I don't know about ruining the series, you would have to ask that question after Gran Turismo 7 comes out, but it has certainly ruined many peoples perception of the series.
GTS is a game that bastardized the name Gran Turismo, in order to cater to a minority of the player base that:
1. want to be Lewis Hamilton.
2. are a part of the younger generation, that likely never played a system before the PS3, and therefore probably has no idea that there was a time when there wasn't an online component to console gaming. Most of these people insist that every game should have some big online component, and not even the only actual good form of online, gaming, that being co-op play, but solely some shallow pvp experience, because most of the younger generation's only real reason for gaming is to inflate their damn egos online.
This is a game that was made for online and e-sports, at the cost of pretty much saying screw you to the actual majority of the player base, who grew up playing the series since the original on PS1, and like it because of what it was. Until Forza, there wasn't, on console at least, and game that did what Gran Turismo did, to the extent that Gran Turismo did it.
the fact that over 80% of people haven't even touched sport mode, should speak volumes about what the actual majority of the player base wants.
The game never should have even been called Gran Turismo, because it is not a Gran Turismo game. It should have just been called GT sport, and the full Gran Turismo name should have been saved for Gran Turismo 7 which will hopefully be a real Gran Turismo game.
GTS is a game that bastardized the name Gran Turismo, in order to cater to a minority of the player base that:
1. want to be Lewis Hamilton.
2. are a part of the younger generation, that likely never played a system before the PS3, and therefore probably has no idea that there was a time when there wasn't an online component to console gaming. Most of these people insist that every game should have some big online component, and not even the only actual good form of online, gaming, that being co-op play, but solely some shallow pvp experience, because most of the younger generation's only real reason for gaming is to inflate their damn egos online.
This is a game that was made for online and e-sports, at the cost of pretty much saying screw you to the actual majority of the player base, who grew up playing the series since the original on PS1, and like it because of what it was. Until Forza, there wasn't, on console at least, and game that did what Gran Turismo did, to the extent that Gran Turismo did it.
the fact that over 80% of people haven't even touched sport mode, should speak volumes about what the actual majority of the player base wants.
The game never should have even been called Gran Turismo, because it is not a Gran Turismo game. It should have just been called GT sport, and the full Gran Turismo name should have been saved for Gran Turismo 7 which will hopefully be a real Gran Turismo game.
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