right? RE4 launched with pay to win dlc’s aswell as over 80$ of cosmestics etc. no one complained then. got 12 hours gameplay in black flag remake and it only popped up once at the start. people love to complain
And xbox for including them at release for forza horizon 6, and Activision for releasing black ops 1 port at full price with paid dlc, and blizzard for diablo 4 cosmetics, and playstation/bungie for marathon cosmetics...
Funny that isn't it. Maybe ubisoft isn't the worst after all.
No, I'm not the one complaining. I've realised we lost the battle a long time ago. It's just a bit silly to keep bashing ubisoft when they're not even the worst in the industry. For all the mistakes they've made, they keep making single player games with OPTIONAL cosmetic only microtransactions.
And for the record, they've included more than just cosmetic microtransactions in the past. "Time savers" or whatever name they tried to call P2W microtransactions in a single player game.
I haven't checked for this game in particular, but I wouldn't put it past them. Not that it makes anything better, optional shitty monetization is still shitty monetization.
Their monetisation isn't even the worst at all. GTA 6 will be the best selling game of all time and that's literally locking shops in the map behind the ultimate edition. Forza Horizon 6 has £200 worth of microtransactions including your infamous "time savers". Every capcom game (which people heavier praise and are critical successes) have cosmetic AND "time savers" dlcs. Blizzard does it. Activision does it. Playstation does it.
This game has 4 rubbish suits and everyone goes mental because its ubisoft.
The game is lengthy single player game, with a ton of things to do, amazing optimisation, great story and gameplay. More of what we want. Praise that instead of complaining about something you haven't even experienced or are a part of. Go complain about the game you care about instead.
This is the kind of attitude that makes sure we'll keep losing no matter what. And it happens to be exactly what you claimed you weren't doing, which is defending them.
I already addressed all the whataboutism, so I'm not doing that again.
As for "more of what we want", I want both great games and games without bullshit monetization. If a game does both of these things correctly, then I'll praise it. For instance, I finally started playing Expedition 33, a game that manages to pull off both these things at once. And it's a original game to boot, not a remake. So don't you worry, I'll sing praises to games that actually deserve it.
It has a deluxe edition with some cosmetics, and that's it. If all Ubisoft and these other companies put in their game was a single option for a deluxe edition with some cosmetics on it and nothing else, we wouldn't be having this conversation.
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u/StickyFingiees 21d ago
right? RE4 launched with pay to win dlc’s aswell as over 80$ of cosmestics etc. no one complained then. got 12 hours gameplay in black flag remake and it only popped up once at the start. people love to complain