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EA Will Charge For Fuel (as a stamina bar) In Need For Speed: No Limits (Mobile)
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Sorry for understanding the difference between subjectivity and objectivity. I cannot apologize enough.
More_Badass
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I blame it on the people who feel $2, $3 is too expensive for a game, or would rather wait for a game to go free than pay $0.99. I've seen numerous games that launched as paid premium games go F2P, because people weren't willing to spend a few dollars. Unless it's a really hyped release or a known entity like FTL or XCOM, many people simply aren't willing to pay. So why would devs bother making paid games when they know it'll only mean poor sales?
When did it start?
Fantastapotamus
Wrong about commas, wrong about everything
Isn't that basically a mobile gaming standard? Like seriously, who cares? EA does what everybody does.
About 2 hours and 30 minutes ago.
About 2 hours and 30 minutes ago.
More_Badass
Member
Seriously? EA has been doing this for years. It's nothing new.
This. Energy systems aren't actually designed to get people to pay (AFAIK very few people pay for energy), they are designed to keep players from burning through all of the game's content in a day or two. Players who play the game in short burst, but regularly, are more likely to spend money in it down the road.
HP_Wuvcraft
Banned
Because EA has been doing good things for a few months and people need to prove that it was just a conspiracy. Much like how Obama didn't invite terrorists over for his first term so he could do it in his second.
This is just sad what this industry has become. Games designed entirely around getting people to pump more and more money into them? What a joke. It's infuriating. I wish gaming would go back to its roots, back to the good old days
Hehehe, nice satire, well done!!!
This is just sad what this industry has become. Games designed entirely around getting people to pump more and more money into them? What a joke. It's infuriating. I wish gaming would go back to its roots, back to the good old days
What a shitty practice. The Better Business Bureau needs to be contacted ASAP!
That's all folks
I guess I missed the window. No surprise there.
drotahorror
Member
Need Fuel For Speed
Gamezone
Gold Member
Need For Money For Fuel For Speed.
Darth Kupi
Banned
Wait why is Crimsonland free on iOS?
I have it on steam and its $13.99 USD and the original release was paid as well back in the day.
And that is basically a port of this free mobile version rather than HD-fied version of its original release. (This new version made some changes which I as a purist vehemently dislike, and dumbed down the gameplay somewhat to better service a simpler control scheme)
More_Badass
Member
It's free with a $5 unlock. So you can play the first few levels of the campaign and then unlock the rest of the game for $5. And it's exactly the same as the new HD version on Steam. Trust me, I have it on both platforms
You have it backwards. The IOS version is a port of the HD Steam release
Diddy Kong
Banned
Classic EA.
whiteninja
Member
Most mobiles games are so incredibly boring that I never actually reach the time limits anyway before I just close and delete them.
Compsiox
Banned
Or these shit games could not exist.
Compsiox
Banned
This is just sad what this industry has become. Games designed entirely around getting people to pump more and more money into them? What a joke. It's infuriating. I wish gaming would go back to its roots, back to the good old days
At least they were fun.
NullPointer
Member
The pubs have been dreaming about this very scenario for so many years now. Remember all that talk about players spending real money for ammo for their guns in the early days of last gen?
I know this mechanic has been around as "energy" for a while now, but this latest iteration shines a light on just how craven these *games* can be.
I know this mechanic has been around as "energy" for a while now, but this latest iteration shines a light on just how craven these *games* can be.
Of course, but that is my reaction all the same. I shake my head in disbelief every time I see shenanigans like this. Saying 'unbelievable' is merely an expression.
More_Badass
Member
Sadly, it's so common that it's the norm. It would be unbelievable for me if they had decided to release a paid game without IAP. Thankfully there are more than enough great games that don't have IAP or are just free with an unlock or ad remover that I don't pay any attention to EA's games. It's annoying to see people look at this game and then apply that "F2P sucks so mobile games are all shallow shit with microtransactions" to the entire platform. It's like if you were to judge all of PC gaming based on some poor flash games
TheSlySoul
Member
Apparently we will see Puzzles and Dragons 3DS will do. I hear P&D Z was successful in Japan.
Most tend to forget that EA isn't necessarily targeting their existing console or PC customer base with these games, they're after the people who play the mobile games more or less exclusively - at which EA is very successful at doing so.
Naturally the ideal world would have games on the platform that caters to both audiences but that's not really a realistic business.
AcceptableGhost
Member
This is just sad what this industry has become. Games designed entirely around getting people to pump more and more money into them? What a joke. It's infuriating. I wish gaming would go back to its roots, back to the good old days
when mobile gaming has produced something like this (that isn't a port of an existing thing)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fiBRwBuObGU
get back to me
More_Badass
Member
Video's not loading for me. Null Divide, right?
Inferno 2 is similar, a dual stick shooter mixed with dungeon crawler (skills to level up and upgrade, customizable loadout, maze-like maps with gates and secrets to unlock and find, hordes of varied enemies and bosses to avoid or fight off)
AcceptableGhost
Member
No, it is a link to metal slug, I will change the link to my YouTube one
Also Inferno 2 while original to the platform is a pretty much direct sequel of an XBLIG game.
The Lone Courier
Member
This is just sad what this industry has become. Games designed entirely around getting people to pump more and more money into them? What a joke. It's infuriating. I wish gaming would go back to its roots, back to the good old days
Haha thats some Colbert shit.
This is just sad what this industry has become. Games designed entirely around getting people to pump more and more money into them? What a joke. It's infuriating. I wish gaming would go back to its roots, back to the good old days
The big difference between Arcades and F2P Mobile is that Arcades were based on skill, the only time you needed to spend money was if you lost at the game. With Mobile, everyone has to wait. There's always a time your game is going to be brought to a halt because of the in-game timer, often forcing people to pay to bypass the timer.
SolidSnakex
Member
This is just sad what this industry has become. Games designed entirely around getting people to pump more and more money into them? What a joke. It's infuriating. I wish gaming would go back to its roots, back to the good old days
I never understood this comparison. On a single quarter (or however much it cost you to play that specific arcade) you could play it from start to finish, assuming that you knew what you were doing. There's no chance of doing that with these games as they're built to either make you pay up or stop playing until your fuel refills.
Enosh
Member
didn't MS try this in their launch games? think everyone of them had some kind of monetization, iirc reaction wasn't the best, didn't they latter end up removing it from some titles? not following xbox one news that closely
console audience mostly isn't the same as the f2p one, overall I don't think stuff like this will gain much traction, especially not in 60$ games, but then again DLC got accepted so meh, although that mostly just adds to the game and you aren't restricted in playing it without it (even if sometimes adds stuff that was taken out the previous day...)
Ninja Scooter
Member
I'll give you three guesses as to what game this is. Hint: You can't insert coins into your phone.
The way game play was designed in a lot of these old school arcade games was to be so cheap and unfair that it frustrated people into putting more and more money in. By the time you got good enough to beat a game on one quarter how much money did you have to spend on trial and error? This was the business model back then, not all that different from now. They sold their games to arcade operators on the promise that it would get people to pump more and more money in. That was priority number 1 and they were designed around it a lot of the time.
Gauntlet, which was a shit game. This wasn't industry-standard design in the arcade era, however.
Ninja Scooter
Member
So there were shit arcade games and good arcade games, just like there are shit mobile games and good mobile games. I'm not defending the practice of this king of F2P shit as bad. I don't play mobile games with timers and these kinds of IAP. Personal preference. There are good examples of F2P and mobile gaming. I'm saying there has always been shitty money grubbing practices in this industry and this latest one isn't going to cause the sky to fall.
My thoughts exactly. This style of F2P is currently the big driving force of the mobile industry and isn't showing any signs of shrinking.
Time limits? Yes, they were standard.