Monochrome_F3ar
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Looks like they made microtransactions everywhere in hopes of people accidentally buying them. Cant stand this practice.
There's nothing wrong with Ubisoft, they are a company and they know they have a captured fanbase to exploit. It's up to their customers to show them where's the line they cannot cross.
The game isn't shit. Just these shitty practices are.
Jeff was talking about it on the podcast and assumed/hoped that stuff was somehow a parody of microtransactions because it wasn't clear if you could actually spend real life money on it in the version they had. I think that says a lot about where we're at with this stuff now. They explicitly said that the microtransaction part of it (which they, again, weren't sure was actually a thing when they recorded the podcast) wasn't in the game.
edit: I hate you Steve.
So someone in the Giantbomb Thread said it hadn't been mentioned here yet, but the review copies that were sent out actually had all the microtransaction stuff disabled in the game as seen here on today's episode of The Lobby at 1:18:25.
GODAMN EA is starting to look good compare to this shit, SUCK it UBISo someone in the Giantbomb thread said it hadn't been mentioned here yet, but the review copies that were sent out actually had all the microtransaction stuff disabled in the game as seen here on today's episode of The Lobby at 1:18:25.
So someone in the Giantbomb thread said it hadn't been mentioned here yet, but the review copies that were sent out actually had all the microtransaction stuff disabled in the game as seen here on today's episode of The Lobby at 1:18:25.
Also from today's giantbomb podcast:
Thread worthy?
So someone in the Giantbomb thread said it hadn't been mentioned here yet, but the review copies that were sent out actually had all the microtransaction stuff disabled in the game as seen here on today's episode of The Lobby at 1:18:25.
Also from today's giantbomb podcast:
Wow. That's really shady of Ubi.
This is a new low. I will play the game but it will be free.
You think that Ubisoft can do no worse, but they always find a way.. Such trends don't bode well for The Division which already got a gfx downgrade.
So the question is, How long can you go Ubisoft? How low can you go?
I think the biggest Gut-punch is the context of those microtransactions, and how much they are actually *worth* in-game.
From the Kotaku review:
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1400 Helix points - $20
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A slightly advanced Red Coat - 600 Helix Points.
Calculated out, that's about $8.57. For a COAT. Which is very likely not the best in the game.
So.. to those who have played it so far, how easy is it to get Francs?[/QUOTE]
Why would you buy that option? Get the second one and it's 3200 Helix points for $20. That means the coat is like, $3.75, which is pretty much a steal.
Seems as easy as any other AC game. Get money for quests, loot, chests, the more property you own and renovate the more money you get deposited at a consistent rate.So.. to those who have played it so far, how easy is it to get Francs?
Worse than ea
What's the complaint?
I'm trying to see the issue here...
Because if it's just "ACU has Microtransacations"... then, uhh... where the fuck were you guys last year bitching about Black Flag?
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Because that was for the multiplayer, this is all single player content.
Hahaha, holy fuck! What a piece of shit company this turned into.
Single player content you can get by playing the game normally, just as all previous games in the series.Because that was for the multiplayer, this is all single player content.
Because that was for the multiplayer, this is all single player content.
now we know why the xbox bundle comes with unity AND black flag, they know this game is shit.
What's the complaint?
I'm trying to see the issue here...
Because if it's just "ACU has Microtransacations"... then, uhh... where the fuck were you guys last year bitching about Black Flag?
ACIV BF had some for single player, too. If I'm remembering correctly.Because that was for the multiplayer, this is all single player content.
Single player content you can get by playing the game normally, just as all previous games in the series.
This is hardly a Forza 5 situation where actual game progress was impeded in order to gouge more money out of consumers.
If anything, this is just a way to get money out of lazy people while not fundamentally changing the flow of the game itself. Black Flag had the exact same thing with Single Player shortcuts you could buy for real money as well.
I just ignore the yellow/blue chests. In fact I have no idea what I'm supposed to do with them, since the online didn't work at all when I tried using them. Still, they make the same noise as the regular or locked chests, and that can be annoying.
I just discovered that whole F2P element reading this thread in fact, that explains why the renovated stuff nets you so little every 20 minutes, and that's actually very very bad from Ubisoft if that's the explanation. Bad bad bad if that's the case, though I doubt we'll ever have a confirmation.
Any worry regarding Far Cry 4 and microtransactions?
What the fuck has happened to this industry?