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• Emphasis with caps doesn't bother me when i'm reading stuff on here, but on a professional website it rea... : qwpeoriu
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  I found it fun. Its a game where the sole purpose is to crash into other cars...people are actually expec... : VegasX
  • Yeah people just seem to expect it to suck for some reason. I loved it, and I am definitely getting it. : nomaad
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    depth is a varied notion. Most apparently simple games which are very fun have a depth to their simpli... : seven
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      again, the point of the game is to crash as much as possible. lol : VegasX
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        No it's not. Have you ever even played Burnout? That's not remotely the goal. It's a racing game. A... : Chris Remo
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          Well thats how I play it. Its a racing game where you get bonuses for crashing through billboards, gettin... : VegasX
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            None of the things you said are responding to anything I said. It's a racing game. I didn't say it's a ... : Chris Remo
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              It's not a racing game in the same context that Forza or PGR may be. For instance, I dont play Forza ... : VegasX
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                Are you even reading my posts? I'll say it yet again: I am not claiming it is a racing game in the same ... : Chris Remo
                • admittedly not having played the first Burnout, you are correct. I am only repeating myself because it se... : VegasX
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            burnout is very much an arcade racer, keyword here is race. the majority of the game is still racing agai... : pyide
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              sure and I get that aspect. But from my understand in Paradise the "racing" aspect is not longer necessar... : VegasX
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                all the other stuff in paradise that's not racing came about from their decision to make it an open world : pyide
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                  Well sure I mean you absolutely will have to race to gain upgrades or new cars and paint jobs or unlock o... : VegasX
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                    "But like you mentioned going as fast as you can, trying not to crash while trying to take out your buddi : Chris Remo
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                      No it isnt, not at all. The point of an FPS (usually) is to stay alive by all means necessary. There are racing modes in Burnout that reward you on taking out your opponents. Sometimes you crash as a result, you aren't always taken out of the race.
                      
                      Theres less penalty (unless you total the car) by crashing in Burnout then there is perishing in an FPS title where you are most likely forced to play that section or level over and over tile you beat it.
                      
                      So yeah I consider part of the aspect of "crashing" taking out your buddies. Hell there are modes in Burnout:Revenge where you have to take out a specific car and then blow your car up taking out as many others as possible.
                      
                      But yes, in short, when ti comes to "crashing" it entails taking out my buddies, taking out opponents, crash modes, etc. It's all part of the package I assumed.

                      Dec 21, 2007 3:14am PST
                      No it isnt, not at all. The point of an FPS (usually) is to stay alive by all means necessary. There are ... : VegasX
              • I think that is what everyone hates. The fact that the racing has taken a back seat to the (frankly borin... : marmite
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              Not to mention, crash mode wasn't even in the original Burnout. Burnout started as a racing game series,... : Chris Remo
              • To be honest, I never played the first burnout. I only played Burnout:Revenge and I loved it because I wa... : VegasX
        • eh...kinda. Forza 2 is a racing game. This is (was?) an arcad-y driving game with several different mod... : YoYo
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    How on earth are you interpreting the criticisms as calling for "depth"? What does that even mean? If... : Chris Remo
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      after playing the demo, i'd say i like the way online play is done so much more than sitting in a lobby, ... : pyide
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        I've seen a demo of it and as far as I know you specify a start and endpoint, and then it generates a rou... : Chris Remo
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          On its wiki article: Multiple settings have been confirmed to be fully customisabl6][7]such as: ... : pwnage1232
          • 16 checkpoints? that is awesome. you could make some really epic races. i was fearing for a while it woul... : pyide
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            can wikipedia be trusted here? i seriously can't stop pumping cum, but the [7] source leads to an ign ... : pyide
            • well i listened to it- their podcast says you can save 10 of your own custom routes}t]b, complete with th... : pyide
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      Why is my junk getting jumped on about a game that, for the most part, is about crashing, and getting poi... : VegasX
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        Who is calling for elaborate single-player story lines, NPCs with backstories, and worlds filled with mag... : Chris Remo
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          When I talk about those who are calling for more "depth" or unicorns with drug dependencies and shady his... : VegasX
          • err everyone who has talked to be, personally, not *everyone* as in Earth : VegasX
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            Like I said in the other post, fine, you can play Burnout however you want. This is true for every game.... : Chris Remo
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              I was being facetious in my original statement, as we both know sarcasm or tongue in cheek doesn't always... : VegasX
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                I understand you were exaggerating but again the things that you were exaggerating were completely out of... : Chris Remo
                • Well yeah it's not beneficial to be taken out or total your car (though it's still fun imo). No I dont de... : VegasX
  • No, but most of us would expect a sequel to be better than previous iterations, rather than fucking up so... : Vincent Grayson
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  Lol "The lack of retry really isn't an issue." It's the reason I'm not buying it. I can't see anything... : marmite
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    there's a whole paragraph about showtime mode near the bottom. it's pretty hilarious. and while their... : pyide
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      I wonder why retrying would necessitate loading. Can't they just teleport you across the map. maybe it'll... : marmite
      • it's all about the engine & how the data is streamed probably. i have zero knowledge in this area thus no... : pyide
  • I don't see why they couldn't go middle of the road like NFS:MW did. Their hardline dedication to an imm... : pwnage1232
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  This is incredibly childish and adds one more reason I don't want to buy the game anymore. : Begawkiness
  • I liked the GAME and thus will be buying the GAME. I may not like what the DEVELOPER is saying but then a... : gakera
• Even as a big fan of the Burnout series and as someone definitely picking up Paradise on day 1, that whol... : pwnage1232
• that guy sounds like a fucking ass. how dare people criticise your game! : erotic sock
• No crash mode? :( I really liked playing party crash with 3 or 4 folks. Watching each other hammer th... : YoYo
• as they mention TDU i really hope they do another TDU game. that was really fun (even more so with the ha... : CoRDS
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  I'm glad they have worked hard to eliminate loading. The long loading times of Revenge prevented me from ... : filthysock
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    They made it worse though. Where as before you could keep trying the burning laps if you fucked up (and t... : marmite
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      OUCH :( Ok it appears they are using the same segment-loading technique from revenge then. Where they str... : filthysock
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        from that article "The demo was made AFTER work on Paradise was completed, so no, we won't be using inter... : marmite
        • If the sales figures suck they will patch. Unlikely tho, the brand is pretty powerful. : filthysock
        • Awesome asshole apostrophe usage from them too, ahahahaha : pwnage1232
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  The sooner they get this game out of the way, the sooner i will have a sequel to Black. : Drewus
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    holy fuckity fuck yes YES YES YOU HEAR THIS YOU FUCKS?! THIS DREWUS CHARACTER KNOWS WTF : scottythejock
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      Seriously, that game was so awesomely mindlessly fun. I don't even know wtf it was about, all i know is t... : Drewus
      • it was definitely very goldeneye-ish, I have a boner just talking about this. umm.. I'm gay for black : scottythejock
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      Sign me up to this fuckity fuck fuck fest please. I want to shoot REALLY loud guns to create REALLY FUCKI... : nodebug
      • Best gun sounds in a game evar! RATATATATATATATATATATATATA KABOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMM!!! RATATATAT... : Drewus
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    I could never get into black... wait a minute I've said this to you before http://www.shacknews.com/la... : marmite
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      while the unskippable cut-scenes were eye-clawingly annoying, the rest of your "points" were ignored comp... : scottythejock
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        are you denying that it often took 2-3 clips to kill guys? That the ammo was VERY scarce? that the game s... : marmite
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          heathen. : scottythejock
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            your in denial. : marmite
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              you're. : scottythejock
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                ewe too just settle down : filthysock
                • this is getting rediculous : Drewus
              • :) : marmite
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          so, so wrong in every way : jcupitt
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            oh yeah, well I don't think I am. : marmite
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              oh yeah?? : jcupitt
              • yeah. so there. : marmite
  • You mean a pretty and loud but otherwise utterly derivative shooter with a worthless story and repetitive... : node
  • yes please. One of the most entertaining shooters I've played the last few years. : SilverSnake
• Oh man. Talk about a poor way to react. Calling it 'feedback', criticising the spelling in the letters th... : node
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  What a horrible way to react to your fans and/or buyers. : Maarten Goldstein
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    "The lack of retry really isn't an issue. You may disagree, but we don't feel it is" That really reads... : marmite
    • "We don't care what you think." : dirge23
    • i laughed at that too. "you have criticism? it doesn't apply here. move along." great argument. : FrayLo
• "(when not too distracted by all the bad spelling in all of the letters we receive". Seriously - what a l... : jbury
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  because this new Burnout is an experience that YOU choose how to play rather than us forcing a game struc : jrock
  • to me, it sounds awesome for online play though, which is where the longevity has been in the past two b... : pyide
• Obviously the lack of retry is an issue or else the feedback wouldn't indicate it is. Since they don't th... : .ka`boom.zZz.