The things you can point out as issues with this game don't tarnish the reputation any more than whatever issues you can find with a game like GTA4 damaging the GTA reputation (which is not at all, considering that was their biggest seller). Gamers that have been waiting for this racing game are going to buy it regardless of all the blah blah blah on the Internet. Those that were initially going to buy it, but were put off by reviews, will still break down & buy it within a few months...
Gamers play the games. Reviewers look at the games.
What you speak of is also why there is cool variety in PS3 games. They aren't usually made for a generic wide appeal audience. They are quite often game genres that the devs already know are not the biggest sellers, but still have a decent audience with PS3 users that will try something different.
Funny there is so much drama on the forums & blogs. The game is solid. It well sell a lot. Gamers that like these kinds of games are rolling their eyes when they see petty nitpicky complaints in reviews. We all know opinions are like a-holes, so we buy what we want, and say f*ck 'em if they don't like it.
LOL, it's just Twitter. It's actually easier to ignore than to comment on it. If it bugs you, it is only after you took the time to seek it out.
There is a saying I heard before - "The goal shouldn't be to be the best in your field. The goal should be to be the only one doing what you do"
How this relates to GT5? Any negative reviews will be forgotten months from now. PS3 owners that initially held out, but want a racing game will see nothing better out there, and finally go buy GT5. Because it is the only one that does what it does on the PS3.
Anyone crying about Twisted Metal not being on a 360 is as lame as someone complaining about Halo not being on the PS3 (although I have never heard of such a creature).
On the idea of free roam driving where drivers obey traffic laws...bwahahahaha. We're talking about gamers here.
Traffic laws? What are these things called "laws" you speak of? ;-)
Interesting point, because I remember buying Grid because it got such great reviews.
I think Grid is a very good game, but it pales in comparison to GT5. It's like half or 1/4 a full game compared to GT5. So I think there is something to the expectation factor with GT5 causing review scores to be more harsh compared to a game nobody was expecting to be much.
I like GT5, but it is a psuedo-sim - half sim, half arcade racer. It simulates how cars behave without contact very well (simulation). It does not simulate what happens when cars make contact with another car or object at speed in any realistic way, nor do the NPC cars behave like autonomous drivers looking out for what's happening on the track with other cars (arcade style).
If people would get away from this puritanical view of either sim or arcade game, and see this...
Don't spend money on chassis repairs unless your car is acting totally wack, or motor repairs unless you see the HP is much lower than it used to be.
This is an area they should improve on with some kind of display to show how much the car is degraded, because at first you don't realize one easy lap in a new car will autmatically trigger the option to purchase a chassis repair, even though it is totally unneccesary. Obviously in real life, you can inspect your car f...
Things made for "most people" are usually watered down, generic products. No thanks from me in joining the "me too" herd.
too much hype = too much noise
But despite all the noise, people that have been interested in this game are going to buy it. Maybe some will wait because of all the noise going on right now. Then when they see nothing on the horizon that is nearly as good for a racing game, they will go out & buy this game. And after playing it myself for a bunch of hours now, I am sure they will enjoy it on it's own merits when they do buy it.
To bad they don't award you with more useful cars. I have played gold through pro mode, and only a few of the cars awarded are useful in a few of the spec races.
I think it comes down to picking and choosing where to put processor energy in a game like this. I was reading a review where someone was ridiculing the simple nature of tree textures in the background. As I thought about these comments in context of a racing game, I am wondering why a dev would want to use the finite amount of processor power they are working with to render photorealistic trees in the background, that you will pass at over 100 miles per hour while racing.
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All you fools arguing over what countries "humour" sucks sound like people who don't know how to laugh.
Either you laugh at stuff from anywhere, or you are just a cold fish. :-)
I only dabbled with it for a short time. It isn't truely a custom track creator, but rather a tool that lets you dial in how many sections in a track to edit, and then dial in different pre-set track variations for each section. I like the preset idea, because it allows you to create a different track in just a few minutes.
IMO, I don't mind the 'bonus' low resolution standard cars, considering there are a few hundred highly detailed cars to choose from too. Usually the standard cars are ones that I drive a few times to check it out, but I always end up on my favorite premium cars for the most part. The low res cars look ok on my HDTV, although not great like the high res cars. Besides, when the racing starts getting tough the further you go, you really have to concentrate on driving, not looking at ...
From an old school gamer to another, I salute you for your common sense. Youngin's these days fight so much over brand names & little plastic boxes that play games. If they could only see how damn silly they look.
PS3 users are a diverse group, so you don't see everyone flocking to buy the same games. Thank God there are other games to buy besides games like COD, becaue I find those to be boring (different tastes, ya know?).
And just because a game has guns in it doesn't mean the player isn't wearing panties, haha. My little nephew in grade school plays all those FPS games constantly. He is not a badass, or tough guy. He's a little kid.