Rin wrote:
Here is well.. another "review" I grabbed up:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyWuV8...yWuV85bo6Q

Thomas wrote:
Recieved the game today and just played a couple of single stages.

First impression is actually rather positive. I enjoyed playing one of the mountain stages where I eventually ended in a situation with Porte destroying the peloton with me (Contador) right behind him. It actually felt kind of realistic. Chris Anker - which I had sent in a solo breakaway from the beginning of the stage - won with 3 minutes down to a group with Millar, Luis Leon and the likes... I came in 2-3 minutes in after that group and 30 seconds in front of the other favorites. I felt entertained and surprised. I can see there's a user who questioned the way the stages are ridden and that you only are able to ride in 3-4 parts of the stage.

Listen, you ride the first 5-10 km - then simualtion - riding 5-12 km - simulation and then eventually riding the final part.
This is actually a very good way of solving this 1:1 scale thing. I mean, the mountain stage took me over and hour to finish. It's stupid to think that it would be better to ride more kilometres - it would simply kill the game totally.

The movement reminds me of track in PCM - If that's a good or a bad thing I don't really know. The most annoying part of this game is definitely the camera angles. Extremely limited. You can barely look behind you and your overview is rubbish. You are not able to see how many riders the group consist of if you are in front of the group - it actually felt kind of claustrophobic at times. Painfully annoying.

Also, if you control a rider who is supposed to attack in the final part of the stage to win it (which would be quite often..) you really don't have anything to do in those early parts of the stage where you are riding. You can send a team mate out to attack or relay and that's pretty much it.. Thankfully it simulates doing the stage to the important places like individual sprints.

All race informations go through the team radio. Works alright but could have been much better. I know a rider in the real world can't be aware of the time gaps all the time between the groups in front of him but the interface really has to be easier for the player. You have to ask the team car to get a time in every single occasion.

And finally the music. As you might expected - it's absolutely horrible. The commentator is the same as we know from the PCM series. He is also the voice of the rider and team car when speaking through radio. That means Contador has a british accent - that can't really piss me of though.

Haven't played the game enough to give a overall rating at this point. How the AI behaves in the Tour De France game (I've only played single stages) is interesting. Reaction of the riders to get mountain points during the stages or how the alliances work - if they even make sence.. I'm a bit worried that you can't make a huge impact in races and the variation of the results could be very limited with no surprises at all.
You'd think they had - in one way or another - used the same AI as in PCM.

doddy13 wrote:


Best... review... ever.

It's so stupid I was laughing all the way through it.
I do however want to play this game. Maybe after I've played PCM11 a bit more I'll go get it.

markene2 wrote:
Found a new video, its from a mountain stage
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmM8HT...mM8HTSqS0w

Kadaffy wrote:
i am wondering why theres only 6 riders on a team in every video?