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2008's best games so far SUCK!

They were critically acclaimed. They were loved by millions. Now meet the GamesRadar editors who can't STAND them

Words: GamesRadar UK

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GamesRadar score: 9 Metacritic score: 80

Notable review quotes:

“…the series (or really any other racing game in existence) has never been more realistic nor arguably fun to drive” - IGN

“The attention to detail is staggering and it handles like a dream. A true technical showcase.” - PSM3 Magazine UK

Hated by: Justin Towell, Content Editor

Everything's wrong here. The game's best moments are reserved for those players willing to wade though hours and hours of slow races before getting to some cars truly worth driving. The career structure forces you to replay certain races again and again until you can afford the right car to enter the remaining ones. The AI still follows its set path, unwilling to deviate from it unless absolutely necessary, and never taking any risks. Where GRID has believable opponents, incredible crash damage and a feeling of really being in the car as you hurtle down hills and swoop into corners, GT5P has robotic AI, invincible bodywork and dull, lumbering inertia.

That's not all. The game still suffers from the same flaw the original had – as soon as you can afford the best car in the class, you'll win every time. But if you pick the wrong car, you'll never win – it's impossible to keep up. That's not a difficulty curve, it's a lesson in mathematics. And although the graphics may look great at times, the game is glistening with jagged edges, the replays cut the frame-rate in half, trees are made of simple crossed polygons like those of 1995 and, though the shiny bonnets look great at first glance, you soon see that there's PSone style pop-up in the low-detail reflections. Not to mention the 'mirror to the past' that scratches at your eyes in every cockpit shot.

In fact, GT5 Prologue isn't actually very good at all.

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Kefsquall - 2 months 8 days ago

This is year just looked to be the better of all the industry years since 1987. As soon as the year started, we've all realized the greatness it woud be. But as the monts go on, i've seen it isn't what it should be. Devil May Cry 4 was just about the same as the third and first. Then, Super Smash bros. Brawl leads me to boredom as i've seen that those tons of things didn't work together well, and the major title was far worse than melee. And then, Patapon, proved to be an incredible game, just turned out to have no replay value over time. Metal Gear Solid 4 & GTA IV holds as the major games this year so far. And then there is the desappointments. Oh, those same desappoinments hitting us in 2006. Haze was a bad game. Ninja Gaiden II was far worse than the first and had one of the worse storylines of all time. The Wii survived with titles as No More Heroes and even the surprisingly good Boom Blox.

The fighting genre got Soul Calibur IV, but that's a game i've played almost three times
as the prequels are all pretty much the same as the forth chapter. Street fighter IV proved to be a very artiscally pleasing game, but it'n not out yet. The racing games got Burnout Paradise, a game everyone probably just played for the graphics. The same genre got GRID, GT5: prologue and Mario Kart Wii, but all of them was just quite good, none was really a revolution neither an mere evolution. Spore is an short game i've played for once and don't intend to play again, ending up the 8th month in 2008 with only 2 games i've really wanted to play.

But the hope isn't lost now that the end of the year holds up so many promises. Fable II, Fallout 3, Little Big Planet, Mirror's Edge, Dead Space, Starcraft 2 may turn the industry sound up. The problem is: what shall i do with my Wii? Did Nintendo forgot it's new console? Did third party games just suck? How can Nintendo let 2008 ending up as a fighting/miscellanous game as the GOTY contender? Anyway GamesRadar, greeting for the criativity and all of the heart about the features. A lot of things i've been begging to see in a website was found here, inspiring my gaming editor Career.

Sorry for the Brazillian-english, and for the incredibly long text i've just read. Anyway, Keed up the good work!

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Kefsquall - 2 months 8 days ago

I've just write*

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