• ampersandrew@lemmy.world
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    22 days ago

    Correct. They make games that are dozens of hours long and filled with repetitive content, and if you skip the content you don’t want to do, you tend to be under leveled for the stuff you do want to do, and they’ll sell you boosters to hit that level instead.

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      22 days ago

      So they make boring games on purpose, and charge you (extra!) money to activate the fun in the game. That’s fucking insanity. Boycott that model, right now.

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        22 days ago

        It didn’t even require a boycott for me. I think plenty of people like the repetitive stuff, so they play it all without thinking about the microtransactions. I was never once tempted to pay for them, so my feelings about the game represent what the game is like without paying for them, and it was a poor experience. So rather than a boycott, it’s just not buying games that I don’t like.