Gran Turismo 7 has now SonyLowest user score ever on feedback aggregation site Metacritic, following the recent hiatus and criticism of the game’s microtransactions.
At the time of publication, it was PS4 And the PS5 racer has a user score of 2.5/10, which seems to put it below every game on Metacritic over 27 years of tracked games from PlayStation StudiosAnd the Sony Interactive EntertainmentAnd the SCEAAnd the SCEE And the SCEJ.
GT7 claims its junk record from World of Warriors for PS4 (2.9), NBA 10 PSP indoors (3.0) and Cool Boarders 2001 on PSOne (3.3). However, while these titles have only a handful of user reviews, Gran Turismo 7 currently has over 3,600.
Despite all-time low user scores, Gran Turismo 7 has a strong critical acclaim at 87 days. PlayStation 5.
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The vast majority of GT7 user reviews were published on or after March 17, when the developer digital polyphony Released a controversial patch Reducing payments from game races, which makes it difficult to unlock new cars without spending on microtransactions.
GT7 was Also offline for more than 24 hours between 17y and 18ymaking it almost inoperable due to the huge amount of content that requires an internet connection to access it.
Even before the latest update, VGC reported that Some Gran Turismo 7 cars cost up to eight times what they cost in Gran Turismo Sportif purchased with real money.
Now, a new analysis by fans GTPlanet It is suggested that GT7 takes longer to earn credits than its recent predecessors. According to her analysis, it could take nearly 20 hours of grinding for players to earn enough to purchase just one of the game’s most expensive cars.
Understandably, the combination of slow in-game payments as well as expensive micro-transactions has led to widespread criticism from the game community.
One prominent presenter, who has appeared on official radio shows, has publicly condemned what he called the “dumb amounts of time” it takes to earn credits in GT7. The tweet has been retweeted and liked thousands of times, including by professionals Gran Turismo players.
At the time of publication, GT esports player Valerio Gallo was world champion I like multiple tweets He criticizes GT7’s microtransactions, including one message calling the game a “real credit card simulator”.
Currently, the “most useful” Metacritic GT7 User review A vote by other users indicating their requirement to connect to the internet in order to access single player content. The vast majority of other ranked reviews are critical of the perceived aggressive microtransactions.
“It was [big] Gran Turismo fan,” one comment reads. “I have played this game since GT1 on PS1. Yes, the driving physics is great, yes the cars are great. However, it’s all pointless given their extremely short career mode and the more obvious cash takeovers with their micro-transactions are made much worse after they’ve made a payout for single player races. GT has always been tough but it hasn’t been that bad.”
Another adds: “It pains me that this gives me a value of 0. The feel of the game is great and so is the console support. The graphics are great. The initial content is there, but the microtransactions… $38 real money to buy one Ford GT?”
“And also reduce the amount of money you get once you play the game with the latest patch? The loot boxes are forged so that you always get the lowest reward. This revision will be changed to 10 when it is actually possible to buy cars with the money earned in the game.”
Addressing the controversy over microtransactions in a statement Friday, Boss Series Kazunori Yamauchi He claimed that the situation would eventually be resolved with more content due to be released at an unspecified point in the future.
“In GT7 I would like to get users to enjoy a lot of cars and racing even without microtransactions,” he said. “At the same time, the pricing of cars is an important component that conveys their value and scarcity, so I think it is important to link them to real-world prices.
“I want to make GT7 a game where you can enjoy a variety of cars and in different ways, and if possible, I’d like to try to avoid a situation where the player mechanically has to replay certain events over and over.
“We will let you know in due course about update plans for additional content, additional racing events and additional features that will constructively resolve this. It pains me that I cannot explain the details on this at this moment, but we plan to continue reviewing GT7 so that as many players as possible can enjoy the game.”
“We would really appreciate it if everyone could follow the growth of Gran Turismo 7 from a fairly long-term point of view.”