Posts Tagged ‘Burnout’

Back on the streets with Burnout Paradise

Friday, January 15th, 2010

I have to admit that I’ve had a fairly intense love/hate relationship with the whole Burnout franchise.  When times were good, Burnout was a sumptuous slice of gaming heaven.  When times were bad, Burnout was just another game I couldn’t be bothered playing.  It all started with the original Burnout on the PS2.  If I recall, I thought at the time that it was a steaming pile of… well, rubbish.  Burnout 2: Point of Impact though, changed everything.  In my mind it was perfect: the graphics were the best I’d seen in a racing game since Gran Turismo and the gameplay was spot-on.

I dabbled with Burnout 3: Takedown on the original Xbox and found it to be great fun, but the gaming experience didn’t feel as pure as its predecessor.  After that, I totally skipped the next instalments in the series, Burnout: Revenge and Burnout: Dominator (which was not even developed by Criterion).  You see, Burnout had got rid of the gameplay feature that gave its name; the burnout.  In Burnout 2: Point of impact, you could drain your boost meter without stopping which would cause the meter to refill, meaning that as long as you didn’t crash, you could chain as many boosts together as you wanted.  It melted your eyes.

(more…)

Tags: Burnout, Burnout Paradise, Criterion
Posted in Gaming, opinion | No Comments »

Burnout Bikes Gameplay Unveiled

Friday, August 22nd, 2008

Burnout Bikes Gameplay Unveiled- On PlayStation.Blog.  Choice quote: “We want you to know that if you buy Burnout Paradise, you buy much more than the disk we shipped back in January.”  I hear ya’ loud and clear!  I’m seriously considering investing in Burnout Paradise now that I know there is so much cool content constantly being added.  Free!

Tags: bike pack, bikes, bikes pack, Burnout, Burnout Paradise, Criterion, free, gameplay, PlayStation 3, PlayStation.Blog, PS3, update
Posted in Asides, Gaming | No Comments »

Burnout Paradise becomes a PSN download this Fall

Thursday, August 14th, 2008

Burnout Paradise becomes a PSN download this Fall- Cool, the PlayStation Store could do with more full PS3 games (that go to retail stores as boxed versions) as digital distribution is the way forward.  Seriously, what’s the harm in doing both?  Warhawk and Gran Turismo 5 Prologue are great examples.

Tags: Burnout, Burnout Paradise, Criterion, distribution, download, Gran Turismo 5 Prologue, PlayStation 3, PLAYSTATION Network, PlayStation Store, PS3, PSN, Warhawk
Posted in Asides, Gaming | No Comments »

• « Older Entries