“I came back for my own purposes,” said the Time Traveler, looking around my booklined study. “I chose you to talk to because it was . . . convenient. And I don’t want you to do a goddamned thing. There’s nothing you can do. But relax . . . we’re not going to be talking about personal things. Such as, say, the year, day, and hour of your death. I don’t even know that sort of trivial information, although I could look it up quickly enough. You can release that white-knuckled grip you have on the edge of your desk.” I tried to relax. “What do you want to talk about?” I said. “The Century War,” said the Time Traveler. I blinked and tried to remember some history. “You mean the Hundred Year War? Fifteenth Century? Fourteenth? Sometime around there. Between . . . France and England? Henry V? Kenneth Branagh? Or was it . . .” “I mean the Century War with Islam,” interrupted the Time Traveler. “Your future. Everyone’s.” He was no longer smiling. Without asking, or offering to pour me any, he
Burnout makes me happy. Crashing and exploding. Instant gratification. I am happy. BURNOUT! Burnout PsP was a blast (sorry, bad pun) @ e3 as well!
ReplyDeleteI have been playing through Burnout 3 and continuously impressed with the level of polish on it. The way that the awards are structured is just fantastic and addicting, though there are times I am just "okay, okay, fine! I got another car, and another, and another, and a new event... Great! Can I get back to the damned game when you're done with this PARADE?!"
ReplyDeleteI think the only thing that doesn't excite me about Burnout Revenge is the applause track that plays during particularly spectacular crashes. Hopefully, there will be an option to turn this off (much like the annoying EA DJ in Burnout 3). Other than that, this game looks AWESOME!
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