Re: Out of Character Discussion
Ya, I hear nothing about Titanfall.... however, Destiny is a Love/Hate thing. People love the game, or they hate it. So, that game will live, albit smaller then probably intended, but with talk of Destiny 2, and the release of their 'expansion' I doubt it is going anywhere for a bit.
As for supporting EA.. that depends. See, I bought SWBFDE, so I will see if those 'advantages' are real or not. As for the rest... Sure, buying the game 'supports' the company, and everyone involved (Including DICE). But see, I have bought games before, and not touched any DLC on them. (Such as the Dynasty Warriors Series... which I love). The real DLC purchases I have bought, were for Skyrim, and that is because I am a big ES fan... but also because I thought they did truly add to the game (less then I thought, but more then enough to justify the price). I also get DLC off steam when I buy a game in a bundle.
IF I really enjoy Battlefront, and I feel the game itself is complete, and the DLC is just Map packs and the like... maybe I will buy them. But more likly then not, I will buy the main game, and never make another purchase.
Microtransactions only work if people buy them, and well.. people buy them. SWTOR originally, was a pretty good game, when it was a pay to play. A tad simple, but I thought it had well done Voice Acting, a somewhat engaging story, and solid (if albit reused), gameplay. I couldn't play anymore, so I left my account inactive, and it went FTP. I played it for a grand total of an hour after it went FTP, and then uninstalled it. I lost access to half my weapons, part of my crew, and my founder title. This happens with most MMO's sadly. WoW I think hasn't fallen into this pit yet... but most FTP MMO's are pay to win, with paywalls and the like. ONly game it really didn't bother me in (at first), was DDO, because I started that game when it was FTP, and other then some quests and the like being cut off, and a few race/class options, the game was still solid and loads of fun to play. It wasn't till I got to about level 12, and I was running out of quests to do for exp, that it started to drag...
I am now ranting, so sorry. We will see how it goes... unless someone already has it, since I won't get mine till Friday. Hopefully, it will be a fun time for a few months, before Pro's and hackers start ruining the fun. I still wish MAG servers were still up...