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Burnout Paradise was one of the few games at this years E3 to actually draw a reasonable line (and by line, I mean three humans and a Frag Doll). As always, it's looking quite amazing, with a lot of big changes this time around. The open-ended world is the most obvious, but other things like a heavier feel to the cars, unique use of the camera peripheral, amazing new crash physics, and the ability to hop in and out of a friends city online with up to eight people, all adds up to make this a package that could rival David Bowie's in Labyrinth. 

Hit the jump for an additional developer interview, courtesy of the video gnomes at Gametrailers.com.








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Jordan Devore's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/22/2007 20:28
Jordan Devore
I stopped playing Burnout after number two, but Paradise will probably get me back into the series.
William Haley's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/22/2007 20:34
William Haley
Takedown was probably the best so it's unfortunate you missed that one, but Paradise looks to take the franchise in an excellent new direction.

You might wanna get Dominator for your PSP to whip yourself back into shape though...
TheBrain's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/22/2007 20:39
TheBrain
Anyone else not like open-world racing games? This makes me sad.
Sharpless's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/22/2007 20:48
Sharpless
I always knew the Frag Dolls weren't human.
Darkknight37's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/22/2007 20:54
Darkknight37
Rum and Coke + Burnout 2 = WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!

I don't usually jump all over racing games, but this looks beyond fresh. I only hope I have an HDTV all to my own by the time this game comes out for the 360. NOTE: 'True Nature' by Jane's Addiction is my official song for this game already. ^_^
Jordan Devore's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/22/2007 20:57
Jordan Devore
If only I had a PSP...
William Haley's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/22/2007 21:17
William Haley
I'm going to use "Beyond Fresh" in a headline, just you watch!
Darkknight37's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/22/2007 21:42
Darkknight37
Awesome.
KevlarGibs's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/22/2007 21:59
KevlarGibs
I've been looking forward to this game since before it was evn announced. and yes, the crashes look incredible... but wasn't there something about tearing cars in half with crashes? i don't see that in any of the videos

i could be wrong too, like i said, i've been waiting for this for a while and may have confused facts with my own wishes.... like a quality next gen carmageddon (which did let you crash cars in half)
William Haley's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/22/2007 22:24
William Haley
I didn't see any cars get torn in half when I played. In fact, you don't reset anymore after a crash, you simply keep going after the crash cinematic. So if you get spun around, you'll have to turn around the right way and catch up.
Eschatos's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/22/2007 22:36
Eschatos
If you get super damaged, do you have to restart, or get a new car?
Grim Santo's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/22/2007 22:43
Grim Santo
Oh crap, That game looks great! Are the Frag Dolls some kind of cyborgs?
William Haley's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/22/2007 22:44
William Haley
Eschatos, that's a good question and one I personally didn't get to see answered since I only crashed once. No one ever crashed so many times that their car reset to brand new or stopped working altogether, so...
JimmyReds's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/23/2007 05:11
JimmyReds
I really liked Burnout 2 and loved Takedown however Revenge was a bit disappointing as all the cars felt the same when racing. However I will say that there were some great Crash levels in Revenge.
Axle's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/23/2007 06:07
Axle
You want to practice before this comes out? get FlatOut Ultimate Carnage. Currently the best game in this genre (Takedown was good, Burnout 2 was the then best).

Don/t know if Flatoout is released in the US yet, but PLEASE buy it, if only to support the smaller devlopers against the EA behemoth (And coz it's a great game)
William Haley's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/23/2007 07:34
William Haley
Axle makes a good point, but unfortunately it's not out here just yet.

Hopefully here they won't put it up against something like Forza as they did in the UK.
Axle's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/23/2007 11:30
Axle
@ Will Haley, yeah stoopid move, but infintely more fun than PGR or Forza, but not big enough to go head-to-head with first-party AAA products.
BetaMaster's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/24/2007 10:34
BetaMaster
I dunno, I have mixed feelings about this game. I hope it'll be great, but although Burnout 3 was awesome, the soundtrack was annoying and oh my God I hated that CrashFM radio jockey. He better not be back.
Soundtrack's important to me, and very few games seem to give a decent soundtrack.
Also, while Burnout 3 was great, am I the only one that felt that it got repetitive?
Also yeah, I'm with you, TheBrain. I'm not big on open-world racing games. Kinda like Need For Speed Underground 2 (maybe the first one too, I never played it). But hey, maybe this'll turn out pretty good!
Anyway I'm not trying to bitch about the game, I'm merely voicing my feelings about it. Hell, I'll probably pick it up regardless.
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