Eurogamer reviews GT: Prologue.

8/ 10

Final paragraph (for the lazy):

Gran Turismo 5 Prologue is cluttered with minor imperfections and imbalances such as these [interface issues, lack of certain options]. Event mode takes longer to finish than many of the PS3's big-name action games, and Quick Tune extends its life considerably, but it's not brilliantly structured. Drift Trials are separate, racing penalties are ignored until S-Cla$$ and Manufacturer races. The gorgeous London track is barely used unless you go after it. Prologue's definitely not just a demo, but it's not quite a game, either - it's more of a play-set for petrolheads, declining to impress more than a tokenistic difficulty curve upon you and letting you tinker and challenge yourself instead. As a result it's not quite brilliant, and we particularly mourn the apparently stillborn online racing, but there's more than enough here to justify the asking price, and exploring it all is a consistently pleasurable experience, which should have considerable appeal for GT's ardent supporters and satisfy the curiosity of the rapidly-growing PS3 installed base at the same time.Eurogamer

Good enough? discuss.

Prologue's definitely not just a demo, but it's not quite a game, either Eurogamer

Yeah, it's a prologue.. w:ow

Why review demo?goddamn_

lol, stillborn online racing.

I honestly wouldnt pick up the prologue if it got a 10/10. Ill just play GT4 if i need a fix for GT5.

Sounds like this one won't live up to the AAA expectations...BioShockOwnz

There is no score hype for GT5 prologue... :?

Waiting for the full game.Cute_Red_Panda

That's the only thing holding me back from buying a PS3 right now. Hopefully, by the time it's released, the PS3 will have dropped down to $250-$300 (USD) and come packed with Dual Shock 3 controllers as standard.

Sounds like this one won't live up to the AAA expectations...BioShockOwnz

I never understood the whole prologue thing, i thought they had already released a prologue before this.tekmojo

It sounds plausible. It's a very good score coming from Eurogamer but they definitely have at least one reviewer on staff who is a fawning cow.

I never understood the whole prologue thing, i thought they had already released a prologue before this.tekmojo

I called it nothing but a money-grab. One that's working.

[QUOTE="BioShockOwnz"]Sounds like this one won't live up to the AAA expectations...Cedmln

There is no score hype for GT5 prologue... :?

Gran Turismo was always a franchise with AAA hype, like Halo and Zelda. It's a system seller for the Playstation brand. I guess cows are trying to go against that now, eh?

[QUOTE="BioShockOwnz"]Sounds like this one won't live up to the AAA expectations...Dreams-Visions

I'm serious when I say that people don't know what quality games are, but quality numbers. This AAA nonsense is causing major problem in gaming right now.

[QUOTE="tekmojo"]I never understood the whole prologue thing, i thought they had already released a prologue before this.f50p90

well, it's part of an unfinished game.....

[QUOTE="Cedmln"]

[QUOTE="BioShockOwnz"]Sounds like this one won't live up to the AAA expectations...BioShockOwnz

There is no score hype for GT5 prologue... :?

Gran Turismo was always a franchise with AAA hype, like Halo and Zelda. It's a system seller for the Playstation brand. I guess cows are trying to go against that now, eh?

Interesting angle to take, there.

Auto-hype for exclusive games because they're in a certain family?

I don't even think Polyphony has expectations that high for this one. It's a "we'll tide you over until the real thing comes out" release. Not a "stop-the-presses" release.

[QUOTE="tekmojo"]I never understood the whole prologue thing, i thought they had already released a prologue before this.Dreams-Visions

I called it nothing but a money-grab. One that's working.

well, it's part of an unfinished game.....

Always-Honest

...that's being sold for $40. Should expectations be lowered?

[QUOTE="Cedmln"]

[QUOTE="BioShockOwnz"]Sounds like this one won't live up to the AAA expectations...BioShockOwnz

There is no score hype for GT5 prologue... :?

Gran Turismo was always a franchise with AAA hype, like Halo and Zelda. It's a system seller for the Playstation brand. I guess cows are trying to go against that now, eh?

Come on now, Bio. Its not like i was attacking you. There is no score hype for this Prologue.

I forgot - what did the Forza 2 demo get scored as ? :lol:

Seriously - how does a incomplete game get a review ? And what does that say about the final product ? Me - I dunno.

[QUOTE="BioShockOwnz"][QUOTE="Cedmln"]

[QUOTE="BioShockOwnz"]Sounds like this one won't live up to the AAA expectations...Dreams-Visions

There is no score hype for GT5 prologue... :?

Gran Turismo was always a franchise with AAA hype, like Halo and Zelda. It's a system seller for the Playstation brand. I guess cows are trying to go against that now, eh?

Interesting angle to take, there.

Auto-hype for exclusive games because they're in a certain family?

I don't even think Polyphony has expectations that high for this one. It's a "we'll tide you over until the real thing comes out" release. Not a "stop-the-presses" release.

We have auto-hype for Mario games, Halo games, Zelda games and so on. If the sheep or lemmings were to AA these games, it'd make them looking like they're trying to avoid something.

[QUOTE="Always-Honest"]

well, it's part of an unfinished game.....

Dreams-Visions

...that's being sold for $40. Should expectations be lowered?

i just don't understand why people buy this?

[QUOTE="BioShockOwnz"][QUOTE="Cedmln"]

[QUOTE="BioShockOwnz"]Sounds like this one won't live up to the AAA expectations...Cedmln

There is no score hype for GT5 prologue... :?

Gran Turismo was always a franchise with AAA hype, like Halo and Zelda. It's a system seller for the Playstation brand. I guess cows are trying to go against that now, eh?

Come on now, Bio. Its not like i was attacking you. There is no score hype for this Prologue.

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No one's attacking anyone, Sir. I was just explaining to you...

That seems like a fair score for Prologue. They can't exactly give it a 9 or a 10. What would they give the final game then an 11 ??

For $40 this looks like a buy to me.

[QUOTE="Dreams-Visions"][QUOTE="BioShockOwnz"]Sounds like this one won't live up to the AAA expectations...Cute_Red_Panda

I'm serious when I say that people don't know what quality games are, but quality numbers. This AAA nonsense is causing major problem in gaming right now.

Only on forums like this not in the real world. A review score has never caused a game to sell more or less than it should.

"Although the cars remain completely invincible, so it's still an annoyingly useful tactic unless the foul-play penalties are active to throttle you back for a few seconds when you misbehave."

This wasn't a feature I knew existed in GT3 or GT4. Were they in the prior games? I always played them at my friends house but he notorious for turning off how should I say "options" in games. Like all of a sudden Fatigue is turned off in Madden lol.

[QUOTE="Dreams-Visions"][QUOTE="Always-Honest"]

well, it's part of an unfinished game.....

Always-Honest

...that's being sold for $40. Should expectations be lowered?

i just don't understand why people buy this?

Because it works on two fronts.

Hardcore racing fans are gonna buy it

People who want a good racing exprience but don't want a deep deep exprience of GT 5 are gonna buy it.

For what the game is worth with its content 40 dollars is a steal. (It has more than what some racing games have today)

Its a win win

P.S. The bundle is gonna sell very well thoughout the UK.

[QUOTE="Always-Honest"][QUOTE="Dreams-Visions"][QUOTE="Always-Honest"]

well, it's part of an unfinished game.....

hayato_

...that's being sold for $40. Should expectations be lowered?

i just don't understand why people buy this?

Because it works on two fronts.

Hardcore racing fans are gonna buy it

People who want a good racing exprience but don't want a deep deep exprience of GT 5 are gonna buy it.

For what the game is worth with its content 40 dollars is a steal. (It has more than what some racing games have today)

Its a win win

P.S. The bundle is gonna sell very well thoughout the UK.

yeah,.. well. i will buy the finished version... maybe..

8 for a prologue?

good news for GT5 I guess.

I forgot - what did the Forza 2 demo get scored as ? :lol:

Seriously - how does a incomplete game get a review ? And what does that say about the final product ? Me - I dunno.

SecretPolice

[QUOTE="SecretPolice"]

I forgot - what did the Forza 2 demo get scored as ? :lol:

Seriously - how does a incomplete game get a review ? And what does that say about the final product ? Me - I dunno.

Can-o-Mark

I don't think this sets a good presedent. :?

[QUOTE="Dreams-Visions"][QUOTE="Always-Honest"]

well, it's part of an unfinished game.....

Always-Honest

...that's being sold for $40. Should expectations be lowered?

i just don't understand why people buy this?

Same reason so many people bought Crackdown for Halo 3 beta, and never appreciated the over the top cop violence that is Carckdown.
thrones

Crackdown was GREAT, and a full game.

[QUOTE="Cedmln"]

[QUOTE="BioShockOwnz"]Sounds like this one won't live up to the AAA expectations...BioShockOwnz

There is no score hype for GT5 prologue... :?

Gran Turismo was always a franchise with AAA hype, like Halo and Zelda. It's a system seller for the Playstation brand. I guess cows are trying to go against that now, eh?

ummmmmmm its not the real gt5 it's a prolouge. no one hype's prolouge's

[QUOTE="thrones"]
Same reason so many people bought Crackdown for Halo 3 beta, and never appreciated the over the top cop violence that is Carckdown.
Always-Honest

Crackdown was GREAT, and a full game.

[QUOTE="Always-Honest"][QUOTE="Dreams-Visions"][QUOTE="Always-Honest"]

well, it's part of an unfinished game.....

thrones

...that's being sold for $40. Should expectations be lowered?

i just don't understand why people buy this?

Are you seriously comparing a Full game + an online Beta for 60$ to a demo for 40$?

[QUOTE="Dreams-Visions"][QUOTE="BioShockOwnz"]Sounds like this one won't live up to the AAA expectations...Cute_Red_Panda

I'm serious when I say that people don't know what quality games are, but quality numbers. This AAA nonsense is causing major problem in gaming right now.

Very true

8 out of 10 seems like a good score to me - especially for a game costing less than £20.

I've got this on pre-order and having seen that review I'm pretty happy about it.

[QUOTE="thrones"]
Same reason so many people bought Crackdown for Halo 3 beta, and never appreciated the over the top cop violence that is Carckdown.
Always-Honest

Crackdown was GREAT, and a full game.

However, many people I know didn't touch Crackdown till I told them how great it was . Most of them just played the Halo 3 beta.

[QUOTE="thrones"]
Same reason so many people bought Crackdown for Halo 3 beta, and never appreciated the over the top cop violence that is Carckdown.
Always-Honest

Crackdown was GREAT, and a full game.

Could have been so much better that it isn't even funny though.

[QUOTE="Cedmln"]

[QUOTE="BioShockOwnz"]Sounds like this one won't live up to the AAA expectations...BioShockOwnz

There is no score hype for GT5 prologue... :?

Gran Turismo was always a franchise with AAA hype, like Halo and Zelda. It's a system seller for the Playstation brand. I guess cows are trying to go against that now, eh?

No one hypes Prologue...people hype GT5...the real game...