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Burnout Paradise gets Trophies, but they are not retroactive

The version 1.5 patch for Burnout Paradise has went live this morning, meaning that you can now get started on building your collection.

It was thought that the Trophies were to be retroactive, however it has been confirmed on Criterion's website that they are not as it states "Burnout Paradise saves are locked to your profile. We had hoped to use this to retroactively award trophies, but we discovered during testing that this is not possible. You will therefore require a fresh game-save to receive trophies in Burnout Paradise. If you're familiar with PS3 trophies already, you'll recognise that this works in the same way as all other games that have added trophy support post-release".

*Update*

The patch only seems to be live in Europe at the moment, however it has been confirmed it will hit everywhere later today.

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Megaton5716d ago

I can confirm it's not live in America yet. Booted it up upon reading this.

Ben10545716d ago

in england,

im not going to bother with the trophies, i completes all f**king 200 races for no trophies!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !1
OMG
and all the bike races WTF

littlenuthead5716d ago

my m8 been playing it for weeks now and has 100% thinking he'll get the trophies, cant wait 2 get home 2 tell him he's got 2 do it all again =D

OgTheClever5716d ago

Some people might disagree with me but I'm actually glad that the trophies aren't retroactive. I've been holding of playing the game fully until the trophy patch came out whilst my brother pretty much has 100%.

This means that I should be able to get them all before him now and have some real bragging rights!

SullyDrake5716d ago

So I'll be up into the early hours filling my Trophy Case!

gaffyh5716d ago

OMG not retroactive!!! This is pissing me off, I've almost completed the game and the trophies are not retroactive.

That is taking the piss, the game is too long to play ALL over again

whoelse5716d ago

That's so full of yay and.. OH SH*T WTF!!!

nbsmatambo5716d ago

and im pissed!!

still a good game though =)

Megaton5716d ago

12 hours later... still no patch in America.

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Rama262855716d ago

Can anyone in the UK let me know some things about this update? Firstly, is it live yet? (thought that doesn't really matter to me since I'm working all day). And secondly, what trophies are retroactive? For some reason I'm not expecting them all to be.

Really looking forward to this update :)

Rama262855716d ago

So they're not retroactive? Wonder why they didn't let us know before today, to avoid all this disappointment. So since the file is locked to your PSN account or whatever, I guess you need to go to the save game folder and delete the save game file to start collecting trophies??

andron5716d ago (Edited 5716d ago )

Keep a copy if you do ;)

But you have to start a new save to get trophies. Too bad for those who have finished the game already...

Mr_Bun5716d ago

Who has time to redo all of the races in burnout and play the LBP beta?

wotta5716d ago

In the Uk & Europe at the moment, the trophies do not seem to be retroactive though?

Genocide_General5716d ago

I hope its only a bug I really don't want to do it all over again.

Megaton5716d ago

European friend on my PSN list says they don't appear to be retro. Gonna be pretty pissed if I have to do everything all over again, seeing as how I have 101% in both cars and bikes.

Foxx775716d ago

Have to agree with that... I got 101% done with the bike license over the weekend and have been done with the cars license for a long while now. I don't know if I want to go back into the game and play for another 40-60 hours to re-do everything I had already done. Really not looking forward to the fences, billboards, and jumps. Too many games coming out to spend time on these trophies I'm thinking. I'm just dissapointed that they said the trophies would be retroactive when trophies launched and now they're not. Oh well, at least they still did add them for those that will go back for them or just picking the game up today.

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How Burnout Paradise bucked the trend and made open-world racing irresistible

Met with derision from existing Burnout-series fans at the time, Burnout Paradise remains arguably the greatest open-world racing game of all time. Here's why.

SullysCigar378d ago

I don't know why - and I know I'm probably on my own here - but I liked Takedown more. I think it was just 'different' enough to feel fresh. I also loved the destruction.

On that note, a new Motorstorm would be nice! All that mud, dust and car pieces flying everywhere blew my mind on PS3 - imagine what they could do now.

NJShadow377d ago

I loved Burnout Paradise, but Burnout 3: Takedown will always be the best game in the series, for me. Burnout 3 is arguably the most fun game ever made, with the greatest licensed soundtrack ever.

EazyC378d ago

I played through the remaster quite recently. It's not as good as I remember, but I think a lot of that is because the "open world" thing was still pretty fresh back then.

I do think there's a gap in the market for a game like Burnout. With the new gen they could really make car damage a huge selling point again.

BrainSyphoned378d ago

Paradise gave me open world burnout before I knew it was a thing.

CPTN MITCHELL378d ago

Burnout paradise remastered and original are my favorite, i got the platinum trophy for both games the nighthawk is my favorite car

Einhander1971378d ago

Personally don't give a shit for open world racers. Give me a new Motorstorm, Split second, Outrun.

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Ranking The Burnout Games From Worst To Best

Cultured Vultures: The Burnout series has plenty of great games to play, but which one is definitively the best? We're here to rank them all.

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waverider1028d ago

I think the crash mode should comeback. Tryng to make the most damage was very cool.

camel_toad1027d ago

That mode was so damn fun. Couldn't believe it when they ditched it.

Flewid6381027d ago (Edited 1027d ago )

Agreed.

Flewid6381027d ago (Edited 1027d ago )

Yeah that made for a good time.

Rebel_Scum1027d ago

Burnout 2 should be above 3 imo. The aftertouch takedown mechanic slowed down the gameplay too much in 3.

Flewid6381027d ago

That's the mechanic that made me enjoy Burnout 3 over the others. It wasn't until they introduced it that I considered the series any good.

Chocoburger1027d ago

I love Takedown, Revenge, and Paradise. Dominator was okay, but it clearly felt like a B-tier game.

After playing those awesome games, I went back to try out part 1 and it was rough. I didn't like the controls (whereas the others felt perfect to me), the elevator music was generic and not enjoyable to listen to.

Finally the game's difficulty was extremely high. I could beat all single player races in Takedown, Revenge, Paradise, Dominator, but could not get first place in the very first race for the first Burnout game. It demands perfection and one slight mistake is all it takes to lose. I have yet to play part 2, but I'm hoping it's more like part 3 than part 1.

ChasterMies1027d ago

Burnout Takedown is my favorite racing game of all time. My wife was addicted to crash mode.

Xenial1027d ago

As soon as I saw Burnout 3: Takedown at #1, I knew the list was legit. lol

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EA, It's Time To Bring Back The Burnout Series

No more Need For Speed, it's time to bring back Burnout.

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Marcello1157d ago

Its long long overdue but the problem is its just not a big money spinner. Thats why EA ditched it. Alex Ward has gone his own way with Three Fields Entertainment & made Dangerous Driving but its very low budget.

LucasRuinedChildhood1155d ago

Each game gets closer and closer to being good. It's kind of painful how close they are. haha. I hope Dangerous Driving 2 being open world isn't too ambitious for them and it's a polished, fun 7.5-8/10.

roadkillers1155d ago

Maybe not, but if a quality title in the reigns released now days...People do pay more attention to reviews comparitively

BrainSyphoned1156d ago

Burnout with real life car mechanic costs sounds about right if you want EA to go for it.

isarai1156d ago

Here's the thing, EA is sitting on so many great IPs i would like to return, but at the same thing i feel like modern EA would find a way to ruin it. Besides Respawn, EA hasn't dropped anything good for almost 2 generations IMO.

LucasRuinedChildhood1155d ago

"almost 2 generations" What? Are you talking about the PS3 and the 360?

I agree with the general sentiment that their catalogue of games since the PS4/XB1 has been comparatively terrible to what they used to do though.

andy851156d ago

Absolutely loved these games back in the day. Paradise was good too but didn't quite have the feel of the old games

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