Burnout Paradise: Cagney

posted by Jaitu at 09:40

The Cagney update for Burnout Paradise finally made it out of
certification limbo and to the Xbox360 community at large last night. I
haven't played Paradise for a little while but thought I might as well
get the update while I had some time. Upon booting the game I was
informed that an update was indeed available and chose to download it.
The process completed in approximately four seconds which didn't strike
me as a likely success. In fact when I started the game again there was
a minor cosmetic change only. Trying to view the news feed or start an
online Freeburn session just resulted in a message telling me that I
couldn't go online until I'd taken the latest update. There was no way
to get the update from within the game and I had to drop back to the
dashboard and line up the download through the Marketplace. Once
completed I restarted the game and was welcomed by the new front page
which shows the latest news from Criterion Games along with time and
date information, world ranking, weather info from major cities around
the World and a calendar with special event days highlighted. Within the
game proper the effects are less immediately obvious. There are a number
of new online challenges and game modes and three new vehicles and
liveries. The sound mix has been tweaked such that the soundtrack and
engine noise is noticeably different between the bumper and chase cam
views. It is also now possible to click the left stick when driving the
police cruiser and turn on the blues and two's.
The Davis update is due in around a month and will deliver even more
radical changes.