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Posted: Mar 17th 2009 3:04AM Rollins said

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So we could fly the planes and crash them into each other and other things (like buildings) and...

Yeah, I don't think I'm seeing the whole planes-in-Burnout thing coming to fruition either.

Not that it wouldn't be fun.
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Posted: Mar 17th 2009 7:22AM PoisonedAl said

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They could do what they did with the bikes. You never see the rider get knocked off and rag-doll under a bus.

In my mind, the whole 911 thing goes a bit far. Of course it was horrible, but does it mean anything with planes in gets neutered or censored?
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Posted: Mar 17th 2009 8:50AM Barky said

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Doing a Showtime-Sullenburger could be fun though.
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Posted: Mar 17th 2009 3:42AM Ridgecity said

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Having fun on bloggers' rumor posting criteria, specially for such a long joke would seriously be a low blow, even for EA.
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Posted: Mar 17th 2009 3:45AM spin cycle said

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I don't think they'd add much fun anyway.

Now, maybe something like an island would be good...
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Posted: Mar 17th 2009 4:19AM (Unverified) said

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well we all know that criterion is working on that crazy new 3D glasses thing for burnout paradise since they spilled the beans in the newest episode of Qore so anything possible.
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Posted: Mar 17th 2009 4:23AM Optimaximal said

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Yes, because games have had a good history of implementing planes and the buildings they can be crashed into...

There's humour, then there's not - Rumour-rang or not, I don't really want Burnout to be pulled on account some sensationalist newspaper baselessly branded it a terrorist simulator.
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Posted: Mar 17th 2009 4:29AM kedward71 said

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To be an April Fools' Day joke, it has to start on the morning of April 1st and finish by noon on the very same day - at least in England, where Criterion are based. Therefore I highly doubt that this is a "really long-running" April Fools' Day joke...
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Posted: Mar 17th 2009 5:21AM Diemer said

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I really am hoping this is true. It'd be the best early birthday present ever.
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Posted: Mar 17th 2009 5:40AM Anticrawl said

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No quesiton, my birthday is April 2nd and spending a part of that day crashing planes into cars and other planes sounds hilariously fun. And I can do it all while wearing my new Gunnar Halogen glasses. Sweet.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAaQNACwaLw (This video is not about Obama, but globalism.)
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Posted: Mar 17th 2009 6:22AM vmenge said

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Maybe the whole joke is making everybody think it's a joke, when it's actually not :O
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Posted: Mar 17th 2009 7:13AM HydrophobicFish PSN ID Hydrophob said

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I don't think it'd go over really well...

I know that Criterion is in no way trying to do anything more than add a fun add-on to their great game...

But planes crashing isn't really culturally acceptable in America. Just like nukes in Japan. Traumatic history with those things happening has kinda made them taboo in those two societies.

By no means am I accusing Criterion of anything bad. At worst, it's cultural insensitivity. Which when has Europe ever been culturally sensitive of America (or vice versa especially. ;) )
Of course, we all could be wrong to some extent, maybe you can't crash the planes... but then would it really be a burnout game if there aren't OHMYGODMETALGEAR crashes?
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Posted: Mar 17th 2009 7:21AM Anticrawl said

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Criterion isn't an American developer. Americans need to be less sensitive. Traumatic events happen every day, the only way to move on is to lighten the hell up and don't try to find the evil in every little detail of life.
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Posted: Mar 17th 2009 7:27AM PoisonedAl said

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With a date like that, I would call BS. However, it wouldn't be too hard to add planes into Burnout, especially if they don't bother using crushable models.
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Posted: Mar 17th 2009 8:43AM ScottG13 said

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I'd love if they made a serious product launch on April 1st. That'd be hilarious.
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Posted: Mar 17th 2009 10:43AM mrmobius said

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It could be an anti-joke.
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Posted: Mar 17th 2009 10:54AM ScottG13 said

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Better than all the dumb fake Wii game announcements or whatever the hell people will be doing this year.
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Posted: Mar 17th 2009 10:36AM (Unverified) said

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You know...there is video of planes in Paradise City? I mean, it'd be one thing to just say you are trying to get them in and make it a long joke, but going to the effort of making video of them actually flying around...well, that's quite a bit of effort for a joke.
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Posted: Mar 17th 2009 10:34AM mrmobius said

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I'm imagining something similar to Redbull Air Race.
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Posted: Mar 17th 2009 10:36AM Snake Robot Podium said

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Paradise = Nirvana

Clearly Criterion's next update will allow us to alter our consciousness and transcend PLANES of existence.

Also, make car go boom.
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Posted: Mar 17th 2009 4:37PM Ben Forbes said

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I like the cut of your jib.
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Posted: Mar 17th 2009 10:36AM Ignatius said

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Why do people keep referencing the September 11th attacks?

Just. Stop. Okay, it was a tragedy, people lost their lives, we were attacked. Okay.

This is no reason to censor the ability to do things like fly planes. If you're too sensitive to even ALLOW people to fly planes because of the ABILITY to perhaps fly them into buildings that might just LOOK like the World Trade Center buildings.. we might as well just outlaw flight simulators.

See what Germany's doing with video games? Anything that might be too violent is banned, why? Because they don't want to revisit their past. The more and more your sensitivity is an issue to everyone else, the less freedom we're going to have. Deal with it.
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Posted: Mar 17th 2009 10:39AM Grubermeister said

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If this is an April Fool's joke, THEY'RE DOING IT WRONG. If not, then WHEEEEEEEE!
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Posted: Mar 17th 2009 10:42AM Berzerk said

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As nice as it would be to have planes, I don't think the majority of the map is suited to have planes. The world is "realistic" with no floating rings or power-ups, so unless they have an entire new island with canyons and tall buildings and such, flying around is going to be kinda boring.

Unless, of course, you're forced to fly 20-30 feet of the ground...
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Posted: Mar 17th 2009 12:11PM (Unverified) said

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Well, planes were mentioned (and a picture shown) in an Edge article on Burnout Paradise (and it's DLC) a while back. Can't remember the details, though. I don't think it's a joke.
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Posted: Mar 17th 2009 3:41PM Rhamsey said

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id play it
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Posted: Mar 17th 2009 11:32PM (Unverified) said

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When Criterion HAD a forum, this was discussed many times, and the lads at Criterion replied that they were NOT going to implement planes in Paradise City, although they had experimented with them and there is a video on YouTube of a biplane flying over the city
I'm still waiting on the new Island ...
April Fool
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Posted: Mar 18th 2009 2:55AM (Unverified) said

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I think the joke is that it is releasing april 1st, not the whole plane thing.
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