luckily this year the devblog covered lot of info with some menu pics,a small gameplay
what remains for me to cover:
- a gameplay all'in'one
that means i'll show you menus,tutorials,riders stats,gameplay single and splitscreen.don't expect a really good quality video because will record with webcam but i will convert in the best format possible in movavi,hoping will be decent quality/watchable
- how this game feels in comparation with the previous version
but first some things that are the same or differ tdf2013 from tdf2012
-controls changed
RT-keep it pressed(don't press many times like in tdf2012)for having medium speed and relaying
LB-change gears,big gear you have a high speed loosing more fast stamina
LT-brake
RB- it's an auto mode,you must be in a wheel of a rider and keep pressed RB.this way you will recover stamina faster and it's perfect on downhills if you know that you make lots of mistakes
Y-feeding like tdf2012 but now you have more various types of food with different boosts
D-Pad Down -for see times in that stage
D-Pad Left and Right- clasaments if i remember
X- changing rider or giving
B- i don't know what does in normal stages,but B in team trial you change riders at relay
-time in game playing isn't so much changed
if in tdf2012 you would played all sections would take around 35 min-1 hour
if you play all stage in tdf 2013 time would be the same
-verry enjoyable being in breakaways in every stage and playing all stage,a thing that you can't do in tdf2012
really hard to catch the right breakaway because peleton follow some dangerous riders for that type of stage and of course riders who can be for general classament
-verry ennoying that AI starts to sprint from 2km from finish,unrealistic and tdf2012 has a big plus here
i barrelly catched a place 5 with thor hushovd or gilbert where they had chances
-tdf2012 had 4 teams unlicensed,tdf2013 has 2 teams unlicensed(bmc and sky)
-you can in every moment in your tdf that a friend can join
so you played alone 5 stages,in stage 6 a friend can enter in your team helping you
if you want to be opponents,you go in menu at versus mode
-tdf2012 had a lame online where few people played online,tdf2013 hasn't at all,but in exchange has splitscreen which is better
-offer lot of information about every stage
more then in tdf2012
i'm finished stage 4,which i recorded
i didn't played a montain stage,just flat,hilly and this ttt
my opinion,it's that it's really hard tdf2013
you need to press faster that teamcom buttons.verry hard to make a train for your sprinter or for your leader on final climbs
i couldn't maked a simple train for hushovd with gilbert and avermaet
i did 2 mistakes in ttt,entering in the side of the road
8 seconds from the 2nd team,not bad.it was my first ttt in tdf2013
i shoulded force with tt noobs :gilbert,oss,avermaet,moinard
and then to ride just in the best 5: hushovd,pinotti,van garderen,evans,phinney
when i started tour,i didn't see a list of all bmc riders.these 9 i took them as default
i will find today when i will start another tour,really bugging me
some guys have 1 million euro on xbox360
well i continued my tdf playing 100% stages
i enjoy playing all tour,not simulate
i didn't say nothing about montain stages
not so long the climb but stamina is used more fast,you need feeding to keep a longer fast pace
in my first montain stage,finish on climb i took 2nd place with tejay van garderen.contador was too strong and won that montain stage with 1 min ahead
on the 2nd montain stage was finish on downhill-flat.i attacked,got a 30-40 sec in front of yellow shirt(contador) and verry difficult downhill for me,i entered many times on the sides of the road
still at 1:18 sec behind contador
i have an advance of 30-40 sec from 3rd and 4th place at gc
i did many objectives for bmc
i have green jersey with gilbert,winner already of 2 stages.verry easy to attack with gilbert on last 20-10km and maintain that fast pace using 2 foods,one give maximum energy bar,one maximum stamina
i have done half of tour
i will put some standings pictures after i finish the tour
i did some simulate.so easy to win stages with gilbert and probably and cancellara
i simulate lot of begging of stages and when was 20-15km from intermediare sprint,i played and attacked with gilbert
peleton won't follow,so i won lots of intermediare sprints and then again simulate,so gilbert ended always being in breakaways from last 120-70km
in last 20km i had like 1 min advantage and i played,i kept a big speed helped by feeding
i won easily 4-5 stages and lost 2-3 stages in favour of breakaway colleagues
contador on montain stages he stay verry in front and attack sometimes on flat
on a montain stage i was protected good by evans and on last climb in last 10km i catched contador on small gear.contador attack a lot on flat,on montain
i catched him exhausted in 10km because i putted on big gear and in 9km i maded 2min and half advantage
i took the stage and yellow shirt along with montain shirt.white shirt i had from begin
was so happy
in first itt i lost half of minute from contador
in 2nd itt was a montain-downhill itt and i know that i suck on tt and AI van garderen did a great job in first itt,i played with other rider
was a bad call because van garderen lost 3min and half from winner which was contador
then come 2 montain stages.where i lost 10 sec from contador and then i won 12 sec
i'm on stage 19 or 20 at 3 min behind contador,he won the tour
but i will take 2nd place for sure,won white and montain shirt,green shirt with gilbert,already 6-7 stages
1st contador
2nd van garderen +3min
3rd froome or wiggins +5 min
Edited by superider2010 on 23-06-2013 18:03
luckly,remained 3 stages
so i started stage 19,montain stage beated 2 min and half contador using 2 cokies and evans as proctecting me while i rided on fast pace with 1 climb before the final climb
stage 20,another montain where i took again 2 min ahead of contador and i saw that i won and team standings
of course won these stages with van garderen
5.6 stages from breakaways won with gilbert,4 montain stages with van garderen,1 with hushovd
stage 21,champ-elissee has 59 km,i was shocked.why so short?
it's just the lap on champ-elissee rided 5-6 laps
i won with gilbert after breakaway with gerrans and flecha.i stayed just behind them and attacked like weasel in the final km
maked from my first tour around 750.000 euro,don't know exactly the sum
i'm on top 20 but that leaderboard is for who plays more
i unlocked 11 from 12 achievement for bmc
i failed to win team time trial.i posted the video with that stage
i didn't play the 2 itt with van garderen.i know that i would be more lame then ai van garderen
pretty easy tdf2013
van garderen had MO 80 HIL 76 TT76-78,more weaker then nibali,froome or sanchez
that feeding helped a lot
today i restarted few times but i won team time trial with bmc
time 26:50 mins beating sky with 3 sec
in previous ttt,i was beated by sky with 1 sec.sky did 26 53 like time when i won
from elite now accomplishing all 12 objectives for bmc,i'm neo-pro
really time consuming to accomplish all objectives,still another 20-22 teams
Edited by superider2010 on 11-07-2013 14:56
i'm from europe,so not a problem for me
on ps3 working games from different regions and it's digital in psn us store
i have some ps3 games region 2(europe) and fifa 13 region 1(usa).i activate the game online on a us account and after i coulded play online on uk account
don't know how it's on xbox360 with regions,but you can risk and buy a retail tdf 2013 xbox360 from a uk online store
