A Gaming Diary
Burnout Paradise (360)
This is great, but I’m having trouble with the online side of things. I’ve not even tried to play online yet, but the leaderboards seem to take an age to update, I can’t seem to find world-wide boards (just friends only), I’ve had several “Can’t connect to Burnout Paradise server” messages and once the game just got stuck on a “Connecting to Burnout Paradise server” screen and I had to leap back to the dashboard and restart.
Other than that it’s almost all good. The only real problem with the single player mode is navigation. The only reason I ever lose a race is because I’ve taken a wrong turn, which is very easy to do at high speed. Also, I miss Crash mode. Showtime is fun (and I soundly beat SomethingWitty on one road), but it’s no substitute.
So, it’s a new Burnout, then. Which means having a whole host of complaints about things they’ve changed and EA’s servers. Give it a while and everyone will consider it a classic… just in name for the next Burnout out to come along and start the cycle over again.
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about 3 years ago
Just curious, what made you pick the 360 version over the PS3? You aren’t a points whore so was it the controller, or just having more friends to play against on 360 that made the decision for you?
I’m currently struggling not to buy it myself. I’m abysmal at racing games, and they appear to have dropped the split-screen mode too, but it still sounds so much fun. Gah, decisions, decisions.
about 3 years ago
I’m not one for Gamerscore, but I do like getting Achievements, so there was that. Also, the controller and number of people online.