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Critics must rescore Dragon's Dogma 2 in light of microtransactions (www.downtimebros.com)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 27 points 7 months ago (1 children)

It is shocking how many people there are in this thread that try to downplay this. And the sad thing is, most if not all of them arent getting paid a dime to shill.

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[–] [email protected] 23 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Yarrrrr. There be no such troubles on the high seas

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

Is there a cracked version floating around yet?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Denuvo, so no

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

Also no empress, so not for some time

[–] [email protected] 116 points 7 months ago (4 children)

Y'all still preordering video games? I thought we had talked about this.

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

I have zero sympathy for those who got scammed. Actually, I think this whole thing is kinda hilarious.

You just have to bringt up an infinitesimal amount of self control. Don’t preorder. And you failed. Again.

[–] [email protected] 44 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Worse. Not sure about micro transactions but the dlc was released on day 2 with no prior information or heads up. Truly scum of earth behaviour.

[+] [email protected] -38 points 7 months ago (1 children)

The "DLC" was available before release day and is just the stuff from the deluxe version but separated out so you can buy just the stuff you want. It has been all right on the store page (not hidden) for everyone to read this whole time. This made up story is from a reviewer that upon completing the game on their advanced FREE copy noticed the dev didn't give them the version with the other camping kit and created this whole fake outrage.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I am taking about someone else on Lemmy who shared his experience, not a reviewer. I don't buy games on release anyway so I don't know the exact details. But if you're trying to downplay this whole shit show then don't, it is very much deserved.

[+] [email protected] -37 points 7 months ago (3 children)

How can you admit you:

haven't even played the game
know nothing about the facts

And then claim

But if you’re trying to downplay this whole shit show then don’t, it is very much deserved.

Why is it deserved? Because "someone else on Lemmy" said so? Someone that didn't read what they were buying and is going along with a clickbait article by a reviewer that had his feelings hurt because the devs didn't give him the deluxe edition, and instead he only got the standard well in advance of launch? He could have righted his whole "injustice" with a $3 purchase for his stupid camp kit (for a $70 he didn't pay for), but instead he wrote a whole piece on how he didn't read anything before completing the game (he didn't pay for pre-launch).

[–] [email protected] 23 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Mate give it a rest, stop simping for bad business practices.

[+] [email protected] -23 points 7 months ago (1 children)

This is exactly like any other version of a game that comes out with more than one SKU (bonus items). Only this time the guy that got it for FREE in advance wrote about how he didn't understand he wasn't getting bonus items. He then writes a hit piece stating even though he didn't read, he should be entitled to those items because he didn't know about them, even though he didn't read (and his copy was in advance of release and FREE). It's basically a story of entitlement, and how a reviewer has created a non-story over his.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

I don't care about what excuses you want to make for this bullshit. Stop defending these anti-consumerist practices, you are not the company, you do not benefit from them making millions from selling lazy arse DLC that is just basic game features paywalled off.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Oh so I have to buy the garbage just to criticise it? Absolutely not. And why did you assume that I know nothing about the game when my wording was "exact details" in reference to me getting the DLC dates wrong. So you're also defending the bait and switch that some reviewers can get a copy with no garbage but they are added in the game at release. Doesn't matter if it is done for all or just a few but it happened so stop defending assholes. All that does is give an OK to assholes to keep assholing. We already have too many who give into garbage like this and promote this behaviour so if you understand them at least don't promote it.

[+] [email protected] -14 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Can you read? Serious question. There was no "bait and switch" for anyone. Nobody was sold anything and then given something else. And the reviewer in question would have known exactly what they were getting, and what was available, but stated in the article they didn't READ anything before completing the game. Then they put out a click-bait article and everyone is coming out with pitchforks because some dude that played for FREE didn't get the version he wanted pre-release. That to me reaks of entitlement, and a pretty "asshole" thing to create a hit piece about a game he enjoyed otherwise but is salty he didn't get a different version with a couple extras to play well in advance of release.

And for the record, I am not OK with entitled assholes like that.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Can you read? Serious question. I am not taking about this reviewer as I already mentioned. They weren't the only one, there are multiple which are probably like 100 reviewers who played this game before release and very few made a mention about the micro transactions and some were also a little surprised about it. Your intent doesn't matter if you can't show it well, whatever you're posting definitely looks like you don't mind this behaviour and were should stop criticising it. It is 110% fine to criticise something you love, if you don't then you're biased and your opinion won't be taken seriously. Also you don't have to defend a shitty corpo decision if that's what you're doing, definitely seems like it anyway.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago (3 children)

Timthetech is justified in calling out dishonest commentaries. Timthetech is just saying call a spade a spade and be honest if you are going to complain about it.

" Out of the 25 English language reviews of Dragon’s Dogma 2‘s PC version on Metacritic, only two mention the microtransactions.

It’s worth pointing out that both of these reviewers (from XboxEra and TouchArcade) said they didn’t find it necessary to purchase the paid DLC to enjoy the game.

Despite this, players have the right to know exactly what they’re getting when they buy a full-priced title. And if a game deliberately holds content back so it can be offered as paid DLC, that may be a dealbreaker for some.

Given that Capcom informed gaming outlets that Dragon’s Dogma 2 would include microtransactions, it is unclear why so many failed to highlight it."

The article lays it out why timthetech is right to call out bad arguments.

Ill bet you money timthetechs opinion IS restricted to this one specific event not the game release itself.