![]() ![]() Oh, they can pretend their stamp collection might be worth something someday but let's be honest: most aren't. ![]() The satisfaction of completing a collection. Or whatever.Īfter all, why have I been able to play so many blatantly p2w free to play games and not spend a cent (or only contribute a few dollars a year) and yet threw so much cash at PoE? Or when I do get sucked into whaling a gacha game, I know the score: I'm swapping money for fleeting joy. ![]() The subtle p2w weaponises that same pride and turns it into a motivator not to quit - and that, of course, means buying whatever tools you need to stay competitive, because it's not p2w right? And that competition isn't always something as clear-cut as in-game power. In short, the blatant p2w is easier to resist because you tap your pride as a gamer not to succumb. The latter, and obviously this includes PoE, uses a different hook and different bait: instead of being deceptively inviting to lull you into a purchase, that sort of free to play leverages unrelenting difficulty and built-in frustration, gambling on the sort of player who cannot back down, who refuses to give up and let a game win.even if not playing and realising there's no shame in not wasting your time is the real win. In a way, I admire how completely bald-faced about their p2w these games are.īut here's a little thought: I'd rather play a blatantly p2w free to play game for free than a subtle free to play given the former are almost always very slick, easy affairs designed to encourage spending right out of the gate. When one of those offers pops up I dismiss it with the same ease as I do popups on browsers or ads on TV. I find it amusing to walk the middle path: take it but leave nothing behind. Take it or leave it, but there's a third option. It's just the nature of the f2p mobile business. Same with pretty much any 'popular' free to play game these days.īut equally likely is what you've just seen: periodic pushes of 'deals' and 'specials'. The monetisation is mostly in the endgame. I'd be playing right now if the Oceanic servers weren't horrifically unstable. And it's a good campaign, for what it's worth. But I played most of the campaign during alpha with nothing but what I found. ![]()
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