It seems a bit more realistic, in both graphics and feel.

I'm sure you already know this, but just about anything is destructible.

There's no killcam and bullets leave little trace, giving snipers a big advantage in multiplayer.

Other than that not much is different from what I've played. I like it, by all means, but it's just EA's response to Activision's killer app, in my opinion.

I miss the days of PS1 and PS2, before consoles with online multiplayer...

Battlefield also seems more team oriented to me.
And I find immature players much less than I seem to in CoD.

I'm really getting pissed off about NFS Hot Pursuit. I feel like Criterion Games ruined what could have been a great game by getting involved. I was wondering why I hated those crash scenes so much then I remembered they reminded me of Burnout Paradise which I hate so much. Then I figured out Criterion Games had to stick their big fat nose into NFS franchise.

So I'm housesitting at the moment and since I don't have any of my stuff with me apart from my laptop I've been playing WoW non-stop... I have discovered it is a very, very dangerous game! And I'm paranoid that when the house-owners get back their internet is going to be overboard or something! WoW doesn't use that much net usage does it?!

Anyway I've got my draenei hunter up to level 46 so far since getting the game :) Anyone else on the Oceanic Gundrak PvP server? Probably not but thought I'd ask...

no online game takes up much bandwidth, you are safe in that regard.

now, about that social life...

I loved Burnout: Paradise myself, and I love Hot Pursuit even more. The games play totally different to me though... I was a big fan of Hot Pursuit 2 which came out like a million years ago, and this is kind of nostalgic for me. Basically the main similarities between the two is the large, open road that you can (to a lesser extent in NFS) freeroam on and the aforementioned crashes. The crashes definitely do not ruin the game for me, I have a neutral opinion of them.

I've found Need For Speed to be an improvement on Burnout in every way. It plays far more gracefully, looks way better graphically, the rewards system is more motivating, and the online makes far more sense and is way more addictive.

Possibly my favorite racing game ever.

WTB: good racing games for wii not named mario kart. ideas?

No, but - again - we should make an MB server.

Yes. My friends all seem to enjoy Whisperwind... don't know if that helps.

have any of you looked into unofficial servers? i haven't but this game is bleeding me hard.