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Posted: Jan 29th 2009 11:34AM anoffday said

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What do you mean returning? This would be first time a Burnout game had cops in it.
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Posted: Jan 29th 2009 11:35AM (Unverified) said

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maybe they were thinking of NFS Hot Pursuit...?
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Posted: Jan 29th 2009 11:40AM (Unverified) said

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I'm pretty sure that both Burnout Dominator and Legends have police cars.
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Posted: Jan 29th 2009 11:55AM linebeginstoblur said

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Yeah, the only other Burnout game I own is Legends for the PSP, which has pursuits.
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Posted: Jan 29th 2009 12:14PM anoffday said

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Ohh. I only played the console versions. I guess I never really considered those to be true sequels.
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Posted: Jan 29th 2009 12:19PM Spunky Monkey 190906 said

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Never disregard the PSP >.
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Posted: Jan 29th 2009 12:43PM SheppyReturns said

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Burnout and Burnout 2 both had Pursuit mode. As well as the Burnout Compilation on Xbox that came out before 3 but had many more Crash puzzles.
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Posted: Jan 29th 2009 12:53PM (Unverified) said

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Actually the original Burnouts had police chases. The good one (the first one) for the PSP brought it back but not to the greatest effect.

The only thing that would get me to buy Burnout Paradise again (already bought played, then sold it when my replacement ps3 wouldn't load the data) is if they brought back crash junctions. The showtime event is like a chuck e cheese version of it. Until they bring back crash junctions, the Burnout franchise is dead to me.

You hear me?! I have no Burnout!
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Posted: Jan 29th 2009 1:31PM WiredKnight said

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How would this be any different from a 1-on-1 marked man/rampage?
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Posted: Jan 29th 2009 1:52PM Duke said

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Crash junctions were the best!
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Posted: Jan 29th 2009 1:54PM SheppyReturns said

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Truth be told, it's exactly like Marked Man except against a single AI/player. Also, one would have to be a cop.

As for how it's different from Rampage, well, rampage is the as takedown, right?
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Posted: Jan 29th 2009 3:38PM anoffday said

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I played the heck out of the Burnouts on Xbox and I never remember police cars...
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Posted: Jan 29th 2009 7:45PM (Unverified) said

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Burnout 2 had a lot of police chases. It was one of the ways you unlocked new vehicles.
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Posted: Jan 29th 2009 11:35AM (Unverified) said

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holy crap, Criterion - I love you.
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Posted: Jan 29th 2009 11:38AM (Unverified) said

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That would be hot just like Hot Pursuit which was the last best Need for Speed
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Posted: Jan 29th 2009 11:38AM (Unverified) said

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I still have it for PC in fact I'm staring at it right now.
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Posted: Jan 29th 2009 11:39AM chrisyz said

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This game just never runs out of DLC, does it?
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Posted: Jan 29th 2009 11:59AM PedoJokerBear said

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please dont jinx it :(
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Posted: Jan 29th 2009 12:07PM (Unverified) said

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*knocks on wood*
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Posted: Jan 29th 2009 12:21PM Spunky Monkey 190906 said

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Lets hope it stays that way, its one of the few DLC offering games I still enjoy
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Posted: Jan 29th 2009 1:26PM DjDATZ said

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I hope not. Criterion have made this game into more of a platform than just a game. They can basically now add whatever they want...
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Posted: Jan 29th 2009 11:40AM (Unverified) said

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I hope the ultimate version includes this.Burnout is getting a lot DLC.
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Posted: Jan 29th 2009 11:40AM (Unverified) said

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I hope this isn't the first DLC you have to pay for
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Posted: Jan 29th 2009 12:45PM SheppyReturns said

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The first DLC you have to pay for will be that dune buggy island that completely reworks the entire physics engine and has that stunt park. But considering everything they gave you for free above and beyond competing products in this genre, don't be a cheap bitch.
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Posted: Jan 29th 2009 1:46PM SolidSnakeEyes said

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Wrong, first paid DLC is the party pack, coming out next week.
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Posted: Jan 30th 2009 12:51PM (Unverified) said

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Too bad I just sent this game back to gamefly
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Posted: Feb 6th 2009 7:24PM (Unverified) said

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I told you this will be the first paid content
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Posted: Jan 29th 2009 11:44AM IJuan said

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Isn't that a picture of the existing cop car that is already int he game?
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Posted: Jan 29th 2009 11:57AM cathexist said

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That's what I was thinking...I believe it's the cop car already in the game
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Posted: Jan 29th 2009 12:28PM DVincent said

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Someone hijacking my e-name!
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Posted: Jan 29th 2009 1:04PM spin cycle said

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Yep. It's the Hunter Citizen. The game already has two good cop cars, so all they need to do now is add pursuit mode.

And maybe make it so when you turn on your lights the other cars on the road move out of the way.
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Posted: Jan 29th 2009 11:45AM Cube said

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For those who asked: The pursuit mode was in Burnout 2. It's basically evolved into Road Rage (you just have the option of choosing any car). Various Burnout games have had police cars (and police F1 racers) since then.

Also, the "new" police car in those screenshots is the Hunter Citizen, which has been in the game since the very start.

Still, it would be interesting to see what the PDPC pack.
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Posted: Jan 29th 2009 11:52AM (Unverified) said

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I was hoping it was like in Hot Pursuit.

I loved using the spike stripes.Now that this game reminds me of Midtown madness except it is on turbo roids.
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Posted: Jan 29th 2009 12:03PM linebeginstoblur said

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No, in Burnout Legends, there were both Pursuit and Road Rage. In Pursuit, you were a cop car and had to focus on one criminal and chase him down and wreck his car before you wrecked yours, while Road Rage involved picking any car and then trying to crash as many cars as possible before time limit or you had too many crashes.
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Posted: Jan 29th 2009 12:22PM Cube said

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My mistake. I've only played the official Burnout games (as in the ones developed by Criterion).
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Posted: Jan 29th 2009 12:47PM SheppyReturns said

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Apparently you didn't because that's EXACTLY how Burnout Pursuit works in Burnout 2. It wasn't Road Rage at all. One player was the criminal and had to get away, one player was the cop car and had to stop him.
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Posted: Jan 29th 2009 11:49AM yingerman said

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OMGOMGOMG! I luvs u Criterion!
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Posted: Jan 29th 2009 11:51AM Newfiescreech16 said

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WOW that'd be F"ing awesome!!
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Posted: Jan 29th 2009 11:54AM mahunoy said

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Woot! bring it on!
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Posted: Jan 29th 2009 11:56AM (Unverified) said

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There were pursuits in Burnout 2 and Burnout Legends and also the cop car pictured is the Hunter Citizen which has been in the game since its relase and so has the Kreiger PCPD Special.
http://burnout.wikia.com/wiki/Hunter_Citizen
http://burnout.wikia.com/wiki/Krieger_PCPD_Special
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Posted: Jan 29th 2009 11:57AM (Unverified) said

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Considering all the DLC you get with this game there's not much point in buying any other arcade car game. No wonder NFS didn't do so well.
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Posted: Jan 29th 2009 12:00PM linebeginstoblur said

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Even though it was first released LAST January, since, you know, they're re-releasing it as "The Ultimate Box"... can this PLEASE already be a top contender for Game of the Year again? I've never heard of any developer doing the kinds of things Criterion is doing. I'm honestly shocked. I preordered the game as soon as I could, so I've watched it grow, and where other developers would have pushed the game aside and worked on Burnout Paradise 2 (and I'm sure EA has pressured them to do that), Criterion somehow is able to push that aside and make Burnout Paradise one of the best (if not THE best) racing game of this generation.

The only thing I don't like about this is that now, to show my support, I feel like I have to buy all DLC to help support them. I'm not saying it's bad to pay them, I'm just saying I'd feel really guilty if I didn't get it all! They work so hard and they've become a model that ALL developers should look up to and take notes from.
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Posted: Jan 29th 2009 12:04PM bxgt said

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This is something that we as gamer don't appreciate until it's too late.
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Posted: Jan 29th 2009 1:07PM spin cycle said

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It's sad Burnout:Paradise was largely forgotten in GOTY awards (or even nominations). Not only is it an excellent game with a ton of play value, but it's beautiful, having the graphic beauty of GTA4 but with a 60fps framerate instead of 14fps.

And to top it all, its style of online play is definitely going to be highly influential on future games of all sorts (and yes, I understand Test Drive: Unlimited did this first, just not as well).
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Posted: Jan 29th 2009 12:00PM PedoJokerBear said

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criterion are the kings of DLC.
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Posted: Jan 29th 2009 1:59PM Berzerk said

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Valve says hi.
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Posted: Jan 29th 2009 12:03PM bxgt said

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That would make an awesome game of manhunt in paradise city but with cars.
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Posted: Jan 29th 2009 12:09PM (Unverified) said

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how is Criterion making money?!
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Posted: Jan 29th 2009 1:22PM jhoff80 said

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I'd imagine the in-game ads get them a pretty healthy revenue stream... Not to mention that anything they give away for free getts more people playing again, which gets more eyes on the ads.
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Posted: Jan 29th 2009 12:10PM andysexton said

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There are already two cop cars in the game. The one in the screenshots is the "Citizen". The other one is the "Krieger PCPD Special" which is a burning route winnable version of the F1 looking open wheel car.

On the 360, pushing down the left stick activates the lights/siren.
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