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• Kolanaki@pawb.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  What extraction shooter doesn’t have MTX?

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  • fuzzyfirefox@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Zero Sievert doesn’t have any, but it’s a single player experience. Still a great game IMHO.

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  • BeardedBlaze@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Helldivers 2.

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    • Kolanaki@pawb.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      1. HD2 is not an extraction shooter.

      2. It Roes have MTX… You just can also earn that shut for free if tou grind hard enough.

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      • Cethin@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        ARC has the exact same system by the way. It’s the battle pass thing where you choose the things you want each tier, and that includes the credits (Raider Tokens I think is what they’re called here). You can also buy them. They’re used to unlock other battle passes (no others available at the moment besides the one free one) and also cosmetics.

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    • Nelots@piefed.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      I don’t think I would call HD2 an extraction shooter. I mean sure, you shoot things and try to extract, but for the same reason HD2 isn’t a RPG just because you can roleplay or an RTS just because you need to make strategic decisions in real time, there’s a lot more to these genres that HD2 doesn’t include. Hell, technically you don’t even need to extract, as the only thing successfully extracting gives you is any samples you find… completing the mission counts as a win regardless.

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• warm@kbin.earth ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Skins and such that cost as much as the game itself. The industry has gone crazy and consumers keep sucking it up.

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  • tortina_original@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    “Shoves MTX in your face like crazy” = skins in a STORE tab?

    Yeah, don’t think I will continue the conversation.

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    • warm@kbin.earth ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      One look at the menus says otherwise, but I'd rather not continue the conversation anyway.

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      • tortina_original@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        We are certainly not playing the same game, then. All good.

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  • CaptainBlinky@lemmy.myserv.one ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    You know what’s cool? Skins don’t impact gameplay at all! You don’t actually have to buy them!

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    • warm@kbin.earth ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Exactly! A good example of consumer complacency!

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    • Goodeye8@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Things being cosmetic does not justify the outlandish price. 20€ for a skin, emote and some trinkets is a stupid price.

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      • warm@kbin.earth ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        (They forgot we used to change what our character looks like for free)

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  • Cethin@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    I’ll agree with the other comment; ARC does not shove then in your face. The only time you see that stuff can be purchased is when you go to the customization menu. That’s it. You also get some of the premium currency for free.

    I’m pretty confident theyll handle it well because in The Finals I’ve been playing for about ~2 years and have purchased most of the battle passes and some outfit stuff, all with putting no money into the game. This is a $40 game. I suspect it will be handled well.

    You can purchase extra stuff, but you can’t say it’s shoved in your face. It definitely is not. It’s just a way to get extra money from whales. I think it’s probably not smart for a game to ship without some MTX at this point. You can make the game cheaper for most people by having the whales fund it. It’s practical.

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