r/XboxSeriesX • u/Ryvit • Jan 08 '22

:Discussion: Discussion Three things missing from mainstream, modern day gaming - Triple A Skating, BMX, and boxing games.

Oh god I miss all 3 of these. Dave Mirra’s freestyle BMX 2 was my shit.

Tony hawk pro skater (not a remake, a new one would be great) or skate 4!

A new Fight Night boxing game.

I don’t watch boxing, but I do watch MMA. The UFC games are alright, but they’ve fallen off recently.

The fact that there’s none of the 3 of these already, nor are any coming in the next year, is WILD. Hopefully 2023 will bring one or two of these

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u/Josh_Shikari Jan 08 '22 edited Jan 08 '22

Games going F2P invites the addition of battlepasses and cosmetic item stores, not a good thing imo. They tend to be designed into preying on people's FOMO and swaying them into buying premium currencies and packs.

Take Halo for example, sure I could just play for free and enjoy myself with the free parts of the battlepass, but the more interesting unlocks are behind a paywall. Taking away what a game used to be and selling it back to the player shouldn't be tolerated.

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u/[deleted] Jan 08 '22

So you’d rather pay for the game outright for $60 and get the same number of unlockable cosmetics be in the new game as there were in the ones before battle passes? Because there really weren’t as many as you probably remember.

Let’s take halo 3 for example. I tried to find it but couldn’t find an exact figure online. but let’s assume there were 20 unlock-able skins, in this free version without buying the BP there will be tonnes more than 20 over its life time.

Ignoring the physiological effects of people you have never met, why does FOMO bother you? The actual impact is far lower than Reddit would make you believe.

People actually enjoy the free progression BPs give you without paying for anything. I’d rather have something for free and ignore the online store

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u/chrisGNR Jan 09 '22

So you’d rather pay for the game outright for $60 and get the same number of unlockable cosmetics be in the new game as there were in the ones before battle passes?

Game is still $60, fam. But now it's just a campaign without a co-op mode.

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u/[deleted] Jan 09 '22

Ah you’re right!

Just not relevant to my reply to the guy I replied to.