Comment on Dragon's Dogma 2 MTX
off_brand_@beehaw.org 7 months ago
Hate it hate it. This game is so good, and it’s like I’m playing my old favorite again. The fact that they marred my baby with MTX like this is just gross. DD1 should be more popular, and what they did to DD2 may keep it from being the powerhouse it could because people will see the “mixed” ratings and second guess. Or they’ll open the store page and see a wall of MTX and get the wrong idea.
But that’s just part of it of course. If this works for them, it’ll explode. And it will work for them. And everyone will get these fucking MTX in their full priced AAA games. And then once sales on MTX aren’t up to snuff – or if they are up to snuff, but in a few quarters when sales are merely consistent rather than continuing to grow – they’ll start pushing it. Just like they did with Shadow of Mordor where the gameplay gave you a nasty grind and a quick “buy your way past it” option.
I’ll never buy the “it doesn’t effect you in a single player game” argument. It will, because the market incentives a worse experience for those less willing to buy in.
Poopfeast420@discuss.tchncs.de 7 months ago
DD1 already was full of micro transactions, and yet it doesn’t seem to bother you. What’s different in the sequel?
LinyosT@sopuli.xyz 7 months ago
The MTX were removed for DD:DA.
Only the original release of the game on Ps3 and 360 had the mtx. So in a way the improved the original game only to shit things up again.
off_brand_@beehaw.org 7 months ago
Huh. Did it??
reddit.com/…/are_we_forgetting_that_dd1_had_micro…
Here’s someone corroborating you, but it’s impossible to Google at the moment for obvious reasons. I have 0 recollection of any MTX, though. FWIW, it wouldn’t be any less bad if they did it before too.
To be clear though, it didn’t ruin it. I said it “marred” the game. It is a mark that affects how the game is perceived and I hate that. The game itself is fun, and I didn’t mean to imply otherwise.
skulblaka@startrek.website 7 months ago
Dark Arisen just gave you most of the MTX content for free. When you start the game and pull an Eternal Ferrystone out of your bank along with all the starter armor that sells for 500k gold - yeah, that was all MTX gear.
off_brand_@beehaw.org 7 months ago
Ah! Well! I don’t like that!
As with DD1, DD2 is fun and I don’t mean to say it isn’t. The MTX just provides a barrier to entry for folks turned off by it, and I wish it wasn’t there.