sixteen-bit
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EA Will Charge For Fuel (as a stamina bar) In Need For Speed: No Limits (Mobile)
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The success of this model suggests that they are doing just that, no matter your views on the model being used to monetize off it.
I would love for someone to try to quantify if it is more expensive to fill up your car in this game over time then if you were covering the same distance and gassing up the same car in real life. I suspect I know the answer.
Because it's ea I guess.
Makes me wonder how long before Japan finally figures out something that works better than the typical gacha/stamina setup. It's clearly working, and outside of the luck-based party composition there's certainly some compelling games out there.
br0ken_shad0w
Member
Why would they? The audience loved it!
It's just the ol' internet reviewers being haters.
HF2014
Member
I wonder if we, Canadians, will have to pay more for the fuel, if we look at the price of the oil here. Really hoping that we will get a discount if we live near a place that the oil is cheaper , and i hope so that if we buy our oil during the week it will be cheaper than the weekend as like real life!!!! Seriously EA thats an amazing idea!!!!!
This is why i am kind of sick of IOS gaming....
This is why i am kind of sick of IOS gaming....
joecanada
Member
or just do what I did and uninstall them... simpsons tapped out was actually really well done, but of course you can only play for about 5 minutes a day....
no thanks.
ShadowSoldier89
Member
Yea, I got this retort when I complained about microtransactions in Tera when I was paying for a sub. It boggles my mind how "everyone is doing it" is somehow acceptable
So glad I don't follow the f2p industry. What a nightmare.
TheSlySoul
Member
I learned that app reviews are mainly just how well they work. 5 star if it works, 1 star if it does not.Why would they? The audience loved it!
It's just the ol' internet reviewers being haters.
The Google Play page just says that the app works.
I really fail to see the problem here. Isn't the game F2P so this is just the way for them to monetize the game by giving it for free and waiting for some whales to subside the entire project by paying to get more "stamina" or items faster?
Although I believe F2P should offer the option to pay to unlock "Unlimited stamina" which would remove the artificial limit, I still don't see what is the issue here.
Although I believe F2P should offer the option to pay to unlock "Unlimited stamina" which would remove the artificial limit, I still don't see what is the issue here.
By what standard? Opinions on this are all subjective. Some people have a problem with it, some don't. Similarly, some people like season passes, others don't. There's no right or wrong here unless laws are being broken. As long as there are people out there who are willing to pay money for this stuff, why would companies do things differently? Are you under the impression that businesses are meant to be ethics police and making money is their secondary objective? The everyone is doing it response, at least on my part, was a reaction to people pointing their fingers at EA as if they're the only ones to be doing this.
Neuromancer
Member
BRB, going to invest in NFScrude oil futures.
TheSlySoul
Member
Not really, it is sucky when other companies do it as well. The main difference is taking a franchise and using it with this type of tripe that is the problem.
Limiting the amount of races you can do at one time isn't really an issue for me, but Dungeon Keeper's time limits was stupid. So I bet you can only do 3 races a day or something stupid.
The Crazy Taxi mobile game pisses me off just as much.
They do not though. Honestly Puzzles and Dragons/Monster Strike would be much more fun if I could pay $5 to get rid of all the timers.
KiefbladeMaster
Member
This is fairly standard in F2P apps. Don't support them, that simple..
ShadowSoldier89
Member
my point is that its a shitty practice regardless of how many people are doing it. I dont give two shits about law and ethics, I just know its a shitty practice and I won't support it. Saying everyone is doing it doesn't make it any less shit. saying well people are paying for it doesn't make it any less shit. Saying it isn't illegal doesn't make it any less shit
Wait, what? Mobile gave rise to a lot of shitty business models and practices, but how is VR going to make 'actual, quality games' worse even to people like you not interested in the platform itself?
You're absolutely right to have your opinion. However, it is just that. Your individual opinion. You have an anime avatar, so I assume you enjoy avatar. What if I said Anime is a shit art form? Am I right or wrong for thinking that?
Waylon Drums
Member
Need for Money: No Shame
SmokedMeat
Gamer™
You would think an enthusiast board would understand how ftp works.
TheSlySoul
Member
My mom set the clock ahead of time to abuse the fact that the timers in it are tied into your system clock.
I give her creative points abusing a terrible system.
ShadowSoldier89
Member
It doesn't surprire me, it's pretty standard practice for mobile games, and considering EA can't lose anymore credibility they should just do what gets them the most money.
It doesn't really effect me, I don't think I'm going to feel the need to play a racing game on my phone anytime soon.
It doesn't really effect me, I don't think I'm going to feel the need to play a racing game on my phone anytime soon.
What extremely well thought-out rebuttal.
Ninja Scooter
Member
This is just sad what this industry has become. Games designed entirely around getting people to pump more and more money into them? What a joke. It's infuriating. I wish gaming would go back to its roots, back to the good old days
Problem with these types of games is that every single aspect, mechanic and system are artificially drawn out with absurd time limits, countdown/ETA's (Build times/do anything.) energy (Fuel.), and so forth. Pretty much every single one of these games don't have much more content than the average flash game at a free flash game site, but disguises that fact with timers, ETA's to do anything, and repetitive, pointless grinds. Essentially, they are 20ish hour games with the content of a 30 minute game.
I just don't understand why anyone would pay real money for something in these games -- in pretty much every single case, after playing such a game for 30 minutes, you start to realize how pointless and shallow it is, and that you grind just to grind more, as opposed to grinding to power up or get some new, exciting stuff to get to an exciting new area, do different quests, meet new mobs. Most importantly, a non-mobile game is usually aware of the fact that you had to go through a grind to get the new item/get to the new area, and usually rewards you by making you a bit overpowered, or powerful, for a little while.
While there may be some element of those things in mobile games, you'll still be doing, more or less, the exact same grind, just in a slightly different area, with slightly different mobs -- mobile games continually balance everything 1:1, removing any sense of progression once you realize this; for example, you start out by doing 50 damage to a monster with 100 hp. You get a new item that does 100 damage, but the monsters you are now fighting has 200 hp. While there may be some other systems, like increasing critical chance, or hit chance, that improves with your level, the game still makes you feel like you might as well just be fighting that 100 hp mob with your 50 damage weapon for the rest of the game.
Every single thing is a chore after the tutorial in mobile games.
fastballspecial
Member
Damn... so smooth.
My girlfriend figured that trick out too. She still spent about $10 on the game over the course of dozens of hours playing it, which is pretty good value IMO. I never understood the allure but she enjoyed competing with her friend and she really enjoys those types of games.
More_Badass
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You must not be follow mobile gaming regularly
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=921676
Over a hundred recommendations of top notch IOS games, some free, most not. The best of what the platform has to offer
ShadowSoldier89
Member
I figured you didnt want to have a conversation with your "opinions man" then editing in a strawman
VibratingDonkey
Member
Naming it No Limits is pretty funny. Good on you, EA.
SneakyStephan
Banned
This is why mobile gaming sucks.
Lowering the bar for everyone else, as this shit has started seeping into regular games as well.
Lowering the bar for everyone else, as this shit has started seeping into regular games as well.