Gotta say Gran Turismo 5 here, sure Cod Black Ops is bitterly disappointing but then I expected that, Treyarch made it and every game they have made so far has disappointed me. I could also bitch about how simple to play FFXIII was but frankly though FFVI - FFX (yeah you read that right X too) were feasts of gameplay, story and graphics (for their time) XII and XIII haven't actually been bad games, they're not as impressive in terms of storyline complexities and certainly don't offer the fan service of say IX but they're not bad games. They're well built with innovative level up systems what work for the player rather than against the player. They're also well written the storyline of either game was pretty solid. If the games were any other random ass RPG games and not under the Final Fantasy franchise then they'd be welcomed, celebrated games the fact that they might have a bad voice actor or two overlooked in favour for the better gameplay. Hell I've played games where I've had to mute the game because the voice acting was soo terrible and the music wasn't much better but by putting on some suitable music from my own collection I was sorted out.

As to why GT5 was such a disappointment? Well frankly I like racing games, driving games are fun, they're accessible, entertaining and enjoyable. I've grown up over the years since the late 90s with Gran Turismo setting the standard. 400+ cars, good sound tracks (well up until 3) beautiful graphics coupled with the technical details what could make a grown man cry. If they set the serious standards, Need for Speed and Burnout were setting the fun standards. Even today I love blasting through Burnout Paradise City finding something to blow 5 minutes or so on. I didn't think GT5 could live up to the hype around it, 5 years of promising and delays does that. After a while something gets so overhyped it won't matter how good it is, it'll disappoint because it didn't prove itself to be Jesus Christ come again. What I didn't expect was a lack lustre menu system, sub par sound track, below standard graphics on over 3/4 of the cars (it's 4/5ths standard cars, 1/5th premium) and generally speaking a lack of entertainment to be had with it. GT5 was one of the main reasons I want a ps3, that game and the killzone/uncharted/mgs games would swing me happily. Frankly having tried it out extensively at lunch breaks ect at work I'm just not interested in Gran Turismo 5 anymore. I was bored to death by the entire GT5 system without exception even the precision handling and tuning options something I could waste hours tinkering with didn't appeal because of the other let down's in the game.