Where's Our Review of The Crew?

<< LINK REMOVED >> If you don't know if a game is good or not and don't have a review when it's released, simply *don't buy it*. It's not really rocket science.

People who buy a game in the release day, without knowing if it's good or not *deserves* any bad game they got. It's simple as that.

<< LINK REMOVED >> It's an online-only game. How is anyone gonna be able to review it before the server goes online? Plus, what's so hard to just wait for one week until the reviews are out before buying it?

<< LINK REMOVED >> They got the game at launch, same as everyone else. Do you want them to release a half-assed review without any in-depth inspection? Blame Ubisoft, not Gamespot.

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You have a huge tin-foil hat. :\

Also, if GameSpot put out the review early, it would have been attacked for not giving game-makers courtesy anyway.

"Damned if you, damned if you don't."

IMO it's foolish to judge a game based on day-1 impressions from random strangers. If a publisher doesn't have the confidence to let actual critics play a week before release, obviously something is wrong.

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Are we talking about the same people who gave Receiver 1500 out of 2000 positive reviews?

<< LINK REMOVED >> That was a Roackstar game right?

<< LINK REMOVED >> bro thats like my fav race game so far along with gt3... i hope they make another MNC.LA

<< LINK REMOVED >> You hope.

<< LINK REMOVED >> Burnout Paradise bored me to tears. Thankfully The Crew is nothing like it. First of all, it works suprisingly well with steering wheel, despite having arcade-like handling. Second, it has fully functional cockpit view - a must for greater immersion and basically the only way I can and would play driving/racing games. The hood view is admissable, but not in Burnout with it's exaggerated drifting model.

After about 8 hours of playing I feel like The Crew is MMOCARPG done right. Anyway pretty far from "fail". Although it probably will not be appreciated by fans of latest NFS games.

<< LINK REMOVED >> So you are saying they'll get the accents right this time? Or are they gonna have French accents.

<< LINK REMOVED >> Bout time

<< LINK REMOVED >> True. But "preorder" is a completely absurd concept anyway. How can someone find it rational to buy a product that you cannot guarantee its quality? I never preordered a game in my life. In fact, I usually wait a few months to let the hype go down, and then, I look if there is sufficient information on the internet to see whether the game deserves or not the purchase.

Hell, it's not like I don't have other games to be played. I have played only 30-40% of the gamesin my STEAM account, so, I have plenty to play before deciding whether to buy any new game.

<< LINK REMOVED >> Ubisoft had the superb (IMO) Driver: San Francisco a couple years ago, and the team behind that game (Reflections) worked with Ivory Tower on this. Other than that, I don't think Ubisoft has any other racing games.

<< LINK REMOVED >> The publisher is Ubisoft (the company who distributes, pays for production/marketing) but the development team is Ivory Tower and has veterans of other open world racing games such as Test Drive Unlimited 1 & 2. However, I didn't love the handling in those games either (although I did love the environments).

<< LINK REMOVED >> That is why Forza Horizon felt so good because Turn 10 know how to do the driving and do it well and they simply added that formula to an open map.

Doing it the other way around is bound to turn bad.

<< LINK REMOVED >> At least they're using the same servers as everyone else unlike early reviews done under special circumstances at the offices of the publisher... I'd prefer a slightly delayed review if it's more accurate to the release day experience. Waiting 2 weeks for bugs to be ironed out is equally annoying as an early review though.

<< LINK REMOVED >> then how do you supposed to review an MMO, when players, who worth half of the game, is not there ??

Get out of the echo-chamber before you manage to embarrass yourself, please.