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[–] mrfriki@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago (3 children)

I played the first game, I think, it was fun... Itching for some arcade-ish racing. Does the new entries have paid DLC cards, gated progression or any shit like that?

[–] Aielman15@lemmy.world 14 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

If anything, I feel like it's the exact opposite? You can't drive more than 50 meters without the game gifting you a new car or some shit.

I stopped playing FH3 because of that lol
Don't know if the new games introduced gated progression though.

[–] dil@piefed.zip 1 points 3 days ago

I hated that, felt like I had to keep swapping, it was anti elden ring, they should have stats for the driver you can reset to encourage not swapping as frequently, maybe you do better with certain types of cars, idk, prob stupid af to do in a car game. I just hated how the progression felt. You'll have more cars than you know what to do with a few hours in.

[–] Hond@piefed.social 6 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

FH3 onwards these games were full of DLCs, special editions, VIP status for faster progression, live service content, fomo mechanics, gambling, etc pp

The "story", "writing" and "characters" are also painfully bad. Cutscenes arent skippable. You can mute those bland corporate written assholes though.

Gameplaywise it isnt a nice little campaign like in FH1. Its more like a sandbox where the game shits out a new car for you at every given moment but desireable cars are locked behind seasonal/weekly events and grinding. then the map gets clogged up really fast in thousands of races and other activities which you can do however you feel like. If your after a more guided experience your out of luck.

Still pretty solid games with great artstyle, tons of cars, very good driving physics, tons content etc.

But after the Forza Motorsport 2023 desaster i dont trust Microslops marketing one bit. Playground Games trackrecord is still pretty good they overtook Turn10 long ago. But i'm going to wait it out until the honeymoon phase wears off and the more critical opinions start to appear.

[–] Deconceptualist@leminal.space 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

The "story", "writing" and "characters" are also painfully bad. Cutscenes arent skippable. You can mute those bland corporate written assholes though.

I only played FH4 but yeah they were pretty awful. The Drift guy was okay though, he was basically like "hey go have fun and show off". Generic but pleasant enough. Other characters were unlikeable.

Playground Games' track record is still pretty good and they overtook Turn10 a long time ago.

???

These games are made by both Playground and Turn10.

[–] herrvogel@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

FH5's characters were some of the most insufferable NPCs I've ever encountered in any game, which is an accomplishment for a game that really didn't need that much story or character dialogue anyway to begin with. I'm not even exaggerating when I say the game is easily better when their voice slider is set to 0. They're actually a net negative for the experience. It's an outrageous combination of top shelf cringe being voiced by some unskilled VAs under the direction of someone who should never have had that job.

[–] mrfriki@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

Thank for the thoughtful answer! Kind of sad to all that FOMO in every single AAA game. Will wait for a demo and see.

[–] Fizz@lemmy.nz 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I played FH4 and progression was quite easy I had good cars and cool cars early on but there were still cars to grind for.

[–] mrfriki@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

I see, thanks!