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DRIVECLUB |OT| Cloudy with a Chance of Jaw Drops
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biglittleps
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May be they are referring to PS+ edition.
Death Metalist
Member
Yup, servers down for me too. Two days ago the servers were up and running 24/7 lol.
Alot of new people destroy the servers.
I wanted this game to do well 85%+, but after reading pieces of the reviews, I am seeing some justification for the scores. There is a growing trend of unfinished games (i.e. Destiny, NHL 15 PS4/XB1), these days, and rewarding them with high scores might send developers the wrong message. Reviewers cannot review potentially incredible features (dynamic weather, 11 more tracks, 9 more cars, photo mode, and replay mode) that do not yet exist. However, luckily NeoGAF member impressions are usually more on spot with my own than most media outlets. My copy seems to be delayed now until tomorrow, but I should be able to form some of my own impressions about the PS+ version.
I played two tour events last night, and the 2-stage hot hatch cup this morning. That was enough to bump me to driver level 3 and unlock two additional cars. Extremely quick impressions:
Bare-bones game structure. You're dropped into a race immediately on launching the game for the first time with no introduction, voiceover, or setup of any kind. It's a little disconcerting but it gets across an important point: DriveClub is about racing, period. There really isn't much to do but dive headlong into one event after another. If you like the challenge that represents I suspect there's a lot of fun to be had here, but if you're looking for a story? Some motivation to drive? More tweaking than a paint job? Forget about it.
Immersive driving experience. This is obviously where Evolution poured their considerable expertise into crafting something special. Getting behind the wheel feels just right. It's exhilarating even in the MINI you start out with, which is exactly as it ought to be. Flooring the little car downhill in limited visibility thanks to the clouds of dust kicked up by the cars in front of you on dirt roads in India is nerve-wracking fun, and the level of audio immersion with my basic 5.1 setup is impressive. Tire sounds against the varied environment are perfect, engine sounds are exactly what I'd expect from the class of car I'm driving, and the dreaded scrapes and bumps against other cars are properly cringe-inducing. I can't wait to try out the cars I've just unlocked and work my way toward something truly exotic.
Online interactions. The servers weren't up by the time I went to bed last night, though it sounds like they were up for a while shortly thereafter. They aren't up again this morning, so I can't comment meaningfully just yet.
Bare-bones game structure. You're dropped into a race immediately on launching the game for the first time with no introduction, voiceover, or setup of any kind. It's a little disconcerting but it gets across an important point: DriveClub is about racing, period. There really isn't much to do but dive headlong into one event after another. If you like the challenge that represents I suspect there's a lot of fun to be had here, but if you're looking for a story? Some motivation to drive? More tweaking than a paint job? Forget about it.
Immersive driving experience. This is obviously where Evolution poured their considerable expertise into crafting something special. Getting behind the wheel feels just right. It's exhilarating even in the MINI you start out with, which is exactly as it ought to be. Flooring the little car downhill in limited visibility thanks to the clouds of dust kicked up by the cars in front of you on dirt roads in India is nerve-wracking fun, and the level of audio immersion with my basic 5.1 setup is impressive. Tire sounds against the varied environment are perfect, engine sounds are exactly what I'd expect from the class of car I'm driving, and the dreaded scrapes and bumps against other cars are properly cringe-inducing. I can't wait to try out the cars I've just unlocked and work my way toward something truly exotic.
Online interactions. The servers weren't up by the time I went to bed last night, though it sounds like they were up for a while shortly thereafter. They aren't up again this morning, so I can't comment meaningfully just yet.
Summer Haze
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Sure, if you're only looking at the mediocre review scores.
bananafactory
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I would say mediocre at worst. Great at best.
If you actually look at the reviews, there's a lot of positive ones as well as some less positive. It seems pretty split - it's best to try it out yourself.
NervousXtian
Thought Emoji Movie was good. Take that as you will.
Is this the new Destiny defense? Just WAIT... there's MORE. Don't review Day 1 code.. because you know.. day 15 or day 30 or day 45 or day 90 promises more.
Yeah just ignore 60% of the reviews because they are good.
The game is sitting at 75 on Metacritic, hardly mediocre.
Jumping on someone's opinion? Ok.
As much as I love Giant Bomb, they honestly sound like they're in their own little world a lot of times when it comes to things like games or issues people have with things that go on in the industry. More power to them for only really covering things they want to cover though.
nailed it, I love it though, no lengthy choices at the start, it just gets down to racing
nelsonroyale
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This is honestly the first game where the environments genuinely begin to look like real places I have been to at the micro to macro scale. I am a landscape junkie and have been to all the places represented in this game, or close to at least, and these genuinely begin to look like the places I have visited. Not just an approximation which I feel that other racers have done up until now, beyond imitating real world tracks.
Mediocre is in 50 range not 70 range.
Well i dont mean a bad game, just not a great game like the hype was suggesting?, the best review has been GT with 8.6 majority of the rest seem to be 6's and 7's.
I was going to get a PS4 for this but its doesnt look anything special and average as racing games go. I mean i couldn't stand any of the GT games after 4 as they all became bland with boring AI and for all account this seems to be in the same framework
Damn this year is a right shitter for hyped game what with, WatchDogs, Destiny and now this
I was going to get a PS4 for this but its doesnt look anything special and average as racing games go. I mean i couldn't stand any of the GT games after 4 as they all became bland with boring AI and for all account this seems to be in the same framework
Damn this year is a right shitter for hyped game what with, WatchDogs, Destiny and now this
Just got back from gamestop and had a funny exchange...
"a copy of driveclub please"
"for what system?"
I internally laughed and answered "the only system it's on", which forced the guy to look it up in the computer. He told me "oh sorry I didn't even know that was out today"
Overall a quality gamestop customer experience.
"a copy of driveclub please"
"for what system?"
I internally laughed and answered "the only system it's on", which forced the guy to look it up in the computer. He told me "oh sorry I didn't even know that was out today"
Overall a quality gamestop customer experience.
Dead Prince
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down like the servers.
mocolostrocolos
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When will Sony update the PS+ games? D:
bananafactory
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Fleet_of_Foot
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I don't need story but I'd like some personality. This game seems to have none.
Forza Horizon (the first one, which I loved, haven't played the second) displayed its personality by having a voiceover, DJs on the radio station, hell different radio stations. Different kinds of music that make the game feel alive.
I don't mind the kind of music this game has, but it certainly doesn't make much of an impact. It's just background noise. Like I said earlier, this game feels sterile.
Dead Prince
Banned
the usual PSN store update.
It does? Then why do some of the reviews say it's average, and some reviews say it's fantastic (with no one side leaning heavily towards either way)?
bananafactory
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As someone who played GT3, GT4, GT5, and GT6, and loved them, I can tell you that Driveclub is far less "bland" than any GT title.
EdReedFan20
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This is a little off-topic, but I was thinking about how beneficial it could be for Driveclub by having the free PS+ edition, figuring that a lot of people who were not planning to buy it or were wary of the reviews would be able to judge it for themselves. But then a thought occurred to me. I wonder how many PS+ users on PS4/PS3/Vita have any clue at all that they can get games for free every month (I would imagine these people exist). For these people (if there are any), I think Sony should create a tab on the PS4 menu that shows the free games for that month and within that tab, the ability to redeem all the games at once with just one touch of a button.
No the game does not need to have none of that sorry.
A voiceover to me is more annoying and distracts me more than add personality.
Fleet_of_Foot
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I don't need your patronizing apology. It needs it because I say it needs it. That's what an opinion is.
Any UK Time indication ?
Later today... :/
Death Metalist
Member
Yup, my favorite thing is that it starts literally with a race. It's personality is that it's all about the driving, plain and simple.
EdReedFan20
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Yeah, and when they cover things that they're really into, it's such a blast. That's were some of the best stuff comes from. Also, the crazy stuff Vinny finds (like Velvet Sundown and that vocal recognition robot game).
Friday. I know!
I live less than a mile from a gamestop so it's just super convenient for me. I am way to impatient on games I buy their release day for a delivery from amazon to show up.
manny10032
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Sorry if this has been asked before, but when will the PS+ version be available in the US?
+1, All of this for me too to the letter. Only got to play a little this morning
Oh yeah i forgot about those well know sites.....why dont you add the local newspaper reviews while your at it
Guess ill wait for bloodborne to decide weather the PS4 is worth getting or not
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