I agree, when I found out they took out the SP in favor of strictly MP (and this mode), I was severely disappointed. Not the mention the Beta didn't exactly fill me with joy.

Graphics mean nothing to me as far as a purchase decision goes, and never will. I care about fun gameplay. Single player is very important to me, as I love story modes. Also, I will never understand why people get so worked up over micro transactions. 95% of the time they are entirely optional, and you can unlock what they offer by actually playing the game. And if you can't they don't give any sort of benefit to the player, just looks etc.

If someone wants to buy something the developers are offering, why not let the developer make an extra buck, and the dude spend his money? I don't know, they don't bother me. I've been playing games for so long, not to mention cell phone games. and EVERY one of those has micro transactions, and guess how much money I've spent on those.... ZERO, and it will stay that way. If a game is designed for me to need them to continue, I just stop playing. Even if it strongly encourages you to buy them by making you weak or useless without them, or makes it EXTREMELY difficult for you to unlock stuff through natural progression in the game, then again, I stop playing it. Clash of Clans is a perfect example of this. Either way, they aren't required, they don't make them necessary in any way, so just ignore them like they don't exist and move on and have fun.

....Do you *want* modern Ubi to bring us Sam Fisher?