I'm not really interested in racing games, but reading and listening to some of the reviews the main detractors seem to point to the game not offering anything relatively new to the genre. Which is always going to be a controversial point of game reviews, because not all games are held equal in this regard. Some titles-particularly yearly or established franchises- seem to be relatively immune to this form of criticism, offering nothing new, yet reviewers ignore that and still heap praise. While other games, particularly new IP's, are slammed for not re-inventing the wheel.

I'm not defending the Driveclub reviews, just pointing out an inequality that currently exists in the review format of many large review websites. Reviewers should be approaching each game in the same way, either criticize all titles for a lack of innovation, or not at all.

Yeah. I don't get it either. So you love doing the same thing over and over agian. If you love the franchise. But don't, if it's new or changed direction game.

This was a hilarious couple of posts!

@ Thread: This thread is such a mess. So much metacritic bitching, post pro and anti! The game has received a score that seems reasonable based on what we knew about the game. It was delayed, the majority of the press and previews had focussed on its graphical prowess, the reviews were embargoed until release date. It would have been nice had it been a surprise great game, and sad if it had been astoundingly bad.

As it is, it sounds like it has a little bit there for those who want to see it, and is forgettable for everyone else.

Like most games really.

With new consoles, people expect new ways to play and innovation. All new console games so far haven't brought anything new or revolutionary to the table (this is one of the reasons Destiny is seen as a huge disappointment).

This is expected really, new consoles always bring a lot of expectations from the players, when this aren't delivered, they get disappointed. Though this will slowly become 'less of a problem' as the generation develops more.

A score in the lower 70s does not mean great. But I think its fair to interpret it as a good game with flaws.

The game seems kinda dull in my opinion. Probably won't be the best scoring racer on PS4 this year.

and isn't forza meant to be the GT killer? So why does PS need a killer to kill the thing that didn't kill the thing it was meant to kill?

After playing it for a bit, the game is really fun once you get past the rookie cup. They are having problems with there servers as I can't connect. This game just doesn't feel like a sim, more like PGR. Love the tracks, they are beautiful.
Can't wait for the servers to go up, its an addicting game for some reason.

Because Driveclub was never made with the intention to kill Forza?

so in other words no one. Other than the wishful thinking of Sony's marketing department by misleadingly using a quote with no question mark. Actually if I was vg24/7 I would take action against Sony for false representation. That's really bad what they did there.

I thought Paradise was the worst in the series for high thrill racing. It was great for hanging around online doing challenges, but any other game in the series had superior tracks, variation and challenge. Closing of the courses doesn't really help with the flow of the race, and is still a poor substitute for the variation that racing around the world offers. Opening up new locations is half the fun of progressing through the campaign.

It's simply different genres filling different needs. I got the platinum for Burnout paradise, yet still prefer Burnout 3 Takedown for actual racing. Paradise soon started to feel like a giant todo list.

You could have several cities to race in perhaps. Midnight club used to have that. Have the thrill of separate locations, something real to unlock. Build these locations around a couple of well crafted oficial tracks, to learn inside out and compete on, while keeping the ability to do custom races. Best of both worlds.