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Tuxy79.
05/28/09

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Will it be free or will it cost?
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LllusionX Mailed the Fission
05/28/09

@Tuxy79.: What do you think?
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jellyfish
05/28/09

In reply to A Guided Tour Of Burnout Paradise's Big Surf Island
Downloaded the demo long time ago, tried but didn't find it that interesting, but now this clip makes me want to go out and rent it, yeah, smashing those billboards looks fun :)
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aw3str1k3r
05/28/09

@jellyfish: You can find it for just 20 bucks anyway...
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saulpimpson, kicker of elves
05/28/09

@aw3str1k3r: plus he'd have to buy the dlc to play the island.
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LllusionX Mailed the Fission
05/28/09

@saulpimpson: $30 for this game is a steal.
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Dralex789
05/28/09

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Id much rather fork out 10 bucks for real content instead of 10 bucks for 3 cars or whatever. looks good.
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Eviltim
05/28/09

@Dralex789: I definitely second that, although I'm guessing that this island is probably going to be closer to the $15 range than $10. Although I could be pleasantly surprised if it is $10, which will make it easier for me to want to get.
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MrBionic
05/28/09

@Eviltim: I'm banking on it being 1200 points, whatever that is in real money.
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Outkastprince
05/28/09

In reply to A Guided Tour Of Burnout Paradise's Big Surf Island
I'm too much of a JRPG nerd to ever get into racing cars. Maybe if they level up after epic jumps or save a princess every once in awhile I'd consider a look.
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Komrade Kayce
05/28/09

@Outkastprince:

Its exactly BECAUSE of my jRPG nerd upbringings that gets me into car games. Not burnout... thats just out of a love of high speed and crashing shit.

But things like Gran Turismo and Forza. I wondered for the longest time why I liked them so much... then I figured it out. Its RPG-Cars.

You earn money (exp) to customize and outfit your car with different options (skills) which makes your car stronger and better (leveling up) so you can earn more money (exp) to keep 'leveling' your car, or buy a new one (new character to play around with).

Seriously. Sounds weird, but true.
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Mike Newlad
05/28/09

In reply to A Guided Tour Of Burnout Paradise's Big Surf Island
Imagine if Burnout's DLC was Liberty City. They wouldn't have to include all the storys and stuff - just the city as a place to use all the cars etc. It would surely make financial sense for company's to reuse their content like this.

Obviously it would be cross promotional advertisment for them. They could then licence Paradise City to Rockstar - it would save a fortune on development costs.
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saulpimpson, kicker of elves
05/28/09

@Mike Newlad: burnout is EA, GTA is take 2.
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Mike Newlad
05/28/09

@saulpimpson: Hence the Cross Promotional advertisement I mentioned.
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AEREC
05/28/09

@Mike Newlad:

You do realize that Burnout and GTA4 run on entirely separate engines right? As well as being made by two separate companies?
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LllusionX Mailed the Fission
05/28/09

@AEREC: He means remake the whole thing for burnout.

@Mike Newlad: When i play burnout, i love the driving, graphics, physics, and all the controls and everything you can do in it. then when i play GTA4 right after it, GTA4's driving seems extremely lacking in every category in comparison, however, i think the addition of people makes up for it.... I'm sorry to admit it, but it is really fun to hit people with your car in GTA4. If it were implemented into Burnout paradise, I swear i'd play it all the time(like i do). They dont even need to add blood or anything, but if they also added people to cars, so we could have people flying out windows when you crash too hard...it would be the best driving game ever!
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n00b_pwner
05/28/09

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lol Tommy Noob
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LllusionX Mailed the Fission
05/28/09

@n00b_pwner: You pwned him.
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nerdwa
05/28/09

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Aw... I heard him say "after you purchase"
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MrBionic
05/28/09

@nerdwa: I don't think ANYONE thought this was going to be free.
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Hartia
05/28/09

@nerdwa: b4 they said it was free
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Outkastprince
05/28/09

@Hartia: Seriously? We just got burned.
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(Zombie) Jölan
05/28/09

@Outkastprince: it was originally going to be a minor thing, but after all the work and stuff put into it, they decided to sell it, which is fine by me.
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MrBionic
05/28/09

In reply to A Guided Tour Of Burnout Paradise's Big Surf Island
finally, a reason for other people to get back to playing Burnout again. Although admittedly, I've kind of given it up lately for CoD4.

And... er... Lost Odyssey. (Which I got given because the person hated it, and I remembered why I never bought it after renting it in the first place, but I'm driven to finish at least one JRPG in my entire freaking life-time.)
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Arc-
05/28/09

@MrBionic: if you really want to Finnish a jrpg may i suggest Final Fantasy IV or VI? both have great stories and IV is pretty easily finished.
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MrBionic
05/28/09

@Arc-: I had IV on the DS, but fell into the same trap I always do. I spend too much time looking for the secrets and then get bored to death, and then put it away for too long and then come back to it and can't remember everything and then end up in a boss battle I can't beat and then I get frustrated and never play it again.
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Arc-
05/28/09

@MrBionic: damn.. well then; you might also like IX.. its pretty straight forward and finding secrets isn't too hard and its quite comical so it holds ones attention quite well
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MrBionic
05/28/09

@Arc-: I did play and love IX, but my PSOne stopped working before I could get any further than a quarter of the way through.

My problem now is, I don't have anything that will play IX, and it's almost impossible to find!
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MrBionic
05/28/09

@Arc-: However, I AM going to finish Lost Odyssey. I swear it. I'll somehow find the will to get through the whole "Run a dozen steps, stop for cut-scene, talk to person, stop for memory scene (thank pete you can skip them), run a few steps, fight battle, have a cut-scene" thing.

It's like they almost don't even want you to play the game.
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innuendo
05/28/09

@MrBionic: Maybe you don't like JRPG's because you don't bother to play them? The best part of LO was the memory scenes, absolutely fantastic writing in every one. It really pulls you into the story.
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MrBionic
05/28/09

@innuendo: I don't not like them, I find it impossible to finish them. I don't know what part of any of what I said up above said "I don't like these".

As for not bothering to play them, everything I wrote is about how I play them TOO MUCH, in that I have to go everywhere and find anything and it's a compulsion, which eventually causes boredom. Boredom is far from dislike, however, and I have played just about every top-tier JRPG out there. (Except the Vesperia and Star Ocean series).

So yeah, you kind of missed the point there :)

P.S. I go back and read the memories afterwards, but when they come up while I'm playing, it utterly and completely rips me out of the experience.
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Thriceborn
05/28/09

@MrBionic: Same here: I go back and read the memories later. The writting and presentation really is well done. I love the choice of fonts and how the text appears based on the style of the memory. It isn't complex (really good looking powerpoint could do it I guess) but it fits perfectly so I love it.

Must go back and finish:
- Revenant Wings
- Persona 3 FES (the FES expansion itself)
- Persona 4
- Lost Odyssey
- Blue Dragon
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Last RPG that kept me hooked from start to finish was A Dance with Rogues mod for Neverwinter nights and before that it was FF12.
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MrBionic
05/28/09

@Thriceborn: I put over 400 hours into FFXII and STILL didn't finish it.

Le Giant Sigh.

So... many... hunts... and... pots... and... things.
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xdreamwalker
05/13/09

In reply to Burnout Paradise Cops And Robbers Micro-Review
I still wish split screen would make a comeback. I want to play with my friends and AI in my house on the couch without having to have multiple counsels and TVs.
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Koztah
05/13/09

@xdreamwalker:

There is split-screen DLC for Burnout Paradise. Burnout Paradise Party.
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ph15h
05/13/09

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Too bad this is online only :( I would pick it up if there were some new offline events.
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AEREC
05/13/09

In reply to Burnout Paradise Cops And Robbers Micro-Review
The mode is fun but it does get old fast...they really should have had the gold spawn at the 8 race finish location (except for the naval yard and country club, which are the goals) or just have the base randomly place at opposite ends (cops in the Coast Guard HQ and robbers at Lone Stallion ranch or any other combination).

The game mode is fun...even with the cop car skins it's questionable whether it's worth $10.

I love Burnout Paradise but I think they just used up all their goodwill credit from the first two free DLC packs...of which I wish they would expand more on the bikes.
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MrBionic
05/13/09

@AEREC: I dunno, I think the island will be completely worth it, so I'll be getting that, but after that it would have to take something extra special.

I just need to find more friends/users that want to play more races/road rages instead of just mindlessly driving around in a 3 block radius being take-down idiots.
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MrBionic
05/13/09

@AEREC: Oh, and Marked Man in the airfield, which, with the right people, is an absolute freaking blast.
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AEREC
05/13/09

@MrBionic:

Im definatly getting the island...I just hope it's not $30 which is what it will probably be comparitively if 1 car cost $5.

I need to get back into multiplayer though but Im waiting until I get my Elite license...I only have 5 things left to finish but the only race type left on the map is Road Rage...and Im beggining to loathe that mode.
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MrBionic
05/13/09

@AEREC: It's the stunt runs that are keeping me from my elite license, but I got the time saver pack anyway, so I don't need the elite.

Would be nice for bragging rights though.
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Andrew Wimpy
05/13/09

@MrBionic: I'm so glad I got my Elite License & didn't waste $5 to unlock what I can work for. The stunt runs were my last obstacle as well. I found that the key was to only use your boost when you need to, to keep your multiplier alive. And try not to crash!
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MrBionic
05/13/09

@Andrew Wimpy: there's more to it than just getting the elite license. You get cars for completing things like billboards and gates too, and I certainly didn't have the time to do all that crap before enjoying some nice cars with my friends.

Whether or not a DLC is worth it is for the individual to decide, and if it's not worth it to you, great, but don't get on people if they choose to get it :)
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Modus_Operandi
05/13/09

In reply to Burnout Paradise Cops And Robbers Micro-Review
Im still on the fence about this. Can I play the mode offline against the comp? The police cars are just reskins though. Theyre not new vehicles per se
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MrBionic
05/13/09

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I enjoy Cops and Robbers, but like you say in the review, only for a little bit at a time. It's also very hard to get a full game going. It's best to play with 8 players (4 aside), but trying to get than many good, decent drivers, that like to stick around for awhile, is next to impossible.

Also, I'm getting tired of joining Burnout Paradise online games only to find that people just want to drive around an intersection doing takedowns for hours at a time. What the hell?

Yet if I start a game, nobody ever joins.

Getting really, really tired of it.
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saulpimpson, kicker of elves
05/13/09

@MrBionic: i feel the same way. or worse yet people join the cops and robbers game and just proceed to take down their own team. i think the online model used in burnout paradise is too open ended. if i want to play cops and robbers i can't just join a cops and robbers game, i have to join a freeburn and then hope that they want to play cops and robbers. it's REALLY frustrating.

Sometimes game companies give players too much credit. they think that enough of us are mature enough to play the game online an reasonable way. but everytime i find that it just isn't the case.
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damatman
05/13/09

@saulpimpson: They need to make join able servers which have just a certain game mode on it. That way you can count on having a game to play.
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trigger2
05/13/09

@damatman:

well, you can CHOOSE what online game you enter by using the search option. It will show what game mode the online game is in currently. That really helped me to find games where people were serious about doing challenges.

It's not, perfect of course, but it helps.
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MrBionic
05/13/09

@trigger2: It's really not that much of a help. No less than 20 times the other day I joined race servers hoping to race, but then sat there watching the morons in each server just run around outside of starting a race game taking each other out, and less than 5% of them had mikes, and the ones that did just laughed like cackling hyenas if they took someone out that had stopped their car to go do something.

Is there a website I can join for mature, fun-loving people to sign-up for GOOD Burnout Paradise playing?!?!
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Jigglesbig
04/17/09

In reply to Burnout Paradise Has A Date With The Police
Nah, I'm good with my Paradise Ultimate Box, which doesn't seem too Ultimate when Criterion have released another 3/4 DLC's after it's release.

Thanks, guys.
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DragonYen
04/17/09

@Jigglesbig: You forgot to wait for Burnout Paradise Ultimate Greatest Hits Collectors Edition. It will have ALL DLC for Burnout Paradise... well until the release the Car Armor Pack.
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metallicorphan
02/16/09

In reply to Burnout Paradise Thursday Car Update Will Be Legendary
what no A-Team van?

actually i think i would love to see Herbie the Love Bug,LOL
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