Burnout Paradise The Ultimate Box is the complete version with all DLC including Big Surf Island. The best way to experience Paradise City with even more content, vehicles and events. The genre reference.
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Category
Racing4 players7+
Description
Ultimate Burnout Paradise Electronic Arts edition including all downloadable content. Published by Electronic Arts, released in Asia in February 2009. Open world with no loading, night mode added, all DLC and online multiplayer mode. Asian version.
Burnout Paradise - The Ultimate Box review
MAX
Art direction
★★★★★
"Iconic"
MAX
Music
★★★★★
"Legendary"
1/5
Story
★★★★★
"Anecdotal"
Dizzying speed, motion blur and spectacular pile-ups filmed in slow motion: everything celebrates the crash as a genuine firework. The brilliance of the settings torn through at full tilt heightens the heady sensation. This visual extravagance, snappy and readable, makes every crash a peak of staging.
Supercharged, the EA Trax selection strings together edgy rock and nervy electro to electrify races built around the crash. Every track spikes the adrenaline and matches the insane speed of the pursuits. This infectious energy, cut for chaos, is an integral part of the sensation of pure release.
Gameplay
"Masterful"
This ultimate edition gathers all the content and modes around the same high-octane open-world arcade driving. Flooring it, drifting and smashing everything to pieces delivers immediate thrills that haven't aged. More complete than the original, it remains a safe bet for anyone chasing pure speed and pleasure without constraint.
Fun
"From the very first seconds"
An open city entirely devoted to speed, where you chain races, stunts and takedowns with no loading whatsoever: the freedom to bomb anywhere you like delivers a constant high. Causing a spectacular pile-up or beating a record stays an instant pleasure. Snappy, generous and fiercely addictive, an arcade racer that turns the whole city into a playground.
Addictiveness
"Obsessive"
Racing into oncoming traffic to swell your boost gauge and brush past disaster turns every drive into a surge of adrenaline that begs for the next run. Beating times, triggering crashes and unlocking everything in an open city keep pulling you back. The challenges repeat a little, but pure speed and the sensation of risk keep an immediate grip.
Difficulty
"Balanced"
Lifespan
"Massive"
With Big Surf Island and motorbikes thrown in, Paradise City grows further and multiplies its playgrounds: fresh jumps, night-time challenges and extra vehicles swell an already seamless exploration. Unlocking the full garage and combing through every event takes real time. This ultimate edition remains the most generous way to lose yourself for the long haul.
The Ultimate Box edition of Burnout Paradise, folding in the major updates including the Big Surf Island expansion and bike content, offering the game's most complete boxed form. Widespread in the West, it is the recommended version for those wanting everything on disc. Its interest lies in this gathered content rather than scarcity.
Better with friends
Super-charged arcade driving where the open city becomes a permanent playground, ripe for improvised challenges and spectacular crashes. The competition mixes with playful exploration: beating a friend's time on a jump or triggering the perfect pile-up brings instant joy. The online side leans on uncertain servers, but the thrill of speed and wreckage stays intact in multiplayer.
Is Burnout Paradise - The Ultimate Box still worth playing in 2026?
The Ultimate Box is the most accomplished form of Burnout Paradise, adding Big Surf Island, new vehicles, motorbikes and a day-night cycle. It is quite simply the best way to experience Paradise City, richer and more varied than the original. The fluid arcade driving, the spectacular crashes and the total freedom of the open world have lost none of their appeal. The extra content pleasantly extends the adventure. For anyone discovering this racing classic or wanting to enjoy it fully, this edition imposes itself without hesitation.
