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Honestly, I don't know, I don't have that game. I probably should have mentioned I don't have GT7 and have barely touched GTS.Do the Invitation cars in GT7 fall under this?
Honestly, I don't know, I don't have that game. I probably should have mentioned I don't have GT7 and have barely touched GTS.Do the Invitation cars in GT7 fall under this?
The thing is, custom cars are basically the latest "look at me" fashion accessory and people who have these kind of heavily customized vehicles are also wearing these expensive clothing brands, and more and more often are coordinating their clothing and their car because that's the kind of personal brand they want to create. The two are pretty much intertwined now.Enough with the fashion/clothing brands already. I'm playing a racing game for cars, not wearing some Gucci outfit or whatever.
I understand that and especially for something like NFS, but it feels like there's just too much focus on the clothing and poses than actual car products. There just isn't enough of a focus on the aftermarket car parts it feels like as much as the clothing. The one thing that I wished there was more of in NFS Heat at least (have yet to play Unbound), was the rather lackluster headlight/taillight options for some cars. As one example, I'd rather see more light options or wheel options in NFS than some sneakers that I'd hardly see other than the forced character model in your face. I get it though, people do like wearing some fancy sneaker with their "hotboi" tuner car at a meet. But I just don't feel like there's enough visual mod options and it's mostly dependent on just your "wrap" or paint.The thing is, custom cars are basically the latest "look at me" fashion accessory and people who have these kind of heavily customized vehicles are also wearing these expensive clothing brands, and more and more often are coordinating their clothing and their car because that's the kind of personal brand they want to create. The two are pretty much intertwined now.
And considering car culture has continually shifted away from performance and more towards brand name body kits and one-off visual builds, you could probably say that car's "clothing" is the focus of car games now.
Not sure how, especially for GT7. Unless it's been changed for FH5 you can still buy limited time cars in the auction house. And for GT7, I assume you're talking about the legend cars and used cars dealership, which have been in the game since the original. I'm amazed in the 13 years since GT5 people simultaneously forgot about the used car dealership and when it came back started complaining that it was anti-consumer. The Gran Turismo community had been asking for it to come back for years!Gran Turismo 7 and the newer Forza Horizons both come to mind when doing this.
The car I want isn't always available to purchase in the auction house and that's a terrible excuse. Players that won them will often price the cars high like crazy. and even then, it's a bad solution to have to rely on an auction house to find a car you want or hope that it comes back as an unlock. and it's done by design, to get players to come back and play the game again.Not sure how, especially for GT7. Unless it's been changed for FH5 you can still buy limited time cars in the auction house.
and I'm amazed that people are still missing the point on why they're being complained about.and for GT7, I assume you're talking about the legend cars and used cars dealership, which have been in the game since the original. I'm amazed in the 13 years since GT5 people simultaneously forgot about the used car dealership and when it came back started complaining that it was anti-consumer. The Gran Turismo community had been asking for it to come back for years.
I would find it infuriating myself. Though in franchises that I regularly play, it only happened to Sonic and everyone just calls the 2006 one "Sonic 06" so the rebrand of that one isn't as badReboot, revival, rebranding of a long standing franchise or even a slightly dead one that's been on a long hiatus. Tired of having to call the game it's name with the year it came out. Oh you mean Need For Speed Most Wanted 2005 or 2012? Or having to clarify between Need For Speed 2015 and Road & Track Presents The Need For Speed. Then there's Doom (2016) that you have to keep saying when trying to talk about the recent version or what I loathe more is the new Forza Motorsport just being called....Forza Motorsport. The original Forza Motorsport was called that, no FM1 or anything, but now I have to clarify what I mean by Forza Motorsport (2005) and Forza Motorsport (2023). Was it such a reboot/rebranding that they couldn't have called it Forza Motorsport 8 like everyone else on the internet has been? Prey (2006) and Prey (2017) come to mind as well.... I know this goes for more than just video games as it goes for products, TV shows, movies, etc.
Apologies if this was brought up before somewhere in the forum or this thread. But anytime I feel like talking about a game to someone that ended up having a "reboot/rebranding" as in just giving it a simple title name of it's franchise, it just seems creatively bankrupt to do so and irritating to have to clarify yourself or the other person "Did you mean this year or that year?"
Goes back to what I said in my own thread about how hard it is to find MW2005 due to the 2012 game sharing the same title. Some others I could name are:Reboot, revival, rebranding of a long standing franchise or even a slightly dead one that's been on a long hiatus. Tired of having to call the game it's name with the year it came out. Oh you mean Need For Speed Most Wanted 2005 or 2012? Or having to clarify between Need For Speed 2015 and Road & Track Presents The Need For Speed. Then there's Doom (2016) that you have to keep saying when trying to talk about the recent version or what I loathe more is the new Forza Motorsport just being called....Forza Motorsport. The original Forza Motorsport was called that, no FM1 or anything, but now I have to clarify what I mean by Forza Motorsport (2005) and Forza Motorsport (2023). Was it such a reboot/rebranding that they couldn't have called it Forza Motorsport 8 like everyone else on the internet has been? Prey (2006) and Prey (2017) come to mind as well.... I know this goes for more than just video games as it goes for products, TV shows, movies, etc.
Apologies if this was brought up before somewhere in the forum or this thread. But anytime I feel like talking about a game to someone that ended up having a "reboot/rebranding" as in just giving it a simple title name of it's franchise, it just seems creatively bankrupt to do so and irritating to have to clarify yourself or the other person "Did you mean this year or that year?"
More examples: GRID (2008 & 2019), Saints Row (2006 & 2022), Colin McRae Rally (PS1 and crap phone game), Tomb Raider (1996 & 2013), Mortal Kombat (1992 & 2011), etc.Reboot, revival, rebranding of a long standing franchise or even a slightly dead one that's been on a long hiatus. Tired of having to call the game it's name with the year it came out. Oh you mean Need For Speed Most Wanted 2005 or 2012? Or having to clarify between Need For Speed 2015 and Road & Track Presents The Need For Speed. Then there's Doom (2016) that you have to keep saying when trying to talk about the recent version or what I loathe more is the new Forza Motorsport just being called....Forza Motorsport. The original Forza Motorsport was called that, no FM1 or anything, but now I have to clarify what I mean by Forza Motorsport (2005) and Forza Motorsport (2023). Was it such a reboot/rebranding that they couldn't have called it Forza Motorsport 8 like everyone else on the internet has been? Prey (2006) and Prey (2017) come to mind as well.... I know this goes for more than just video games as it goes for products, TV shows, movies, etc.
Apologies if this was brought up before somewhere in the forum or this thread. But anytime I feel like talking about a game to someone that ended up having a "reboot/rebranding" as in just giving it a simple title name of it's franchise, it just seems creatively bankrupt to do so and irritating to have to clarify yourself or the other person "Did you mean this year or that year?"
The worst offender for me:Reboot, revival, rebranding of a long standing franchise or even a slightly dead one that's been on a long hiatus. Tired of having to call the game it's name with the year it came out. Oh you mean Need For Speed Most Wanted 2005 or 2012? Or having to clarify between Need For Speed 2015 and Road & Track Presents The Need For Speed. Then there's Doom (2016) that you have to keep saying when trying to talk about the recent version or what I loathe more is the new Forza Motorsport just being called....Forza Motorsport. The original Forza Motorsport was called that, no FM1 or anything, but now I have to clarify what I mean by Forza Motorsport (2005) and Forza Motorsport (2023). Was it such a reboot/rebranding that they couldn't have called it Forza Motorsport 8 like everyone else on the internet has been? Prey (2006) and Prey (2017) come to mind as well.... I know this goes for more than just video games as it goes for products, TV shows, movies, etc.
Apologies if this was brought up before somewhere in the forum or this thread. But anytime I feel like talking about a game to someone that ended up having a "reboot/rebranding" as in just giving it a simple title name of it's franchise, it just seems creatively bankrupt to do so and irritating to have to clarify yourself or the other person "Did you mean this year or that year?"
The worst offender for me:
- Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (2007)
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered (2016)
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (2019)
Well, that's pretty much the definition of a "Yearly Sports Title Release". You'll also notice that they are all exclusive licenses too (F1 to Codemasters/EA, WRC to Milestone previously, etc). This is pretty because the Sports organizations don't care for that, they want a game for their Sport yesterday just for more profit and apparently, it makes that profit (Probably because its mostly Sports fans who know this is all they are getting, which is marginally still better then what's going with MSG who are...not doing that...)Yearly updates that are essentially exactly the same game as the previous five, repackaged and remarketed, sold for another £60 plus season pass. Where there's virtually no upgrade to the experience of actually playing the game, where you're essentially having exactly the same experiences all over again but maybe the roster has been updated, or the liveries tweaked, or a new circuit added, or none of the above but its called '23 rather than '22. Where there us absolutely nothing stopping them from releasing the updates as DLC rather than a whole new game other than financial greed.
Everything about it. It gives me complete buyers guilt, I feel like a mug. The two games take up more HD space unless you delete the previous one. It costs far more, it leads to a really deflating experience playing the "new" game because it's just not. It's too soon, 12 months isn't long enough between genuine separate entries in a series because life gets in the way and you're only half way through the last one.
Big kudos to ACC, Snowrunner, Wreckfest, Mario Kart 8, World of Outlaws, for going down the "build on your game over several years with DLC" route. Massive waved fist at EA Sports, Milestone, KT Racing, etc etc etc etc for releasing the same game repeatedly. Grr.
Ive been getting increasinly frustrated with speed limiters in gameplay segments to try and be "immersive". It isn't immersive, it's tedious and its not like there is a sense of accomplishment for doing it, just make it a cutscene.My biggest pet peeve is the slow walking in video games so you can listen to the people talking to each other for narrative purposes. Nothing makes me more annoyed than that.