), the Party pack is not a very cheap add-on (it's half the price of the full game!). At such a steep price, we'd expect a bit more than a simple retooling of menus. There's no added content in the Party pack: you will not see any new parts of Paradise City, nor will you unlock any new vehicles. The challenges featured in the Party pack are, quite frankly, not very different from what's already available in Online Freeburn.
Starting a Party event in Burnout Paradise is very easy. In fact, the entire experience is quite intuitive. When booting the game, a new menu appears, giving players the choice of jumping into the new Party mode, or returning to the traditional game screen. The Party menu has just two menus: first, the number of players must be decided. All the action happens with one controller, and up to eight players can participate. You can input your name and take a picture with the Eye/Vision camera as well.
The second step is to determine how many events players will take part in. You can have a short one-round event, or add up to eight. You can have the game choose random events, or you can choose a category for each round. While you can choose a category like "speed" or "skill," there's no way of choosing a specific event or challenge -- the game will still randomly select challenges from within those broad categories.
Once the Party is started, the computer chooses a random player to go first. That player grabs the controller and must fulfill the challenge that appears on the screen. Some challenges involve going from point A to B in the shortest amount of time, while others involve collecting as much air time as possible. While the contestant is playing, all other players must simply sit and watch -- there's no way to interfere or affect the gameplay in any way.
