• Cold_Brew_Enema@lemmy.world
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      8 months ago

      Spoilers: they shouldn’t. They actually reviewed the game and didn’t circlejerk about one completely optional feature.

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        8 months ago

        I think the whole game should be reviewed and that includes the microtransactions. There’s a reason they add them after the reviews are in because they know people don’t like to be nickel and dimed in a game that costs 60 to 70 fucking dollars.

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          Microtransactions arent the game though. And none of whats for sale makes a bit of difference to the game. Not to mention everything you can buy is in the game already, it wasnt taken out or put behind a paywall.

          Do you also rate a game negatively if they have a battle pass? What about other capcom games like the resident evil remakes where you could buy the unlocked infinite weapons for 5 dollars? Do either take away from the actual game? No, no they do not.

          Its still not great, i agree, but it doesnt make a good game bad just because you think its scummy. I say this, but i do not have the game nor will i be getting it. Not because of people online crying about a nothing burger, but i just dont have a system strong enough to play it. If i did, i would because i loved the original game.

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            Yes because I’m not getting the game for free so things like performance and monetization impact my purchasing decisions and what price I’m willing to pay for it, which is what I rely on reviews for. I don’t see reviews as some art piece analysis. I don’t care only about what someone thinks about the gameplay when it comes to spending money.

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            I think they are the game as the developers can base their game around them (remember battlefront 2?) It’s a paid game, 70 dollars no less, and I’m sorry, but there is no justification for microtransactions.

            How come Baldur’s Gate 3 can be without microtransactions for example? It’s greed pure and simple. If they didn’t want you to buy them, and there weren’t people putting in ridiculous amounts of money in them they wouldn’t put them in.

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          Hey wise guy. I have this amazing solution for that. It’s called not fucking buying them. People are losing their shit about this, yet helldivers 2 does the exact same thing and no one gives a shit.

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            Oh I’m sorry, I guess I should be grateful that a 70 dollar unoptimized game from a multi-million dollar company has microtransactions. I don’t care what mental gymnastics you come up with, they have no place in paid games.

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            Ah yes, cause not paying for them will magically make the game not be designed to try and push you to buy them.

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        8 months ago

        except the version of the game they reviewed allegedly didn’t have the micro-transactions/paywalls

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            The MTX items are in game, the rumour that you can’t fast travel and stuff blatantly false.

            Capcom did some scummy shit, but the reason they(the press) didn’t know is because even now post release the game makes no mention of them.

            The limited travel, resurrections, and the currency for pawns were all in the first game and they all feel just as common in my experience.

            So fuck Capcom, but the game does deserve the reviews it got imo. However, they also deserve all the backlash they are getting, because they intentionally kept it quiet. They knew players would be upset. It’s gross.

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          The items are included in the game I thought, the microtransactions are just one method to obtain them.

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          The game didn’t change though. The items are still in game, have the same in game prices. Fundamentally it’s the same game.