For fans of the Electronic Arts title, Burnout Paradise, the hopes that the under-construction suspension bridge that leads to Big Surf Island will finally be open and the promised add-on pack will be released is something that has more than a few players of the game a bit unhappy. Developer Criterion has been talking about the downloadable add-on for Burnout Paradise for a long time, according to fans, and they are really starting to wonder if it will ever arrive for download.
According to the Burnout Team at Criterion, the "if you can see it, you can drive it" add-on for the game is still in development, but this premium downloadable content pack seems to have fallen off the map a bit, with players in the game joking about the fact that it will likely never arrive. With the Cops and Robbers add-on pack only recently released, our sources tell us that full attention has been turned for finishing up Big Surf Island.
Hardcore Gamer: There’s not a lot of games that have been out for over five years that people are still clamoring to see properly ported to PC, but Burnout Paradise is one of them.
Danny Lilley looks back over one of his favourite multiplayer games from this generation, remembering Criterion Games' 2008 hit Burnout Paradise.
Ian Fisher writes: Criterion always managed to jam some character and fun in the games they create but Burnout Crash is probably the lowest point the Burnout franchise has ever sunk to, far surpassing the somewhat meddling PSP installment the franchise received several years ago. So where does Criterion take the Burnout franchise from here? Is Burnout Crash an indication of what we can expect from the series while Criterion focuses on bigger projects for the EA mothership or will we see a return to form? More importantly, what the hell do gamers want to see out of a new Burnout game after three long years?
I sure as hell would love a new real burnout game, Crash isn't even worth buying...
I for one dont mind the linear tracks, its a helluva lot easier to revise the track over and over again if you keep failing, so that you can experiement with different techniques, as opposed to doing everything differently each time in open world, but I like the idea of having both options, keep the linear sandbox, but have a seperate game mode where its simply linear racing and crashing.
