradise recently, I now see what's missing. Its a fun racer but stripped of a lot of what came before.

Both are great! Takedown was great with friends infront of the TV, but Paradise had an amazing Online experience.

Don't make me choooooose!!!! (It's Takedown)

Nobody has mentioned the fucking soundtracks.

Takedown had an immense soundtrack.

Burnout Takedown. Hands down. Easily.

Paradise was prettier, better graphics and all that, but for playability. Takedown by a country mile.

It needs to be remastered or whatever they call it.

I liked paradise, but I gotta say, we were always a Midtown Madness family anyway.

I used to be a Takedown purist; but I kinda lean on the side of Paradise on the other side of having 100%'d the pre-remaster version without the DLCs added and shit. The only place I feel Paradise is lacking is we don't get Aftertouch anymore, and there's so many missing takedown types from Takedown and Revenge.

I do love how they created fake manufacturers and models to get around not having to license real-world manufacturers, too.

To repeat what the others said: paradise was very open world and samey, and takedown was epic.

I have no opinions on either, just parroting the thread. I am not a bot, bleep bloop.

Paradise, revenge, and takedown, I played lots. While I liked them all Paradise has my vote. Has the driving mechanics and the crash mechanics of the main games but adds exploration and fun challenges.