Over on Criterion Games' official website, they posted details about some new game modes that are headed to
Burnout Paradise in the near future as part of the game's Cagney update which shouldn't be confused with next week's
Bogart update. The three new Freeburn game modes showcased (other new additions will be announced in the future) are Online Stunt Run, Online Road Rage and Online Marked Man. We conveniently posted a description of each Freeburn game mode after the break for your reading enjoyment, but we must say that Online Road Road seems like a crash fest of fun where teamwork is rewarded by seeing chunks of car peel from your opponents' car body as if they were part of an orange rind. Criterion promises more Cagney update info and new Freeburn race modes sometime soon'ish.
- Online Stunt Run
- This is 8-player simultaneous online Stunt Run – everyone competes for the highest score within the 2 minute time limit and you can play anywhere in Paradise City.
- An on-screen display shows all player scores, so you can easily see how you're doing.
- Earn multipliers for taking each other out but you lose your combo score, if you're taken down.
- Eliminated players are greyed out of the scoring area but can exact brutal revenge by chasing after players that have managed to keep their combos alive beyond the time-out.
- For the first time, you can drive alongside someone as they complete a billion score in Stunt Run - you can absolutely use this mode to try and show off to your friends.
- Online Road Rage
- This is an 8-player online team event.A
- At the start, everyone chooses their team (red or blue).
- One team of "runners" has to drive to a checkpoint then the finish – they can only see one checkpoint ahead.
- The other team has to take them down. These guys can see the checkpoint and finish and choose whether to wait and ambush in key locations, shortcut to the action if they get left behind or just follow the pack and cause chaos.
- Online Marked Man
- We randomly choose a "Marked Man".
- There's an intense few moments, while all players wait for the selection to be made – you want to stay close to other players, so you can hit the Marked Man, as soon as he's selected but far enough away that that you can run like hell if it's you that's the Marked Man.
- The target is selected and a 90 second timer starts – you get 1 point if you survive and 1 point if you take down the Marked Man. After 90 seconds a new Marked Man is selected at random.
- If you're the Marked Man, you can't see the attacking players on the map, your car is a little slower and you don't get boost.
- The session usually consists of around 10-12 minutes of intense gameplay depending on the number of players involved.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
4-16-2008 @ 11:10AM
DiscoGhost said...
burnout paradise rules. these guys just keep making the game better and better.
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4-16-2008 @ 11:39AM
Jon2309 said...
Yes, online "road road" does sound fun indeed...
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4-16-2008 @ 12:50PM
Neuromancer said...
I think I liked offline road road better...
4-16-2008 @ 11:45AM
Jay900 said...
wow online road rage :)
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4-16-2008 @ 11:51AM
ChromaTick said...
I hope that these modes really mean "up to" 8 player on-line, and not a fixed 8-player mode. I'd like to be able to do these with 3,4, 5 friends etc.
As for the modes themselves. Simply awesome. Can't wait for it to come out.
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4-16-2008 @ 1:26PM
8complex said...
Oh man, what is up with no boost in the marked man mode? And your car is slower? Who thought that was a good idea?? At least give people a fair chance, especially if they get caught out in a slower car as it is.
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4-16-2008 @ 2:01PM
DjDATZ said...
Online road rage sounds fuckin awesome...I'll surely pick up BP again when this update launches...let's hope its not too close to the 29th though. LOL
Marked man sounds pretty fuckin cool too... :D
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4-16-2008 @ 2:31PM
George McBain said...
This is full of win; I wondered why these weren't in there to begin with, since I wanted to do these types online from the beginning =)
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4-16-2008 @ 4:17PM
purefuzz said...
Can't wait. they all sound like a laugh. i can imagine some people in stunt run will just spend the entire time trying to take people out and end their combo.
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