A rant. Greedy lootboxes, and a better way to do user reviews.

[flashfire926]

SvennoJ said:

flashfire926 said:
Many of the people who rate the games are just giving a bad score cause of microtransactions in the game, without even experiencing the game for themselves. Yes, forza 7 loot boxes are an issue, but people have greatly exaggerated it. I have the game, and it's not nearly as bad as people make it seem. Progression still happens at a reasonable pace, and it never feels like the game urges you to buy them. I'm not condoning it, as I really don't like the loot boxes, thought it doesn't "ruin" or "break" the game by any stretch of the imagination. As for the metascore, it's only at 87 cause of the lootboxes. The game would easily be at 90-91 without them.

It's a slippery slope though, which Forza and oher games have been going down for a while now. First it was day one DLC, pre-order bonuses and season passes, which we accepted, Then ultimate editions and micro transactions which weren't so bad as you didn't need to buy them. Now on top of that loot boxes, which aren't so bad yet. What's next.

It might not be just the lootboxes that lower the score
https://www.windowscentral.com/forza-motorsport-7-bugs-list
Not very polished this time.

Yeah, you have a great point. It's a worrying trend in forza and many other games, these lootboxes and micro transactions. I'm hoping that these lootboxes don't show up in forza horizon or future forza games. The addition of all of these things will eventually make a game like cod where it's pay to win.

And as far as I remember, forza horizon 3, and forza 6 also had a list of bugs like this, so it's not too concerning to me. In my playthrough of forza 7, bugs were minimal, although I could've just gotten lucky.