Cynamite: Gran Turismo 5 Review - Mega-hit or a big disappointment?

Cynamite: Caught in the snares of full HD video and photo-realistic car models, GT5 has lost sight of the essential things. Although it remains with the best controls and the most beautiful cars in the genre. Whether this outweighs the long list of deficiencies, everyone must decide for themselves.

[Igneel]

''Cynamite: Gran Turismo 5 Review - Mega-hit or a big disappointment?''

Asking for hits obviously. They gave the game 8.5/10 That's pretty good. hmmm just read the conclusion and Dint really understand what he meant. That's why I dont like Translated articles.

[Red_Orange_Juice]

face it GT5 reviews are sorely disappointing, Sony and Polyphony must be like "WTF?" now

[Igneel]

''face it GT5 reviews are sorely disappointing''

You can't please every Reviewers and Website but the Most important thing to ask yourself is

''Will the Fans love the game?''

I'm pretty sure the Answer is yes. There's tons of stuff to do in that game and Racing sim Fans will have enough to keep them occupied for a while. If the fans love the final product and buy the game I dont see why GT5 should be labaled as a disappointment.

Nats.

[PS360fanboy]

Word bro. Reviewers are not jizzing their pants as expected.

[Red_Orange_Juice]

I agree, im just saying, look how many 8/10 revews are here and people are complaining about the reviewers themself.

I'm definately satisfied with the game, I'll be playing it for years to come, I think it's better than Forza cos they had more time to make it. It's a different level.
I'm one of those who don't need a review to buy a game, I just know if I want or not and I do want GT5 on my shelf :).

But metacritc makes people go crazy about the scores, 5/6? how may % is that, is it going to make the average higher or lower? B+? wtf just make it in 100/100 scale so we can see the score and move on to the next one.

Sony and Polyphony may not me satisfied with the reviews but they will be with the sales.

[ryuzu]

Disappointing reviews, yes, predictable reviews... yes.

I think there is a big backlash coming to professional review sites now. Other games they can get away with shoddy practice - but so many people are getting and have already got GT5 that the reviews will seem ludicrously bad to a lot of people.

RIP Gaming Journalism - 1985-2006

r.

[mikeslemonade]

This sucks! I guess God of War 3 will have to hold the pedestal for game of the year. Thanks a lot with the stupid lower review scores for GT5/

[Kareshi_X]

Translated articles can be a Pain sometimes.

[UnwanteDreamz]

How many here calling it a disappointment have played it? You kids aren't gamers. You are a bunch of little attention whores. Go play a game and then judge.

Pathetic

[Wakka_]

Big disappointment

Metacritic score:
GT5 - 86
Forza 3 - 92 (AAA)

[deadreckoning666]

It'll be a big dissapointment if your an irrational Sony fanboy. If ur a GT fanboy, you'd be playing GT5 online with the copy you probably already got hours ago and you wouldn't be on N4G engaging in verbal warfare.

@Omega4- Its not PD's fault. GT5 is probably fucking amazing if ur a driving sim fan...but the FANBOYS(not actual GT fans) overhyped it for no reason other than the fact that they felt threatened by Forza 3's critical acclaim. Its very easy to tell, who actually IS a racing sim fan and who isn't.

A diehard racing sim fan would have a 360 and PS3 and would have been playing Prolouge as well as Forza 3 in anticipation for GT5.

Even if you like racing sims and you ONLY play GT5, a TRUE GT fan would rather attempt to shave half a second on his lap time than come to N4G and hate on Forza 3.

@Homicide- I agree with that as well. I don't understand how the fanboys on this site praised GT5 as the most realistic driving sim out there...yet BURNOUT 3: TAKEDOWN has better damage effects than GT5. I'm sorry, but thats just the truth.

In a REAL race, if a car crashes at 90 MPH, its gunna get messed up, no if, ands or buts about it.

[Homicide]

No, it's Yamauchi's fault for delaying the game for "perfection." If you're going to make us wait for several years for perfection, then gosh darn it, you better deliver.

[RememberThe357]

@Homicide: I almost always disagree with you, but you have a point. I haven't been disappointed by the reviews, but the game is not the perfection he was claiming it was going to be.

[Bolts]

I already played the shit outta GT5P. I was expecting GT5 to take a step beyond that. Because of the perfection promise. Now I'm finding out that GT5 is just GT5P with more content, which isn't bad but it's not perfection. It is not THE racing sim with every feature checked out. What it does offer is the best looking racing game with the most content.

I'll tell you what though, when I'm showing off my system over the holidays I'll be using GT5 to do it.

[UnwanteDreamz]

You seem to like the game but it's not perfect?

You guys bought the hype? Nothing is perfect You guys can't be this young.

[DigitalAnalog]

For the Hardcore Sim players, this is the best it has to offer. For COD players in this sad sad generation, it's just too complex for them. There's always Forza and NF: Shift if it's too much for them.

-End of Line

[T9X69]

I would say.

Fan = Mega Hit

Reviews = Big disappointment.

[RememberThe357]

I concur

[Omega4]

They just spend too much time on it, games that take over 5 years to complete after being announced don't seem to live up to their hype.

[aMadMan]

Obvious troll is obvious.

[OneSneakyMofo]

Wow, Omega4. This is the first time you've actually given insight. I'd bubble you up if you weren't trolling all of the other GT5 threads. You get kudos though.

[never_waste_a_bullet]

I don't think you have a ps3 and I don't think you you're looking to buy this game... so you must be trolling, and since you've commented on so many gt5 reviews so far...

[zeksta]

Omega, You must have some amazingly narrow minded parents or friends, cause considering the way you turned out, i wouldn't be suprised if your Jewish and Racist.

[aMadMan]

Interesting :)

[Ahasverus]

Just wait until Duke Nukem Foever release

[Orionsangel]

It's official the reviews are in. IGN's 8.5 put the last nail in GT5's coffin of hype. The overall consensus is that GT5 is a good racer with a lot of technical flaws. In other words it's another in a line of long awaited titles this year that didn't live up to the hype.

I knew when Kazunori Yamauchi started back pedaling two weeks ago that the PS3 couldn't do justice to his vision. That the game was less than stellar. Kazunori Yamauchi knew it and he was preparing himself.

Which is probably true. At some point during development Kazunori Yamauchi vision got too big and the game started to fold under the pressure of his larger than life ambitions

The man thinks too big. In the end his vision came crashing down on him. His teamed tried it's best to put it all back together and were stalling for time, but eventually they had to let the Frankenstein go as is with the hope of patching it

[Chromer]

Stop trying to act as if a few reviews and anything you say is going to stop GT5 from selling.

[Ahasverus]

I'm sure it will, fanboys are not loyal to a brand once their hearts are destroyed, however, real gamers will buy it because it's the best sim for PS3 and it's a very good game not to be passed out for anyone who likes cars.

[Orionsangel]

I'm buying GT5. I'm just being honest with myself. I'm not short on cash and haven't been saving money for years and getting my dreams crushed right now. Then posting in denial that everything is fine. It's the greatest game ever because you want to justify your 5 year wait. You're disappointed. I understand. I am too, but be honest with yourself.

[ryuzu]

GT5 isn't less than stellar on it's own terms. It is an exceptional simulator and game for any console this gen.

If any game deserves a 10/10 this gen then GT5 deserves that also.

However, reviewers seem to be reviewing what is missing, rather than what is there - and what is there is still more than any other driving simulator to date.

r.

[Skadoosh]

Biggest disappointment this gen easily.

[JacobIsHollywood]

You'll never know. ^_^

[UnwanteDreamz]

Yep cause he will never play it. His game is fanboy.

[Lyr1c]

Holy shit.

Look at his agrees.

I thought this site was "run by PS3 fanboys". /s

[redsquad]

Anyone defending GT5 (the people who HAVE played it) are getting a shedload of disagrees from, ironically, the people who HAVEN'T played it.

The cynic in me would swear that someone organised an e-mail campaign to get the 360 troops in to N4G just for this - I don't recall any other PS3 owners comments getting so many 'disagrees' so quickly on any other occasion!

[Lyr1c]

I know, it's ridiculous.

It's not even like the reviews are negative.

As soon as anything 8.5 or lower appears, it's "OMG, WORST FLOP OF THE CENTURY."

These people need to get real.

[redsquad]

What's remarkable is that the people 'agreeing' with you are pretty much the ones who haven't played the title. Those who have and aren't anal journalists or trolls with OCD are actually enjoying GT5 in exactly the way they expected.

[englandsbest316]

Looking at the headline.........

I will go with the latter.

Flop-a-dee-doo-dah........ flop-a-dee-day.

[Cmoney]

6 years of waiting....FOR WHAT???
ALL THAT F***ing time and u cant even put out a triple AAA game.

I thought they were perfectionists....WTF.....i 9;m confused, and angry and depressed....this is f***ing bull***t sony!

[GoldPS3]

Mega-hit. Best racer this year and this gen. You can't expect none racing fans to like GT5. Todays gamers (especially 360 gamers) are high on FPS. They don't even support Forza.

[sack_boi]

Forza sold as much as Uncharted 2, and has outsold God of War 3, Heavy Rain, Modnation Racers... so with that (flawed) logic, those games aren't supported by PS3 users as well.

[Lyr1c]

And Wii Sports outsold all of them.

Just goes to show that sales =/= quality.

Tell me something new.

[theIMP]

@ Lyr1c, it was your boy that brought up sales, now when he get his a$$ handed to him by him own logic, you jump in and start in on him? F%ck you man, if you don't like hearing those facts, tell your homeboy to STFU.

[englandsbest316]

Killzone 2 & MAG crappy sales ring any bells?

[visualb]

no disappointment for me, I called it =) between 80-90% =D it was so predictable. too much expectation. Still a great SIMULATOR, just not much of a game, fair argument.

the number of trolls on this site all of the sudden shock me.

there are at least 2 new accounts built just for this occasion, and 2 forza accounts, and at least 3 more accounts that haven't commented in the past 4 months commenting now

all trolling. There are more trolls per GT5 reviews than other users...

and the scary part is...the mods aren't doing anything. So, Im going to stay away (also because it will be a slow news day with saturation of GT5 reviews =P) like I did on kinects day

have fun trolls, glad to see more trolls today than ever.the anti-GT5 trolls win today, and so do GT5 fans. says something about this site, Pro- PS3 right? /s
;)

[123360]

any one playing in 3d,yeah awesome in a word.have the reveiwers spoke about this part yet.come to think about it have they got a 3k 3d tv like myself.because if they havn,t whats the point of me reading there reveiws,i,m no [email protected] sheep baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa.

[Raider69]

Still a great game so!No need to bash!Its not perfect but still good!

[rataranian]

I would say good game yes, epic game of all time? No.
After being in development for 5 years should it be better? I don't know. In the end it comes down to the team and how they want it to be.
I've played it, and would say that Forza is much more fun to play though. And I don't even own xbox.
I wont buy GT5, but I will get the next Grid/Dirt games. Only an opinion.