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Panicnausia on 06 December 2013

Another example of putting way too much stock into gamings broken review system.



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Figgycal on 06 December 2013
sales2099 said:
Figgycal said:
sales2099 said:
KingdomHeartsFan said:
Mr Puggsly said:

I'll be honest, I have no desire to shit on GT6 and I look forward to playing it. I already have it on hold at Redbox...

But this ultimately means Forza 5 will get shit on less. That makes me happy!

How does a last gen game getting reviewed lower than a current gen game help it get "shit on less."  Especially considering they are only 2 points apart...

Fanboy logic at play here. Basically they can't bash Forza 5 for not hitting the tradional 90+ meta when the last 2 entrys of their own IP scored lower the the latest Forza. And while only a few points difference, one is in the 70's and one is in the 80's. Two different quality brackets, even if one is high 70's and the other low 80's.....might as well be a 70 and 89 and would still be considered the same :P

Except that's not what's happening. The logic is that: GT6 is being nitpicked as a last gen PS3 game and Forza 5 gets a free pass despite the lower amount of content because it's on a next gen console.

The 2 point difference thing happened like 10 minutes ago - GT6 was at 75 all morning.

Rly? Because I thought Forza 5 was punished for being a launch game. Its about the quality of what is in the game rather then the quantity of cars/tracks. That is what saved Forza 5 from the 70's IMO but the lacking of quantity prevented the 90. And as for GT, it sounds like its the video game aspects and not the SIM factors that is weighing down the franchise, not the last gen graphics

Without having played either, I think you might be correct. But I don't come up with fanboy logic, I just repeat it.... <_<
That was a joke btw :P



Panicnausia on 06 December 2013
sales2099 said:
Figgycal said:
sales2099 said:
KingdomHeartsFan said:
Mr Puggsly said:

I'll be honest, I have no desire to shit on GT6 and I look forward to playing it. I already have it on hold at Redbox...

But this ultimately means Forza 5 will get shit on less. That makes me happy!

How does a last gen game getting reviewed lower than a current gen game help it get "shit on less."  Especially considering they are only 2 points apart...

Fanboy logic at play here. Basically they can't bash Forza 5 for not hitting the tradional 90+ meta when the last 2 entrys of their own IP scored lower the the latest Forza. And while only a few points difference, one is in the 70's and one is in the 80's. Two different quality brackets, even if one is high 70's and the other low 80's.....might as well be a 70 and 89 and would still be considered the same :P

Except that's not what's happening. The logic is that: GT6 is being nitpicked as a last gen PS3 game and Forza 5 gets a free pass despite the lower amount of content because it's on a next gen console.

The 2 point difference thing happened like 10 minutes ago - GT6 was at 75 all morning.

Rly? Because I thought Forza 5 was punished for being a launch game. Its about the quality of what is in the game rather then the quantity of cars/tracks. That is what saved Forza 5 from the 70's IMO but the lacking of quantity prevented the 90. And as for GT, it sounds like its the video game aspects and not the SIM factors that is weighing down the franchise, not the last gen graphics

I do agree with you here, we all know where GT's short comings are. As a sim it is amazing, the game wrapped around it needs some aspects overhauled.



Vasto on 06 December 2013

I just don't understand why reviews mean so much. If you have been looking forward to this game then you owe it to your self to play it and see for your self. That's a real gamer.



Sal.Paradise on 06 December 2013
Vasto said:
I just don't understand why reviews mean so much. If you have been looking forward to this game then you owe it to your self to play it and see for your self. That's a real gamer.

This post warms my heart :') But fanboy wars are too fun. 



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golfgt170 on 06 December 2013

79% and rising! meh... Ill buy it anyway :)



Kresnik on 06 December 2013

Came here expecting a criticism of games which reuse so many assets getting marked down this year for the first time (similar to CoD Ghosts) and games riddled with micro transactions which didn't used to be (similar to Forza 5).

Instead, got console wars. Unsurprising.



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Sal.Paradise on 06 December 2013
Kresnik said:
Came here expecting a criticism of games which reuse so many assets getting marked down this year for the first time (similar to CoD Ghosts) and games riddled with micro transactions which didn't used to be (similar to Forza 5).

Instead, got console wars. Unsurprising.

So, you also expected the console wars stuff, right ? :P



Chris Hu on 06 December 2013
Kresnik said:
Came here expecting a criticism of games which reuse so many assets getting marked down this year for the first time (similar to CoD Ghosts) and games riddled with micro transactions which didn't used to be (similar to Forza 5).

Instead, got console wars. Unsurprising.


Micro Transactions started in FM4 with tokens.  DLC tracks and cars first appeared in FM2.



Kresnik on 06 December 2013
Sal.Paradise said:

So, you also expected the console wars stuff, right ? :P


True, actually.  I should've said "hoping for" instead of "expecting.

Chris Hu said:

Micro Transactions started in FM4 with tokens.  DLC tracks and cars first appeared in FM2.

I don't really consider DLC microtransactions.  Didn't know about FM4, though, fair enough.  Then it's even worse than I thought!



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