Fine Arts and Insurance Fraud Changes

[Telkar]

I know it's just in experimental mode, but I have concerns of it making its way into the final game.

The Fine Arts redesign is very needed since the original was so very strict in pathing. It isn’t terrible, love how it feels entirely different with the racetrack tent, my only huge complaint is the fact that they removed two paintings so it’s only getting 6 painting instead of 8. I can't make the best argument as to why 8 paintings is better than 6 other than the sense of sheer accomplishment you get from doing the seemingly impossible. Also they removed Donut painting (my favorite painting in this whole game) and made it night, exactly like The Car Wash mission and I woulda prefer the different feel of dawn/dusk. Also somehow the placement of the paintings in the experimental version doesn't feel special, if that makes any sense.

Now Insurance Fraud on the other hand has too much watering down and I’d argue it didn’t need it. Insurance Fraud has more freedom in pathing compared to Fine Arts. On top of that they didn’t even make any interesting changes besides the connected game console for the Hummer/Jeep. It's THE mission. The big boy. The big bucks. It's the daunting one that everyone gets warnings about.

For sake of clarity, Insurance Fraud in the experimental version removes the lime lambo (on the third floor balcony) entirely, and makes the white Hummer/Jeep (in the lounge/bar/game room) moveable like the mint muscle car (on the helipad) and the red speedy car (missing its back wheels near the racetrack).

I get Teardown shouldn't cause stress, but the potential challenge for others should remain, if not altered very slightly but still keeping the amount of challenge.
There oughta be difficulty levels to certain missions so a completionist can realize that they are a masochist and a glutton for punishment, and so casual players don't need to stress over missing out on a hard level they must complete.

I dunno. These were my ramblings from when I was awake at 4AM, I would appreciate and love to hear the thoughts of others. I love this game and whomever put the work behind it, wishing the best to everyone who worked on and supported it.

All in all,
I blame Gordon Woo.

[Jhonny G]

Haven't replayed Insurance Fraud yet, but based on your notes I'm glad the lime lambo got removed. That mission was total bs and based solely on luck. I bet the devs couldn't even complete all the optional objectives themselves. That said, any other changes might make it too easy. Even though the hummer in the disco felt kinda cheesy to get..

[dainbramage0]

i had 100% completion on the old versions. I liked that there was a couple missions that were extra hard, kinda sad that they're gone :/ if you make 100% easier to obtain it waters down the value of getting it to begin with.