User blog comment:Mike458/Everything Wrong With Asphalts 5 and 6/@comment-4733413-20160731043828/@comment-26177374-20160808133253

1. This is the industry standard. Free to play and pay to get it forward was found out to be more profitable than Pay to play methods. This is Gameloft's current profit model.

2. They are genuine but they are written within 1 year of gameplay so the reviewers are yet to experience the frustration. But they are about to learn.

3. Recent updates are made so that they can earn more money. GL isn't listening to us, they are listening to their profit models despite recent reviews make the game rating go down to the bottom with the adverts.

4. For sure. For example, one mother once accused Gameloft for making her daughter spend more than $600 in a small game called My Little ponies. Laws should be made to prevent the users from cash cows from game studios. Unfortunately, your dream of getting those laws enacted is slim. There are millions of studios trying to earn some pennies with these profit models and they can easily block your path if they determine your moves are harmful to their profits.