Burnout DLC May Have Been Out of this World
Last January, Burnout Paradise was released to the masses. The title was well-received, and was thought by gamers across the globe to be one of the best racing titles. With the game came incredible amounts of options to enjoy racing across Paradise City. Plus, developer Criterion Games continued to add new cars to race with, and new locations to traverse. However, some DLC never made it to fruition, Criterion has revealed.
The biggest DLC that was dicussed, but was never released, was the Moon. Yes, Criterion Games was actually considering the Moon for a location in Burnout Paradise. To get to the Moon, a player may of had to reach a certain rank, or complete a certain number of challenges. When you did reach these goals, a rocket pad would be unlocked. Going on this rocket pad would lead you to, of course, the Moon.
Planes were first revealed on April Fools, so many gamers believed that the option of getting planes in Burnout was a simple joke. However, Criterion Games did reveal that planes were to be included in the game. The viewpoints from the plane though, onto Paradise City, proved to be a problem for Criterion though. Speaking of planes, helicopters were also considered for Burnout Paradise DLC. A plan was even to have driving players and flying players work together to complete challenges.
To stay on topic of vehicles, boats were discussed by the development team. Unfortunately, they were never prototyped. Criterion Games even planned to make more islands in Paradise City, though that did not make it either. Players would also be able to race in their boats to the different islands located around the city.
When motorcycles were first announced for Burnout Paradise, many probably wondered if they were to be combined with the cars (such as in races, events, etc). Though, this did not happen, as you can only join an online motorcycle game if you did in fact own a motorcycle. This went for cars as well. Criterion had planned to mix cars and motorcycles together, but it was too hard for a motorcycle to take down a car.
Finally, the last two proposed DLC for Burnout Paradise may have been the most reasonable, and the strangest. The most reasonable would have been an underground world for Paradise City. The idea was first spoken of on the Burnout Paradise forums, where it was hinted you could somehow drive under the city. The strangest, but certainly the coolest, was time travel. Yes, you did hear that right. Criterion had time travel planned for Burnout Paradise, though some members believed this was going too far. Although this would have went perfect with the replica Back to the Future car…
So, now that you have heard the proposed DLC for Burnout Paradise, which one of them would you have liked to see? Post your comments below!
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7 Responses to “Burnout DLC May Have Been Out of this World”
underground sounds best
I would like to see them all!
Back to the Future and Underground would have been the choices I would have liked to see as DLC.
well they did release another island… I think it was called.. the island. Or something like that. But of anything I’d rather more areas than different vehicles, no matter what or where the area was. Theres tons of vehicles as it is, and frankly the motorcycles weren’t that fun. Planes might have been fun, but boats are pretty boring to race, and helicopters are just a pain in the ass to maneuver… usually. Just gimme land to burn rubber on.
boats and time travel would have been sweet
hello…
i must sell my 1st copy of Burnout paradise, buy the ultimate edition then start downloading the DLCs that may come
the underground one seems cool, maybe adding a few more islands & cars based on some themes. time travel seem cool, but when a driver goes though time & space, the only vehicle he’s driving at that time would be out of the era, he may then go through others of that time until he gets back to the future or past depending on context. A patch to make it 1080p would be much appreciated & certainly someone can bring me my gamepad while i’m on the couch … hehe!
just bring on both & let us have more to play.
cheers!
Underground would be more fun. The moon and space travel would be cool but a little to gimmicky. Underground I think would be interesting. This game needs a huge add on as big if not bigger than the frist map to draw people back to it. I loved it but beat the game a few times and got the platinum so theres no need to play it anymore unless they do something huge with it.