Cube Posted June 4, 2011 Posted June 4, 2011 (edited) Aye, it's still a lot of fun. Played the singleplayer enough to unlock my favourite car (R-Turbo Roadster) OK, so apparently I haven't. Even though it's clearly been autosaving, I've just loaded it and it's forgotten everything. Edit: OK, for some reason not all the updates seemed to load (some options from the car menu - such as Legendary Cars - were missing). So when you start it I'd suggest going back into the junkyard and checking that Boost Specials, Toy Cars, Legendary Cars, etc are in the menu. If not then you'll have to quit out and load again. Edited June 4, 2011 by Cube
dwarf Posted June 4, 2011 Posted June 4, 2011 3325 MB. Worth it. Turns out there's a 5 part patch for new downloaders. I'm at the second part and it's 254 MB. Fuck sake.
Aneres11 Posted June 4, 2011 Posted June 4, 2011 You only get to play the game for 30 days? Frankly, there are better games i'd rather be playing for the next month than the ones Sony are offering. Not being ungrateful or anything but that's pretty crap. I'd rather just download them and then play them when I want not have to do it in 30 days. They should've classed it is a welcome back 'rental' package.
LegoMan1031 Posted June 4, 2011 Posted June 4, 2011 You only get to play the game for 30 days? Frankly, there are better games i'd rather be playing for the next month than the ones Sony are offering. Not being ungrateful or anything but that's pretty crap. I'd rather just download them and then play them when I want not have to do it in 30 days. They should've classed it is a welcome back 'rental' package. The two games you get free with the welcome back package you get to keep 'forever'..... (in my case Dead Nation and inFAMOUS since i own the others). It's only normal free games with plus that you would lose. (Streets of Rage 2 being an example).
Cube Posted June 4, 2011 Posted June 4, 2011 I think you're getting confused. The games in the "Welcome Package" (the choice of two from five) you get to keep. The 30 days is for this month's PS+ games (which is a rental service), which includes Burnout Paradise.
Aneres11 Posted June 4, 2011 Posted June 4, 2011 Then I will shut the hell up right now. My bad. Thanks for clearing that one up though!
Cookyman Posted June 4, 2011 Posted June 4, 2011 Then I will shut the hell up right now. My bad. Thanks for clearing that one up though! Everything you wanted to know about PSN but were afraid tro ask. Welcome Back Content Is Available Now; Frequently Asked Questions Answered With the PlayStation Store back online, we’ve been getting all caught up this week, having launched an abundance of amazing content for download on PlayStation 3 and PSP. Today, we’re excited to launch the Welcome Back program to thank you for your loyalty and below we’ve detailed what is available, how to go about downloading it and a list of frequently asked questions. Thanks again for your patience and understanding as we restored the PlayStation Network and Qriocity services – your support has meant a lot to us and is greatly appreciated. Q: What’s in the Welcome Back Program? A: To start, all PSN members who had signed up before the outage (April 21, 2011) will be able to select two free games for the PS3 and two free games for the PSP. For PS3 owners, go to the ‘Welcome Back’ section in the PlayStation Store, and select 2 titles from the following list: Dead Nation inFAMOUS LittleBigPlanet Ratchet & Clank: Quest for Booty Wipeout HD + Fury For PSP owners, go to the ‘Welcome Back’ section of PlayStation Store on your PSP system and select 2 titles from the following list: LittleBigPlanet (PSP) ModNation Racers Pursuit Force Killzone Liberation *For the German market, InFamous and Dead Nation will be replace with Super Stardust HD and Hustle Kings in the selection of PS3 games. Pursuit Force and Killzone Liberation will be replaced with Everybody’s Golf 2 and Buzz Junior Jungle Party in the selection of PSP games. Killzone Liberation will not offer online gameplay functionality. How to claim your free games Go to PlayStation Store from the XMB Click on the Welcome Back banner on the Storefront or the Latest tab Go into the Welcome Back category and select the ‘PlayStation 3 Free Games’ item, and then select ‘Get Now’ on the following screen You will be taken back to the Welcome Back section where you will be able to select your two free games These instructions are applicable to both PS3 and PSP In addition, we’re giving free access to our premium subscription service, PlayStation Plus, which includes free games, huge discounts, exciting exclusives and added features like online storage and automatic downloads, to all PSN members for 30 days at no charge, requiring no long term commitment. As with the games above, go to the PlayStation Store and under the ‘Welcome Back’ section, select ‘PlayStation Plus: 30 Days Free’, and you’ll be given access to all of the benefits of PlayStation Plus. Note that this will not auto-renew and simply expires 30 days after activation. Current Plus subscribers had an extra 60 days added to their existing subscription at no charge. For current Plus subscribers, no action is needed as the 60 days have automatically been added to your subscription. Another additional 10 days will be added to your subscription in a few days’ time. PlayStation Network users will also get a large number of free virtual items in PlayStation Home as a show of appreciation for your patience while Home was inaccessible. More information and will be available in the near future, so watch out for any announcements from the PlayStation Home team. A selection of “On Us†movie rentals are currently available to PlayStation Network customers this weekend only, where Video Service is available. Finally, current Music Unlimited Premium subscription members will receive an additional 60 days of free premium subscription. 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A: If you navigate away from the Welcome Back section of the store without choosing your free games or exit the store completely you may need to follow the below in order to choose and download your free games. 1.On your PlayStation 3 or PlayStation Portable navigate to the PlayStation Network icon on the XMB 2.Log into your PlayStation Network account and choose Account Management > Transaction Management > Services List 3.Choose “PlayStation Network Promotions†from the list of services displayed 4.Select either “PS3 Free Games†or “PSP Free Games†and then choose “Select Content†You will be taken to the store to choose your remaining free games. Q: When does the 30 days of my PlayStation Plus access expire? A: Your PlayStation Plus 30 day access will expire 30 days from the date you activated it in PlayStation Store. Q: Do I get to keep the free games in PlayStation Plus forever? A: Content that is free in PlayStation Plus will not be available after your PlayStation Plus time has expired. However, if you decide to join PlayStation Plus, you’ll have access to all of the content you downloaded during your 30 day access for as long as you are a subscriber. Q: Do I get to keep any games or content I purchased with the PlayStation Plus discount? A: Yes. Any content you purchase at a discount is yours to keep, regardless of your subscription status. Q: What content will be in PlayStation Plus when I activate my 30 days? A: A full list of available PlayStation Plus content and discounts for our Welcome Back customers was detailed on the blog earlier this week. Q: Where can I find the Welcome Back content in Home? A: We are still putting our Welcome Back content for Home together and will communicate this soon. Check back here for more details – our aim is to give away content that has not been available before. 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flameboy Posted June 4, 2011 Posted June 4, 2011 3325 MB. Worth it. Yeah it is worth it. Even though I have the disc I was thinking of downloading it just so its always on the system definitely one of those titles that awesome for 5 mins here and there.
LegoMan1031 Posted June 4, 2011 Posted June 4, 2011 Yeah it is worth it. Even though I have the disc I was thinking of downloading it just so its always on the system definitely one of those titles that awesome for 5 mins here and there. I had the same thought and installed it (not that i plan on keeping plus but it's there for abit) but it wont let me load my save for the disc version of paradise!
flameboy Posted June 4, 2011 Posted June 4, 2011 I had the same thought and installed it (not that i plan on keeping plus but it's there for abit) but it wont let me load my save for the disc version of paradise! oh well that kills that idea.
Goafer Posted June 4, 2011 Posted June 4, 2011 My god, just getting as far as to seeing the welcome back package is a pain in the ass on the PSP. At least you get the chance. Mine seems to have given up the ghost on the wireless font. FFS.
flameboy Posted June 5, 2011 Posted June 5, 2011 Once you clicked on the welcome bk free thing on your Psp you can manage it on ps3 through the services menu that's how I did it. Cos I couldn't get the games to load up on Psp Did people know these are the choices that we get video rental wise; Resident Evil: Regeneration House of the dead 2 Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
Rowan Posted June 5, 2011 Posted June 5, 2011 Really enjoying Burnout Paradise. Unfortunately my month is filled with exams so I'll only be playing this game while ignoring Infamous/Wipeout until after my tests are over at the end of the month. I understand that free games through PS+ are no longer playable after the subscription ends. But does that also apply to the other free stuff like Dynamic themes?
Dog-amoto Posted June 5, 2011 Posted June 5, 2011 (edited) Argh, I've remembered why I stay away from the PS3 for gaming now and always buy the multi platform stuff on Xbox. Before anyone asks, I wanted a Blu-Ray player and opted for the PS3 so I could play the odd exclusive that appealed to me. Case in point - Burnout Paradise. Taken a good hour or so to download. Then I had to wait 20 minutes for it to install. Okay, so I'm good to go now...or so I thought. I need an update for it to work, only not one update, five of them!! Why oh why can it not just download the last update and ignore the rest?? On Xbox, if I buy a four year old game, it'll likely need an update, as it's probably had about 20 since it came out, but it takes seconds. I've been sat here for half an hour waiting for Burnout to update, and it's currently only on update 2/5. It's not just this - for some reason, my OFFICIAL Bluetooth headset had somehow uninstalled itself, and I had to piss around redoing it, which only worked after the third try. Then I tried to have a voice chat with a friend - nooooooooo, apparently I need a compatible camera to do that - I managed to chat with him while we were playing Dead Nation, but why in the world can you not chat to your friends while you are playing a different game? It's terrible! Then for some reason, we got disconnected and he quite annoyingly sent me a load of game invites. I couldn't tell him that I couldn't reconnect, so now I have about 20 game invites in my message box which I have to delete one by fucking one as there's no option to delete all that I can see. The controller is awful - based on a 15 year old design where they put the analogue sticks too close together because that was the only place they could put them when the first DualShock came out as the D-pad was more commonly used in those days. Playing a game like Dead Nation where I want to move right and shoot left ends up with me catching my thumbs against each other, though I know that's just me being ham fisted I suppose. I don't mean to come across as fanboyish, but the Xbox is so much better and easier to use. The PS3 as a gaming machine is a confusing unintuitive mess and I don't understand how people put up with it. Luckily, most of the PS3 exclusives aren't up to much, LBP and Uncharted excluded. Edited June 5, 2011 by Dog-amoto
Aimless Posted June 5, 2011 Posted June 5, 2011 Burnout's a bit of an outlier. If you bought a vanilla copy for 360 you'd need to update that too, albeit by downloading packs off the Marketplace as opposed to relying on a standard system update. I agree that not pre-patching downloads is silly, but I assume there is a reason for it; Live's downloads aren't patched either, but generally the updates take less than a minute. To delete all messages in your inbox press Triangle whilst highlighting the Received box — not viewing the list of messages, the step before that — then select Delete. As for the DualShock, I don't have any issues with the stick placement although apparently quite a lot of people do. I sometimes wonder how they're using it: I push the sticks around with the tips of my thumbs, not cover the tops with the pads of my digits. Then again perhaps I just have ladylike hands.
Dog-amoto Posted June 5, 2011 Posted June 5, 2011 This has now taken well over an hour to update a bloody game!! It was quicker on the ZX Spectrum! What really irks me is that I don't even have the option to just ignore the update and play offline. At least the Xbox asks you first if you want to update, and signs you out. As for the controller, my thumbs tend to slip off a bit so that's why it happens - my own fault I know and I know it's down to personal preference. Thanks for the tip on the message deleting though!
Aimless Posted June 5, 2011 Posted June 5, 2011 What really irks me is that I don't even have the option to just ignore the update and play offline. Press Circle when it asks you whether you want to update. Done. As I said Burnout is something of an outlier. It's had hundreds of megabytes of free content added to it, and you need that content to play it online; even if you haven't unlocked a car, you still need access to the assets so it can be displayed in your game. There certainly are games with really egregiously large updates that don't have that excuse, though: it's nice that there's functionality being added, but a bit of consideration for those with lacklustre connections would be nice.
Cube Posted June 5, 2011 Posted June 5, 2011 Case in point - Burnout Paradise. Ironically, you chose the single game that proves the opposite - that the PS3 update system is better. As each patch was released on 360 you had to delete the previous one and download a new file from the marketplace - this file contained all previous updates. So not only did you have to manually find the updates, but each time the game was patched you needed to re-download all the additional content. The final patch was over 1GB. On the PS3 the updates just worked the same way as any other game. Unlike the Xbox, you didn't have to re-download all the previous patches if you had them. Now that all the patches are out, a new player still has to download the same amount on either console.
LegoMan1031 Posted June 5, 2011 Posted June 5, 2011 Burnout Paradise has to be an exception though, as every other type of update seems faster and updates when loading the game up on 360! Which brings me to my next question why does Burnout on the 360 require you to go into the marketplace and download the patch that way rather than the normal way of doing things?
Daft Posted June 5, 2011 Posted June 5, 2011 Playstation Plus means most my updates are automated. Score.
Dog-amoto Posted June 5, 2011 Posted June 5, 2011 Funny how I've never had to wait for an hour and a half for an Xbox game to update, so I'd have to say that the Xbox has a better system, though I really can't comment on Burnout as I've never played it. It's not just that though - took 45 minutes to update LBP, an hour for Killzone 2 and god knows how long for Uncharted. And I have a fast broadband connection. Add the fact that there's no voice chat between games, and it's just a very poor alternative to Xbox Live which is a shame because the hardware is better.
LegoMan1031 Posted June 5, 2011 Posted June 5, 2011 (edited) Playstation Plus means most my updates are automated. Score. Show off with your premium membership! and it's just a very poor alternative to Xbox Live which is a shame because the hardware is better. Although i do agree with the most of what you are saying... we do pay for Xbox Live.... Edited June 5, 2011 by Mike1988uk
Cube Posted June 5, 2011 Posted June 5, 2011 Which brings me to my next question why does Burnout on the 360 require you to go into the marketplace and download the patch that way rather than the normal way of doing things? Funny how I've never had to wait for an hour and a half for an Xbox game to update Both of these have the same answer. Apart from a very select special cases (Call of Duty and Gears 3 beta are two of the exceptions, I believe), Microsoft have a size limit on patches. Something around the scale of 10MB.
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