Ben-DutkaAt some point, a game reaches a position of hype where the expectations can't possibly get any higher. And now, after a big delay, the addition of 3D, NASCAR, head-tracking, and any other number of nifty, potentially revolutionary features, Gran Turismo 5 has no other alternative: it must be viewed as the greatest racing simulator of all time.
Racing fans know Polyphony Digital and Kazunori Yamauchi won't produce a shoddy product. They never have and in fact, these guys don't know what it means to "settle." If they needed the extra time to tweak and hone, they would take it. They might annoy their fans in the process but they're just not going to put a game on store shelves that doesn't represent their absolute 100% best efforts. We respect this trait in any developer. But perhaps unfortunately for them, GT5 has sort of attained this mythic status in the gaming community, largely because of the long wait and the continued details and footage that can force people to replace their keyboards after drowning the tool in drool. Therefore, if GT5 falls just shy of the "greatest ever" label, even by a tiny amount, it will be considered a failure by many.
You hate to see that happen. Sometimes, though, it's unavoidable. Technically, GT5 only suffered one actual delay so it's really unfair to compare it to Duke Nukem but if the latter ever had arrived after 11 years of waiting and speculation, if it wasn't the single best shooter in the history of the industry, it would've been mocked incessantly for all eternity. The advent of the Internet has allowed hype to blossom and spread like never before and if you give a hotly anticipated game enough time, it will invariably reach a plateau of expectations…and that plateau is nothing short of perfection.
So good luck, Polyphony. We're pullin' for you, but we don't necessarily envy you.
Related Game(s): Gran Turismo 5
Why would u hope a game fails? that's just ridiculous.
U remind me of the people who just can't understand the amount of work that goes into a film like Barry Lyndon, and just trashed it on release. No appreciation whatsoever for effort, even if ur not interested personally.
I hope the game fails because of the amount of hype they put into it, and you know they put a lot of hype into it on person. They released the game half way done for crying out loud and sold it full price, lol. I just love irony, and a game with as much hype as GT5 being hated by the long time fans would be the ultimate irony. I love the Final Fantasy series, but FFXIII turned out to be a disaster, and created the irony of a beloved game going under. Though FFXIII had slowly taken away any faith I had in it as soon as the 360 got a hold of it, and then Leona Lewis killed it for me.
People please stop comparing this to Forza. We all know GT is gonna be better than that. I hope no one considers Forza as the best racer ever to come out so far…
I expect and predict that Polyphony will put out a better GT game than Turn 10's most recent efforts, but up until that point I haven't played a better GT racing game than Forza 3. It really is a quality effort from a team that, when judging from prior examples, works only as hard as they need to.
There really hasn't been many of these games, and I would have a real hard time going back to good o' GT4 on PS2. WHile it was impressive at the time it looks pretty antiquated today.
I'm really pumped for this game. I recently got the ODST/Forza3 bundle from ebay for a killer deal. Playing Forza 3 has reminded me of how much I enjoy GT racing games ( ODST reminded me of how boring a series can be when the proper love and care isn't applied).
While Forza 3 is quite enjoyable and great on pretty much all ends, I fully expect GT5 to raise the bar once again beyond anything the gaming industry has seen in the past.
I can't wait for another meticulously engineered SPU augmented powerhouse to play.
I wonder if Reach will do more to show the love of a new dev team? Somehow I doubt it.
Reach has the same dev team.
Forza is nothing compared to GT.
People say Forza 4 will be out before GT5 will be. GT5 will be better then Forza 4.
If GT5 fails to live up to the gamer's expectations in even the smallest way, we will see a repeat of GTAIV, DMC4 and FFXIII. While it will get rated highly, it will be strung out to dry by the gamers and declaimed as the worst title in the franchise in the face of its immense quality and production values.
But yes, GT5 WILL be another example of awesome in video game form. Only possible on Playstation.
That is all.
Peace.
Lots of people disapproved of GTAIV from the get go, myself included. In that case critics were alone in heaping their endless praise upon it. The other 2, I say didnt even hit it big to begin with.
GT1 was the best racer when it came out. GT2 was the best when it came out. Same as GT3. GT4, no question about it. GT5…(see the trend?)
im sure it will be the best racer out there, till GT6 comes out.
but the question is will it be worth the wait?
im all for quality over quantity but how many racers have developers made in the time PD took to release this?
did you know GT5 was originally suppose to release with the new Nissan GTR?
thats how late it is!
i know, GT acadmey was all about the GTR
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It's true, GT5 has to be completely and totally awesome or it will be deemed a failure on a level. perhpas not a complete flop, but if there is something not perfect, it perhpas will be magnified as a problem.
obviously fanboys are going to attack this whether or not its awesome. I was at karate the other day talking with a mate, and then some 12 year old kid walks up to me and is like "do you have a ps3" im like "yh" and he's like "xbox is better", and i was like, oh dear this kid is such a young douche fanboy.
I doubt I'll be getting this, due to the fact that it isn't exactly my cup of tea. However, the more I hear about it the more I think I wouldn't mind owning one mega sik simulator. Well, it remains to be seen, if I have the time and money for it why not. But, I won't really care if it's the best simulator of all time I'm confident it will be amazing either way so if I went for it disappointment seems unlikely.
First day buy, definitely getting the Ultimate Edition, I don't care what it costs. This game is the reason I bought a PS3, may as well go all out 😉
Besides, as the article states, they've never made a piece of crap. Everything I've heard so far sounds 100% positive, nitpickers can suck it.
GT WILL be the best sim for a few main reasons, Greatest car selection ever.
Greatest tracks and matching track design ever offered, this applies to GTs custom tracks and their real life circuits.
Greatest physics system.
There will be many other reasons why GT will be the best and none of them have anything to do with hype and none of you should have ever given a rats arse about the hype. You should know GT will be the best based on its merits alone.
Damn, i still love prologue.
Does anyone know what the hell that wind tunnel looking thing at the end of the e3 video is? Or what they were testing in it? it looked like a fuckin f-zero vehicle to me.