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[kingtz]

Haha, I used to play GW pretty hardest-core. I was hailed as the best infuser(tomb) in the game by many during my prime. Even to a degree where people would recognize me when I joined pug and they would tell their guildmates that I joined their party. I was one of the less than 20 people w/ a phoenix emote back in 2007. Now it's a dime a dozen w/ dragon emotes and stuff but meh..but then that was a long arse time ago. I used to play 16 hours a day way back when I was in school. Haha, I really took good use outa my summer vacations. Good old days. Wish I have time to play games as much as I did back then. A cropped screenshot of my total number of hours played:
 

 


 

GW is fun and all, but how did you ever find enough stuff to do for that long? Granted, I wasn't really into the PvP, I played mostly PvE and had the best everything and ran out of things to do so I got bored. I quit shortly before expansion 1 and moved on to WoW. After I ran out of things to do in WoW, I raided quite heavily in EQ2 for quite some time. I quit about 2 years ago and haven't looked back.

I'm kinda looking forward to GW2 however. I feel that it's both casual and interesting enough that I can play more casually. I hope they have an an auction house.

 

[Omega17TheTrue]

Gran turismo is undoubtly one of the best racing games series and with very nice music too but yes they remain kind of "clinical" games since the beginning so its not for everyone.

 

[MorbidToaster]

I prefer Forza by a small margin, but I love both series. 
 
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Gran turismo is undoubtly one of the best racing games series and with very nice music too but yes they remain kind of "clinical" games since the beginning so its not for everyone.

 
 

 

[DaBomb77766]

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I prefer Forza by a small margin, but I love both series. 
 


 
 

As far as the game and its features go, as well as customization options, the ability to see all of the car's statistics while driving and all that, I prefer forza by a fair amount.  However, I like the actual driving mechanics in GT5 better.  The rumble function actually seems to add to the game a bit...you get a real feel of the road even without a racing wheel.
 
It's also nice that GT5 supports a whole bunch of different racing wheels, since there don't seem to be any good ones for the 360...

 

[Dzjudz]

Haha, I used to play GW pretty hardest-core. I was hailed as the best infuser(tomb) in the game by many during my prime. Even to a degree where people would recognize me when I joined pug and they would tell their guildmates that I joined their party. I was one of the less than 20 people w/ a phoenix emote back in 2007. Now it's a dime a dozen w/ dragon emotes and stuff but meh..but then that was a long arse time ago. I used to play 16 hours a day way back when I was in school. Haha, I really took good use outa my summer vacations. Good old days. Wish I have time to play games as much as I did back then. A cropped screenshot of my total number of hours played:
 

 


 

GW is fun and all, but how did you ever find enough stuff to do for that long? Granted, I wasn't really into the PvP, I played mostly PvE and had the best everything and ran out of things to do so I got bored. I quit shortly before expansion 1 and moved on to WoW. After I ran out of things to do in WoW, I raided quite heavily in EQ2 for quite some time. I quit about 2 years ago and haven't looked back.

I'm kinda looking forward to GW2 however. I feel that it's both casual and interesting enough that I can play more casually. I hope they have an an auction house.

I thought I had much fewer hours, but I just checked, and I have almost 6000 hours spread over 2 accounts... GW had me hooked for quite a while. And I wasn't even into PvP at all! What did I do then? Mostly speedclearing, getting GWAMM and 50/50 HoM scores on both accounts, buying all available elite armors, weapons, etc., just pretty much completing and getting anything that can be completed / gotten in PvE. Now that I have done all of that, I can finally say I'm done with GW, at least the PvE side. Now the wait is for GW2 .

 

[Connnorrr]

I recently picked up Okami for Wii, a game I've wanted to get around to for quite a while and I'm not very far into, but I've really enjoyed the entire thing thus far, I'll have a better review of it when I'm further into it.
 
Runescape: 9/10, Lots of great stuff about it, great time killer which is all its ever been for me and being its summer and I've no school/work, I started up a couple weeks ago. If anyone else plays, add me and send me a PM i'll gladly add anyone from here (its got 3 n's, 5 r's).
 
Picture of total time invested on my main account (Almost 6200 hours in game):
 

 

[Confispect]

 
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What, gran turismo is awesome.  Even though the actual "game" itself sucks, the actual driving mechanics are great.  Then again, I've only played GT5 and GT5.

I never liked Gran Turismo. 

 

[DaBomb77766]

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I never liked Gran Turismo. 

For what reason?  Just saying you don't like it isn't very insightful.

 

[Confispect]

^ It wasn't meant to be.
 
The most insightful thing that I feel like saying about that game is it sucks.

 

[DaBomb77766]

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^ It wasn't meant to be.
 
The most insightful thing that I feel like saying about that game is it sucks.

Except it doesn't suck.  It was very fun to play, even if the game wrapped around the simulation itself was a bit sloppy.  The only reason I can think of why you wouldn't like it is if you simply don't like racing games to begin with...as far as doing pure time trials around tracks, the game doesn't do anything wrong.

 

[Confispect]

^ Interesting.
 
 

 

[Confispect]

Gran Turismo  -100/10
 
Halo 2 8/10
 
Halo 1 8/10
 
Grand Theft Auto 3 7/10
 
 

 

[DaBomb77766]

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^ Interesting.
 
 

By the way, which GT game are you talking about here?  All of them or simply the very first GT?  They have evolved very much over the years, and GT5 is a very respectable simulator now...at least, the best you can get on consoles at any rate.
 
In the end, I would probably give it 8.5/10 max, since the game drags on just a bit too long with grinding for exp and cash...but the actual driving mechanics themselves, I feel, make up for this.
 
Quite honestly, it just pisses me off to no end when someone says a game sucks with nothing to back it up with...maybe I'm just susceptible to trolling, but whatever.

 

[Confispect]

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Quite honestly, it just pisses me off to no end when someone says a game sucks with nothing to back it up with...

Oh well.
 

 

[oqvist]

Also slightly biased for Forza. It has a much better tire feel then GT 5 mainly. Career mode a bit the same though the interface in forza is way superior to GT 5s.
 
I didn´t really get into either Forza 3 or GT 5 though. Forza 3 has this stupid flashback utility that you can´t disable. Just knowing you have that option kills the tension. Car physics is a bit more fun then GT 5s though it´s a bit to forgiving so it´s a bit to hard to really mess up.
 
GT 5s overall physics is to stiff and it´s tire physics a bit outdated. Also very uneven rally and kart racing shouldn´t have been included at all!  AI and damage modelling is horrible in GT 5 no way around it.
The plus it has is that it has some seriously challenging races which requires dedication apart from Forza 3 where hot lapping is the only real challenge unless you put yourself in inferior cars of course.
 
None have flawless steering support either. Though I managed to get better accustomed to Forza 3s version then GT 5s. But they both suffer from gamepad optimisations.