GT5 Review scores (Update :Average metacritic score)

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If PD was smart, they would say you can release the review before GT5 comes out ONLY if it's reviewed at 95 of 100, or better.

Might seem dirty, but it's a good marketing strategy. You never want to hurt the first weeks sales... EVER!
 
Fogerty_Jr
I really don't get the point with this thread.
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I'm being the outsider here again, but whatever, I'm used to it.
I do not like your post. Yes it is well written and there are very good points. But I don't get the point of your post. This thread though, HAS a point. I, and I'm sure many others, WOULD like to see the scores given by the mainstream media, simply because I find it interesting to hear what the videogame world outside GTPlanet thinks of this game, it's simple as that.

Rash-182
We should expect reviews to pop up tomorrow right? Before: Release date 3-5.11 , Embargo: 27.10. So that is one week
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You could be up to something here, as most magazines get released on Friday, as far as I know.
 
Dr.Boss.
To follow up on Fogerty_Jr's post, i submit the following, which i posted on Tekken90's thread yesterday in response to all the bitching/crying/complaining.

"I mean GAWD DAMN, 60fps, 200mph down the RING's back straight at night... tell me that doesn't get you excited.

Add some online friends who drive better than the AI, and you've got the most epic racing experience to date.

Add more than 200 premium cars that you can tune/customize to your hearts content, and you've got the most epic racing experience to date.

Add PS3 1080p (Almost) graphics, and you've got the most epic racing experience to date.

Add the most meticulously modeled vehicles, best lighting system, severely improved physics, weather, 800 additional standard vehicles, photo-mode, the redbull X1, coarse creator, damage... Kaz's and his teams passion... and you've got the most epic racing experience to date.

Do any of you have jobs? Do you know what it takes to accomplish something this monumental? Th
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Reviews won't come until they have tested the online play, so whenever the servers go up we might see reviews a day or two after that.
 
It doesn't really matter. If there ever was a game that was impervious to bad press, it's GT5. It's going to sell in massive numbers regardless of its Metacritic score. Gran Turismo is pretty much responsible for the Playstation brand and GT5 is pretty much the biggest release of the entire PS3 lifecycle. It's the big one, it's the game most everybody with a PS3 is waiting for, and it's the one people are going to buy a PS3 to be able to play. It's so hotly anticipated and has so much hype and excitement behind it that millions of people are going to buy it no matter what critics say.
 
SlipZtrEm
This is basically how I feel. Parity with FM3; each does certain things better.

There are two giant unknowns still hovering over GT5 though, that can raise or lower it's score: we still don't know exactly how online play is going to be handled (which makes or breaks a racing game these days), and we still have yet to see the extent of the random track generator.

If this was released 2 years ago, I'd expect a higher review. At the tail end of 2010... GT is no longer completely and utterly without competition.
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i smell forza trolls, On parity? Forza does not have:

Dyanmic weather
Only 8 car online
No track editor
No f1, No off road
No nascar
No karts
No day/night
No proper wheel support.
No proper physics
Not really a sim, its more of a arcade/sim hybrid

LMAO, Forza is a borderline arcade game, please. This game deserves a 10 if Forza got a 9.
 
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I think this game should get a 85/100 out of the box, but it depends on how well they do the online part of the game, it could sway it up to 90 if the online portion is done well.

That is the rave of games now, so if you get that wrong.. boo hoo..

Personally I don't really care, I will enjoy the single player very much...
 
mastorofpuppetz
i smell forza trolls, On parity? Forza does not have:

Dyanmic weather
Only 8 car online
No track editor
No f1, No off road
No nascar
No karts
No day/night
No proper wheel support.
No proper physics
Not really a sim, its more of a arcade/sim hybrid

LMAO, Forza is a borderline arcade game, please. This game deserves a 10 if Forza got a 9.
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actually, forza does have stock cars, they also have a livery editor, so you can make whatever cars you want. the physics are the best released on any console racer so far, although that will likely change on wednesday. the wheel support, the lack of open-wheeled cars, the amount of cars on track, the lack of weather and the lack of night racing are what make GT really shine, but it's still amazing what turn 10 was able to do in a third of the development time, on a far less powerful console. personally, I think we should wait to make the FM/GT comparisons until FM4 is announced.
 
mastorofpuppetz
i smell forza trolls, On parity? Forza does not have:

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Would a troll really suggest they'd both get roughly similar scores?

:lol:

Anybody can post a "this game is missing these features" list. Not to mention a lot of what you listed is partially implemented; two F1 cars of different years, and one fake one, doesn't really strike me as full-blown feature, more an intriguing little teaser.

Re-read my post. Each does some things better. Not to mention, the average reviewer isn't a sim-nut like most of us. HP3 just scored a 9.0 from IGN, after all...
 
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SlipZtrEm
Would a troll really suggest they'd both get roughly similar scores?

:lol:

Anybody can post a "this game is missing these features" list. Not to mention a lot of what you listed is partially implemented; two F1 cars of different years, and one fake one, doesn't really strike me as full-blown feature, more an intriguing little teaser.

Re-read my post. Each does some things better. Not to mention, the average reviewer isn't a sim-nut like most of us. HP3 just scored a 9.0 from IGN, after all...
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Yes, they would, as they dont want to admit Gt5 is better, when it obviously is in a different league as a sim, out of the box Forza is an arcade racer, very accessible, its only when switching to the hardest m\odes its even close to a sim. You also fail to mention, how realistic the cars drive, forza is not really much of a sim in this regard, the Physical aspects and feedback in Gt when driving is way beyond what forza offers. There is a lot more to it then weather, tracks. As a real racing experience froza is a good secondary option and nothing more.
 
mastorofpuppetz
i smell forza trolls, On parity? Forza does not have:

Dyanmic weather
Only 8 car online
No track editor
No f1, No off road
No nascar
No karts
No day/night
No proper wheel support.
No proper physics
Not really a sim, its more of a arcade/sim hybrid

LMAO, Forza is a borderline arcade game, please. This game deserves a 10 if Forza got a 9.
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:ill:This post is confusing. You say "Forza does not have:" .....
if forza DOESNT have NO track editor that means does have a track editor, which everyone knows it doesnt. You seem to be forgetting the old double negative rule.:dopey:

Why don't you make it less confusing by saying it DOESNT NOT have NO track editor? :dunce:or you could just simplify things further by only using one negative.

such as Forza does not have: track editor:idea:

grr:grumpy:
 
Well we can expect from EDGE and gametrailer who are always critical on Ps3 exclusives, low scores as always but i dont care about them. The credible ones are Gamespot, G4tv, 1up and IGN.

And expect that this will be the topic to be nitpick by strick reviewers:

1. Imperfect damage effects
2. Frame rate problems
3. The standard car does not look that good
4. Invisible walls.
 
I can’t believe what I’m reading.

You guys really think this game will score in the 70 – 80 range, while games like NFS Hot pursuit and Forza got 90 and 92.

You guys are complaining about not having a cockpit view for ALL cars! NFS Hot pursuit doesn’t have a cockpit view AT ALL.

You also complained about the Day/Night/Weather being not included in all tracks. Forza have nothing at all.

1000 cars and 30 tracks are not enough?!!! I can’t really say much here.

And about taking too much time could hurt the score, this logic is deeply flawed. I suppose if the game took 5 days to make and it turned out passable, then it will get 10’s all around?

Even if it takes 10 years, what does it matter to reviewers? You have a 60$ game, you review it based on that. If because of the long development time it costs like 100$, I would say you have a point.

The amount of content in GT5 is staggering, the design, the game play and the presentation are all top notch. The only thing that worries me is who well the online will turn out. Otherwise, it is a crime not to score less than 95.
 
ObtuseChicken
Considering they said Forza 3 was the best racing game ever, I'm not expecting much from the Xbox 360 fanbase that is IGN.com.
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Yeah, sad thing is, they continually ignore the PC sims, which mop the floor with forza. Gaming is an immature medium with no professional reviews at the moment.

Notice rarely a movie gets better avg then 80? Every game that has an advertising budget and is just decent gets 8 and above. game reviews are a joke.
 
yogaflame
Well we can expect from EDGE and gametrailer who are always critical on Ps3 exclusives, low scores as always but i dont care about them. The credible ones are Gamespot, G4tv, 1up and IGN.

And expect that this will be the topic to be nitpick by strick reviewers:

1. Imperfect damage effects
2. Frame rate problems
3. The standard car does not look that good
4. Invisible walls.
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I cant say i've noticed Gametrailers being overly critical on PS3 exclusives, but it doesn't mean its not the case. One thing I have noticed lately is Gamespot tightened up their scoring quite a bit lately. They have given some of the years biggest games so far (fable 3, fallout NW, F1 2010) all 7.5. Although they all have their flaws, in the past they would have given titles of this quality more around the 8.5 mark. I think Gamespot could be one of the more critical of GT5s shortcomings.
 
The thing is though as others have mentioned this game has taken a long time to be made. It has been delayed for a number of years. You have to assume the cost of making the game would be pretty high. Expectation is high. The game really does have to blow us out the water and be the best racing game of all time.

Now unlike a lot of people here i don't like just one game, i like racing so will try all games. I hope to pick up Persuit later. I also enjoy the Forza series. I don't think of them as competition or your either in one camp or the other as the only person who loses out by doing that is yourself.

Reviewers recently have become more critical i think, a lot of games that would of got 10's a year or two ago have been getting lower scores i.e Vegas etc.. With this in mind and the length/cost of GT5 i think reviewers will go into it being very critical.

Some of the things like only 200 premium cars i don't think will bother them too much. While it is nice to have 1000's of cars the reality is none of us really play them all. With Forza and the 400 it had i don't think i got anywhere near trying them all. I think the presentation side of the game will more then make up for it. The custom track maker and things like that will deffinatly help it's score.

But i think the main thing that will mark it down is simply how the game plays. People mention the weather effects. If you stop and look at it the effects they sort of look well a bit crap. They have a giant white cloud for snow and have a giant misty cloud for rain. I don't think that will actually add to realism or enjoyment. In fact i think it looks pretty unrealistic and annoying. In contrast F1 2010 has a pretty believable weather system that in my opinion doesn't take away the enjoyment factor. In GT5 in the videos it just looks like your driving in a cloud. The other thing i notice is the cars and the track just don't seem right in the way they move, like the cars are higher in the air then they should be so don't appear like they are on the track in places. In a lot of the videos the cars also seem pretty big in comparison with the track. Obviously it is unfair to judge the game based off of videos. From my point of view i think if the game is not fun then it will be marked down. Games like F1 2010 got marked down for things like bugs, but it is a good game, the best F1 game for sure. Games like Need for Speed are getting good reviews because of the fun factor.

For GT5 to get great reviews like the earlier GT's i.e V Spec it needs to tick a lot of boxes. I think it will tick the ones for presentation, graphics, sound etc but i think the gameplay, realism, length of time it has been in development and hype will go against it. I think it will get around the 85 mark on metacritic which will be a great score but will mean it is not the best racing game available this gen. And for me that would be dissapointing.
 
Ramo7769
How are there still no reviews for GT5?! Honestly...
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Well, online is disabled so I guess reviewers doesn't know how big and good online multiplayer is, and to review GT5 without such a huge feature is fail in my opinion...
 

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