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I think this is great when talking about cosmetics. The goal shouldn't be to get all of them, the goal should be to get enough so that every player doesn't look like a twinkie. If you make it so everybody can get everything relatively quickly they still end up looking like twinkies because most people will wear whatever the community decides is cool. Half the players in div2 are sporting a red fuzzy kangol ffs.
No idea. I have zero interest in buying the game so I don't know if the costumes are server side (I doubt it - they have to be available offline). If they aren't server side there will surely be some cheat engine hack to get them all.Is this real already? *hope*
So, how much money do we need, ED? Can you please correct us?
Is $100, $200, $500, $1000 on this $60 product, just how much? Spill the numbers!
Yeah. If the $6440 amount is incorrect, then just give us the real number.
Oh, none forthcoming? Then I'll continue believing the $6440 claim, thanks.
What's with the Johnny Cage Ninja Mime Costumes? I got an Unlock-message at the first start. are they part of the base game or do they belong to the season pass (yeah, I was weak, I know -_- )Well, its $0. You need to pay $0 to unlock all of the costumes.
The unlock method is way too grindy and the RNG makes it 10x worse, but that doesn't change the fact that there isn't a single costume in the Krypt that you need to buy and can't access through playing the game.
Wow. Whatever happened to paying an extra 5 or 10 to skip the grind. This is ridiculous.
Seriously, if this is even remotely accurate, that is just disgusting.
What's with the Johnny Cage Ninja Mime Costumes? I got an Unlock-message at the first start. are they part of the base game or do they belong to the season pass (yeah, I was weak, I know -_- )
Yep. I really don't understand how this game is reviewing so high after what I have read about cost to quick unlock. Until very recently this entire genre seemed to offer cheat codes for all unlocks in years past, followed by a relatively cheap one time fee to unlock everything. I don't care if cost to unlock everything is 100, 600, or 6k. Any of those would be excessive based on my history with genre. This is a blatant attempt to rip off consumers in my opinion (based on what I have read), and its rather disturbing how toeing a certain line gets a free pass for that.Wow. Whatever happened to cheat codes to skip the grind? This is ridiculous.
Yep. I really don't understand how this game is reviewing so high after what I have read about cost to quick unlock. Until very recently this entire genre seemed to offer cheat codes for all unlocks in years past, followed by a relatively cheap one time fee to unlock everything. I don't care if cost to unlock everything is 100, 600, or 6k. Any of those would be excessive based on my history with genre. This is a blatant attempt to rip off consumers in my opinion (based on what I have read), and its rather disturbing how toeing a certain line gets a free pass for that.
Most of the time the microtransactions aren't in review copies of games; why have those servers live for reviewers?If reviewers were actually doing their due diligence, they would have went through the tasks of informing the consumer about this grind, the cost, etc..
Most of the time the microtransactions aren't in review copies of games; why have those servers live for reviewers?
If you're going to do something someone (Or more importantly, a large group of people) doesn't like, why allow it to be investigated in the first place?
Companies are going to want you to do the initial buy in, then when the microtransactions come into play you can't just dip out; you already made the initial purchase and can't return, etc. Keeps their numbers up.
That and most people would go "Well, already bought the game and can't return it, minus well keep playing and just not buy anything."
Still pumps up the companies played hours number for investors.
That's why this delayed microtransaction/ingame store stuff is bull shit; it's only allowing the developers/publishers create a larger net for their money trap.
? It doesn't make any sense to have ingame stores open for reviewers. They're not going to buy anything in the store, so it'd be throwing up the code and servers, resources etc that would have nothing to do with reviewers are doing, and gaining no money from it.Then reviews should be updated to reflect that, otherwise it’s a fucking scam from both sides.
Shameless trash.
? It doesn't make any sense to have ingame stores open for reviewers. They're not going to buy anything in the store, so it'd be throwing up the code and servers, resources etc that would have nothing to do with reviewers are doing, and gaining no money from it.
Reviewers are there to review the game in the state it's in; there's review copies and retail copies, and they're even coded with different app IDs within the console's ecosystem (Xbox, switch, etc).
Also as a professional if you're inviting me to review your product and you're not coming to me, and want me to spend money to review your product? I'd promptly tell you to fuck right off and to not waste my time over dumb shit like that. "Spend your own money to review a product I want you to review for me," is a dumb thing to ask.
Do you really need every skin though?
Last time I checked the game costs regular price. When you go to a gas station do you remark to yourself how much it would cost to buy every item or do you focus on just the purchase you're making?
I'm not trying to defend MTX, I'm arguing your bullshit logic on optional goods. I like options.
Now tonight he has been still going on and on about the problems with the krypt (because he is stuck there trying to get the Brutalities, the only thing he wants), and the biggest thing is the wasted time, since he'd even be willing just to buy out the krypt for real money like in MKX, even for $40. After a while he went off on this point:
After this he compared to the systems Killer Instinct has (where you can basically earn everything for a character just by playing the character a few days), and someone brought up how you could directly buy things with source crystals in Injustice 2. After explaining/ranting more he said he wouldn't even care if he didn't love the game so much, because he really does. He said they listened to players so well and made everything else in the game so perfectly that it makes the suffering of this system so much worse.
This is what it looks like, a true fan, who has been been mega hype and spent a month going through the whole franchise with his friends who are also true fans, thoroughly loving everything about the game, suddenly hitting this stupid grind wall where they are running around a krypt and gimmicky consumable-requiring towers rather than playing online which is the main thing they got they game to enjoy.
This is what they do to the passionate enthusiasm of their biggest fans? Love of a thing should result in reward and more opportunity to expand enjoyment. That is how you sell products well. Memories of a game you love should not be tied up with a mindless droll of running around finding random chests filled with 95% trash you don't care about at all making zero perceivable progress toward particular things you want.
So, Ed Boon responded.
Eh, no.
What's so harmful about completely optional things that you never have to buy if you don't want to?
Boobs = bad (unless being violently ripped apart)
Micro transactions = good
It gets better, Ed Boon actually sent Dreamcastguy a message because Dreamcastguy talked about the Krypt and MXT's in his review.....Uh-huh. You *can* EARN them in-game, as long as you’re willing to grind your ass off. Or you can donate money to NRS for the right currency to buy your desired item and skip the long grind.
As much as some people want to claim that this MTX thing is all on Warner Bros., Ed’s defensive reaction here is a pretty strong indicator that NRS is in on the scam.
It gets better, Ed Boon actually sent Dreamcastguy a message because Dreamcastguy talked about the Krypt and MXT's in his review.....
So, Ed Boon responded.
Thanks for the info, seems I had a complete blind eye on this.It's one of the 7 exclusive character skins that come with the kombat pass.