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OpenCritic wants to take a stand against loot boxes
- Thread starter The_Super_Inframan
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Kurt Russell
Member
Good. Opencritic seems to be doing a great job lately.
Loot boxes want to take a stand against OpenCritic.
Chairmanchuck
Member
Good!
2% chance of working.
What if I pay?
ChaosSmurf
Member
Wonder how they'll avoid it being packed full of misinformation at the moment when it matters most (before/at launch).
40%
Can I get a VIP version of that with a higher chance?
pretty done
Member
Better odds than CS:GO cases
Nah. Consumers are buying these things happily. And I doubt many of them know or frequent OpenCritic.
But like I said. Good on them.
Zombie James
Banned
Thank god.
benicillin
Banned
I guess this being a good thing or not depends on how easily they fall prey to the loot box hyperbole that seems to hit games sometimes, i.e. Destiny 2 being "pay to win".
Moon Presence
Member
Great, just great. We need more measures like this.
Zombie James
Banned
Yearsoflurking
Member
Hopefully they take a similar stance against split up pre released dlc.
wumster3000
Member
Yep
ChaosSmurf
Member
lol
not only are there plenty of reviewers who did mention them (and marked the game down for it), loads of people who have actually played the game have come out and said how much of a non-factor loot boxes are, even in the endgame
All we need to do is make the EU / A western government aware and the dominos will fall guaranteed.
Sooo... Why?
I mean okay, do whatever you want with your website, but it feels like it's creators decided that Forza's and Middle-earth's scores are too high so they try to prevent people from buying these games.
If someone uses Opencritic instead of Metacritic, he's definitely not an average consumer. He already knows about this stuff, lootboxes etc.
Pandering to to more hyperbolic members of the fandom in another attempt to not be know as that other site that's not metacritic.
Kinda undermines their wholee site if they're going to try too add caveats tho review scores. Why not just start reviewing games themselves then they can score how they feel rather than try to dismiss another sites review with this.
Kinda undermines their wholee site if they're going to try too add caveats tho review scores. Why not just start reviewing games themselves then they can score how they feel rather than try to dismiss another sites review with this.
...why would someone argue against having more information aggregated onto one site? Seriously?
SolidSnakeUS
Member
As it fucking should be.
Even games on the Android Play Store shows when the game has Ads and/or In-Game Purchases. This shit needs to be labeled and to shame the devs for this shit.
Even games on the Android Play Store shows when the game has Ads and/or In-Game Purchases. This shit needs to be labeled and to shame the devs for this shit.
thequickandthedead
Member
Is OpenCritic taken seriously by the industry at all?
I agree
Plus I wish that the EU would classify it as gambling, that would cause lots of problems for the game industry, in some countries, digital gambling is banned, meaning they won't be able to sell their products and in other countries, they would be facing really unpleasant restrictions.
CecilRousso
Member
Not sure that taking a stand against it is the best thing.
It's a good thing to add clear information about the inclusion of stuff like this. But their role should only be to add the information, and then let the customer decide if it's something he/she is ok with.
I reject the idea of lootboxes myself, and don't want to purchase singleplayer games that have this. But it's really just one bad idea against many, and it's up to customers to curate these things.
It's a good thing to add clear information about the inclusion of stuff like this. But their role should only be to add the information, and then let the customer decide if it's something he/she is ok with.
I reject the idea of lootboxes myself, and don't want to purchase singleplayer games that have this. But it's really just one bad idea against many, and it's up to customers to curate these things.
Damn Silly
Member
Depends on that implementation of course, but letting consumers have that sort of information definitely seems useful.