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[instinct6142]

Prediction metacritic of 85 after 50 reviews

 

[SolidSnakex]

Gran Turismo 6 is an over-ambitious, huge, sprawling, messy masterpiece. It has its highs and lows. It has its perfections and its flaws. Sometimes it’s annoying. Sometimes it’s infuriating. But most of the time it’s simply the best driving game you can buy.

http://www.usgamer.net/articles/gran-turismo-6-playstation-3-review

4.5

 

[Neuromancer]

65

http://venturebeat.com/2013/12/06/gran-turismo-6-review/

My first time on the track was a disaster. I hit the wall three times. I spent more time off the track than on it. I even wound up driving the wrong way at one point. My lack of digital driving skills is without question. Yet, here I am reviewing Gran Turismo 6, Polyphony Digital’s latest entry in its long-running “Real Driving Simulator” franchise.

... comes to mind, haha

It's ok guys, people can review games in genres they don't usually play. Just take them with a grain of salt of course.

 

[commedieu]

4.5/5
http://www.gamesradar.com/gran-turismo-6-review/

Even on hardware from 2006, GT6 manages native 1080p, 60fps, and grids full of immaculately-modelled, licensed cars. And it tops all of this off with day/night transitions and wet-weather racing. It’s the full package straight out of the box, making its next-gen competition (*cough* Forza 5) look like a demo.

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[Oublieux]

OMFG! They still haven't fixed the sound?!! WTF, Kaz??? I think team Evo needs to fly over with a medic and test your ears before showing you how it's done! Then you will get a 10 from Polygon for GT7 and I can kill myself, since I would have seen everything.

"I think I mentioned this in the past, but we’re really working to change the fundamental way that the engine sound works,” Kazunori Yamauchi said during a press session at Polyphony Digital’s Tokyo office. “Right now I have a feeling that it might not make it for day one for GT6."

 

[Error404]

Lmfao, better than The Last of Us in their eyes then?

EDIT: Still congrats to Gran Turismo, looks like its solid.

That's not how reviews work

 

[Zoggy]

lmaooo at that 65/100 review.

mind you i have no interest in the GT franchise, hate sims and the last GT i even played was 2 on the ps1 (played the demo and was like this sucks and went back to nfs)

but his review is incredibly unprofessional, its basically what i would say if i had to review this game.

As a nonracing fan, there’s a lot about it I still don’t understand. What are performance points and why are they important? I have no idea what torque is. I have no idea what an exhaust manifold is or why it improves my car’s racing ability.

yeah same here, i'm not a car enthusiast or even a racing fan, the only ones i play are burnout.

but then he says this

Admittedly, some of this information is available in the game,but I didn’t care enough to look for it

what? WHAT!?!?!?

 

[SolidSnakex]

Bottom Line: More of a driving sim and less of a racing game, Gran Turismo 6 is the cream of the crop. It's an easy game to hop into for a single race or plant yourself in front of for hours on end. They've added some interesting features but at its heart it hasn't changed much from the last release.

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/art...-Gran-Turismo-6-Review-Roving-Around-the-Moon

4/5

 

[Azric]

Decent scores so far.

 

[AusRoachman]

No mention of micro transactions ? It's forza 5 all over again.

Also no one tested multi ? Surely scores should reflect an unfinished review

 

[IN&OUT]

from gamesradar review:

+Insane amount of top-quality content
+Brilliantly fun driving model
+Gorgeous visuals with day/night transitions
+Loads of racing surfaces and wet weather
- Questionable AI and difficulty balancing
- Still no meaningful damage modelling


Bolded is all I care about in a racing game. PD are KINGS

 

[Larson]

Gamereactor Norway/Danmark/Germany 6/10
Gamereactor Spain, Finland, Sweden 5/10

Ouch, they are complain about that they are too true to the series, start slow, clumsy menus, continuing old mistakes and poor artificial intelligence.

 

[Deimo5]

Rev3 4/5

 

[Torgo]

No mention of micro transactions ? It's forza 5 all over again.

Also no one tested multi ? Surely scores should reflect an unfinished review

Read the PS Nation review, this is covered thoroughly

 

[SexyFish]

Eurogamer Italy : 8/10

 

[Cyberia]

http://www.videogamer.com/reviews/gran_turismo_6_review.html

6

"Racing is soulless" Lulz

 

[Hanmik]

No mention of micro transactions ? It's forza 5 all over again.

Also no one tested multi ? Surely scores should reflect an unfinished review

Microtransactions are hidden on the PSN store.. you won´t see them unless you look for them..

 

[Chuck Norris]

As a nonracing fan, there’s a lot about it I still don’t understand. What are performance points and why are they important? I have no idea what torque is. I have no idea what an exhaust manifold is or why it improves my car’s racing ability.


....


Admittedly, some of this information is available in the game,but I didn’t care enough to look for it

I can't even... What

 

[NullPointer]

Even on hardware from 2006, GT6 manages native 1080p, 60fps

* As long as you don't drive in cockpit view at 1080p which seems to suffer big time performance wise.

No mention of micro transactions ? It's forza 5 all over again.

Also no one tested multi ? Surely scores should reflect an unfinished review

Polygon mentioned the microtransactions but state that its being set aside along with multiplayer until they can get their hands on quality time with the day one patch.

 

[AllenShrz]

65

http://venturebeat.com/2013/12/06/gran-turismo-6-review/

Great review no doubt

"My first time on the track was a disaster. I hit the wall three times. I spent more time off the track than on it. I even wound up driving the wrong way at one point. My lack of digital driving skills is without question. Yet, here I am reviewing Gran Turismo 6"

 

[Serrenn]

Venture Beat - 65/100
http://venturebeat.com/2013/12/06/gran-turismo-6-review/

"Your driving simulation game is too hard for me and not casual enough to be played by a total racing noob"

Wow. Just fucking wow. What's next? 5\10 for ARMA 3 because its not arcade as COD?

 

[Psycho_Mantis]

http://www.videogamer.com/reviews/gran_turismo_6_review.html

6

"Racing is soulless" Lulz

Soul = having crazy sound effects and boosting special effects lol

 

[MrCookiepants]

Holy crap. That VentureBeat review is the worst I've ever seen. There are no words.

 

[IN&OUT]

* As long as you don't drive in cockpit view at 1080p which seems to suffer big time performance wise.

did you play it to make such claim? butthurt much?

 

[Hanmik]

http://www.videogamer.com/reviews/gran_turismo_6_review.html

6

"Racing is soulless" Lulz

Played for 11 hours. Drove quite a few Mazdas.

ehhh ok..

My own review will not be online untill I have played the game alot.. no reason to rush a review for this kind of game..

 

[StoopKid]

No mention of micro transactions ? It's forza 5 all over again.

Also no one tested multi ? Surely scores should reflect an unfinished review

It sure didn't affect gta 5 scores.

 

[Emwitus]

Holy crap. That VentureBeat review is the worst I've ever seen. There are no words.

Hence my thinking sony knows the reviews won't make a like of a difference and were just trying to curb bad press.

 

[bombshell]

No mention of micro transactions ? It's forza 5 all over again.

Also no one tested multi ? Surely scores should reflect an unfinished review

From Polygon's 9/10 review:

Online servers and functionality are being enabled in a day one patch for Gran Turismo 6, which means we were unable to try the online portions of the game during our review. This also includes the ability to purchase in-game currency via microtransactions. We'll be testing these features beginning today and will update our review if they significantly impact our assessment of the game.

 

[NullPointer]

did you play it to make such claim? butthurt much?

I'm going off personal experience with the demo and initial reports from people who have played the game, both here on GAF and GTPlanet. If you plan on playing this game from cockpit view you're going to want to go 720p

Jump to conclusions much?

 

[Khalifa Jayy]

Sounds like a great way to end the generation. Well done, PD and Sony. Now bring the show over to PS4!

 

[Boogalogist]

65

http://venturebeat.com/2013/12/06/gran-turismo-6-review/

A new challenger appears!

 

[level44]

So Venture Beat put a low score because the author was too stupid to understand the game.

Fantastic journalism...

 

[UNCMark]

did you play it to make such claim? butthurt much?

Jeez dude, relax.

I'm going off personal experience with the demo and initial reports from people who have played the game, both here on GAF and GTPlanet. If you plan on playing this game from cockpit view you're going to want to go 720p

Jump to conclusions much?

So the demo was representative of the final game in this regard? That's too bad. Cockpit view is my favorite in most racing games.

 

[IN&OUT]

Now I can't imagine what PD wizards will do with PS4 !

 

[HassanJamal]

http://www.polygon.com/2013/12/6/5179758/gran-turismo-6-review

Woah...is that a 9 from Polygon to a PS exclusive? Woah.

Count me hyped for GT6, these reviews for it have been stellar so far.

 

[JawzPause]

Expecting 85-90 on meta

 

[NullPointer]

So the demo was representative of the final game in this regard? That's too bad. Cockpit view is my favorite in most racing games.

Regarding cockpit views at 1080p yeah, it looks that way.

 

[MrCookiepants]

There’s an age old argument that simulation racing games are ‘just cars going around in circles’ – Gran Turismo 6 has no retort.

Why are people like this reviewing a racing sim?

 

[marcincz]

After 10 reviews on metacritic score is 76%. What!? It disappoint me.

 

[onQ123]

65

http://venturebeat.com/2013/12/06/gran-turismo-6-review/

Why would they even let this person do the review?

 

[Papercuts]

Thought this was slightly interesting

http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2013/12/06/where-is-our-gran-turismo-6-review.aspx



So review embargo is officially up it would seem

Erm...does this mean every review going up now haven't touched online at all?

*sigh*

 

[Risk Breaker]

>Polyphonic
>I didn't care
>65/100

Must be pretty good then.

 

[bombshell]

lmaooo at that 65/100 review.

mind you i have no interest in the GT franchise, hate sims and the last GT i even played was 2 on the ps1 (played the demo and was like this sucks and went back to nfs)

but his review is incredibly unprofessional, its basically what i would say if i had to review this game.



yeah same here, i'm not a car enthusiast or even a racing fan, the only ones i play are burnout.

but then he says this


what? WHAT!?!?!?

The author's name is Stefanie, so I think it's a she. Maybe it explains the bad driving?

 

[nelsonroyale]

Gaming press these days seems ridiculously all over the map...probably time enough to retire metacritic...I mean how can one review give a 9 and another a 5? Seems reviewers don't have much more clue than user reviews...

 

[UNCMark]

Videogamer gave it a 60.

Pertinent quote:

the music sounds like it’s been ripped straight from a Ron Jeremy compilation VHS.

 

[jabuseika]

Venture Beat - 65/100
http://venturebeat.com/2013/12/06/gran-turismo-6-review/

You call that a review?!

Reviewer should be ashamed.

"Hey I'm not a shooter fan, and I keep dying in BF4, I can't be bothered to look up help to make me a better player of shooters, 65/100."

You're a video game reviewer, it's your job to adequately select a game from a genre with which you'll be most familiar to successfully analyze it's faults. Or at the least, try to learn more about it as you go. Saying the game didn't make you care it's not a good excuse.

this aging franchise needs to stay relevant in the next console generation.

Aging franchise, and only the best selling racing game on the market.

 

[Edgeward]

The USGamer was a good read, seemed to cover about most of the aspects of the game in good detail.

 

[RobbieH]

If you're not into racing games, it can be easy to dismiss them as repetitive — "You're just driving in circles."

After a while, the tracks and surrounding areas began to suffer from a sense of sameness. This could simply be because I’m not a racing fan and don’t get the appeal of driving around in circles...

There’s an age old argument that simulation racing games are ‘just cars going around in circles’ – Gran Turismo 6 has no retort.

Sigh.

 

[MHWilliams]

http://www.usgamer.net/articles/gran-turismo-6-playstation-3-review

4.5

I will point out that this review was done by our sim racer fan, Jaz Rignall. GT games are too hardcore for me. I do arcade-style racers, so I'd just end up shattering the disc after one or two races. I look forward to Redbox-ing it myself though.

 

[JoeyJungle]

WOW @ that venturebeat review. I really wonder what circumstances led to him getting assigned that review, and that review being posted without more editing.