Is this a sponsored post by a bought-and-paid-for shill, or is the writer just so worn down by microtransactions over the years that they're Stockholm-Syndromed into thinking this is somehow OK?

[–] Zahille7@lemmy.world 20 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I mean Skull & Bones, the $70 always-online piratey piece of shit from Ubisoft, has an ad in the game for the Premium Edition - which, I shit you not, the first line of the description says "premium edition gives you access to the Full Game."

Like, fuck any form of modern gaming whatsoever after this point. I bought the Arkham games cause they're on a huge sale on steam (literally $10 for the whole trilogy, and Origins is currently $5) and have been having a fucking blast replaying those amazing games.

[–] smeg@feddit.uk 7 points 7 months ago

I made a couple of posts recently about how it doesn't really matter that there's all this money-grabbing because we're so spoiled for choice from the past few decades. My conclusion was that there's no point in worrying when I've got a big pile of great games to play already!

[–] iAvicenna@lemmy.world 15 points 7 months ago (1 children)

we are living in an age where paying more money to a game for full content after buying it is "refreshing"

[–] smeg@feddit.uk 8 points 7 months ago (3 children)

I think this is just what happens when an art gets big and becomes an industry. Film buffs don't get (too) wound up at every new formulaic action movie, soulless remake, or low-brow comedy (and all the money-grabbing tie-ins that come with them); maybe we should all just chill out and stop worrying about the mass-market blockbusters when there's still a wealth of great stuff to play.

[–] Goronmon@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I think this is just what happens when an art gets big and becomes an industry.

Video games have been an "industry" for decades though.

[–] smeg@feddit.uk 3 points 7 months ago

Yeah but it's become way more mainstream with the rise of mobile gaming (because suddenly half the population of the world is a potential customer)

[–] iAvicenna@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

Maybe you are right but it is a bit like when search engines are flooded with crap: super annoying. I would any day prefer fewer options of mid to high quality stuff to whatever this is.

[–] smeg@feddit.uk 1 points 7 months ago

This is the first time I've even heard of this game. Just ignore the big paid-for marketing announcements and find real people's recommendations.

[–] yamanii@lemmy.world 5 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Diablo 4, a full priced game, has microtransactions that are as expensive as the game itself, and skins that cost as much as 30 USD, when a game doesn't fuck the people as hard it draws attention.

[–] Woht24@lemmy.world 5 points 7 months ago (1 children)

That's such victim mentality. That's like saying you like Guard A over Guard B because Guard A doesn't beat you as severely.

[–] Andrenikous@lemm.ee 1 points 7 months ago

Yeah that’s unfortunately how the industry has been headed for games from major developers and publishers.

[–] Tick_Dracy@lemm.ee 4 points 7 months ago

Might be both 😅