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[–] [email protected] 22 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

Currently, the shill /u/[email protected] makes up 22 of the 116 comments in this thread and all are baselessly defending this game

If you have an opinion, /u/[email protected] doesn't want to hear it and will tell you you're wrong

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Tbh, I kinda get both sides here. The precedent thats unfolding, not even being set, since this isnt the first game to do so, is bad enough to stain the game and be worth being pissed about. But also, since the entire game can be enjoyed ignoring the DLC even exists, its a fun enough game in a slightly more niche category that its also worth ignoring the precedent

edit: Aside from the nuance part of things. I personally am not super bothered by the precedent because I've sworn off AAA games for at least a decade now. The precedent that games of that investment level are going to use any shitty psychological trick to drain as much of that investment back from you has long been already set. An AAA game now has to prove its worth buying to me at this point, and my gaming experience has actually improved because we are currently in a golden era of Indie games anyways.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I don't care if they're for stuff that easily obtainable, I don't care that all of the other capcom games have been doing it too, I don't care that its a fun game. $70 and having ANY MTX is bullshit.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I am a FIRM believer that a quality product will net you more sales than any cheap tricks will and if you really come out with a banger then you always have the option to add a MEANINGFUL DLC addition down the line, instead of content you made at the same time you made the base game and just decided to wall off and "release" later.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 7 months ago

How many hours do you have in game? Had you played you would know that nothing available is "walled off". It is actually the opposite, and the stuff is basically useless to buy since you can acquire all of it through a normal play through of the game. No place in the game do you even feel like "oh man, I really need to buy that DLC or else this part is going to be impossible/different/less than/etc.".

And it's clear the people getting everyone all riled up about this stuff did not play the game either (or are acting in bad faith).

[–] [email protected] 35 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (2 children)

how did we end up in a reality where people are actively defending a 70$ release priced game that is single player AND has micro-transactions. A game like this should be thrown into the garbage and everyone should be unified on that. Like it being single player ALONE should make it so it doesn't have MT's but it has both SP and a 70$ price point?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago

Because enough people shell out money for things we used to get just by purchasing the game.

I'd wager half the current buyers of games nowadays don't even remember a time before dlc was ever even a thing. So to them this is just what gaming is.

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