Critics must rescore Dragon's Dogma 2 in light of microtransactions - eviltoast
  • TimLovesTech (AuDHD)(he/him)@badatbeing.social
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    8 months ago

    It’s the stuff that comes with the deluxe edition, only they let you buy each piece individually if you want, which I think is reasonable. This is all manufactured drama by some reviewer that got the game for free and didn’t read anything about it apparently. It’s right there on steam, not hidden in small print in a footnote or something. If people can’t read I think it says more about them than the devs.

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      8 months ago

      It’s qol stuff that they sell for extra money. It doesn’t matter how obvious it is. The problem isn’t that it was hidden, the problem is that it exists.

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          8 months ago

          There’s obviously not enough in game if there’s a need for the mtx. Even if the game is perfectly fine without, it’s still shitty to sell mtx in a single player full price game so… I’ll just wait for the crack.

          • TimLovesTech (AuDHD)(he/him)@badatbeing.social
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            8 months ago

            I saw it as a way for people that didn’t want to shell out $10 for the next SKU up (Deluxe) to just buy the pieces they wanted. The items this guy was crying about not getting in his free copy should not have been labeled DLC though, as that clearly gives people a false sense of what they are. I have also read of several mods already that can dupe and add things into the game negating the need for a crack, unless you are looking to rid the DRM specifically.

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              8 months ago

              It’s the modern equivalent of an arcade quarter eater, movie/TV show tie in cash grab, etc predatory monetization in gaming. It is bullshit but it’s nothing new. Vote with your wallet what kind of games you want to play, but criticizing a game for including mtx without buying the game is a valid criticism because there are gamers who take single player mtx into consideration when shopping.

    • Karyoplasma@discuss.tchncs.de
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      8 months ago

      Items that have any in-game effect that is not purely cosmetic should not be a part of a “deluxe edition” of a full-priced game. I will die on this hill.