Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-31554783-20170809014915

I am quitting Asphalt 8 for good tonite.

I play Asphalt 8 on an Apple TV with a game controller. I just unplugged it and I'm going to take it to work and put it in a drawer for a few months.

What a waste of the last 18 months of my life. This fucking game ate up huge blocks of evening and weekend hours. For what? So I could ignore my wife and kids? Awful.

This R&D finally pushed me away from Asphalt 8 for good. I came to the realization that, despite being a seriously good racer, I can't win the C 63 despite putting a lot of hours into it. And it made me realize this game is designed like nicotine. It's meant to torture us. And it crossed the line finally with me.

Who does Gameloft think should be playing their game? If their intention is to make money, they certainly can't be targeting people with fucking jobs or lives. I realized... fuck this. What am I doing with my life playing this fucking game? I'm centering my life on winning a fake car in a fucking mobile game.

If it's not Gameloft stringing me along, it's some fucking Chinese hacker with his blinking car, teleporting in front of me. Fuck this. I never have enough speed in my cars, never have enough money. I never have enough parts cards, never enough blueprints for cheater cars like the SLK 55 AMG SE. The game interface is a fucking yard sale of crap. It's so unintuitive. And, over and over again, the server fails to connect. I sit there, and have to upload my results. I have a fiber connection in my house. I have wicked internet speed.

Fuck Asphalt 8 and Gameloft. Fuck me for wasting so many hours I could've been riding bikes with my daughter or hitting golf balls with my son.

I hope you guys come to the same realization. I think it will improve the quality of my life. I got addicted to this fucking game. It's not a drug or a booze, but it took hold of my brain.

Peace out to you all... 