UNITY 5 goes free

That depends on a few things. For small projects you can go all the way Blueprint if you want and it won’t get messy if you keep everything separate and use clever logic. That goes for every programming language.

From as far as I remember Unity always had like dozens of features, each requiring purchase.
Charging for a splash screen takes you back to 2004, come on it’s 2015 for dog’s sake, it’s embarrassing.