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Don't give money to EA or this shit will never stop
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Lantis02
Noughmad
tyrevolution
lol, #1 "Removed features from previous releases", #8 "Kept features from previous releases"
SkeletorOverlordofEvil
Alkuam2
Alkuam2
Alkuam2
ledfan90
These are beautiful, thank you.
Isaislol
People played MShep?
ledfan90
Played good Mshep and bad Mshep. And only bad femshep. I enjoyed bad femshep voice acting a lot more.
ed4sssds
Whoever made this is just trying to get a rise out of people because a lot of it is misleading or just wrong
twozerooz
Welcome to Imgur, where fact takes a backseat to faux outrage
MaverickTama
When it comes to EA the only fact that matters is they destroy everything they touch. OP may have been misleading but the message is true.
Senguie
If its True you don’t need lies or false facts, you need the truth. That will show more than just lying to prove a point.
MaverickTama
It's also possible op was mistaken, not lying.
Senguie
Could be but it’s still misinformation even if the intentions were good, in the end it will do more bad than good.
Yoghurtsson
All the weapons in Apex are unlocked from the start. It's the cosmetics you can unlock and it's totally ok to play without them.
amatte
My biggest thing is buying developers just to shut them down
PhailRaptor
That's what happens when you can no longer compete, but are sitting on mountains of cash
iwishjtmoneywasstillavailableitsmyoldvideogamemoniker
Agreed, GM is bad about that too.
JustASlightJingleOfPocketChangePulsing
GM?
Green223
I was insanely pissed when they had the nutsack to name their online store "Origin."
NeoHelios
“We create worlds.” :( *cries in 1990’s* I dearly miss that game development style. Substance over style. Crossing fingers for CP2077
NATOFox
There's around 3 guys from Origin working on a little game called StarCitizen... Might be something when you're done with CP2077
NeoHelios
ROFL ouch! Low blow, ha ha :) Ok, ok, I get it, there IS a thing as too much substance, then, LOL
NeoHelios
But seriously it is taking shape and and fairly playable if you’re okay with instability of alpha. If/when it IS done, it’ll be pretty great
Zoroasterisk
My dude, that game will not be released before 2077
NATOFox
Well of course, 2077 comes out next year :P Starcitizen's single player might actually finally launch the year after though... 6 years late
SolidSyco
They're on my boycott list along with other things
superanth
ME: Andromeda was basically starved for any quality developers to work on it. The studio was green, they transferred the 3D models to the >
Tristers1
Where anthem more or less were biowares own fault really, massive leadership issues and what not
superanth
new engine badly, and it was pretty obvious from the lackluster release that from the start they’d wanted to focus on other game properties.
TechnicalDrift
The Montreal team was a cluster fuck and Edmonton had to send what few people they had left just to get the project done.
superiorninja
The apex one is misleading tho. You dont unlock the weapon. You unlock the skins. All gamesplay is 100% free from the start.
DukeofDaytime
Which is fine but their monetization of cosmetics has been laughably, hilariously, absurd from day 1 and it's killing the game.
churba
It's a flat out lie - do people really think EA laid out the millions in development costs and then never asked a single question?
goflyblind
saganworshipper
Go with Cities Skylines...
lelevup
Requiescat In Pace
ulaczymiTres
(Random obeservation) I like the transparent base on the image rather than a clear white background.
Rovylern
reddogg9877
i.imgur.com/5eAm9bh.png
JCentauri
Seeing this made me hurt inside.
Sauroctonus
Spore could have been great. The creation modes were fun, but the gameplay suffered tremendously.
TobiOfTheAkatsuki
If Spore stuck to its original plan, I firmly believe it would have been the greatest game of all time.
Dagordae
Counter argument: Spore could never be what they initially promised, it pulled a Molyneux and was always going to fall far short of the plan
DarkUranium
I still remember the old Spore videos. That would have been *fucking amazing*!
Cranbananarama
Maybe not as it was hyped, but I still enjoy Spore up until space. Then it's a snoozer due to constant going in circles.
awesomecat42
I personally really like Spore, I still go back a play it sometimes to this day.
EvilEkips
SimCity 2000 > any other version.
KoRplussomeletters
I dunno, SimCIty on the SNES was the shit.
ShadisticMelon
Hey Sim safari was the shit!!
Matsuuu
Sim farm too, sim earth for some reasons didn't work in my computer back then, wondering could I install it to my current one.
ToolCaconsonThirdOfHisNameKingOfTheSandals
I loved Simtower
Rox2
I still fire up my modded-to-all-hell SimCity 4 here and there. Good times.
3Davideo
I still miss SimAnt. I even call my testing worlds on games like Minecraft "Experimental" to this day because of it.
GardenVarietyBro
Have you tried Empires of the undergrowth? Pretty fun
Rovylern
SimEarth was a good time as well.
3Davideo
Sure was! Still wish there was a version that actually worked right on modern computers.
Jupman
Sim Tower also
monimoomo
My heart hurts. EA truly ruins everything. On the plus side, I still own The Sims 2, which was the last time it was good.
sometimespeopleeatpoop
I'd argue 3 was better, and 4 is slowly becoming worth it
MissTryxie
I really love playing the sims 4. The only thing i dont like is the fact that a lot of their recent pack created a lot of bug in th game...
MissTryxie
And it takes forever to fix them
sometimespeopleeatpoop
That's what I've heard - I hadn't played in months, picked back up last week after getting Island Living and I haven't noticed anything yet
ElynaerDeiros
shame nobody has like £1000 to drop on DLCs and expansions in order to get stuff that was once in the base game
Ogatomio
And even on sale the DLCs are pretty expensive! EA is a shame...
monimoomo
Here’s a fun article https://kotaku.com/15-years-later-the-sims-2-still-has-its-diehard-fans-1834335634
Jerz77
Respawn (the company behind Apex Legends) kinda deserves shit, the project lead is a dick. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adqjzrrL8BU
Marmonator
Respawn can't be considered the same company that made Titanfall 1 and 2. It has gone rapidly downhill since EA.
carrotsonfire
Respawn is and has always been with EA.
EvilKrikkit
Nothing ruins joy like a corporation.
MaverickTama
Capcom has been pretty reliable over the years. I still have my grievances but it's a drop in the bucket compared to EA.
TheSpeakerOfTheHouse
Communists tend to beat them at this.
Marmonator
I like how you're getting downvoted. Looks like people haven't studied their history.
TheSpeakerOfTheHouse
"But like that wasn't _real_ communism, yknow?"
Marmonator
So a communist corporation would be a living nightmare? Do they just take your money by force and give you the product? Hmm...
Obsideonstar
China
Antelino
China has more in common with the US than with the old Soviets.
TheSpeakerOfTheHouse
*points gun* GIVE ME MONEY *gets money* HERE, HAVE BREAD *gives bread and change*
TheSpeakerOfTheHouse
b...but I'm on a keto diet...
JCentauri
Mercenarity
This nonsense has been going on for years. People saying to boycott EA for years. EA still going strong.
SincerelyHated
You can blame the sports-bros for that one, brah.
egubePieBeast
I agree. Until a better alternative comes for FIFA games, ppl will still buy EA games.
BrianBoyko
Rocket League? Actually going out and kicking a ball on a pitch??
dannne
Depends how you look at it. There stock has gone down 30% in one year.
Mercenarity
From a monster record peak. Big picture: $70 peak, 2005. $10 slump, 2012. $140-something record peak 2018. $80 start of 2019. Currently $90.
Mercenarity
Imagine if you bought 1,000 shares when they crumpled. Apart from feeling a little filthy profiting from all this.
Senguie
And up again
TheCrustyMustard
They are not "loot boxes," they are "surprise mechanics"
Akyan
I still can't handle how they had the balls to say that with a straight face.
Jektar
It's not pirating, it's a surprise discount.
Schranus
It's not rape. It's surprise sexy time.
FitzFarseer
It’s not arson, it’s a surprise bonfire
LegoLover58
It's not kidnapping, it's surprise adoption.
TimVette
Its not murder, its surprise death
Haemaelaeinen
This same shit has spread here... BF is in a good place atm, only obe who came late to series whines about it. Us oldies like BF again.
Senguie
BFV felt to me like bf2 and bfb bad company, it’s way better than people give it credit.
Haemaelaeinen
It is a step back to what BF used to be. Young ppl don't know how great BF used to be. And the cries for modern. Best modern was P4F (or2).
Senguie
Yeah I grew up with BF 2 and bc2 was my main game for a long time, BFV gives that feel again. I liked bf3 and 4 but they missed something
peenusflytrap
Been a loyal fan of Mass Effect & Dragon Age. Heck I grew up with them. To let them go now is painful but necessary.
impalacrush
And when the narrative could be damn good on the next sequel (dread wolf arc)
BlackHolesSuck
I stopped buying their Games after they messed up Dragon Age 2 so bad.
BaronSpaghetti
Same. “Button...Awesome”.
Brabander
Tbh dragon age inquisition is a great game. Surely not as good as origins but still a solid 85/100 imho.
MaverickTama
DA:I was only good if you had all the dlcs. The first playthrough w/o dlc was ok but it was too easy and class upgrade came too late.
Sarachsauce
I prefer two. Inquisition get like playing an mmo, where I have to grind and be just the perfect level to do anything.
TheWombatStrikesAgain
Why? Is a game with like three different maps not fancy enough for your refined tastes? Because that seems reasonable.
BaronSpaghetti
Enemies that fall from the sky in hordes. Forced protagonist. Power Ranger fighting Mages. The list goes on and on...
crotoss
I enjoyed it as a "interactive movie" played on Easy with a generic ass fighter character, however I also got it for free through seafaring.
TresusIbor
Not sure if sarcasm or not
TheWombatStrikesAgain
No sarcasm. That game had a ton of flaws. But for some reason the constant map recycling pissed me off the most.
BaronSpaghetti
And some wankstain here thinks it’s worth defending. Maybe it’s the possibility of romancing a dwarf.
TimVette
IMO Dragon Age 2's biggest flaw was almost everything happened in the 1 city and dungeons reused the same map 90% of the time
ThePrimeMagus
It just ties back back into my agreement with your second complaint. They just did not have enough development power on assets and it shows.
ThePrimeMagus
I definitely agree with the 2nd part, but not the first. The narrative focus on Kirkwall was a risk, and narratively I feel a successful -
ThePrimeMagus
Especially with the time jumps, which were good, we should've seen the city change, seasonally it not from the sheer change in the story 3/3
ThePrimeMagus
But they needed to really punch it up artwise to match. Needed to be more of the city to see, more art assets, more diversity, 2/3
cobiwann
And they killed “Dead Space.”
Calimchan
Actually. Dead space was always planned to become what it did. Developing from Horror to Action
NintendoBii
The ol' RE shuffle
Threadnomancer
Slowly building up to Chris Redfield just shrugging when he watches Wesker turn into a giant hentai monster for the 58683rd time
Threadnomancer
Just like RE. Character isnt just going to keep being terrified of shit for years and years
Calimchan
The main character started off scared but slowly became used to it and thus the lack of Horror in 3. That was the developers plan all along
Calimchan
I personally preferred the Horror, but it wasn't EA who did anything wrong this time
UPNLokiWIP
It was pitched as a survival game, not an action one.
UPNLokiWIP
https://youtu.be/JiQiF9Wt2lM Eurogamer had an interview with their creative director. Co-op was shoved in. Psychological horror tossed out.
blitzzer
You're forgetting that Dead Space 3 also had micro transactions from the start and weapon crafting with grindy elements. Not too bad, though
TresusIbor
EA Executive: "Act like you approve of our bullshit or we'll fire you."
kojenk
I would trust this if EA didnt have a constant habit of constantly taking popular niche genre games & commercialising them for mass appeal
Calimchan
That's the thing. They did. I 100% agree they used to straight up milk stuff. FIFA is the worst. But things like no more battlefield premium
kojenk
This "analysis" was made after the fact to excuse what they had done to dead space. Which they did to many other games. Cash cow it to death
VivienVoillot
I laughed at "lack of Polish in WW1", sad me.
Disciprine
BlueskydragonFX
BFV map Rotterdam the Dutch got replaced by British... wut?
usernumberseven
hairytrigga
Wrong war.
TwoBadMiloshDead
He was there.
SpecialProjectY
Well, technically...
Maboroshi1994
The polish were on his side in WWI. Much of Poland was split between the Austro-hungarian and German empires.
WhiteVanNoChildrenAllowed
And the Russians!Don't forget they also served under the Russians: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polish_Armed_Forces_in_the_East_(1914%E2%
tazedconfused
Its still my meme.
BadDragon1193
It's*
tazedconfused
Get fucked. If you need an apostrophe, you might need something else.
GeminiSprk
Shhh, don't talk about the war. I did once, but I think I got away with it.
ElPoloDiablo
http://askanatheist.tv/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/the_event.jpg
oxide454
You started it.
GeminiSprk
No, I didn't.
RodgerRodger
Hey everyone, he said "war". GET HIM!!!!
Schrenk212
BF5 is set in WWII, but it does lack American and Japanese troops, for now. https://youtu.be/zVy9_DyIosQ?t=94
KingBanana8008
I swear Battlefield 5 is literally just Brits vs Germans, with no Italians, Soviets, French, Japanese or American maps, soldier,or vehicles
LavaAxe
No need to swear. It is.USA and Japan are coming this fall tho
TheWombatStrikesAgain
Maybe they're overcompensationg for when they put Americans in BFI, but French and Russians were DLC.
Fasrill
That's ridiculous. The French and Russians should've been in the game from day 1, with the USA coming in later as DLC.
Fasrill
That way it'd be historically accurate.
TheWombatStrikesAgain
It should. Unfortunately Americans buy more video games than French and Russians combined. So they chose to make WWI more about America.
BoooBerry
Pretty sure there was also a lack of cyborg females in WWII, but that didn't stop them.
IZ42
There was also a lack of automatic weapons in WW1, but anachronisms happen to make gameplay more appealing. Unfortunately EA tends to forget
IZ42
that you have to have the enjoyable mechanics before you add anachronisms sooo
hairyroos
Yeah, remember that from the trailer. What was the justification?!
3rdhottestPepe
Being inclusive I think, the developer favoured giving everyone a chance to recognize themselves in-game over exact realism.
Dagordae
And the prosthetic was simply a case of people not knowing the timeline of prosthesis development. It’s not like the game avoids using
Dagordae
Experimental or rare gear anywhere else.
MacRockatansky
BFV isn't WWII, it's a vaguely WWII-ish Dieselpunk fantasy world.
Matsuuu
And Einstein never time travelled past to kill Hitler, but that doesn't mean Command & Conquers weren't good games.
BoooBerry
I wonder if it vill be raining.
oumajgad
But in C&C we knew from the start it's alt time line. It wasn't advertised as "realistic".
FailCrab
Why would Einstein time-travel to kill Hitler anyway? They lived in the same era. Einstein flew from germany to the us because of hitler.
Matsuuu
Because during war Einstein couldn't do anything, but after war he invented time machine, went back in time and killed hitler to prevent WW2
Matsuuu
But war still started, but this time allied vs soviet.
VorpalHalcyon
This is a little misleading
adammilone
Have you ever played apex? You don’t pay for weapons. You pay for the skins.
PhilipCoulson
Very true, but skins are also 100% cosmetic and not necessary, it’s a bit different than paying for things that actually improve your game
staringfrog
Yeah it doesn’t belong in this list. Stating it “requires $170 to unlock all the guns” is 100% false. EA has fucked up a lot, but 1/2
staringfrog
whoever created this meme is too high on the rage culture train. Yes, loot boxes and EA need to fix some things, but I’ll decide omo thx 2/2
DavyDavyDave
Which you don't need. You can fully enjoy the game for free.
airen
Am i wrong, cant you get lootboxes or skins from playing some? I know if you pick up someone elses weapon n its skinned it works
NightDany
Yeah, that point made the entire thing lose credibility. Like if you're lying about that what else are you lying about?
OneNeoEon
Anthem was mostly Bioware's fault. They kept flip floping on what they were trying to make; took flying out and put it back it constantly
johnwilliamsistheman
Only a small amount or so too. Once you hit a certain level, unless you buy the battle pass, no more loot boxes for you
ChrisMorray
Don't forget they added unskippable ads to a 60 dollar game that already had microtransactions. NBA 2K19, look it up.
lsblk
Fuck are you talking about. NBA 2K19 is published by 2K Games. EA had nothing to do with NBA 2K19 at all. EA's NBA game is NBA Live 19.
ChrisMorray
Ah, you are correct. My bad, I thought EA Sports had exclusive rights to the NBA brand in video games.
lsblk
No, just all the other awful shit focused entirely on selling FUT and MUT packs to children.
TheEmeraldProphylactic
“2K Games publishes 2K19, not EA, who publish the awful NBA live series” - less angry person
Martellus
I dunno if i should feel sad for Apex Legends after that Dev vs Players fiasco at Reddit
SalmySwims
With all of the examples in the picture, is it any surprise that gamers can't see EA and their studios as anything *but* greedy villains?
yathatsgood
Source?
Martellus
It’s all over google right now, first hit when you search for Apex Legends.
arachnoides
To be fair, the gaming player base is full of vocal entitled dickheads who should be ignored by devs. It's a tough line to walk.
Endetium
Being a dev these days is like working retail and the modern gamer is a Karen. Imgur supports retail workers but no love for devs.
MoistTowelettez
Anthem wasnt just EAs fault, bioware had a time frame of a few years but only started working on it about a year before.
SincerelyHated
Because of EA. In fact that whole E3 demo was 100% fake to appease the EA CEO!
Dagordae
You mean they realized that, after so many years and so much money, they had to show they were actually doing something or lose said funding
Dagordae
? Man, damn that EA. Having deadlines and expectations. They should just pay these companies to dick around indefinitely. A side note: any
Dagordae
One else remember Silicon Knights?
TheNumberOneHeroAllMight
Angry Joe does a good job of telling what happened. https://youtu.be/kUopKcRLNGA
PhenTsoksar
Anthem was a colossal clusterfuck in every way one could imagine. It truly deserves the acronym FUBAR
khold90
Not to mention BioWare chose the frostbite engine. Not EA.
BigSecksi
BioWare said they were basically coerced into using it because EA wanted all studios on it and wouldn't support them otherwise.
EarthDragon2189
People don't want to admit that Bioware is a self-created garbage fire these days. They'd rather pretend it's all EA's fault.
SalmySwims
Ah yes, the good ol' "BioWare Magic"
MoistTowelettez
They didnt even have any idea what to do with the game until after the trailer sinc bioware didnt even make the trailer.
Batmoon737
That's not completely true. There were several issues during development that caused them to have to start almost fresh. Hence shit game.
MoistTowelettez
Internal issues* still chalk it up to being more biowares fault than EA because of their constant bickering between divisions.
Calimchan
Yeah pretty much had 2 groups within one company. Old guard Bioware wanted a different game to New Guard. So it was a mix of 2 ideas
DongSayaDae
OP also forgot that Anthems "loot system" was a "test" and rewarded people differently depending on playing habits to keep people playing
MoistTowelettez
It wouldnt suprise me that that was what EA wanted.
RisusNex
I understand the hate for EA, but at least for Apex it's misleading. All weapons are unlocked. It's the cosmetics only. It's free to play
airen
@op
Noodlesocks
A lot of this is misleading.
Cosmicbacklash
Unpopular opinion: they should charge whatever they want for cosmetic items that don’t affect gameplay. Your fault if you buy it.
arachnoides
True. Also, they can actually charge whatever they want for anything they make and own. Don't like it? Go and make your own game.
DukeofDaytime
Except in the case of Madden and FIFA they charge for loot boxes to unlock actual gameplay and content I.E - players to be used in online.
lordofthedice
If I could just buy whatever cosmetics I wanted for a set price, I'd agree. But when they start fucking around with loot boxes, fuck that.
njrk97
In a Free to Play game, sure, but if i already paid in, then no, i should not being having content dangled infront of me (1/2)
njrk97
Doesn't matter if its cosmetic, they made it, they want to pressure you into buying it, which is Fine, as the 'pay in' for a F2P game. (2/2)
njrk97
Plus most of this stuff they charge were things you used to actually get in game, your know rewards for actually playing the game.
churba
The Apex one is a flat-out lie - They just agreed to a post-launch marketing strategy. They knew what was being developed 100% of the time.
thatonenerdyguy
And you can actually play an unlock most everything for free if not through events. Don't actually have to spend money on the game.
churba
I mean, seriously, do y'all think they just handed over the money and went "Well, hope you're doing something good!" Don't be fucking daft.
TheNumberOneHeroAllMight
They did with anthem lol
Poopoopeepeevagina
What a tragedy anthem was
cmdadswell6
Not even weapons, so this is doubly misleading. Yeah, they're pretty expensive skins but I dont get why people get so mad about cosmetics
ShowMeYourPitties
I get that it's f2p and just cosmetics, but the price point is absurd. It sets a dangerous precedent for full price games and pay to win.
Sikiki1313
True, but you can just not pay for a skin, and I am a developer.. that shit is just cosmetics.
ShowMeYourPitties
And you also shouldn't have to pay that much to make your character look the way you want. Gamers love customization and this price point is
ShowMeYourPitties
Ridiculous. I'm all for F2P having some microtransactions, but this is getting way out of hand.
Sprixxen
How does a F2P game with cosmetic only skins set a precedent for full price games and pay to win? Does Team Fortress 2 do the same?
ShowMeYourPitties
If you don't think that EA is using this to test the waters for full priced games, then you haven't been laying attention.
ShowMeYourPitties
TF2 came out a long time ago. F2P games with microtransactions aren't inherently bad, but this is over the top.
MAup
More on apex. The heirloom would cost aprox $1700 to unlock. Sure you can get the boxes for 700, but thats not 100% chance you get it
rubberducky44
Wow, ok. This does Apex just as much justice as the post. The heirloom is cosmetic and does absolutely nothing and at most you would /1
rubberducky44
Have to spend $203 to unlock all of the items at one point. All cosmetic. All almost not worth it. /end
crotoss
Apex had a shitshow QA on reddit a day or so ago. One of the team members went and called the commenters asshats and dicks. Not entirely 1/2
crotoss
uncalled for since the community is toxic, but damn. That won't be forgotten soon, and might hurt what EA cares about most, bottom line. 2/2
Oldmemedigger
To be a bit fair they called the players freeloaders.. and kinda came at them with hostility. Never come to an upset/rowdy mob with shit..
EvilEkips
EA isn't allowed by law to sell lootboxes here anymore :) I like that a lot.
kojenk
MORE on apex. They recently apologised by letting people buy the items directly... but only half of them...at a higher cost.
FitzFarseer
2.5x the cost to be precise
kojenk
"Let us apologize by making an offer which double downs on what pissed you off"
FitzFarseer
EA sounding like politicians
kojenk
They post the same copy paste response every time shit happens "we have learnt to be better form this. blah blah blah."
TresusIbor
And their community manager is going absolutely apeshit on Reddit. The new trend is apparently to sell games while shitting on gamers.
ShadyDirewolf
I believe Bloodhounds heirloom will enter normal pack rotation after iron crown is over? Then it’s the regular 1/500 odds of getting it
zombiskunk
Could cost that much on average based on one YouTuber's experience.
MrDaMann
All that is cosmetics, none of it is going to help you win
assgetter420
Yep. Never bought a skin in any game, never will.
PandaLord200
Doesn't matter, we want it, but $170? You gotta be shitting me. If it's cosmetics, why does it cost money?
Dagordae
Because the game is free. And it costs money to maintain servers and pay programmers.
RocketChicken
Because the game is f2p?
GeoffFromAccounting
The amount of people defending a $170 item in a game is ridiculous. That's more than the price of two new release AAA games for a cosmetic
Ijustwanttobeloved
Because 1 person buying that has to pay for the 100 that wont spend a penny? thats literally the business model ffs, what do people want
GeoffFromAccounting
Reasonably priced microtransaction that don't cost more than two full priced AAA games? Like every other successful f2p game on the market?
GeoffFromAccounting
I understand f2p games need alternate ways of making money, but it has been proven multiple times that this is not the way to do it
Hitlerslostsecondtesticle
Okay I hate the event as much as you, but you made a typo and we have to address it. $170, not $1700. Still outrageous.
EaSpertsItsJusAGame
But still cheaper than the kunai, if you have bad luck...
Whenthefuckiskotor3comingout
Also the img says that the money is for unlocking guns, when really it's only skins, the event is still aides, but not THAT aides
CloseupCaptionReaction
Also, no money is needed at all. And then there's people who pay for alpha access, but no way that's bad in any way.
JaxJamesTheTenaciousTurtle
That makes it way better! What's wrong with buying skins?? The picture made me think it was pay2win
NERDRAGEohacat
From what I've been reading, the controversy is you have to first unlock all 24 of the event skins to unlock the option to buy a special 1/3
NERDRAGEohacat
25th skin for $35. The event only gives you two free loot boxes, but the remaining 22 have to be purchased, so it effectively makes one 2/3
Ijustwanttobeloved
them being locked behind lootboxes with no direct purchasing was a problem IMO, but its no longer a thing, and people are still complaining
Trisar
The direct purchase is half of the event's skins and they cost 2.5x as much as lootboxes, so if you want the heirloom, still need boxes.
Trisar
On top of that, even after you get all 24 of the event epics/legendaries, you've only unlocked the option to BUY the heirloom.
LuciferIsourtruelord
Also they are just cosmetics they dont help you in any way whatsoever
Oldmemedigger
Excpet Cosmetics/looking 'awesome' is the real endgame of most games.
Althox00
Yeah it's not "get all the guns" it's get all the cosmetics. I've spent very little on that game.
ConManSpaceHero
This is still a horrible business practice to support and will keep popping up in future games if people invest in micro transactions.
TooFunkToDrunction
I think it’s great. I get the game for free and don’t need to pay any money. If you want cosmetics, go ahead.
ConManSpaceHero
I’m not arguing that point. I’m saying that games won’t be getting any better because companies know they can just cash in with casino boxes
GadenKerensky
I used to think that. But I've started to see the predatory nature behind 'just cosmetics' stuff when it's tied to an event or in boxes. No.
oneoilybird
This "it's only cosmetics" line is what in the end got us into this mess. Accept a minor intrusion, most will accept the next major one.
GadenKerensky
I'm only fine with it if it's for purchasing packs that are reasonably priced or for specific items. No RNG, no timed events. Low prices.