Last year I was trying to find something to play daily, since I ditched Destiny a few years ago. Then I decided to try Warframe, I got 90h on it, even tho I know it’s very little I think I can have an opinion already.
I got overwhelmed by how hard the game tries to make me spend money, I might be exaggerating but I think literally everything has a way to be boosted or achieved by paying. This kind of completely kills that friendly competitive aspect of the game like you achieve something and you just can’t tell if it was legit or someone paid for it.
For example I remember there was this double resources boost and other kind of boosts that double many things you do in the game, and I kind of felt bad thinking “fuck man… look how much I farmed here, if I had paid for it, it’d be double”, which often was letting me down.
Then suddenly they show that daily offer, I got a 75% OFF offer on game currency and FOMO syndrome just hit, I bought it. I asked on Reddit sub if it’s worth it and everybody was just saying they pray to get offers like that, then I thought: well, it seems good I’ll do it.
And I did it, now I see how manipulated I got by this game. I didn’t spend too much, a 75% OFF was like an old game price, I thought it was fair to pay a game price for playing the game, at least once.
But then I realized if I kept doing it I’d lost myself and always want more. Then I just decided to ditch this game as well before it was too late. The game looks good overall but man… What an aggressive monetization, it’s definitely not just cosmetics, you pay to speed up things and way more stuff than cosmetic.
I know that late game you’ll eventually farm cosmetics and earn many stuff that at first is bought only by real money, but that’s a massive almost inhuman grind to achieve we’re talking like 1000-5000h. And then at the end you think again “fuck… I should’ve payed for a few stuff, I’d have double of everything now”.
I mean I don’t get it, this game isn’t all of this, it feels everything you do in the game there’s a part on the screen screaming “LOOK AT HERE IF YOU PAY YOU CAN GET IT EASIER AND WITH EXTRA STUFF WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR?”.
I fell for it once and now I see how I was manipulated, Warframe somehow helped me on my decision to not spend a cent on extra content anymore. Btw I didn’t spend any of my game currency I bought with real money, I just made a mistake and cut it right away.
Yeah warframe’s monetization being that shitty free to play model is prime era shitty f2p, and one of the main reasons why I now don’t play f2p games, battlepass, seasonal, or any of that other shit monetization.
I’ll pay 50,60,70,80,90,100 bucks once for your game, assuming it’s good enough…
That’s the right approach, you’re right. I admire people with this mindset.
Idk why you’re getting down voted and not even why my post got down voted, I was hoping more from Lemmy users, I didn’t expect people to consent with those abusive and aggressive manipulative techniques they use.
I’m with you on this one my friend. Except… today I just pirate everything lol, but you’re free to pay of course.
Shrug. People like their ways. As I get older, elitism is somehow making less sense. But just as other people are allowed to like gambling or paying a ton to support a game they like in a way that I don’t, or even think is bad for everybody, so to, then, am I allowed to say what I think and they to downvote me for doing so.
I think people make whatever things they need to, work. I don’t like the effects it has on expectations within the community and industry, but if people enjoy paying into a game that may not even be fun… Then that’s kind’ve whatever.
For what it’s worth, I have heard the game is a good game, despite it having atrocious monetization. That’s just not for me, as it takes away far more than it gives.
It’s kind’ve like how everybody’s experiences are different, and so our perspectives are all different, and so then our values and opinions. I’m truly not even bothered by disagreement with my comment, I’m the one that came in here and offered up my negative opinion. And it has been read, and nobody’s been banned and nobody’s been hurt and everybody’s a little more aware of each other. That’s good jizz, to me.
I appreciate your support, though. I also wish rational discussion took place more often than screeching or mic dropping or other rhetoric. But, again, people do what they can, and it’s all good. No harm, no foul.
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Yeah warframe’s monetization being that shitty free to play model is prime era shitty f2p, and one of the main reasons why I now don’t play f2p games, battlepass, seasonal, or any of that other shit monetization.
I’ll pay 50,60,70,80,90,100 bucks once for your game, assuming it’s good enough…
BUT IT BETTER BE FUCKING GOOD ENOUGH
That’s the right approach, you’re right. I admire people with this mindset.
Idk why you’re getting down voted and not even why my post got down voted, I was hoping more from Lemmy users, I didn’t expect people to consent with those abusive and aggressive manipulative techniques they use.
I’m with you on this one my friend. Except… today I just pirate everything lol, but you’re free to pay of course.
Shrug. People like their ways. As I get older, elitism is somehow making less sense. But just as other people are allowed to like gambling or paying a ton to support a game they like in a way that I don’t, or even think is bad for everybody, so to, then, am I allowed to say what I think and they to downvote me for doing so.
I think people make whatever things they need to, work. I don’t like the effects it has on expectations within the community and industry, but if people enjoy paying into a game that may not even be fun… Then that’s kind’ve whatever.
For what it’s worth, I have heard the game is a good game, despite it having atrocious monetization. That’s just not for me, as it takes away far more than it gives.
It’s kind’ve like how everybody’s experiences are different, and so our perspectives are all different, and so then our values and opinions. I’m truly not even bothered by disagreement with my comment, I’m the one that came in here and offered up my negative opinion. And it has been read, and nobody’s been banned and nobody’s been hurt and everybody’s a little more aware of each other. That’s good jizz, to me.
I appreciate your support, though. I also wish rational discussion took place more often than screeching or mic dropping or other rhetoric. But, again, people do what they can, and it’s all good. No harm, no foul.
It’s all dark pattern darkslop and should be avoided even just if for matter of principle