Globe & Mail games writer says he prefers the brevity of Gran Turismo 5 Prologue to other racing games that are "ridiculously epic in scale." From the story:
"They have hundreds of cars, the majority of which I have no interest in (I don't need to try driving every kind of Integra ever designed to understand that the vehicle is fundamentally an ugly, wannabe sports car-one will suffice, thank you), and hundreds of racing challenges, which tend to get longer and more repetitive the further you progress.
Prologue, on the other hand, has a relatively modest but still diverse selection of about 70 cars, around 40 races, nearly 20 tracks (counting alternate and reverse routes), and a nice little online racing mode. I wish we were able to modify and upgrade our cars a little more, but other than that I think Prologue is actually a reasonably robust and sensibly long racing experience. I've yet to finish it, but I'm guessing I'll end up spending about 10 hours on the career more, maybe half a dozen hours online. Just the sort of commitment I like to give most games..."
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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well said. i think the problem with forza 2 and to lesser extent, GT4 is that you have to be a total geek to spend a lot of time mulling over a game. i love cars, not playing racing. in GT5P, it's all about the cars and nothing else and to me that's alright.
Oh well this guy better stay clear of GT5. I hope he doesn't think that GT5 is gonna be as short as GT5:P. If so, Oh boy! lol!
I respect and understand what he's sayin and for most casual gamers and non racing game lovers will find the prologue perfect in this respect. This will however intern encourage them to pick up GT5 because of the enjoyable experience they had with prologue. This is just a way of expaning the fanbase all in the while keeping the hardcore busy until the main event. Plan well executed actually.