Party Pack released today

kdc · 05-02-2009, 11:06 AM

According to the criterion website the party pack will be released in todays (5/2/09) PSN store update!!!

DJ_Bucho · 05-02-2009, 11:52 AM

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Originally Posted by kdc

According to the criterion website the party pack will be released in todays PSN store update!!!

Nice one

I'll have to keep an eye out for it. Any indication on the price???

bigkingy · 05-02-2009, 3:57 PM

Its up on Xbox live at 800 points- I think thats roughly £6.50-£7??

I'm guessing it will be £6.99 on PSN, but I'm hoping it will be £4.99!

Edit: its up now at £7.99.

Usama · 05-02-2009, 4:39 PM

It's £7.99 on the store, I am getting it for free in The Ultimate Box.

BT@HOME · 05-02-2009, 5:23 PM

hardly "free", the game can be picked up for £15/£19 from most places now.

BT@HOME · 05-02-2009, 5:25 PM

BTW: Party pack download is just 100kb, so the actual update includes the party stuff and this is just an activation......i wonder if the rest of the cars etc are already in this update?

kdc · 05-02-2009, 7:49 PM

any verdicts on the pack yet? I'm at work now so wont get a chance to download until tommorrow!

The Fuggler · 05-02-2009, 9:41 PM

I'm not sure at £8. Someone convince me...!!

kdc · 05-02-2009, 11:26 PM

well i bought it (got home from work twenty minutes ago)...it seems like fun but not sure whether its 7.99 worth of fun... but I cant have that trophy percentage nagging me its not at 100%....

Ed the Penguin · 06-02-2009, 9:30 AM

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Originally Posted by BT@HOME

BTW: Party pack download is just 100kb, so the actual update includes the party stuff and this is just an activation......i wonder if the rest of the cars etc are already in this update?

Surely they'd have to be.. Else if you were freeburning with someone who had the extra cars you wouldn't be able to see them?!...

BT@HOME · 06-02-2009, 12:35 PM

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well i bought it (got home from work twenty minutes ago)...it seems like fun but not sure whether its 7.99 worth of fun... but I cant have that trophy percentage nagging me its not at 100%....

I bought it last night too. Is it worth it? Well only the person that buys it can answer that, if you are likely to play with a couple of people at home then its a decent purchase.

The kids like it as the rounds are short and generally quiet easy to play. You can choose the number of players and number of rounds to complete, also the type of challenges. Some of the challenges can be very easy (eg. make a jump off the cliff), others can change the type of jump (eg. make a barrel roll off the cliff, but crash the landing ... actually harder than I thought!!). It can be frustrating when the really easy ones are asked as everyone wins (I would prefer it to rank your jump ... based on your spin, or distance jumped etc). There are some good speed tests (race around the E train without touching the walls ... drift as far as possible on uphill road without crashing/touching the walls). The randomness of the events is fairly good (we only played the same event twice in the first hour of the game).

I like it, and my kids are gonna love it (in fact my daughter and I played for about 60 mins yesterday, and we got most of the new trophies during that time ... only 8 player with 8 rounds left to complete !!)

teggs · 06-02-2009, 12:43 PM

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well i bought it (got home from work twenty minutes ago)...it seems like fun but not sure whether its 7.99 worth of fun... but I cant have that trophy percentage nagging me its not at 100%....

Just because you don't have any real friends

kdc · 06-02-2009, 5:59 PM

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Just because you don't have any real friends

harsh..but fair...

Giblets2 · 06-02-2009, 7:04 PM

Can someone confirm that this allows you to race against a friend using two controllers on one console in split-screen mode? It sounds a bit as though their version of multiplayer means taking it in turns to try the same thing, which may be fun but is a copout!

BT@HOME · 06-02-2009, 7:13 PM

No splitscreen, one controller.

Giblets2 · 06-02-2009, 11:34 PM

Thanks. That's poor - I guess I'll be saving the 8 quid then...

MontyPS3 · 07-02-2009, 8:16 AM

Yeah I was quite dissappointed as well! The reason given was that BP is too big and complex to make it split screen - and the open nature doesn't make that easier as well.

I might just endup purchasing

Wingsurfer · 07-02-2009, 10:52 AM

Urm - will somebody tell me how to take photos in party mode please. Just cant find that option anywhere in party mode

I'm using a ps2 eyetoy if that helps

BT@HOME · 07-02-2009, 11:11 AM

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Urm - will somebody tell me how to take photos in party mode please. Just cant find that option anywhere in party mode

I'm using a ps2 eyetoy if that helps

When adding the names to the players I can take a photo too.

kdc · 07-02-2009, 1:49 PM

and I'm back to 100% with trophies....woo... good fun actually.. get a bunch of people round and i can see it being quite good fun... although doing the 8 player 8 challenge trophy by yourself is a strange form of torture

BT@HOME · 07-02-2009, 3:03 PM

I did the others with my daughter ... we never got around to the 8 player one, so still stuck at 98%

Wingsurfer · 07-02-2009, 4:08 PM

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When adding the names to the players I can take a photo too.

That's another option i've not seen anywhere in party mode - add namess to players, how exactly do you do this?

kdc · 07-02-2009, 9:26 PM

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That's another option i've not seen anywhere in party mode - add namess to players, how exactly do you do this?

when you choose the number of players, before you select the number of rounds press down and it will highlight player1, from there you can rename the player and if you have a camera plugged in after typing a name it will prompt you for a photo..

*redwinnie* · 08-02-2009, 4:13 PM

I brought this yesterday, and want to say what brilliant fun it is. Assuming you already have burnout!

Three mates and myself played this for a couple of hours last night with a few beers. It has become our new favourite party game.

If you are looking for a game to play with a few mates, look no further. One good session and it has paid for its self.

The challenges are fairly well mixed at you don't have to be great at the game.

Usama · 08-02-2009, 5:19 PM

It's not giving me the trophy for doing it with 8 players. I have tried it about 5 times now.

BT@HOME · 08-02-2009, 5:50 PM

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It's not giving me the trophy for doing it with 8 players. I have tried it about 5 times now.

8 players with 8 rounds. Worked fine when I did it with the kids (we all 2 players assigned) ... great fun

Usama · 08-02-2009, 7:25 PM

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8 players with 8 rounds. Worked fine when I did it with the kids (we all 2 players assigned) ... great fun

Thats what I did, the 5-7 one and the others worked.

Wingsurfer · 08-02-2009, 10:14 PM

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when you choose the number of players, before you select the number of rounds press down and it will highlight player1, from there you can rename the player and if you have a camera plugged in after typing a name it will prompt you for a photo..

Thanks KC, did manage to figure it out in the end. OMG - how stupid am i

Wingsurfer · 08-02-2009, 10:16 PM

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Thats what I did, the 5-7 one and the others worked.

Very strange, i got it without a problem when i did it with my bro, just set 8 players & set if to go over 8 rounds & got the trophy when complete with no probs. Maybe backup ur save game & try it on a new game, or delete the game data & re-download it

Usama · 08-02-2009, 10:24 PM

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Originally Posted by PhatPig

Very strange, i got it without a problem when i did it with my bro, just set 8 players & set if to go over 8 rounds & got the trophy when complete with no probs. Maybe backup ur save game & try it on a new game, or delete the game data & re-download it

I will try it on another account and see what happens, I bet it works.