I guess this is probably going to be the new shitty norm with bait and switch for reviews then nickel and dime afterwards.
Just another lesson to wait months after a games release before even considering it.
Tekken 8 players divided as devs add “Tekken Shop” with microtransactions
Submitted 8 months ago by inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world to games@lemmy.world
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verysoft@kbin.social 8 months ago
Vampiric_Luma@lemmy.ca 8 months ago
Early access paranoia can finally be shared by all~ Yippeeeeeeee
SomethingBurger@jlai.lu 8 months ago
I don’t buy games until the publishers announces it will be delisted.
JoeKrogan@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Review Bomb it on steam
DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 months ago
Fuckers waited until the high praise reviews were in
SomethingBurger@jlai.lu 8 months ago
Gaming publications should automatically retroactively set their score to 0 in this case.
Stovetop@lemmy.world 8 months ago
On the one hand I agree, it was obviously a calculated move to bait sales before microtransactions were added, which is incredibly scummy. But on the other hand, if a game reviewer gave it a certain score before microtransactions were added and nothing was altered/removed from the experience that was originally reviewed, I guess I don’t see the problem with the score.
You can install it out of the box and disable game updates and not see any microtransactions, which will let you play it exactly as it was when it was first reviewed. You won’t get to do any online play, but I guess the bigger takeaway in that case is that any game which relies on online/live service elements for continued engagement needs to have a big fucking “CAVEAT EMPTOR” on every review.
hatsa122@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Divided? One must be pretty naive if they can’t see the move they are trying to pull here.
Can’t wait for f2p Project L to break into the genre and become the biggest and most popular fighting game.
inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world 8 months ago
I mean you’ve got people who are defending Bilzzard’s newest horse armor bullshit so yeah.
caut_R@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Yeah, you can find vocal people who will play the apologist for just about anything, it‘s baffling to the degree that I wonder if there‘s paid actors on social media in this sense
Zonetrooper@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Gaming “journalism” can’t afford outright say “company deliberately tries to hide enshittification of their game” aloud. Might lose that access to selective early copies for review!
Brunbrun6766@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Can’t wait for F2P game from the company probably MOST known for in game shops??
PapstJL4U@lemmy.world [bot] 8 months ago
Project L will not use LoL But Valorant as base.
Riot is a fan of fomo and high pricess.
cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca 8 months ago
Bait and switch. That’s the move.
Chozo@kbin.social 8 months ago
I don't get it, it's just gonna be skins, right? Pretty much every fighting game has paid skins these days, that's what funds continued development for balancing and new content.
Unless there's something really egregious being offered for sale, I don't see the issue. Cosmetics are one of the few MTX I'm okay with, for the most part.
harry_balzac@lemmy.world 8 months ago
It’s that they added it after release without previous notice.
Chozo@kbin.social 8 months ago
I'm not seeing why that's a problem, if it's still just cosmetics.
Also, anybody who expected a AAA fighting game to not have cosmetic MTX in 2024 probably isn't that keen on the fighting game scene to begin with. That's just how the genre works these days; the players want continuous balance patches as new tech and exploits are discovered, and that comes at a cost. If you think $70 is enough for potentially years of continued support and updates, then you haven't been keeping up with the economy's effects on the gaming industry.
Minotaur@lemm.ee 8 months ago
Yes but don’t you get it, the nerds want constant influxes of free new content - damn paying for things!
Cossty@lemmy.world 8 months ago
What do you mean “new shitty norm”? Companies have been doing that for years already. First time I saw it around 2017 I think. I not sure about the game, but I think it was Call of Duty.
frunch@lemmy.world 8 months ago
From what i gather, they waited until after the reviews were in. They got a good score, which i guess would have been impacted by the inclusion of microtransactions, and released them after the reviews were in. Sounds like they were trying to avoid the bad press they would have gotten for including them.
Wrench@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Same argument every time. I don’t give a shit, nor will I ever give a shit, if the only micro transactions are skins. It does not affect gameplay, it only adds a little way to customize for the enthusiasts. That’s fine, and has been a regular Tekken feature since PS3. Why people care so much is beyond me.
Juigi@lemm.ee 8 months ago
Full priced game adding microtransactions cosmetic or not will always be total bullshit.
caseofthematts@lemmy.world 8 months ago
“As long as it’s only cosmetics” has moved the goalposts from where we used to be on the matter. I completely agree it’s bullshit.
The Tales Of series has been bullshit. Used to be fun collecting new costumes from hidden events and side quests. Now half of the interesting costumes are either DLC or different edition bonuses which you can later purchase as DLC.
woelkchen@lemmy.world 8 months ago
I don’t give a shit, nor will I ever give a shit
Yes, you do. If you truly didn’t care, you would have no incentive to even comment at all.
Why people care so much is beyond me.
Namco cares. That’s why they had hidden the feature from the launch version.
intensely_human@lemm.ee 8 months ago
I mean let’s be real here. Tekken was originally based on 50¢ microtransactions
Poggervania@kbin.social 8 months ago
Bamco knows bikini skins of their characters are gonna sell like hotcakes.
That being said, I’ll forgive them if they only release a Kazuya bikini skin with jiggle physics for his pecs.
Peffse@lemmy.world 8 months ago
So, is this game DOA?
inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world 8 months ago
No, we’re taking about Tekken. DOA has shitty mtx problems of its own.
pgetsos@kbin.social 8 months ago
DOA
Badum tits*
KuroiKaze@lemmy.world 8 months ago
10/10
Vipsu@lemmy.world 8 months ago
I wish more players would just ignore these cosmetic microtransactions and go with the default skin or at least limit themselves to ones that can be obtained by actually achieving something in the game. Using default skin while outplaying people in competitive games could probably induce some people to make quite salty comments.
yamanii@lemmy.world 8 months ago
It already was, activision and capcom both did that, and no, cheat DLCs aren’t accessibility, cheats should be free like they were back in the ps2 days and earlier.
littlebluespark@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Called it.
Shade@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Sickening.
B0NK3RS@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Adding micro transactions after release is bullshit. There should be rules where it needs to be in from release or not.
Bonesince1997@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Right. Some people wouldn’t bother with a game at all if they knew there would be this. It’s very deceptive.
snooggums@midwest.social 8 months ago
Knowing they were charging for new characters was almost a dealbreaker for me. This would have stopped me if I had known.
Chozo@kbin.social 8 months ago
Perhaps if this was unusual for the genre. But it's a AAA fighting game. Anybody who is familiar with the genre knows that MTX is normal and expected, because it's going to have several years of support from the developers. I'd have a hard time believing that any Tekken fan bought this on the premise of it remaining MTX-free.
caut_R@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Wait until the reviews are out so people can‘t be warned, and the product can’t be dunked on and then…
GenderNeutralBro@lemmy.sdf.org 8 months ago
Exactly. If they’d announced this before launch, it would’ve been the only thing anyone talked about. There would have been a huge backlash and I’m sure a good percentage of the community would’ve dumped the series there and then.
This is doubly scummy. Glad I didn’t buy it yet.
okamiueru@lemmy.world 8 months ago
If they place something behind MTs, then I completely agree. But, if they want to add more cosmetics that don’t exist yet, and they finance it MTs, and at a fair price, it’s less unethical.
Ilflish@lemm.ee 8 months ago
If you tried the customisation, it feels extremely bare bones in comparison to Tekken 7. So I wouldn’t be surprised if stuff was removed to add to the Store.
mlg@lemmy.world 8 months ago
TF2?
but tbf that basically invented the lootbox which then made TF2 free to play
TwilightVulpine@lemmy.world 8 months ago
At least they made it free to play. These games are still charging full price plus microtransactions
Soggy@lemmy.world 8 months ago
TF2 was a better experience before it went free-to-play. I want a barrier that keeps the horses of clueless children out.
red@sopuli.xyz 8 months ago
Adding shit to a game with a patch, post purchase, doesn’t require you to partake. While I hate MTX as much as anyone, you aren’t required to buy anything. Sure, this is enshittification, but you can avoid that buy buying games that aren’t “always online”.