How dare you treat your customers this way? Sure, argue Dice is just following orders regarding the micro-transactions but why are you releasing the game in such a buggy god damn state? .... Jesus.
Yet that is only the top of this massive pile of dung that is this game and its publisher.
The Good : AMAZING graphics. Superb sound design and cool, although underwhelming singleplayer story. nevertheless it has its moments.
The Bad: Massively unbalanced and pay to win. And thats not just lootboxes. Thats if you F'ing preorder you get a gun thats FAR better than your average gun that the dude who didn't pre-order gotta use for hours and hours as he's being MURDERED....BADLY.
Lets just skip straight to talk about Progression and Loot boxes immediately. So what exactly is this you ask in case you've been away for the past months.
basically the only way to progress in this game is by winning matches, getting currency and buying lootboxes with them which contain emotes, star cards and more.
What are the cards? They are basically unique traits you can add to your specific character or hero to give them very very overpowered benefits like 100 % damage reduction, boosts to survivability and more.
Now, why is this a big problem? Aside from the fact that lootboxes suck and are ruining this industry. YOU CAN BUY THEM WITH REAL MONEY... and thereby making sure you unlock lots of goodies much faster than other people. Whether thats guns, cards or heroes that are locked behind paywalls as well.
A paywall at 60.000 that was decreased 75 % after EA got the achievement of having the MOST down-voted comment on Reddit after replying to the guy discussing this topic about hero unlocking and time requirement ( it was around 40 hours per hero ..... yes you heard that right) to which they replied " It was about pride and accomplishment"
If I had to grind 40 god damn hours to unlock Darth Vader.... I wouldn't feel pride. I'd feel anger and frustration. Because during those 40 hours I would NOT BE ABLE TO BUY NEW GUNS OR UPGRADES BECAUSE I WAS SAVING... WHICH MEANS I'D GET REKT OVER AND OVER BY THOSE WHO BOUGHT THAT.
My god... the sheer nerve of making a system like this takes the meaning of corporatism to the next damn level.
EA can go burn in hell. The company deserves to catch flames for trying to DESPERATELY ( and impressively) to earn the Worst Company in America award for the 3RD TIME........
And Dice... you're just as guilty for getting partnered up with EA in the first place. You seemingly didn't care.
Its not like EA had a glowing rep back in 2006.... You can burn with them for all I care.
So now Dice say they wanna remove the micro-transactions ...temporarily.
You know why they did that? Not just because the gamer community freaked the hell out. No. because EA was afraid more people would refund the garbage they call a game.
So whats the plan now? isn't it obvious? They will remove it, then have ordinary people buy it... and earn their money back. And once some time has passed... and we're no longer focusing on BF 2 EA... they'll add them ALL RIGHT BACK IN AGAIN... and let the whales pay thousands upon thousands of dollars, ultimately ruining the game entirely when they suspect the heat is gone.
So what should you do, dear reader? You should vote with your wallet.
Do you like buying and playing a game where the richest person has everything and will get everything far faster than others? Then THIS IS YOUR GAME, pal.
But if you don't... and want a fair game where effort and skill unlocks stuff then you will not enjoy this. By the way, it don't matter how good you do in matches. The MLG gets the same points as the afking newb. Playing well is pointless.
Don't be fooled by this. Don't buy into EA's lies. Don't trust Dice's lies. They want your money. They don't give two sh$ts about you. Nor do the shareholders. John Riccitello pretty much proved that.
Vote with your wallet. But be warned. If you buy this game... you tell the shareholders its okay to pull this crap. And future games will do the same.
This is the year of the god forsaken loot-box. Its not remotely okay with me. But what about you, dear reader?
Vote with your wallet. Screw you, EA, for being so INSANELY anti- consumer and congratulations on soon earning your Worst Company award for a 3rd time.
"slow claps" You really freaking went out of your way to earn it...
Edit: Just in case this review wasn't enough to convince you: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HB2ouW2Asa4 Enjoy.
Yet that is only the top of this massive pile of dung that is this game and its publisher.
The Good : AMAZING graphics. Superb sound design and cool, although underwhelming singleplayer story. nevertheless it has its moments.
The Bad: Massively unbalanced and pay to win. And thats not just lootboxes. Thats if you F'ing preorder you get a gun thats FAR better than your average gun that the dude who didn't pre-order gotta use for hours and hours as he's being MURDERED....BADLY.
Lets just skip straight to talk about Progression and Loot boxes immediately. So what exactly is this you ask in case you've been away for the past months.
basically the only way to progress in this game is by winning matches, getting currency and buying lootboxes with them which contain emotes, star cards and more.
What are the cards? They are basically unique traits you can add to your specific character or hero to give them very very overpowered benefits like 100 % damage reduction, boosts to survivability and more.
Now, why is this a big problem? Aside from the fact that lootboxes suck and are ruining this industry. YOU CAN BUY THEM WITH REAL MONEY... and thereby making sure you unlock lots of goodies much faster than other people. Whether thats guns, cards or heroes that are locked behind paywalls as well.
A paywall at 60.000 that was decreased 75 % after EA got the achievement of having the MOST down-voted comment on Reddit after replying to the guy discussing this topic about hero unlocking and time requirement ( it was around 40 hours per hero ..... yes you heard that right) to which they replied " It was about pride and accomplishment"
If I had to grind 40 god damn hours to unlock Darth Vader.... I wouldn't feel pride. I'd feel anger and frustration. Because during those 40 hours I would NOT BE ABLE TO BUY NEW GUNS OR UPGRADES BECAUSE I WAS SAVING... WHICH MEANS I'D GET REKT OVER AND OVER BY THOSE WHO BOUGHT THAT.
My god... the sheer nerve of making a system like this takes the meaning of corporatism to the next damn level.
EA can go burn in hell. The company deserves to catch flames for trying to DESPERATELY ( and impressively) to earn the Worst Company in America award for the 3RD TIME........
And Dice... you're just as guilty for getting partnered up with EA in the first place. You seemingly didn't care.
Its not like EA had a glowing rep back in 2006.... You can burn with them for all I care.
So now Dice say they wanna remove the micro-transactions ...temporarily.
You know why they did that? Not just because the gamer community freaked the hell out. No. because EA was afraid more people would refund the garbage they call a game.
So whats the plan now? isn't it obvious? They will remove it, then have ordinary people buy it... and earn their money back. And once some time has passed... and we're no longer focusing on BF 2 EA... they'll add them ALL RIGHT BACK IN AGAIN... and let the whales pay thousands upon thousands of dollars, ultimately ruining the game entirely when they suspect the heat is gone.
So what should you do, dear reader? You should vote with your wallet.
Do you like buying and playing a game where the richest person has everything and will get everything far faster than others? Then THIS IS YOUR GAME, pal.
But if you don't... and want a fair game where effort and skill unlocks stuff then you will not enjoy this. By the way, it don't matter how good you do in matches. The MLG gets the same points as the afking newb. Playing well is pointless.
Don't be fooled by this. Don't buy into EA's lies. Don't trust Dice's lies. They want your money. They don't give two sh$ts about you. Nor do the shareholders. John Riccitello pretty much proved that.
Vote with your wallet. But be warned. If you buy this game... you tell the shareholders its okay to pull this crap. And future games will do the same.
This is the year of the god forsaken loot-box. Its not remotely okay with me. But what about you, dear reader?
Vote with your wallet. Screw you, EA, for being so INSANELY anti- consumer and congratulations on soon earning your Worst Company award for a 3rd time.
"slow claps" You really freaking went out of your way to earn it...
Edit: Just in case this review wasn't enough to convince you: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HB2ouW2Asa4 Enjoy.