Console Monster writes: Rewind back to 1997 and PlayStation gamers will undoubtedly remember the game that started a series which has shipped over 47 million units worldwide across all of Sony's PlayStation consoles. We're now up to their fifth instalment of the series, and here I am reviewing a 'segment' of the game in Gran Turismo 5 Prologue.
In today's videogame world, there seems to be a three-way battle in the racing genre with Gran Turismo competing against two Xbox360 titles; Project Gotham Racing 4 (PGR4) and Forza Motorsport 2. Everyone's entitled to their opinions, but recently GT5: Prologue has had a slating for being unfinished - which is true, but this is a 'teaser' of what's to come, and isn't actually the full-on Gran Turismo title. I've played all the Gran Turismo's, PGR's and played the two Forza Motorsport titles and they all have their positives and negatives, but I'll stick to the what this review is on - Gran Turismo 5 Prologue.
Having started out on the original PlayStation, Prologue is the first taste of Gran Turismo on the PlayStation3 and it's in HD. The gameplay hasn't changed drastically and is still as fun as ever, but as it leaps into the new generation of consoles, Prologue certainly does look the part. But before going into the graphics, does it really play the same? Yes, Yes it does. It's a formula that's only been tweaked ever so slightly, and still proudly boasts the title as the 'ultimate driving simulator' - and this is just a slice of what's to come.
iLLGaming contributor Anikait Makkar writes about the gaming industry's current business practices, and how it affects the consumer.
free to play no matter how good the game is if it is a free to play i dont play.
i want to pay full price for a full balanced experience unlocks shouldn't be earned by money but by the hard work you put in the game.
my free to play nightmares are borderlands,diablo,titanfall,w arhawk 2,halo and star wars battlefront.
Worst business practices
Paying to play online (PS+, XBL)
Season passes
disc locked content
Paid DLC (DLC should be free unless it is significant enough to be an expansion)
Paying to use your own internet, DLC (all of it, I'd rather have expansion packs with a ton of content), DLC coming out a week after the game's release, incomplete games with missing sections sold as DLC, pre order bonuses, short and pointless campaigns, not having server lists (like COD which insert you into random games and maps), expensive and permanent digital prices, yearly sequels with minor changes at full price, lack of challenging AI, lack of originality, and most of Micro$ofts "business practices." This may sound like a hateful statement, but I blame M$ for bringing most of these things to consoles. I remember when there free and inexpensive map packs on Live in the early years of 2006 and 2007, then they started pinching pennies.
Who else here has been gaming long enough to remember when paying $50 got you the WHOLE game? No left-out content sold as DLC, disc-locked content, season passes, outfits, avatars, etc.
Excuse me, I need to go have a cry at what has happened to my beloved hobby.
TechPrezz: The Grand Turismo 5 update 2.08 is set to be released and coming with a trio of new DLCs and will be launched on coming Tuesday
The new cars include the Nissan GT-R N24 GT Academy ’12, the Subaru BRZ S ’12 and the Honda weider HSV-010 (SUPER GT) ’11, with a cost of $0.99 for each of them. The update also include some enhancements apart from the fix to reported bugs.
With this update, you will be bale to select “Disable collisions” in the [Event Settings] of online races and the clutch pedal response while using the steering wheel controllers “G25 Racing Wheel”, “G27 Racing Wheel”, “T500RS” and “TH8RS” has been adjusted. The ID’s are now shown above cars when watching online races. There are also some other improvements. The Grand Turismo 5 2.08 is coming as free downloadable update.
that's why i love the real driving simulator.
Wow updates for this game are still coming. i wish all companies were like this
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Wonder if they got rid of that all together..
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