Good review, but I disagree. The wealth of content in GT5 surpasses pretty much any other sim racer, and perhaps any current racer on the market. I remember why I started spending my time on GiantBomb now...

$300? Definitely not a launch pickup from me. It needs to hit $200 before I pick it up, the tech is cool, not $300 dollar cool.

I stopped my subscription a long time ago, and with this, I shall continue only using a silver account. I can see this being worth it to a few people but I don't buy many 360 games, let alone multiplayer centric games to warrant the price I would be paying.

I guess if you grew up with love for Nintendo there conference was a lot better. I mean I liked quite a few games but I wasn't as blown away as you guys.

Kind of reminded me of the Nintendo conferences of the past two years. Let's hope the other two conferences pick up the slack because E3 is really lacking as of now.

So, they've announced inFAMOUS 2, LBP 2, Killzone 3, and Motorostorm: Apocalypse BEFORE E3? What the hell do they still have up their sleeves? I'm excited to see what they have in store because I'm already interested in what they've announced before hand. lol

I don't always read video game features but when I do I read GamesRadar... stay classy my friends.

It is a really good article though; I'll be sure to check these games out because of it.

SOCOM 4, LBP and the dueling game were decent uses. Hopefully this works better than the Wiimote + motion plus out of the box, otherwise it's a useless endeavor. I could see it being fun but I'm not too interested in more peripherals unless it's a really good bundle.

@nighthawk205 Supoosidly the 360 version's gameplay and cutscenes run natively at 576p, while the cutscenes from the PS3 version are 1080p and the gameplay runs natively in 720p. Those are from the analysis from the Japanese release of FF XIII and the most recent screeshots and gameplay captured from the 360 version.

You can probably find the analysis yourself, but from early reports the 360 version is sub-HD in its native resolution. Buy whatever version you feel like, I'm sure you'll enjoy it all the same.

I'll most likely be picking this up next week, very happy to hear how well it's turned out. Shame about the 576p resolution the 360 one got but that isn't the real reason to play Final Fantasy XIII. Great review!

Love the art(icle), these are always the features I enjoy the most, and this one doesn't disappoint.

Wow, I can't believe I never noticed the hand. That changes everything, well, actually maybe nothing. Very cool find none the less.

A new breed of fanboy is born... the GamesRadar fanboy. I enjoy this site too, but sweet tap-dancing Christ people need to calm down about some of the criticisms leveled against an article you have no hand in.

I didn't read too many of these as to not have the plot completely spoiled but they don't seem that bad. The more I play the game the more I disagree with your opinion on it; storytelling is top notch and while not perfect is definitely enthralling.

All a matter of taste I suppose, especially after looking at the widely varying opinions that reviewers have of the game.

Shame, Level5 is usually so good. One less game to play I suppose. Atleast FFXIII is coming out relatively soon for people in need of a JRPG itch.

Speaking of which, can`t believe the 360 version is sub-HD, colour me suprised.

Well atleast you actually played the game, unlike alot of day one reviews. I rented it for a little over a week, and your review is pretty accurate to what I played though I think it's more of an 8 based on my experience/enjoyment.

Hints: watch your teammates red bars, they can indicate if the respawn time is close so you can bleed out with 1-2 seconds left almost always.

Bleck, I should really look over what I type more, I meant to say "I've been on a pretty big media blackout", also "an objective review".

Anyways, back to studying for midterms, hopefully the comments can stay relatively civilized.

This is easily the most discussed and disagreed games amoung my friends. Even more so between reviewers it seems.

It's hard to write a objective review, and Heavy Rain seems make that even more difficult. It's just many of the points of argument surrounding this game are too subjective to really find a standard at which this game could be reviewed.

I've been a pretty on a big media blackout regarding this game but I've read all the reviews and it seems to be split into two groups. Nothing seems to be able to nailed down, people love the writing/acting, some people find it atrocious. Others can't stand the way style and themes while they are lauded somewhere else.

I haven't played the game, or the demo for that matter but from everything I've seen and read this game will greatly appeal to me though it doesn't seem to for you guys.

While I don't agree with the review from all the clips I've recently seen(the temptation was too great!) and previews I've read, I think the main thing is that you're picking it apart based on really subjective things.

I'll have to wait until I can actually play the game of course but I will have to say I'm on the other side of the fence of the Heavy Rain debate. It seems this game either gets a 7 or a 9/10, there is no objective review made for a game like this.

None the less, the review was done tastefully; no real flamebaiting so that always gets marks from me.

Gordon Freeman, Pac-Man and Megaman are my favourites but all of these are amazing. I can't wait to see what people come up with both track and character design when the full game comes out. Very excited to play this!

I think almost any game can have multiplayer if done accordingly. Uncharted 2 being the best example, amazing multiplayer and had a alot of skepticism leading up to the beta but they started from day one with multiplayer in mind so who knows how all these games will fare.

I`m sure some will have horrible multiplayer but I can already imagine great potential in both Assassin`s Creed and Dead Space where multiplayer specifically tailored to the way the game naturally plays would be great. Imagine instead of having the thieves in Assassin`s Creed 2, you had a human partner who could cause distractions and have guards chase them while you go about searching a building for your target and the two of you have to meet up again in the building. Perhaps in Dead Space a team of 4 have to re-unite in the middle of a section of the space station while necromorphs try and hunt you down individually and you meet up with another human player along the way to a climactic boss showdown at the end.

Hopefully your article about games doomed, specifically this one is wrong. It seems really fun, and with a rich character roster I hope it finds a big audience over here.