Talk:Asphalt Xtreme/@comment-94.242.255.159-20161115070336/@comment-185.145.38.237-20161117222324

"As for having to grind...Any game worth anything requires grinding/camping, etc. The best things shouldn't be just handed to you or easily obtained."

I think I would not be opposed to any subscription model. 'For free' you get this... the rest is subscription. Clearly, recurring payment is where it is at, but my advice would be please do it in an honest way. I actually did it (you probably shouldn't), I went through my payments for both this and Asphalt 8. I've spent about $75 on Xtreme before uninstalling, but for A8... close to $500. Now, over the years since A8 was released, that is probably not over-much, but if I told you about a cool racing game that's going to cost you $500, would you be interested? Probably not. If I told you about a cool racing game that would cost you $5 or $10 each month as a subscription, would you be interested if you got to try it first?

I think this is at the heart of it, GL's current pay-to-win scheme seems dishonest. While I stand by my view, it is mostly predefined logic not worthy of being called AI (I would love to see true AI though). As an arcade racer though, it is a good one, but for Pete's sake, gamers want to play and so what is this alienating breakup caused by 'Oil change' all about? We could do without in Asphalt 8, and now they want to extend that to ALL cars?