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Updated with links to reviews submitted:
HighflyerVII - "The gleam of perfection that caresses the cars and tracks".
GT5 by HighflyerVII
CheekyLee - "it has always been a sort of obsessive-compulsive crawl towards a virtual reality".
GT5 by CheekyLee
pb - "Maybe, in their bid for accuracy, the team came across a bunch of cardboard trees".
GT5 by pb
CLOSED .... CLOSED .... CLOSED .... CLOSED ....
Submit your review of Gran Turismo 5 by the end of January.
Best full review (OK well you don't have to quite complete the whole thing) will win this EXTRA GAD - any game of your choice up to £45.
There is no guarantee of a winner: For example if we only receive one review and it says "yeah it's a good game" then we're not mug enough to give away our dosh for that. But providing there is a worthy review attempt then the winner will be announced on this thread at the very beginning of February.
LOOK TONY - it says the BEGINNING of February
Pass the word on to your mates at school, uni, work etc. please.
UK participants only please. Normal Freeola rules apply.
HighflyerVII - "The gleam of perfection that caresses the cars and tracks".
GT5 by HighflyerVII
CheekyLee - "it has always been a sort of obsessive-compulsive crawl towards a virtual reality".
GT5 by CheekyLee
pb - "Maybe, in their bid for accuracy, the team came across a bunch of cardboard trees".
GT5 by pb
CLOSED .... CLOSED .... CLOSED .... CLOSED ....
Submit your review of Gran Turismo 5 by the end of January.
Best full review (OK well you don't have to quite complete the whole thing) will win this EXTRA GAD - any game of your choice up to £45.
There is no guarantee of a winner: For example if we only receive one review and it says "yeah it's a good game" then we're not mug enough to give away our dosh for that. But providing there is a worthy review attempt then the winner will be announced on this thread at the very beginning of February.
LOOK TONY - it says the BEGINNING of February
Pass the word on to your mates at school, uni, work etc. please.
UK participants only please. Normal Freeola rules apply.
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Some great reviews so far. It's going to be tough to decide.
Warhunt wrote:
And the advert is all in-game footage I believe Chris. They made a very clear point of it :D (Which was very clever in my eyes, as most avid gamers share your opinion on the "not ingame footage" issue).
I haven't seen the advert yet lol :D
And the advert is all in-game footage I believe Chris. They made a very clear point of it :D (Which was very clever in my eyes, as most avid gamers share your opinion on the "not ingame footage" issue).
I haven't seen the advert yet lol :D
Nin wrote:
In all likelihood it's because Tony loves cars and no other reason. I'm surprised he's waited until 2 months after it was released to do this though. It's a bit late
No, 2 months is about right for the amount of time you need to work out the menu enough to start a race... :)
In all likelihood it's because Tony loves cars and no other reason. I'm surprised he's waited until 2 months after it was released to do this though. It's a bit late
No, 2 months is about right for the amount of time you need to work out the menu enough to start a race... :)
In all likelihood it's because Tony loves cars and no other reason. I'm surprised he's waited until 2 months after it was released to do this though. It's a bit late
I don't think anyone thought it wasn't a valid enough choice merely a bit of a strange one.With the possible exception of Halo Reach you could have picked any of the big winter games for review (FIFA 11,F1 2010,Call Of Duty : Black Ops,Assassins Creed : Brotherhood,Medal Of Honor,Dead Rising 2,Need For Speed : Hot Pursuit etc. etc.) and anyone could have entered regardless of what gaming machine they owned.As you said though it is an extra prize you guys are kindly offering and it doesn't stop anyone from submitting something different under the normal rules.Seeing as I won 1 GAD during the whole of last year it's not something which would have/does bother me personally it just would have good to see something offered (like the Xmas avatar comp) that everyone could have had a go at should they so wish,just my opinion.
The choice is valid enough and it's a random EXTRA prize awarded. it does not effect the regular prizes being awarded in any way.
And to talk about the game, from what I could see when I have played it the menu is god awful. It's worse then the early japanese MMO's 0_o
And the advert is all in-game footage I believe Chris. They made a very clear point of it :D (Which was very clever in my eyes, as most avid gamers share your opinion on the "not ingame footage" issue).
And to talk about the game, from what I could see when I have played it the menu is god awful. It's worse then the early japanese MMO's 0_o
And the advert is all in-game footage I believe Chris. They made a very clear point of it :D (Which was very clever in my eyes, as most avid gamers share your opinion on the "not ingame footage" issue).
Mrs DL hasn't bought me a console yet...so that's me out :¬D I could write a review of BOps server and lag probelms on PC :¬(
pb wrote:
Sonic Chris wrote:
[i]Knew I should have got a PS3.
Why not just do a review from the point of view of someone who hasn't played the game but has seen the ads and all the reviews and knows people who have.
ie:
Gran Turismo (the advert) looks great on TV. While it's not quite as interactive as I'd hoped, it does make a good advert for the PS3.[/i]
Quite alot of the time, adverts lie. Unless you see 'in-game footage' somewhere on the screen, the advert is usually quite misleading. Anyway, would feel like I was reviewing the advert instead of the actual game. I agree with pete, strange choice, would have chosen a cross platform game for a competition like this. Nevertheless, I'll try and encourage some people to participate in it.
Sonic Chris wrote:
[i]Knew I should have got a PS3.
Why not just do a review from the point of view of someone who hasn't played the game but has seen the ads and all the reviews and knows people who have.
ie:
Gran Turismo (the advert) looks great on TV. While it's not quite as interactive as I'd hoped, it does make a good advert for the PS3.[/i]
Quite alot of the time, adverts lie. Unless you see 'in-game footage' somewhere on the screen, the advert is usually quite misleading. Anyway, would feel like I was reviewing the advert instead of the actual game. I agree with pete, strange choice, would have chosen a cross platform game for a competition like this. Nevertheless, I'll try and encourage some people to participate in it.
Nin wrote:
He's right, the menu system is an absolute abomination...
Let me just move the cursor one place over to the left to view my garage.... Oh, I've accidentally hovered over every other option first.
He's right, the menu system is an absolute abomination...
Let me just move the cursor one place over to the left to view my garage.... Oh, I've accidentally hovered over every other option first.
Why pick a game for this challenge which is exclusive to one platform ? (which quite a few of us forum members don't own).Seems a strange choice TBH,especially as most big titles released of late have been multi-platform ?.I have played GT5 very briefly at my mates but nowhere near enough to possibly write a review of it.Could write a review of the games horrific installation process.I would write it in real time so it would take about a fortnight to read.Anyway,good luck to all that enter.
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