It’s no secret that Polyphony Digital’s upcoming racing simulator, Gran Turismo 5, has been taking its sweet time getting to retail shelving. After experiencing two poorly timed delays, gamers are often joking whether Duke Nukem Forever will see a retail release before it. Considering the time and devotion that the development team has put into it, it’s bound to be an instant success, but according to Blitz boss Andrew Oliver, it’s going to do for Sony what Avatar did for 3D movies.
Speaking in the latest issue of Esquire UK, Oliver described Sony’s racer as a major step forward that would change the way consumers look at 3D gaming.
“I’ve seen Gran Turismo 5 running in 3D and it’s stunning,” he said. “It is a major step forward. It’s gaming’s Avatar,” says Oliver.
Whether or not this is true is yet to be seen. After all, despite Avatar’s beautifully displayed 3D technology, the content behind the film was definitely lacking in terms of originality. Though some have killed themselves over a world that doesn’t exist, I doubt we’ll be seeing anything similar once they’ve completed a go around with Gran Turismo 5.
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That title seems to imply that GT5 is lacking in every other aspect but visual fidelity. Noted that I’ve only played the demo once, not the finished version, but comparing it to Avatar seemed like an insult to GT5. Comparing them in terms of their capability to propagate acceptance for 3D in their medium, I’m not so sure they’ll have the same impact. 3D TVs are still uncommon and require a large amount of money to adopt, 3D equipped theaters have the same problem but most of the initial expenditures are incurred by the theaters, with the general audience only seeing an increase of a few bucks (instead of the hundreds or thousands a new 3D TV would require).
It’s not Avatar because it’s not incredibly overrated. ‘Nuff said. As for visuals, I could see that being a fair comparison. It’s a beautiful game.
I think it’s like Avatar in that I couldn’t care about it any less.