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I am sorry but I have had it up to here (er-yes points to the sky) with people praising this game!
I like it yes, well done Sony. Its a good game, but it has major flaws and should be called GT2.2! If Sony were to release this game on the Playstation people would be in uproar, only the graphics save it from being any different to its predescessor and the fact it has 450 less cars to choose from.
Come to think of it, it more of a show off from Sony to display the Playstation 2's graphic and visual abilities.
'Oh look at the amazing sunglare effect' the man in the shop said to a customer.
'Oh well lets not play the game and look at the sun, shall we? Doffus!' I muttered.
Its not that special come to think of it. It is a great racer, but it has the same nice cars GT2 had (but less), its still got the same great control, and a great game length, infact it even has some of the same courses.
One whole year ago a game called Metropolis Street Racer was released onto a console which is no longer being made, it had practically the same or better visuals, a better progression system and overall was a better game. Yet it was completely overlooked by most and was left to only selling moderately well!
Don't get me wrong, I love the way Sony have gotten away with it, and yes its a great game, but its not worth buying a console for (a £300 console), it still has the same dodgy damage system and the oppenents still feel so computerised (so much for the chip), oh, and when the wheel does work its nice and easy..
Sony are claiming that GT3 is the fastest ever selling game, I claim it to be the fastest selling ever upgrade!
Seriously, visuals have taken over! Gone is good gameplay. Thank God for the GB Advance!
'I spit in Sony's eye and it fizz!'
er-yes
I like it yes, well done Sony. Its a good game, but it has major flaws and should be called GT2.2! If Sony were to release this game on the Playstation people would be in uproar, only the graphics save it from being any different to its predescessor and the fact it has 450 less cars to choose from.
Come to think of it, it more of a show off from Sony to display the Playstation 2's graphic and visual abilities.
'Oh look at the amazing sunglare effect' the man in the shop said to a customer.
'Oh well lets not play the game and look at the sun, shall we? Doffus!' I muttered.
Its not that special come to think of it. It is a great racer, but it has the same nice cars GT2 had (but less), its still got the same great control, and a great game length, infact it even has some of the same courses.
One whole year ago a game called Metropolis Street Racer was released onto a console which is no longer being made, it had practically the same or better visuals, a better progression system and overall was a better game. Yet it was completely overlooked by most and was left to only selling moderately well!
Don't get me wrong, I love the way Sony have gotten away with it, and yes its a great game, but its not worth buying a console for (a £300 console), it still has the same dodgy damage system and the oppenents still feel so computerised (so much for the chip), oh, and when the wheel does work its nice and easy..
Sony are claiming that GT3 is the fastest ever selling game, I claim it to be the fastest selling ever upgrade!
Seriously, visuals have taken over! Gone is good gameplay. Thank God for the GB Advance!
'I spit in Sony's eye and it fizz!'
er-yes
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Ian is a good oponent though simon and REd faction is FUN!
But i still come back to PD!
But i still come back to PD!
Great.
Heh, I hear this a lot. I will rent it in about 4 weeks tie but at the moment GT3 and Monkey 4 should keep me tied up until Christmas!
PS I have the now oficially dropped the whole "Simon is a w*nker" campaign. Truce?
PS I have the now oficially dropped the whole "Simon is a w*nker" campaign. Truce?
Hmmm, I've decided not to read the replies to this, for a number of reasons, but mainly because I know what they'll say.
PS2 is an excellent game. Sequel? Yes. Upgrade? Well, erm, hard to say. It definitely feels different. I'll argue until the sun stops rising about that because no matter what anyone says I can tell them for a fact it feels different. So sure of this fact am I that I dusted off my old copy of GT2 today, thrashed it about Laguna Seca for 30 mins, and concluded without a shadow of a doubt GT3 feels different. It's more responsive for a start, and far much more.
OK, there are less cars. Newer, but less. One thing is, though, a lot of the cars are actually brand new. The Lotuses weren't in the previous game, and I think there's another new manufacturer as well.
There's new courses, also. i think there's 3 or 4 new additions, as well as old GT1 favourites that were absent in GT2.
Now, the structure. This I have to say is deeply flawed. Read my post in the Sony forum about the Gillet Vertigo Race Car and you'll get my drift (geddit?!). There are definitely more races, and the learning curve is harder. The races are also harder, and I find myself becoming more disciplined in this incarnation. Overall, the structure doesn't flow very well. It's too hard at the start and too easy at the end. There are lots of races to do though an I think the special car cups will be very challenging, and will rely on skill alone.
Presentation. The presentation of GT3 is certainly different. With the exception of the initial GT map the old cursor-and-button method is totally out of the window. I think this takes a little of the novelty out of the series. Whoever designed this GUI should be shot. Get the old guy back in. Nevertheless, it has been replaced and takes the game one more step away from GT2.
Taking all these things into account, I am going to conclude that it's absolutely not an upgrade but is deeply into sequel territory. The graphics are fab, not because of the cleverness of them but the sheer beauty. Frequently I find myself distracted by it. It's an amazing spectacle and adds to the whole GT experience.
GT3: Great game, great buy, shame about the Cerbera.
PS2 is an excellent game. Sequel? Yes. Upgrade? Well, erm, hard to say. It definitely feels different. I'll argue until the sun stops rising about that because no matter what anyone says I can tell them for a fact it feels different. So sure of this fact am I that I dusted off my old copy of GT2 today, thrashed it about Laguna Seca for 30 mins, and concluded without a shadow of a doubt GT3 feels different. It's more responsive for a start, and far much more.
OK, there are less cars. Newer, but less. One thing is, though, a lot of the cars are actually brand new. The Lotuses weren't in the previous game, and I think there's another new manufacturer as well.
There's new courses, also. i think there's 3 or 4 new additions, as well as old GT1 favourites that were absent in GT2.
Now, the structure. This I have to say is deeply flawed. Read my post in the Sony forum about the Gillet Vertigo Race Car and you'll get my drift (geddit?!). There are definitely more races, and the learning curve is harder. The races are also harder, and I find myself becoming more disciplined in this incarnation. Overall, the structure doesn't flow very well. It's too hard at the start and too easy at the end. There are lots of races to do though an I think the special car cups will be very challenging, and will rely on skill alone.
Presentation. The presentation of GT3 is certainly different. With the exception of the initial GT map the old cursor-and-button method is totally out of the window. I think this takes a little of the novelty out of the series. Whoever designed this GUI should be shot. Get the old guy back in. Nevertheless, it has been replaced and takes the game one more step away from GT2.
Taking all these things into account, I am going to conclude that it's absolutely not an upgrade but is deeply into sequel territory. The graphics are fab, not because of the cleverness of them but the sheer beauty. Frequently I find myself distracted by it. It's an amazing spectacle and adds to the whole GT experience.
GT3: Great game, great buy, shame about the Cerbera.
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