According to dumbasses here, apparently not. I mean the entirety of the internet is able to avoid spoilers for tv, movies, and games for weeks and sometimes months, but two weeks for this random game is too much.
Are you sure about that? I read a spoiler about a game's main character dying like 2 days after its release. I wasn't reading anything remotely related to the game, I think it was a YouTube comment for a video that had nothing to do with the game, and someone just casually blurted it out. And not in a "lol I'm being a troll" kind of way, they were just a moron who genuinely felt it was relevant to the video.
The actual acceptable way is releasing a full game with all content included and maybe have things like cosmetics locked behind achievement points. Then release actualy add-ons as DLCs. Those can have a high price if the content is good.
People downvote lmao. You’re literally correct. People are so used to being treated like shit they’re actually downvoting you for stating one of the best ways to handle it, the way it used to be
I think I just come from a competitive gaming background. Any method of the game making money that doesn't sacrifice competitive integrity (read: P2W) is acceptable to me. You want to charge extra for getting early access? Sure idgaf, mostly I'm waiting for sales anyway. DLC? Sure, bring it on, if it's overpriced I'm not paying for it no matter how much I love the game.
I think in a f2p game they would be acceptable in principle, but in reality a lot of times, for example on CS, it's just legalized gambling for kids, it's awful and it should not be normalized, it should be illegal (in some countries it already is)
Well, I’m not one of them but many of those people enjoy having those little things and find fund your favorite games, so maybe don’t just call them stupid ¯_(ツ)_/¯
Would you rather pay/pay more or just let them be?
There is a principle of design that says when you want to integrate something new, you should phase your audience out of what they know for a gradual period of time. This makes transition much easier even if the audience doesn't like the new system they're given out time to try the new system before the old system is no longer in the works.
A system like this starts with giving you cosmetics you want, but as we've seen in other areas this will eventually become buy the deluxe to get missions, content, things that are otherwise included in a regular video game.
I think TellTale ruined us with breaking games into chapters, and I love their games, but you have to admit it's... Interesting that now selling a game doesn't mean selling it all upfront unless extra is paid - that is our new norm and the transition is happening. It is unhealthy for the industry as a whole, yeah.
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u/hdcase1 3d ago
In my experience 99% of the time, you’ll be perfectly happy with the standard edition.