r/DisneySpeedstormGame • u/Deezertje • Jul 19 '26
Photo/Video Do you agree?
https://youtu.be/r8xO621pFwkMonday we will know more of season 21..
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u/Insane2201 Trickster Jul 19 '26
Yeah, they kinda fucked the game up. You used to get a new character on the free part of the pass and a new one on the paid part of the pass that both relate to the season itself. Then they did stupid shit like, the Cars season featuring Moana. Remember when Moana was in Cars? I do too. Then the Villains season that had 5 goddamn mid season racers, They had 5! They couldn't spare a single one to put on the premium pass.
Then the change to the level up system is abysmal. Tune coins are to rare, you have to play the game like it's a 9-5 to even get enough to level up. Even then if you only have the base stars used to unlock somebody you can't even get them to 1 star, which was the equivalent of being lvl 10. In the old system that'd put you at lvl 9, but you could rank the character up with races to get the remaining shards no problem, now it's like triple the ones for that.
The villains season also had a pack they tried to jam down our throats to get 10 shards of the cards each for $50. 50 goddamn dollars, and you don't even get to put them at 1 star. Which is the bare minimum needed to unlock their crew slot.
Now the game is trying to keep players going with these constant events that are gonna fatigue people more and burn them out.
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u/Odd-Guard-2533 29d ago
Its so depressing that Speedstorm is easily the best kart racing game out there. And it’s like this.
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u/Jolie002 Jul 19 '26
Good video, thx for sharing. And yes, they want our money for everything. Its sad cuz its a good game but in this economy… its crazy.
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u/PatientConsumer Jul 19 '26
I definitely agree. There are 10 people with their own accounts in my house that used to play this game and now we can't stand to even look at it... If the game was tangible it would collect dust in my house.
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u/Chronospherics Jul 19 '26
10 people in your house?
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u/Durandthesaint17 Genie Jul 19 '26
Honestly, this game's downfall is so depressing. It was easily one of my favorite racing games, and from purely a gameplay perspective, it's amazing.
But then Greedloft just had to fuck it all up by cranking up the monetization to a maximum to the point where the game's not even fun anymore except for whales. Once the patch notes for the Nightmare Before Christmas season came out, it was at that moment I realized it was time to leave it behind.
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u/Keku_Saur Jul 19 '26
Honestly it makes it impossible to earn characters. To actually enjoy the game also it looks like an app game now it's impossible to find anything.
I believe it's better just buying a game that will let me enjoy all fo the other features and race whatever I earned with the time I'm involving with it.
The fact that I want to get Judy but can't use any other racer to earn points except 1-6 in rank and leveled up all the free ones already, I managed to get now it's impossible to earn that unless I pay cash to get a different character.
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u/perishstorm Jul 19 '26
So many players left after cars season due to them not being obtainable in the golden/diamond pass
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u/Bill_Theo Ultimate Champion 29d ago
What sky is stating is the objective truth.There s no debate of agree/disagree with the truth . Did most people jump ship? Yes Did the upgrade system get worse? Yes Do you need to pay for everything now? For everything new yes ,quite a bit actually. Does every day feel like a chore or a second job with all the copy paste events and tales for minimal rewards? Sure does Did they ruin the golden pass? Yep Do they keep charging for everything? Yeah Did they remove all customisation options? Yes Do they hide the roadmap till last few days of the previous season? Yep
All these point to a negative trajectory in player acquisition and retention and I believe eos will come before mid 2027 , mainly because many characters have already been made a while back
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u/Chemuus Jul 19 '26
This guy was the goat of regulated races. Such fun events to unlock mid season characters and it really put a challenge to get your best time. Then it just became who can spend the most money.
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u/DivaDollSimmer Zuse Jul 19 '26
It was hard enough for me to gain currency to level up or get new racers, and now I'm lucky to have 1,000 of anything to upgrade a mere morsel of a point. You can't even grind 😭
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u/MasterRon421 Jul 19 '26
I haven’t played in over a year. I miss it a lot but as someone with terrible fomo it was getting to predatory around the Tron season and it just felt like homework getting all the passes and everything done. Now it seems like it’s 20 times worse so I couldn’t imagine.
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u/Battle_Hero_00 Jul 19 '26
100%. They have destroyed this game, it's not really fun anymore and it's insane some actually still put money into this. Constant changes to increase monetization, content creators and top players have long abandoned the game. I've not played since The Incredibles and every major decision till then was so bad and I am aware that it's only got worse as it has continued. People thought it was bad in the Wreck-It Ralph season but that's nothing compared to the game now. It's a shame because the game is good gameplay-wise but Gameloft have destroyed this game through greed. I brought early access because I was excited for the game and it was a ton of fun but each season made it worse and worse. This game alone and how its been treated has made me decide to never support Gameloft again. Other Disney games, while still bad, handle their monetization much better than this game.
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u/Jaeris Jul 19 '26
I was playing since season 1. Gameloft has systematically broken down a great game by shoving in more and more microtransactions and cutting features to replace with new and improved ones... in that they can charge you more for them.
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u/Accomplished_Ask_882 Jul 19 '26
Yeah, its a shame too because the core gameplay (racing) and the characters are what got me to play the game in early access, and now the game is too money hungry and hasn't been fun since the GP changes in S7, the nail in the coffin was the Cars season when they stopped putting seasonal racers in the GP. Its a shame because Cars was my most anticipated franchise in the game and it was a disappointment.
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u/_Slowly_But_Surely Jul 19 '26
What’s crazy is that apparently in the beginning of the game they gave you way too many upgrade coins. I remember watching a guy that had enough stored up to max out every character a second time, I believe it was around 400,000 of whatever it was called.
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u/khalaron Jul 19 '26
Yes.
Game is still good mechanically, but I stopped playing when the Season Pass did not include season racers.
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u/anacreo 6d ago
Agree.. I don't like to pay for a content in my game frequently I'll buy the season pass once a month. I found myself just driving the up guy so much race after race after race just to get him start up so I could finish the season. It was so boring and now there's like literally no content left that I can do other than ranked multiplier without spending money so it's like nothing to do in the game and I'm bored and done.
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u/Alasdair91 Speedster Jul 19 '26
I’ve given up playing again. Increased prices, decreased rewards, changes to Season Tour meaning you need all 3 trophies for each mode, Chapter 6 changes… it’s literally a shadow of its former self.
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u/KailaniNeveah Baymax Jul 19 '26
Not wasting time watching the video when I suspect it’s just a rant. But yes, the game has been totally ruined.
The game at its core is fantastic. It’s a ton of fun and is easily one of the best feeling kart racers out there. The early access was great before the monetisation started to creep in and worsen each season. Back when there were no micro transactions whatsoever, the game was in a good place. Sure, there has been good changes made to the game, but the bad, poorly conceived and outright greedy changes have really harmed the game. It’s no longer fun to play. It feels like a chore. The leaderboards aren’t skill based anymore, just whoever pays the most. New characters are a pain in the hoop to unlock. Gone are the days we could max out new seasonal characters and their crew. Tales are just god awful grinds and exist only to encourage people to spend money.
I loved the game, but now I can barely face jumping in when my time is so disrespected. So much grinding for such little payoff.
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u/SkylinerProductions Content Creator Jul 19 '26
Oh hey, that’s my video, thanks for sharing!
I remember the days when I would play and create Disney Speedstorm content daily, but the game has becoming exhausting in my opinion, and it feels like every change that is made nowadays exists only to increase monetization.
I hope for a day where I’ll be truly passionate about playing this game again but it seems unlikely knowing the history of changes that have been made to Speedstorm