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Burnout Paradise City by Fussbett 01/29/2008, 1:15am PST I don't have much time for Caltrops this week, but if I did, I would write a huge review of Burnout Paradise City where I'd attempt to be clever. The tone would be "disappointed" mixed with "frustrated". Right off the top, or perhaps after a small intro paragraph, I'd inline a photo of me holding my Garmin GPS while it's displaying the disclaimer/warning screen: ...and then I'd savagely recount all of the goddamn pain involved with this new Burnout title, talking mostly about how Burnout Paradise City is more about high-speed GPS following than about racing. There would be a little hyperbole about how bad the bad things are, but I would leaven that with actual gameplay anecdotes to illustrate my points, justifying the extreme statements. The main complaints would be how important the map is to the gameplay, and how gratingly UNFUN it is to race with one eye on the fucking minimap. Choosing a sub-optimal route costs you first place, and one wrong turn means you'll come in last place. Burnout used to be about the zen of going a million miles an hour and skimming oncoming traffic, but all my races in BPC are about finding the fucking offramp (at a million miles an hour). The second complaint is how Paradise City is also a living menu system metaphor. Driving across town for a minute to do a specific Burning Route or switch your car at the junkyard is absurd. It's the world's longest menu, or put another way, what interfaces might be like if VR actually took off.

Burnout Paradise City by Fussbett 01/29/2008, 1:15am PST     Will this be the Burnout that changes Tom Chick's mind? by FABIO 01/29/2008, 1:37am PST     Burnout Paradise: BIKES by Fussbett 09/22/2008, 12:40am PDT     Burnout Paradise Legendary Cars by Fussbett 11/07/2008, 4:15pm PST         Just in time to make me consider Burnout Paradise instead of Midnight Club LA NT by Jerry Whorebach 11/07/2008, 9:39pm PST             Stop considering it. NT by Fussbett 11/07/2008, 9:55pm PST                 (I mean don't buy it) NT by Fussbett 11/07/2008, 9:56pm PST                     Done and done. (And I mean DONE.) by Jerry Whorebach 11/08/2008, 3:21am PST         Re: Burnout Paradise Legendary Cars by bombMexico 01/09/2009, 8:04pm PST             HOW DARE YOU SHOW ME ADS FOR SLINGBOX AND A GUITAR!!! NT by Qt3 RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR 01/09/2009, 8:07pm PST                 Thinking about people actually reading qt3 is sad. by Creexuls, a monster >:3 01/09/2009, 8:48pm PST                     Did you part where Tom got to pal around with STEVEN SPIELBERG? HUH? NT by FABIO 01/15/2009, 9:50pm PST         FOR HAROLD! Today only, the Legendary Car Pack is free on Xbox Live. by Jerry Whorebach 02/26/2014, 9:17am PST     Next week's patch adds "Restart Race," makes game playable. NT by Horrible Gelatinous Blob 01/26/2009, 2:01pm PST         I knew internet connectivity would make this generation of consoles suck. NT by Mischief Maker 01/26/2009, 2:28pm PST             Yeah that makes perfect sense. by Fussbett 01/26/2009, 3:09pm PST                 I refer to console developers releasing their games half-done. NT by Mischief Samaritan 01/26/2009, 3:14pm PST                     Hi! NT by Bug-free NES era 01/26/2009, 3:23pm PST                     There's a difference between "half-done" and "shitty design choices." NT by Horrible Gelatinous Blob 01/26/2009, 5:40pm PST                     Which developer did that? by Fussbett 01/26/2009, 5:46pm PST                         My fag stance: pay DLC that's already on the disc by Horrible Gelatinous Blob 01/26/2009, 5:59pm PST                         Which modern console games are full of crippling bugs anyway? by Bug-free NES era 01/26/2009, 6:02pm PST                             Ninja Gaiden NT by Mischief Hurricane Pack 01/26/2009, 6:17pm PST             A dev has to patch in functionality which they derided in snotty blogposts. by Worm 01/26/2009, 3:52pm PST