Demo-rama: Frontlines, Burnout Paradise samples are Live

Hehehe! That's me saying "a bit rubbish" =D

Best bit about this game is that I got quoted! Whooop!

Frontlines SUX, downloaded it last night and its as generic as they come. Graphics, sound, weapons are all MEH. Completed it and deleted it. Will not buy and will not rent. Save your time (cuz its over a gig to download) and HDD space my good Joystiq friends.

"Fuel of War" huh? Is it too early for me to say something like, "Should have been 'Fool of War?'"

Gool ol Burnout, can't wait to play the best racer around again. Car Sims need to die

Nudie Magazine Day?! Oh shit! Is the new issue of "Drunk Chicks" here already?!

ok frontlines sucks... but how is burnout? or is no one posting about it because they are too busy playing it?

The Burnout demo is pretty good and really shows the potentials.

The only downsides are:

- The annoying "Crash FM" DJ is back. *sigh* Hopefully there is a way to turn him off in the retail game.

- No music in the demo. I'm hoping this is just because it's the demo. (I've been introduced to a bunch of great tunes from the other Burnout games and would hate for them to break that now. Of course, I could just whip up my own MS media playlist...)

- No more Traffic Checking. If you hit any car solidly enough, you'll crash.

- Only three events in the demo. (However, you can just cruise around and do stunts which is fun by itself.)

Also, this isn't really a downside, but the cars feel "heavier" now which makes takedowns more challenging. Once I got used to it, I was able to thrash my opponents pretty solidly.

Overall, I'm liking what I see. I just wish there was more to do in the demo. I can't wait for the full version!

Downloading Burnout right now...so excited about it!

And I agree to an extent about racing sims. They're boring as hell but I can see why some like them. NFS: ProStreet had enough "sim" in it to make it a good game IMO. However games like Gran Turismo are completely worthless to me.

Oh, also - if you look at the "options", it seems that playing the Burnout demo opts you in to marketing from EA. You can change that from the options screen (hit Right on the D-pad to access the menu).

I haven't played a burnout game in a while but I thougt that the Burnout demo was pretty cool. Might have to pick this up when it comes out.

Play single player. Start a race. Then there's music during the race.

I'm sure joystiq will make another article when this appears on PSN later today, right joystiq?

Am I the only one that hates how M$ has sorted the Demos section in the new dasboard? In the last version you could access them straight from the games blade.
Now I need to select games blade > games library > My games > XMB loading...then select demos...then the demo I want.
Retarded.

OR you could of just went down to your local gamestop and ask for the demo disc or both games. Tons of people have been playing these for at least a week plus.

Burnout plays like a dream. Sharp precise control, and georgous graphics. Seriously a beautiful gfame. No traffic checking means back to basics like in Burnout 3, so get used to it or get out as it were. Can't wait for the final. I'm so getting this.

Burnout was OK.. Good graphics, nice speed, but the handling of the cars(weight, steering, etc) feels totally lame.. Drifting and takedowns just aren't that fun.. The whole flow of the game feels broken and less like the Burnout I love.. The crash sequences are looong and without the aftertouch it's just you sitting there watching a cut-scene.. DJ is annoying as hell, traffic checking is gone, which isn't that bad but the fact that you can't tell what you can bounce off of or what will cause you to completely disintegrate by just tapping it, makes it frustrating..

Just doesn't have the flow older Burnouts have.. Feels more like Test Drive Unlimited than Burnout.

Thanks for the demo and saving me $60..

Here's some more good things to hear about Burnout: the demo rocks. I love the thing and the full version will bare my children in January.

Frontlines was decent, other than an annoying fact that you have to press a poorly placed button to run.

Burnout Paradise is going to rock so much. I love the demo, alot.