Lets here it from Tudor himself
"Other games you may have to grind for XP to unlock them, or you may even have to buy them via micro transaction," says Tudor. "You may have to grind for cash in races to buy the car that you want. We've scrapped that. It's a broken model.
Millions of NfS (and many other casual games) players would disagree with you.
Disagree that having some sort of real simulation is a bad idea for arcade games? It does not need to be hard core but some where round there so there is challenge. I do see there are players who want to race around for fun and hit targets like Need for speed. But have you read the reviews on Project cars? They did not want to hack and slash for money! You got all cars and you concentrate on skills of driving. Why would the developer of Project cars mention it if well it was not a big deal? And well he could just have said we are hard core simulation so its why we have given all cars to players and why player just dont need cash.
Level, earning can only go so far and the downfall is that they need to keep adding content. But the players do not complain I know and they like this even if content around's dry.
But dont you think this is a still a problem even if they don't complain about it?
IMO, people out there who aren't clued into gaming forums and other social media simply do not care about what they want in a racing game. They just want something where they can chill out with for a couple of hours on weekends when they're not in work.
I highly doubt that we, as that minority that go to forums and other media, have any idea what customers want in a racing game.
But they do complain about the racing game on their forums cause its not meeting their expectations. Perhaps these players are not the majority who dont mind all the bugs in the game?
And they do care about features so if a racing game has good feature they will spend time playing that. Or else everyone will be sticking with need for speed and not change.
And with arcade games you still do need to spend a lot of time to get to the highest level. Its grinding all the way up. So its not just hop in game and have fun.
Anyone here played the crew? I have and there is so much to do and you dont have all the cars with you. So its not going be very interesting for those who just want to chill cause they are going to have to spend time if they want all the cars and parts.
Is this the same for the latest in need for speed? Where you can choose any car you want to drive and not grind for it?
Projects cars gives you all the cars at the start.
And it will get boring once you got everything cause the point of the game is to see new things and once those are gone it will be to a new game!
If it was just to chill then the crew would give the players all cars and just cash to buy parts. But you need to grind for it cause they know players would get very bored once they have all cars. If you grind for it then you want to play more to get to those achievements. Again its why its made around level and cash that the purpose of it. But when you get all those parts what they dont know is that its going to get very repetitive and no lasting hold. it might be 800h of play before you get to this stage those who have a life.
A new game will come around offering Europe with new skills and totally different things and they will all want to play that instead of the crew.
Life is feudal heard of that?
That is another new idea from the hack and slash, level up, cash concept. Money dont get you the skills you need to work for it. If you dont practice your skills you will lose it. You can never be a master of all skills. There are lots of varieties one can choose in the game.
This holds more interest then just gaining more xp and cash and grinding to get all cars. Racing arcade games offer very little compare to first person games. And life is Feudal is a good example of breaking away from that old concept.
If you wanting to play the game for years to come PC will always hold you interest then a game like the crew where there be nothing left to do and a new continent will need to be added so you want to explore it and do things. Your not wanting to roam around and see things you already see. Its not like in real life where you can walk the same path or drive the same scenic route and still be amazed.
PC does require you to concentrate real hard so you need to have that mental mind set when you come and play it. And games like the crew you can just hop in and go and have fun.
But as said doing it 100 times over you will be wanting some new exp.
Driving one of the track in PC 100 times over will only make you a master of it! And then you need to add more time to challenge the players who have mastered it.
Will players in the crew or other games want to drive the same track this many times with their friends? Where no skill is really involved in winning?
It might be how the way things are with arcade games and it was not design to last.
And that is where PC and other hardcore like it outperforms these games. Even after a few years it will still hold your interest. You might even look to take up racing in the real world!
Cause these games is not about adding more content to keep you interested but the mechanics itself and the career challenge with players will hold your interest for a long time to come.
Arcade games cannot do this and is not design that way.
These arcade racing games remind me very much of the old style massive online game like everquest its outdated now. Bad Ai and the point of the game is to gain as much exp and cash as you can. This idea is still there in the crew, Horizon and driveclub. The world might have been bigger and graphics improved but the idea is still very old. Until you look at games like Life is feudal and eve online where its not like that. But bad AI seems to be a trend with these games they just see AI as bad with massive online world.
Anyway If they are players who dont mind arcade games that can get boring after a while because they done everything then that is fine.
But if they want more from the game then just cash and grind they will not beat games like PC when you include why it makes it so great.
How many here are playing NFS, crew, etc and hardcore games like PC at the same time? Because you are more relax in those games then PC? Its expensive too getting both games to experience relaxation cause all games are relaxing.
So those who cant afford will you still buy both games because the crew offers more relaxation or would you prefer to spend that money on devices that will help improve your driving skills in the game?
And since there are so many different games you dont need to stick to racing it could be another games you enjoy like RTS.
