BobJustBob
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I have no problem paying for this, but it sucks that they reneged on their promise of free content.
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fistfulofmetal
Banned
Good. I want to pay for this. I want Criterion to charge me for something. I want to give them my money again.
They never said everything would be free. They specifically said there would be paid-content.
BobJustBob said:
They never said everything would be free. They specifically said there would be paid-content.
xS1TH L0RDx
Banned
criterion will definitely be getting my money for this.
When I first downloaded it on PSN I thought the western mountain area was the new island. :loljett said:"We?d mentioned in a previous podcast that this would be free content, but we can now confirm that it will be premium paid-for content."
Sucks...I bought Burnout PSN thinking I was gonna get a free island...when I did I actually thought it had already been released.
So are they gonna segregate servers into people who bought the island and people who didn't? (No need to answer unless they said how it's gonna work on CrashTV) Regardless, I'm getting this when it comes out; I just hope it doesn't separate the community too much and i also hope that they add more things to do with the motorcycles (at least races) so people actually use them.
Christoff Yurievich
Member
Well, I'm a little bummed it's not free. I mean, I'm still buying it and all the other DLC mentioned but they did say it would be free. Oh well, at least I know the people on my friends list will also be buying it so it's not a huge deal breaker.
AlphaTwo00
Member
I will now pay twice. Once on 360. And then again on the PS3.
You see the hoops in the last pic. HOLY SHIT! Stunt Challenge?
You see the hoops in the last pic. HOLY SHIT! Stunt Challenge?
LiquidMetal14
hide your water-based mammals
I was never under the impressions that this would be free. I'd pay for it anyways, it's an awesome game.
Their story is that what they first had in mind scale-wise could be free, but they got carried away, scrapped what they had done and then spent a lot more time than scheduled on it, making it impossible to sustain without a price tag attached to it. It makes sense, even though it raises questions...
Christoff Yurievich
Member
and those would be...?
AmericanNinja
Banned
BobJustBob said:
They never promised free DLC. Also The two previous packs they released were suppose to be paid for but they released them for free.
Agent X
Member
AmericanNinja said:
Only the last one (Bikes, originally code named Davis) was originally planned to be paid content. The one before that (Cagney) was always supposed to be free as far as I know.
I like the way the Island is coming along. I have no qualms over paying for something like this, knowing how awesome their free content has been so far.
Christoff Yurievich
Member
I look at it this way: as awesome as the free stuff was, imagine the paid.
Solideliquid
Member
AlphaTwo00 said:
Today's announcement.
...wait, what?
Has this DLC come out yet? Is it PS3 exclusive?
Philanthropist
Banned
It's probably a lot better than what the free content would have been a while ago and intended to be released in September or so. They deserve the money for their DLC. I know I will pay for it.
SolideLiquid, it'll come out in February.
SolideLiquid, it'll come out in February.
Visualante
Member
February 2009. Sigh.GHG said:
PhlivoSong
Member
crispyben said:
That round building reminds me of Marina City in Chicago next to the House of Blues.
AlphaTwo00
Member
No. All DLC out next year.Solideliquid said:
No, nothing is exclusive.
Oh cool, I went to Chicago for the first time over the summer and I saw those buildings at night and thought they looked pretty cool. I like seeing them again now but in the daylight.PhlivoSong said:That round building reminds me of Marina City in Chicago next to the House of Blues.
Finally, some DLC announcements that get me excited. As much as I appreciate the party pack and the new cars, none of them interested me to any large degree. The island however is going to be mother fucking awesome.
I welcome paying for it. I want to give these guys more of my money for making my favourite game of all time. However my big concern is what this means for online play. Are they going to split the game in two? You connect to either the new island or the old one, and you can't drive in between them? If not, and you can drive freely, how does that work for people who haven't bought it? Do they connect to the old servers? Meaning you'll never see those guys again? That's lame.
Hopefully they do this right. It's really really bad to split a community. You end up fracturing the experience and the whole game suffers as a result.
I welcome paying for it. I want to give these guys more of my money for making my favourite game of all time. However my big concern is what this means for online play. Are they going to split the game in two? You connect to either the new island or the old one, and you can't drive in between them? If not, and you can drive freely, how does that work for people who haven't bought it? Do they connect to the old servers? Meaning you'll never see those guys again? That's lame.
Hopefully they do this right. It's really really bad to split a community. You end up fracturing the experience and the whole game suffers as a result.
overthehill99
Member
Wait I thought a while back they announced the island as free? What happened?
Philanthropist
Banned
Blu_LED said:
Alex Ward said they redesigned it. Now it's the kind of content that wouldn't be made available for free.
However, there's a good chance EA wanted them to charge for the extra content now.
Always-honest
Banned
this game has given me a lot of fun. criterion rules.
So I have 98% and have completed every event, found every discoverable, won every car, ruled every road (time and showtime).
I'm missing 8 of the 60 Paradise Awards, is that the reason I'm not at 100%? I'm a little confused because in-game, the criteria for the Criterion Elite doesn't mention them as being required to get the license, but I've done everything else I can see.
I'm missing 8 of the 60 Paradise Awards, is that the reason I'm not at 100%? I'm a little confused because in-game, the criteria for the Criterion Elite doesn't mention them as being required to get the license, but I've done everything else I can see.
In order to get 100% in cars, you need to discover everything (parkings included), smash all the gates and billboards, land all super jumps, have the Criterion Elite license, rule all of the roads (time and showtime) and have all of the 60 Paradise Awards. So yes, I think that's where your missing 2% are.Johnas said:
In order to get 101%, you need to complete two full sets of online Freeburn challenges (2- and 3-player for instance), excluding timed ones. This will also net you the Carbon Krieger Überschall 8. To get 102%, you need to complete all 420 online car Freeburn challenges.
You can only go up to 101% with bikes, by completing the 70 online Freeburn challenges along with the complete offline game.
crispyben said:
Speaking of. Has anyone else in this thread completed all 490 challenges? It's damn tough.
I'm interested to know how other people found it. I actually didn't come across many annoying people at all. Considering it was a few hundred hours of playing on Xbox Live, the experience was a pleasant one. Only probably 3 assholes out of hundreds.
Metalic Sand
who is Emo-Beas?
Island is no longer free? So much for Criterion being awesome..... Back to failing i see.
I didnt mind the vehicle packs being payed content but you dont go out and label something as free for months then just go "Hey its no longer free" F you criterion.
I didnt mind the vehicle packs being payed content but you dont go out and label something as free for months then just go "Hey its no longer free" F you criterion.
I'm at 341, and I've met my share of assholes, but last night I had a really good room going, and I did around 40 in one session... That's a very nice feeling! I know I'll try to reach 490, it seems so close yet so farMar_ said:
I haven't tackled the bike ones yet.Just read their explanation, they've been honest and open as to how and why they've changed their minds. That doesn't mean you have to agree with it, of course, but telling them to fuck off isn't very nice after all the free content they've already provided...Metalic Sand said:
Psychotext
Member
I find myself giving up on the challenges pretty quickly. There's always someone that either clearly doesn't have the skill to do the harder ones or is just more interested in messing around trying to stop others pulling the challenges off.Mar_ said:
crispyben said:I'm at 341, and I've met my share of assholes, but last night I had a really good room going, and I did around 40 in one session... That's a very nice feeling! I know I'll try to reach 490, it seems so close yet so far
Good luck. It actually gets harder and harder the less you have to do. Unless you're really good at convincing people to play the challenges you want, or can manage to start a server and fill it yourself. The going gets really tough.
Exactly.
Criterion have said all along that they are being very open and honest with the community. And what that means is that sometimes they'll say something then have to change their plans later on. They aren't only revealing plans / ideas / etc when they are set in stone and signed off by a thousand lawyers. They tell you shit as they go along and those can and will change. There's no need to get all in a tizzy about it.
Metalic Sand
who is Emo-Beas?
crispyben said:
I dont like being told about all this "Free" content then to purchase the product only to have them say "Well hey we changed our minds, gotcha bitch!" And yes they can go fuck off. Im done with the game now.
I spent my money towards it to support there whole "Free content" thing they had going. I even convinced 2 friends to buy it because of the promised content and the whole "There adding a whole new island!" This was nothing more than a bait and switch on criterions part to sell copys.