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For some time now I have been pushing the old Burnout: Takedown for "achievments" on the XBOX and pre-orderd Paradise as soon as it was announced. Got the game 23/1-08 about 12:00 swedish time. At 20:00 the very same day i had 7h37min of gametime. Since that was not enough. 24hrs later i had 18hrs of gameplay. That includes school for 3hrs. So in short. I am very happy indeed. Got 51% of the game. A Licens. Every Drivethrus and garages. I miss 4 Super Jump. 3 Smash and 1 Billbord.

Introduction
On the 23rd of January 2008 at 17:55 CET, I walk nervously into a console shop in my hometown of Bergen, Norway. The game’s not to be released in another two days, but it can’t hurt looking, can it? I push past the other customers and make my way to the Xbox 360 section. With anxiety my eyes start scanning the aisle for something recognizable, not really expecting to find it. Suddenly, my heart stops. There it was, standing on a shelf right in front of me, two days early, Burnout Paradise for the Xbox 360. I put a blind eye to the steep Norwegian price (NOK 599 – approx. £56), and walk out of the store at 17:59 CET with my fresh copy of what I had unyielding faith would be the best racing game of all time.

I am a happy man once again. Pre ordered from my local game store this time, turns out it IS out tomorrow, and they have the steel wheels code 😃. Woot. I'll be picking it up tomorrow morning. Can't wait.

I now hope it all works, got my stores in, fizzy drink, and quick meals, snacks etc, so ready for the marathon that will be Burnout Paradise.

Now to put my disk in, so I can move into the flat near the Pizza Place where I have applied for a Job as the PIzza Delivery Boy for Paradise City and it's outskirts.

Hokay, my first Paradise post. Lets see here. Oh yes, Multistory night!

The story goes, last night I was frustrated seeing folks playing Paradise when I haven't got it so I booted up the demo with some friends, sat through the video for about the 60th time (I made a drink) and got stuck in to what soon became epic.

I don’t know where to start… So far I’ve only got positive things to say about the game.

We got a copy of Burnout Paradise today, and Xandu has been playing non-stop since he stopped working at 3pm this afternoon.

Unfortunately, I still had to work til 5pm and I could hear the game from where I was working!

I picked up my reserved copy of Burnout Paradise yesterday after work and played for 6 hours.

I felt overwhelmed by all there is to do in the city. With an event on almost every intersection, all the smashes, billboards and jumps, all the Road Rules... my head was swirling. I didn't know where to begin. As I'm typing this I still don't know!

Hey folks, I'm new in town.

My name is Naarkesh, and I'm a Burnoutaholic.

Professionally, I am both software engineer and games animator. I have a strong background in games and am a BSc in Games Devlopment. Needless to say, the videogames industry is my life.

What a F****** wee take, i pre ordered Paradise from their website ages ago, 21st of dec, becuase they were offering the game with the steel wheels car. It then goes and says, today, "Order declined". its not my debit card, as ive used it before with online orders, and i keep trying to call customer services, but no-one bloody answers! Its 3 in the afternoon, its not bloomin busy! Everyones at work for crying out loud! Theyve messed me around before, thought i'd give them another chance, but no, they rip it once again.