Got my pre-order copy (PS3) from Simply Games yesterday.
Firstly I will say that the online was pretty dead so this is more my impressions of the offline side of things....unsurpising when the game is still not officially out for 9 days.
After a couple of hours last night sadly this game does nothing for me. I guess this is one of these games you either 'get' or you don't. In my case I'd probably go far as to say it's amongst the worst games I've played in a long time...possibly since this gen started.
Whilst I like the idea of a large free roaming game it's a game world I just don't want to spend much time in. The PS3 version at least is ugly as heck (low-res textures ahoy), bland scenery, the car handling is pretty poor and the single player side of things is very dull and grindy. The cut scenes? Less said about them the better really....
As I mentioned I can't really say much about the online aspect because as you'd expect there aren't many people playing right now. No doubt for many this will be the main draw of the game but to me it was only ever going to be more of a nice extra I can dip into now and then....which is maybe missing the whole point I guess.
Played it with a G27 wheel and a pad. All I can say is forget about using a wheel as the force feedback implementation and handling is horrendous and whilst a pad seems to offer a better degree of control its still not great. It's also a real faff navigating around buildings on foot with a wheel.
Some people might be able to overlook a lot of the things that irked me for the social / club side of things - each to their own really. To me it just seems like Playstation Home with cars
Firstly I will say that the online was pretty dead so this is more my impressions of the offline side of things....unsurpising when the game is still not officially out for 9 days.
After a couple of hours last night sadly this game does nothing for me. I guess this is one of these games you either 'get' or you don't. In my case I'd probably go far as to say it's amongst the worst games I've played in a long time...possibly since this gen started.
Whilst I like the idea of a large free roaming game it's a game world I just don't want to spend much time in. The PS3 version at least is ugly as heck (low-res textures ahoy), bland scenery, the car handling is pretty poor and the single player side of things is very dull and grindy. The cut scenes? Less said about them the better really....
As I mentioned I can't really say much about the online aspect because as you'd expect there aren't many people playing right now. No doubt for many this will be the main draw of the game but to me it was only ever going to be more of a nice extra I can dip into now and then....which is maybe missing the whole point I guess.
Played it with a G27 wheel and a pad. All I can say is forget about using a wheel as the force feedback implementation and handling is horrendous and whilst a pad seems to offer a better degree of control its still not great. It's also a real faff navigating around buildings on foot with a wheel.
Some people might be able to overlook a lot of the things that irked me for the social / club side of things - each to their own really. To me it just seems like Playstation Home with cars

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