Gran Turismo Failing to live up to expectations?

I AM NOT TRYING TO START A WAR HERE.

This is a genuine question. After all this waiting and speculation and hype etc., etc., is GT5 failing to live up to the hype?

Just had a quick looksie on Metacritic and noticed it was only at an 86. Obviously thats a very respectable score and it looks like a fantastic game, I mean, I'd buy it in aheartbeat had I got a PS3, thats the honest to God truth. But looking around the web and even here on GS, people seem to be dissapointed after this long, grinding wait.

And the incredible hype surrounding it just adds fuel to the fire that its " Flopped ". Would this be fair to say? I know its early days yet and not all the reviews have been released but the MetaCritic score is a fair indication of how this will go. And thus far, its the lowest rated home console Gran Turismo yet(not counting Prolouge).

And I'll say again that I DON'T wanna start anything here, I don't want anybody bitin the head off me cos I'm not trying to stir anything. Genuine Question.

Has the Mecca of PS3 gaming fallen flat on its face?(So far, I'm aware things could change)

And again, please go easy on me GT fans...:P

I think you should post this in the sticky

ive played about an hour and a half and it is great, so much content and cars, last me for a long time, i think it beats forza because all of the content

Damnations, didn't notice the sticky.

:(

it was an AA series anyways.

inferior to forza. cows get the short end of the stick.

gran turismo is the definition of bumper cars

sluggish menus, long load times and no interiors

gran turismo 6 could make 5000 cars and 4800 will have no interiors

Silly, you must use the sticky. You know? The sticky where your post gets washed away pretty much instantly?

Silly, you must use the sticky. You know? The sticky where your post gets washed away pretty much instantly?

MobilechicaneX

well there is more competition in the racing genre now, and it's just good, nothing amazing like the other games in the series were known to be.

the genre is still terrible imo though.

needs more Dirt games.

[QUOTE="MobilechicaneX"]

Silly, you must use the sticky. You know? The sticky where your post gets washed away pretty much instantly?

nitromuffin

also agree

well there is more competition in the racing genre now, and it's just good, nothing amazing like the other games in the series were known to be.

the genre is still terrible imo though.

needs more Dirt games.

Dead-Memories

Well, its a shame really cos I really thought this was gonna be a no-questions asked ten.

I'm baffled though, after all this time they're got really simple things wrong(from what I've heard). Like no Leaderboards for one?!

C'mon. No brainer lads.

too much hype

nuff said

my copy is coming tomorrow, however, i plan on thoroughly enjoying it

it was an AA series anyways.

inferior to forza. cows get the short end of the stick.

gran turismo is the definition of bumper cars

sluggish menus, long load times and no interiors

gran turismo 6 could make 5000 cars and 4800 will have no interiors

BIacckAce

You're like a parrot. posting the same thing in every GT5 thread. We get it

[QUOTE="BIacckAce"]

it was an AA series anyways.

inferior to forza. cows get the short end of the stick.

gran turismo is the definition of bumper cars

sluggish menus, long load times and no interiors

gran turismo 6 could make 5000 cars and 4800 will have no interiors

MassacreMonk

You're like a parrot. posting the same thing in every GT5 thread. We get it

Whats the matter ?? You can't handle the fact that it took 5 years to make a flop and that in the space of those years we got 2 AAA Forza games

it was an AA series anyways.

inferior to forza. cows get the short end of the stick.

gran turismo is the definition of bumper cars

sluggish menus, long load times and no interiors

gran turismo 6 could make 5000 cars and 4800 will have no interiors

BIacckAce

not seen your face in a long time...expected no better post wise either.

I AM NOT TRYING TO START A WAR HERE.

This is a genuine question. After all this waiting and speculation and hype etc., etc., is GT5 failing to live up to the hype?

Just had a quick looksie on Metacritic and noticed it was only at an 86. Obviously thats a very respectable score and it looks like a fantastic game, I mean, I'd buy it in aheartbeat had I got a PS3, thats the honest to God truth. But looking around the web and even here on GS, people seem to be dissapointed after this long, grinding wait.

And the incredible hype surrounding it just adds fuel to the fire that its " Flopped ". Would this be fair to say? I know its early days yet and not all the reviews have been released but the MetaCritic score is a fair indication of how this will go. And thus far, its the lowest rated home console Gran Turismo yet(not counting Prolouge).

And I'll say again that I DON'T wanna start anything here, I don't want anybody bitin the head off me cos I'm not trying to stir anything. Genuine Question.

Has the Mecca of PS3 gaming fallen flat on its face?(So far, I'm aware things could change)

And again, please go easy on me GT fans...:P

balfe1990

[QUOTE="MassacreMonk"]

[QUOTE="BIacckAce"]

it was an AA series anyways.

inferior to forza. cows get the short end of the stick.

gran turismo is the definition of bumper cars

sluggish menus, long load times and no interiors

gran turismo 6 could make 5000 cars and 4800 will have no interiors

GhostScoutDG

You're like a parrot. posting the same thing in every GT5 thread. We get it

Whats the matter ?? You can't handle the fact that it took 5 years to make a flop and that in the space of those years we got 2 AAA Forza games

you work for microsoft or something...both are incredible games if you like racers...

[QUOTE="MassacreMonk"]

[QUOTE="BIacckAce"]

it was an AA series anyways.

inferior to forza. cows get the short end of the stick.

gran turismo is the definition of bumper cars

sluggish menus, long load times and no interiors

gran turismo 6 could make 5000 cars and 4800 will have no interiors

GhostScoutDG

You're like a parrot. posting the same thing in every GT5 thread. We get it

Whats the matter ?? You can't handle the fact that it took 5 years to make a flop and that in the space of those years we got 2 AAA Forza games

Well in fairness, you could say the exact same thing about Alan Wake and thats probably my GOTY.

[QUOTE="balfe1990"]

I AM NOT TRYING TO START A WAR HERE.

This is a genuine question. After all this waiting and speculation and hype etc., etc., is GT5 failing to live up to the hype?

Just had a quick looksie on Metacritic and noticed it was only at an 86. Obviously thats a very respectable score and it looks like a fantastic game, I mean, I'd buy it in aheartbeat had I got a PS3, thats the honest to God truth. But looking around the web and even here on GS, people seem to be dissapointed after this long, grinding wait.

And the incredible hype surrounding it just adds fuel to the fire that its " Flopped ". Would this be fair to say? I know its early days yet and not all the reviews have been released but the MetaCritic score is a fair indication of how this will go. And thus far, its the lowest rated home console Gran Turismo yet(not counting Prolouge).

And I'll say again that I DON'T wanna start anything here, I don't want anybody bitin the head off me cos I'm not trying to stir anything. Genuine Question.

Has the Mecca of PS3 gaming fallen flat on its face?(So far, I'm aware things could change)

And again, please go easy on me GT fans...:P

hippiesanta

But looking around the web and even here on GS, people seem to be dissapointed after this long, grinding wait.

^^

Think you skipped this line pal.

I AM NOT TRYING TO START A WAR HERE.

This is a genuine question. After all this waiting and speculation and hype etc., etc., is GT5 failing to live up to the hype?

Just had a quick looksie on Metacritic and noticed it was only at an 86. Obviously thats a very respectable score and it looks like a fantastic game, I mean, I'd buy it in aheartbeat had I got a PS3, thats the honest to God truth. But looking around the web and even here on GS, people seem to be dissapointed after this long, grinding wait.

And the incredible hype surrounding it just adds fuel to the fire that its " Flopped ". Would this be fair to say? I know its early days yet and not all the reviews have been released but the MetaCritic score is a fair indication of how this will go. And thus far, its the lowest rated home console Gran Turismo yet(not counting Prolouge).

And I'll say again that I DON'T wanna start anything here, I don't want anybody bitin the head off me cos I'm not trying to stir anything. Genuine Question.

Has the Mecca of PS3 gaming fallen flat on its face?(So far, I'm aware things could change)

And again, please go easy on me GT fans...:P

[QUOTE="GhostScoutDG"]

[QUOTE="MassacreMonk"]

You're like a parrot. posting the same thing in every GT5 thread. We get it

balfe1990

Whats the matter ?? You can't handle the fact that it took 5 years to make a flop and that in the space of those years we got 2 AAA Forza games

Well in fairness, you could say the exact same thing about Alan Wake and thats probably my GOTY.

Yeah but Alan Wake was just suppose to be a fun game. Gran Turismo was supposed to put Forza down but it didn't

[QUOTE="balfe1990"]

I AM NOT TRYING TO START A WAR HERE.

This is a genuine question. After all this waiting and speculation and hype etc., etc., is GT5 failing to live up to the hype?

Just had a quick looksie on Metacritic and noticed it was only at an 86. Obviously thats a very respectable score and it looks like a fantastic game, I mean, I'd buy it in aheartbeat had I got a PS3, thats the honest to God truth. But looking around the web and even here on GS, people seem to be dissapointed after this long, grinding wait.

And the incredible hype surrounding it just adds fuel to the fire that its " Flopped ". Would this be fair to say? I know its early days yet and not all the reviews have been released but the MetaCritic score is a fair indication of how this will go. And thus far, its the lowest rated home console Gran Turismo yet(not counting Prolouge).

And I'll say again that I DON'T wanna start anything here, I don't want anybody bitin the head off me cos I'm not trying to stir anything. Genuine Question.

Has the Mecca of PS3 gaming fallen flat on its face?(So far, I'm aware things could change)

And again, please go easy on me GT fans...:P

Pindolt

Explain that?

How many **** times was it delayed? I expected nothing less than a 9.5 average.

[QUOTE="Pindolt"][QUOTE="balfe1990"]

I AM NOT TRYING TO START A WAR HERE.

This is a genuine question. After all this waiting and speculation and hype etc., etc., is GT5 failing to live up to the hype?

Just had a quick looksie on Metacritic and noticed it was only at an 86. Obviously thats a very respectable score and it looks like a fantastic game, I mean, I'd buy it in aheartbeat had I got a PS3, thats the honest to God truth. But looking around the web and even here on GS, people seem to be dissapointed after this long, grinding wait.

And the incredible hype surrounding it just adds fuel to the fire that its " Flopped ". Would this be fair to say? I know its early days yet and not all the reviews have been released but the MetaCritic score is a fair indication of how this will go. And thus far, its the lowest rated home console Gran Turismo yet(not counting Prolouge).

And I'll say again that I DON'T wanna start anything here, I don't want anybody bitin the head off me cos I'm not trying to stir anything. Genuine Question.

Has the Mecca of PS3 gaming fallen flat on its face?(So far, I'm aware things could change)

And again, please go easy on me GT fans...:P

Explain that?

How many **** times was it delayed? I expected nothing less than a 9.5 average.

JustusCF

contrary to popular belief its only been officially delayed twice and both were this year.

you need to lvl up to unlock more damage

incredible idea isn't it? this is the thing that should be in pokemon not in gran turismo

why would you want to unlock damage? it should be there from the start. How is that feeling rewarding? is this a joke?

[QUOTE="balfe1990"]

[QUOTE="Pindolt"] Your shameless aren't you. HehePindolt

Explain that?

No, I'm sorry, you're gonna have to elaborate.

"The best racing sim on consoles, by some margin" - IGN. "this is the Holy Grail of driving games." - Eurogamer. "The level of care taken by the people at Polyphony Digital shines in every aspect of this title, and this makes for a racing game that truly has no parallel. Gran Turismo 5 is a massive love letter to those that love cars. This is their dream videogame." - Destructoid "The cars themselves are another obvious factor in making GT 5's racing second to none." - Gameinformer it definitely failed to live up TC.TintedEyes

It did fail to live up. It was supposed to defeat Forza and it failed at that.

"The best racing sim on consoles, by some margin" - IGN. "this is the Holy Grail of driving games." - Eurogamer. "The level of care taken by the people at Polyphony Digital shines in every aspect of this title, and this makes for a racing game that truly has no parallel. Gran Turismo 5 is a massive love letter to those that love cars. This is their dream videogame." - Destructoid "The cars themselves are another obvious factor in making GT 5's racing second to none." - Gameinformer it definitely failed to live up TC.TintedEyes

You're only telling one side of the story. Why?

There are clearly huge aspects of the game that didn't live up to expectations.

"The best racing sim on consoles, by some margin" - IGN. "this is the Holy Grail of driving games." - Eurogamer. "The level of care taken by the people at Polyphony Digital shines in every aspect of this title, and this makes for a racing game that truly has no parallel. Gran Turismo 5 is a massive love letter to those that love cars. This is their dream videogame." - Destructoid "The cars themselves are another obvious factor in making GT 5's racing second to none." - Gameinformer it definitely failed to live up TC.TintedEyes

Ha, right.

You included some glowing quotes there but conveniently ommited some of the less-than-positive comments.

[QUOTE="TintedEyes"]"The best racing sim on consoles, by some margin" - IGN. "this is the Holy Grail of driving games." - Eurogamer. "The level of care taken by the people at Polyphony Digital shines in every aspect of this title, and this makes for a racing game that truly has no parallel. Gran Turismo 5 is a massive love letter to those that love cars. This is their dream videogame." - Destructoid "The cars themselves are another obvious factor in making GT 5's racing second to none." - Gameinformer it definitely failed to live up TC.balfe1990

Ha, right.

You included some glowing quotes there but conveniently ommited some of the less-than-positive comments.

A more balanced perspectiveis the consensus seems to bethat some elements are incredible and its clear that PD put alot of work into the physics and stuff like that and the game has craptons of content, but the game asa wholejust does not seem to hang together as well as people thought it would and does not have the polish that is expected of GT games.

GT/Sony fanboys will try to isolate certain comments and keep them out of their proper context (like TintedEyes) but people expected for this to be both an incredible sim and a polished game, the product of a 'perfectionist' developer. So, in not fulfilling the latter, it did not live up to expectations.

[QUOTE="balfe1990"]

[QUOTE="TintedEyes"]"The best racing sim on consoles, by some margin" - IGN. "this is the Holy Grail of driving games." - Eurogamer. "The level of care taken by the people at Polyphony Digital shines in every aspect of this title, and this makes for a racing game that truly has no parallel. Gran Turismo 5 is a massive love letter to those that love cars. This is their dream videogame." - Destructoid "The cars themselves are another obvious factor in making GT 5's racing second to none." - Gameinformer it definitely failed to live up TC.TintedEyes

Ha, right.

You included some glowing quotes there but conveniently ommited some of the less-than-positive comments.

LOL I bet you were one of the cows that was hyping the game to beat Forza and it failed miserably at that. Its a pity that those quotes couldn't be backed up with a figure

[QUOTE="balfe1990"]

[QUOTE="TintedEyes"]"The best racing sim on consoles, by some margin" - IGN. "this is the Holy Grail of driving games." - Eurogamer. "The level of care taken by the people at Polyphony Digital shines in every aspect of this title, and this makes for a racing game that truly has no parallel. Gran Turismo 5 is a massive love letter to those that love cars. This is their dream videogame." - Destructoid "The cars themselves are another obvious factor in making GT 5's racing second to none." - Gameinformer it definitely failed to live up TC.TintedEyes

Ha, right.

You included some glowing quotes there but conveniently ommited some of the less-than-positive comments.

What?

I never said it wasn't because I'm absolutely sure it is amazing. But the fact remains that here in magical make-believe SWs, that if a game falls short of its hype, then it thus " Fails to live up to expectations ".

Easy.

[QUOTE="TintedEyes"][QUOTE="balfe1990"]

Ha, right.

You included some glowing quotes there but conveniently ommited some of the less-than-positive comments.

balfe1990

What?

I never said it wasn't because I'm absolutely sure it is amazing. But the fact remains that here in magical make-believe SWs, that if a game falls short of its hype, then it thus " Fails to live up to expectations ".

Easy.

[QUOTE="balfe1990"]

[QUOTE="TintedEyes"] its expectations was to be an amazing racing sim, these comments proved it did thatTintedEyes

What?

I never said it wasn't because I'm absolutely sure it is amazing. But the fact remains that here in magical make-believe SWs, that if a game falls short of its hype, then it thus " Fails to live up to expectations ".

Easy.

Yes but it may be quite safe to assume.

I doubt its MC score is going to change drastically.

ign rated it a 10/10 as a racing sim in the body of the review. You just have to completely ignore everything else about their review and just focus on that one part and its easy to see it clearly met and exceeded the hype.

[QUOTE="TintedEyes"][QUOTE="balfe1990"]

What?

I never said it wasn't because I'm absolutely sure it is amazing. But the fact remains that here in magical make-believe SWs, that if a game falls short of its hype, then it thus " Fails to live up to expectations ".

Easy.

balfe1990

Yes but it may be quite safe to assume.

I doubt its MC score is going to change drastically.

well. i think one reason that it apparently did not live up to expectations because once people hype about games a lot they get to hyped and it ends up under their expectation.

ign rated it a 10/10 as a racing sim in the body of the review. You just have to completely ignore everything else about their review and just focus on that one part and its easy to see it clearly met and exceeded the hype.

markinthedark

10/10 as a racing sim but not as a good game and thats what matters most if the game is good

"The best racing sim on consoles, by some margin" - IGN. "this is the Holy Grail of driving games." - Eurogamer. "The level of care taken by the people at Polyphony Digital shines in every aspect of this title, and this makes for a racing game that truly has no parallel. Gran Turismo 5 is a massive love letter to those that love cars. This is their dream videogame." - Destructoid "The cars themselves are another obvious factor in making GT 5's racing second to none." - Gameinformer it definitely failed to live up TC.TintedEyes

Those are the positive criticisms, what are the negatives? The numbers reflect both, and so far, they have been far from impressive.