GUYS!!
Game progression isn't the only thing to consider. The inclusion of microtransactions certainly appears to have affected game design. IMO Seanspeed said it
best:
I really love racing with seanspeed, and he knows his forza well
BUT
- about car unlocks as you level up, I said above, no gifted cars (most of us did not really use the giftd cars anyway), but money instead.
i am level 145, I get about 30-40k each time I level up.
- manufacturer affinity IS NOT GONE. instead of discounts to parts, it gives an extra percentage multiplier on EVERY race winnings, up to 25% extra of total.
- free play since day 1 people have discovered a way to choose any car they want. it is a bug most probably, but its still there.
THE BIG POSITIVE CHANGE HERE, IS THAT NOW IN FREE PLAY YOU GET TO MAKE A RACE EXACTLY HOW YOU WANT IT (TRACK/LAPS/NO. OF OPPONENTS/DIFFICULTY)
AND THE GAME PAYS YOU FOR IT. BEFORE IT PAYED NOTHING ON FREE PLAY. so, if you want to make money, just go free play, put the indy round course with a fucking fast car, huge laps, full difficulty, full roster, and gain as much as 500k/hour. do you guys read this? I would really HATE to write this again...
ALSO, ANOTHER GREAT NEW THING WITH FREE PLAY, IS THAT YOU CAN PICK UP YOUR STOCK, OEM CAR, WITHOUT A SINGLE UPGRADE, AND THE GAME WILL MATCH WHATEVER CARS ARE EQUAL OR CLOSE TO IT.
SO NO MORE NEED TO GET A BRAND NEW CAR,. AND GO TO UPGRADE IT TO THE TOP OF THE LEVEL SO IT CAN BE COMPETITIVE.
OEM CARS ARE MUCH BETTER DRIVEN AND EXPERIENCED THIS WAY. AND ABLE TO WIN WITH STOCK AND GET PAID TOO.
- Wrong again here. there is selling of all these things, only this time it is done under an automated system that they already stated since the first fucking week that they are watching it real close and getting ready to make all enhancements necessary
- and the last point Sean makes, the one about ALWAYS been presented with the choice to use game currency or real money, I already said that OTHER THAN MAKING THE GAME LOOK CHEAP, IT DOES NOTHING TO THE GAME ITSELF!
a lot of you guys really prefer to just be up at arms, instead of learning what the fuck you are at arms about, and if it is worthy or not.
I trully believe that there are many of you guys, that just got carried away by the trolls.
I hate MT's too, but forza is not the game to make an example out of.
forza DOES needs some things to be improved. mainly they have to do with online implementation of stuff, so my guess is that at system level thingschanged and they had to change accordingly.
PLEASE DO US FORZA 5 PLAYERS A FAVOR, AND STOP MAKING GROUND LEVEL NOISE ON IRRELEVANT THINGS, SO TURN10 WILL FOCUS ON WHATS RELEVANT FOR US, THE PLAYERS.