Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-112.208.144.184-20160220052350/@comment-40129316-20190924212902

I loved Asphalt 8 for a whlie, and have something like 200 cars, and it's still goodd for a blast, but A9 has so much better car handling and graphics. In 80% through my A9 career, and going back to playing A8 after getting so used to A9 really highlights how outdated A8 feels. The drift handling and graphics are terrible.

Problem with A9 is that the pricing is even more extreme than A8. To buy and upgrade a single car is insane money. For example the LaF Aperta, a high end class A car, is over $2000USD. Plus the range of tracks and gameplay is so much less than A8.

Every game has a lifecycle of course, at the start it's exciting, then over time it tails off and becomes routine. Kinda like relationships lol! But there are some games which stay with you, and I'm starting to realise that A8 is outclassed by A9 and A9 just lets itself down in so many ways. A very sad case of a near miss spoiled by greedy business and poor strategy.