This is damned good isn't it.
My fears have been put to rest.
I wasn't so sure about the open map, and the loss of Burnout as we know it.
I just did the Road Rage mode.
Exactly the same frantic action as the old burnout games, where you have to take down as many cars as possible in the time alloted. I guess it gets harder later... I had to takedown 3 cars, and I got 30 lol
Anyway, group C license now... and I'm rather concerned to see I've completed 10% of the game already too. Well, guess it gets harder now, I've not lost a race or anything yet.
While I was doing my Road Rage, and my car got damaged, it would recommend I find an auto repair shop. When I drove past one, I'd go through and get fixed up. I was expecting an icon to appear on my minimap, to tell me there's an auto repair shop there. It didn't though, just kept the one icon on the screen, for the original auto repair shop. Maybe it doesn't add them if you're part way through an event?
Anyway, I'm literally going to have to tear myself away. My total time played is already 2 hours
So, I'm going to stop posting every time I find something.
I just wanted to put peoples minds at rest, who were thinking along the same lines as me. That the old Burnout is dead and buried, and some boring new open map has replaced it.
Fear not, I love the old Burnout games, possibly more than most, and had real trepidation that this was going to be crap, or at least, not do the series justice.
It does. The races ARE just as much fun, if not more so. The gameplay feels very familiar, except that you don't flick the brake to slide around the corner any more... I've done that a few times, out of habit, and just done the e-spin
The old style races/Road Rage are still there. Easy to find and participate in. The time it takes you to just drive to a traffic light and start a race is probably quicker than it used to be to choose an event from the menu, and wait for it to load.
So far, I'm giving this a 9/10. Not perfect, I think the map could work better, but, other than that, it's bloody fun, it looks and performs as well as you could ask. In the two hours, with many races, crashes, etc, no slowdown whatsoever, no tearing, just silky smooth, lovely graphics, that handles just perfectly... just nudge the joystick ever so slightly, and ease it around the corners, the rumble is use excellently, and I'm loving the soundtracks.
I've not even played online yet! So that's a 9/10 just for the single player.
I should imagine the online side would be similar to the demo. Press right, and basically, you're off.
Ah, hell to it, I'm going to have a quick peek online, now my connection is available again
V1N.
EDIT: and now I've gone back into it, the auto repair shops that I visited during the Road Rage are now on the minimap, so no worries there.
My fears have been put to rest.
I wasn't so sure about the open map, and the loss of Burnout as we know it.
I just did the Road Rage mode.
Exactly the same frantic action as the old burnout games, where you have to take down as many cars as possible in the time alloted. I guess it gets harder later... I had to takedown 3 cars, and I got 30 lol
Anyway, group C license now... and I'm rather concerned to see I've completed 10% of the game already too. Well, guess it gets harder now, I've not lost a race or anything yet.
While I was doing my Road Rage, and my car got damaged, it would recommend I find an auto repair shop. When I drove past one, I'd go through and get fixed up. I was expecting an icon to appear on my minimap, to tell me there's an auto repair shop there. It didn't though, just kept the one icon on the screen, for the original auto repair shop. Maybe it doesn't add them if you're part way through an event?
Anyway, I'm literally going to have to tear myself away. My total time played is already 2 hours
So, I'm going to stop posting every time I find something.
I just wanted to put peoples minds at rest, who were thinking along the same lines as me. That the old Burnout is dead and buried, and some boring new open map has replaced it.
Fear not, I love the old Burnout games, possibly more than most, and had real trepidation that this was going to be crap, or at least, not do the series justice.
It does. The races ARE just as much fun, if not more so. The gameplay feels very familiar, except that you don't flick the brake to slide around the corner any more... I've done that a few times, out of habit, and just done the e-spin
The old style races/Road Rage are still there. Easy to find and participate in. The time it takes you to just drive to a traffic light and start a race is probably quicker than it used to be to choose an event from the menu, and wait for it to load.
So far, I'm giving this a 9/10. Not perfect, I think the map could work better, but, other than that, it's bloody fun, it looks and performs as well as you could ask. In the two hours, with many races, crashes, etc, no slowdown whatsoever, no tearing, just silky smooth, lovely graphics, that handles just perfectly... just nudge the joystick ever so slightly, and ease it around the corners, the rumble is use excellently, and I'm loving the soundtracks.
I've not even played online yet! So that's a 9/10 just for the single player.
I should imagine the online side would be similar to the demo. Press right, and basically, you're off.
Ah, hell to it, I'm going to have a quick peek online, now my connection is available again
V1N.
EDIT: and now I've gone back into it, the auto repair shops that I visited during the Road Rage are now on the minimap, so no worries there.
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How come I'm not on?
