I'm not going to complain that Criterion are releasing too many damned Burnout Paradise updates and that they're getting hard to keep up with. OK, fine -- I am. There's a "Bogart" update, a "Cagney" update, and then there's this damned "Davis" update. But it's hard to stay mad at Criterion because the "Davis" update will bring -- take a seat -- night time and motorbikes.
Holy crap.
"Because we're dedicated to bringing you game-changing new Burnout Paradise content all year," Criterion writes on their official blog, "bikes will feature their own game modes, challenges and even some new locations tailored to fit their unique performance and handing characteristics."
I repeat -- holy crap. The update will hit sometime in August, and while no pricing has been set, if you think this kind of content isn't going to come at a premium, you're nuts. And if you're going to complain about having to pay for it, that also means you're nuts (and possibly dense).
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1:38 PM on 04.23.2008
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haha, seems like they have a physics engine.
i'm so clever. :P
I'm relatively certain that's a screen shot so riders are in. But yeah. I'm wondering how they're going to handle the addition of humans to the Burnout world. Maybe they should just make them robots. That would be awesome....
I tried the demo but didn't really like the open world racing that much, especially after you lost a race and had to find the starting line again instead of having a retry option.
I <3 Burnout.
this game is awesome and now I want to make love to the criterion guys.
<3
(im a little skinny so please be gentle)
GH3's DLC initiative isn't all that great. Irregular releases that are WAY too spread out and erratic, prices that are a little higher than they should be, and forced packs are a few of the problems with it. It's not outright terrible, but they could do a lot better especially when Rock Band's DLC plan makes GH3's look amateurish.
They both have open cities to race through, and they both have hot cars, racing at ridiculous speeds and bikes vs cars races...
thing is, open-city-racing was simply perfected by the Midnight Club series and The open-city-racing from burnout doesn't even come close to the racing in MC i think...
I've never played Midnight Club but I guess I'll try the new one coming out. Really Burnout is more about the crashes and the over the top speed more than anything else. For example, my favorite mode is Road Rage where the goal is to crash as many of your opponents as possible and isn't about racing at all.
Personally, I wish Burnout's races would close off certain roads and make makeshift circuit tracks out of the open world. Then open it back up whenever you you come out of a race. I'm still not really down with the completely open world race mechanic but everything else about the game is great.
Possibly the coolest thing I've heard this week - I just hope there is ragdolling and that taking jumps isn't such a pain in the backside like in Driv3r.
*runs to the shops to buy the game*
I think this is awesome, they could easily have saved motorbikes for the next game release.