[Multiplatform] Burnout Paradise

Originally Posted by BZ

Too bad about the PS3 for you though. Because I think there are like 10 xbox live GFF guys who play online.

Indeed. You'd have no trouble at all finding people to play it with here on that "easily breakable console". (Gotta troll no matter what Mush, eh?)

Someone should make that PS3 pick up games thread, it might be easier to organize such a thing from there. Especially since most of the PS3 crew doesn't show their face in any non-PS3 related threads.

One thing that annoyed me about the challenges was that they often repeated. Get to the airport and do this thing. But do it with 2, 4, 5, 6, and 7, people. "Oh, fun.". After about 250 challenges, you start to lose interest due to further lack of reward after that point, and the fact that many of them are hilariously the same as ones you've already done.

Other than that, the game's a riot. 100 percenting the challenges sounds like a daunting task though.

Rest of the game is utter brilliance though, and I still don't understand a lot of Shin's specific complaints, as I thought they dealt with most of them in a pretty good way. Oh well, different strokes and all that.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by Shin

I still wish there was a quick restart button

Oh God, yes. PLEASE. At least the quick event end thing was useful if you fucked up early, but a restart'd be great. If I messed up a BR, at least going about it backwards gave me an idea of what revised route to take to get there in time. But other than that, oh yes.

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a lobby option

Like, for just races instead of freeburning? That'd be a nice change, actually. Many people do want to get challenges done in unranked.

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amazed nobody else here plays ranked

As a general rule, I avoid ranked if at all possible on all games. I find that, at least in my own experience, ranked has far more assholes and annoying faggots in it. I only bother with ranked if it's achievement related or there is some other tangible reason for doing so. Since it's impossible to get near the top of any leaderboards due to the amount of time some people have to play a game and grind wins, I don't see the point. Perhaps Paradise is the exception to this rule though, I haven't even looked.

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In fact I think I probably play Burnout more than you do now...

I rarely (read: never), get invites from people anymore. I'd be down though if people shot me an invite more often (or annoyed me on AIM/IRC about it).

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Ten bucks for what's essentially still one mode is still a bit of a rip, although you're right, it's far less of a rip than the prices they've been charging for single skins. I hate to sound like the radio brothers, but this is something I would have bought no fucking question at 400.

At the point this is all at, I'm hoping we get something like "Ultimate Box Mk. II" down the line that contains all four thousand dollars worth of the paid DLC. Wouldn't need to be only 30 bucks or anything, but cut your fanbase some fucking slack here guys.

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PUG Burnout games are almost entirely freeburn challenge completion. I don't think this will ever change.

While this is hardly bad, the automatically split userbase that comes from paid DLC sure isn't going to help matters any.

How ya doing, buddy?

Originally Posted by nuttyturnip

This from the person who still hasn't bought Excite Bots. You should be stoned in the street.

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I bought it last week. Probably around the same time you did.

I was speaking idiomatically.

Minus Shin's horrible trolling, I don't know how I missed the announcement about the Toy Legendaries that come with Big Surf. A cute surprise when I unlocked them, I don't know how I missed the newsbit about it.

Regardless, I'm only at 380-390 or so, and considering the ability of some of you folks for getting off barrel rolls, I don't think I could expect to see the Diamond car any time soon.

Now all they need is a price drop on Cops and Robbers. (Seriously, 10 bucks?)

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Originally Posted by OmagnusPrime

Has Big Surf proved worthwhile getting?

I'd say yes. There's a solid 6 hours of content there at least, if you're just going for single player stuff (minus the four bajillion for the Diamond P12, if you care enough to try to obtain that, although that changes depending on how many you've had done already), and it's a fun environment to goof around in. Slightly smaller than expected, but it's more densely packed with drivable stuff than Paradise City proper.

Shin: It's a combination of two "premium" car packs, so that alone helps. The toy 88 special seems uniquely capable of holding it's own as well, unlike the other toys. It's a good pack.

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While easy, they were a nice change of pace from MEET AT THE AIRPORT AND GO THROUGH THE RING.

Secondly, both the Toy 88 and the Dust Storm Super Turbo could help a bunch with some of the other challenges. The Toy 88 is probably the best jumper in the game, and the dust storm does barrel rolls quite well.

What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?

The only pay content that the Ultimate Box has in it is the Party mode content.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

The only other person who actively hates it is Shin, man.

There's nowhere I can't reach.