• Blackmist
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    1 year ago

    Most of the Sony exclusives are the same. God of War, Spiderman, Ghost of Tsushima.

    Just solid AAA single player games, no nickel and dime bullshit.

    Every F2P model is predatory as fuck, and relies on taking advantage of whales over a prolonged period.

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        1 year ago

        Not to victim blame, but if you looked at everything Blizzard have done over the last 10 years, and thought “maybe this one will be different” then perhaps the problem is you.

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          1 year ago

          Ironically I’m less concerned with battle passes as long as they don’t sell power. The actual mtx itself doesn’t bother me, I’ve easily spent hundreds in path of exile. But I prefer to enjoy the game first, and then at some point decide that I want to support the devs, and then maybe I buy something.

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            1 year ago

            Yeah it blows my mind how much I’ve spent on league supporter kits as well. Not sure if it is because I enjoy the game or I respect the business model.

            I’m not against battle passes, but there are plenty of examples of how they fall under the predatory monetization category. Not selling power is hardly a justification that they aren’t unethical.

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              1 year ago

              I realized I had overdone it when two weeks in they were going to send me a free hoodie shipped from a different continent.

              At least I ran out of things to buy there.

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        1 year ago

        I’m as frustrated with D4 as the next guy, but I’d hardly call their in-game shop invasive. Their MTX has been minor and cosmetic thus far. There are far better examples including one within the Diablo universe.

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      1 year ago

      Dota 2 did it really well, it was and still is an amazing game, and you couldn’t pay to get any gameplay advantage.

      I sank a lot of money into it just to support such system.