Comments on: Famitsu Review Gran Turismo 5 Prologue – Updated

By: Manaii

Manaii — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 11:22:56 +0000

Lawl. Famitsu is renown for their soft-ball reviews of flagship titles. I won’t trust it until I play this tomorrow.

By: nanasi

nanasi — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 04:11:40 +0000

Where did you get this famitu review.
I can’t see any GT5P review in tha latest famitu issue.

By: asdf

asdf — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 01:54:25 +0000

If a country doesn’t put America as number one, then they’re obviously racist.

By: dsmx

dsmx — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 01:11:47 +0000

You sure you want damage because if polyphony put it in you can be sure if you crash you will need to buy a new car. Polyphony only put stuff in if they can do it right.

By: John

John — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 00:52:20 +0000

I was thinking about getting a PS3 just for this one game. Damage is going to be a make or break for me. I will get a PS3 and GT5 if they include car damage. If not then I am going to pass.

By: Patrick Steen

Patrick Steen — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 23:23:42 +0000

CitizenChan:

Surely that goes for American Publications reviewing American games as well?

Seeing Halo 3 and Call of Duty 4 doing so well in American publications surely shows that the these games cater to that demographic, and that Japanese developers generally cater to their own demographic also.

I’m not sure what you were trying to infer?

By: Dave

Dave — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 23:15:00 +0000

@ Rodney

In my honest opinion, only a person with no sense of appreciation for design and polish in video games could EVER say that Gran Turismo doesn’t exceed PGR4. That is just down right retarded. Gran Turismo looks REAL. PGR4 looks like a video game. Look at what Polyphony did with PS2 hardware, and look at PGR for xbox.
It’s in their lineage.

By: CitizenChan

CitizenChan — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 23:08:47 +0000

Anyone notice that the only games reviewed that highly are from Japanese developers? With an overwhelming majority being given to Nintendo.

By: Patrick Steen

Patrick Steen — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 22:12:25 +0000

Adam:

I suggest you wait for an English review of GT5 to tell you about the AI – since the AI in the demo was not final. There was a selection missing in the demo that will be in the final game.

However, from what I played of the demo, I was very impressed with the AI. Some were aggressive; some made mistakes so I could over take; I could influence other drivers by driving close behind them; some would swerve to stop me passing; some would push me off; others I could push off.

This and the physics are a step up and Famitsu – a very critical review magazine, that have a great experience with racing games, must have noted this as well in comparison to Forza 2 and PGR4.

By: Adam

Adam — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 21:11:22 +0000

But Brian, other racing games have already figured out how to do really excellent AI, I don’t get why GT is so emblazoned to their ‘classic’ downfalls such as AI and their tire audio (which as far as I could tell, we’re unchanged from GT4)

By: Brian

Brian — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 21:07:04 +0000

Rodney – Here’s an idea. If the AI isn’t good enough for you then play online. I want the AI to be good too but at least this GT will have online play. AI can’t beat racing other GT fans.

By: Patrick Steen

Patrick Steen — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 19:41:54 +0000

Hello Craig. I'll have to make an edit, since PSU have just edited their post, making me look foolish. I will have to write to them, because that is shoddy journalism for you. Showing that they have in fact not played the game at all.

Disappointing. I'm sorry to have misled you, but the blame is not on me, but the edit made by PSU.com Thank you for pointing this out Craig. It is greatly appreciated

Patrick

By: Craig

Craig — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 19:37:41 +0000

I clicked on the PSU.com link mentioned in the article, and there was nothing to suggest that there’s damage in the game. In fact, they suggest quite the opposite:

“Still, many fans will be disappointed to learn that damage modelling has yet to be implemented, and it is currently unknown whether or not the final build will contain this element.”

That’s a pretty startling 180-degree turn from what you wrote, and it makes me question the journalism skills of the author, not to mention the potential for wishful-thinking fanboyism.

By: Adam

Adam — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 19:28:48 +0000

AI much improved? In what capacity? If you sit in the middle of the track, the AI will still plow directly into you without even braking. Also when side by side in a corner, if you rally for position, they have an alarming tendency move into your line, pushing you off the track.
Watching a replay or playing the game, the AI still looks like it is locked to a preset line from which it varies to a very small degree. Also their ability to recognize the players location is pretty abysmal.

I’m not trying to GT bash, but I’m really getting tired of the AI in the game, and after playing the prologue demo I was pretty disapointed.

By: hello

hello — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 18:11:44 +0000

The AI is already much improved in the Prologue demo, you could try it for yourself before they removed it.

By: Miki

Miki — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 17:46:08 +0000

“I’m sorry but I read the mini review and i’m not impressed. Why? Because once again there is no mention of how the AI behaves during races.

So once again we’re told how pretty the game looks and it has damage. Until I see how intelligent the AI is during races i’ll just view it as another Gran Turismo game, which is basically a car collecting game ala Pokemon.

Graphically and technically it will take a lot to surpass both Project Gotham 4 (graphically) and Forza 1 & 2 (techincally).”

….are you serious??? I think you are a Xbox fans without any knowledge of Video Games….poor guy…

By: Patrick Steen

Patrick Steen — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 17:17:41 +0000

Which mini review is this? Famitsu’s?

From the demo, the AI is greatly improved, and the physics are as well if you choose “Simulator” at the select screen.

By: Rodney

Rodney — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 17:14:27 +0000

I’m sorry but I read the mini review and i’m not impressed. Why? Because once again there is no mention of how the AI behaves during races.

Graphically and technically it will take a lot to surpass both Project Gotham 4 (graphically) and Forza 1 & 2 (techincally).