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"great content" That's HIGHLY subjective. Lots of things work, doesn't necessarily make them good. How is it great content for free when it's locked behind g

"great content" That's HIGHLY subjective. Lots of things work, doesn't necessarily make them good. How is it great content for free when it's locked behind gem and extreme time gates? The freemium space is such a mess that you'll download something interesting and it's telling you within minutes that unlocking this tile will take 22hours. Only 17 gems to unlock now! Candy Crush supposedly set levels to be almost impossible without bought boosts, after just a few. Never installed candy crush so can't comment directly. Let's not forget the total piss take that was Dungeon Keeper on mobile. Yes we've all read the blog posts on how to monetise, and the first purchase is the hardest so get it the day they install etc etc. Taking the piss defines the freemium space. Older freemium games had a much more ethical balance. Things like Temple Run managed to let you play a decent game for free. Then pay for more. Must have worked well enough as they decided to make a TR2. I won't even install freemium games any more. "Pissing them off just kills the golden goose" Meanwhile pissing off everyone who knows them with the Candy Crush "I want to get a level unlock", "Woo I reached level 2" Facebook spam is fair game presumably? I've bought several games when I can buy them outright. I wish there were more ports of classics like Bard's Tale, which I bought, to Android - Pirates, RealMyst etc are all ipad/iphone only. I want a game I can buy, not a bloody subscription. We didn't buy subscriptions or gems for the kids either, no matter how much they whinged.

kartan 11y ago
> Meanwhile pissing off everyone who knows them with the Candy Crush "I want to get a level unlock" Why do you get piss off when a friend is asking you for help in a game they like? I used to play MMORPGs and stayed connected - without playing - just to help people in my clan with questions on quests and similar things, as I knew quite a lot about the games. It was time consuming, but it felt rewarding to help other people. What makes so specially bad the Facebook requests?
- chc 11y ago
  You obviously found playing MMORPGs fun or interesting, even if you grew tired of it. On top of that, you were voluntarily opening yourself up to these requests. Random mobile-game Facebook spam is different, because it's unwelcome and they're asking you to do something you never wanted to do. If these people had instead been constantly coming by your house uninvited asking you to contort yourself into painful positions for their amusement, you'd probably have been less welcoming towards it.
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- anexprogrammer 11y ago
  > Why do you get piss off when a friend is asking you for help in a game they like? If the messages were going to the Candy Crush community i couldn't care less, as they'd at least then be pushing the messages to people interested in that game. Of course that would completely destroy a community with the volume they push. I'd not mind an ask from guild or MMO community to help out, or even talk about build advice or whatever - if it's a game I played, and I'm in the community I care at least a bit. Asking for help in WoW when I'm in Lotro or vice versa isn't anything other than spam. It's the same as auto-ding plugins - they're damn annoying unless you're 11. I don't care that you level++, please don't tell me. I'm sure most the players don't realise how spammy it is, and often there's a pattern in the UX to heavily encourage the FB push by default/mistake, or get extra gems for sharing.
forgetsusername 11y ago
>I want a game I can buy, not a bloody subscription. There are literally thousands of those out there. Go ahead and buy them. Why are people so concerned with what others find entertaining? If freemium games, and their shitty mechanics, aren't for you, don't play them.

kartan 11y ago

> Meanwhile pissing off everyone who knows them with the Candy Crush "I want to get a level unlock" Why do you get piss off when a friend is asking you for help in a game they like? I used to play MMORPGs and stayed connected - without playing - just to help people in my clan with questions on quests and similar things, as I knew quite a lot about the games. It was time consuming, but it felt rewarding to help other people. What makes so specially bad the Facebook requests?

chc 11y ago
You obviously found playing MMORPGs fun or interesting, even if you grew tired of it. On top of that, you were voluntarily opening yourself up to these requests. Random mobile-game Facebook spam is different, because it's unwelcome and they're asking you to do something you never wanted to do. If these people had instead been constantly coming by your house uninvited asking you to contort yourself into painful positions for their amusement, you'd probably have been less welcoming towards it.
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anexprogrammer 11y ago
> Why do you get piss off when a friend is asking you for help in a game they like? If the messages were going to the Candy Crush community i couldn't care less, as they'd at least then be pushing the messages to people interested in that game. Of course that would completely destroy a community with the volume they push. I'd not mind an ask from guild or MMO community to help out, or even talk about build advice or whatever - if it's a game I played, and I'm in the community I care at least a bit. Asking for help in WoW when I'm in Lotro or vice versa isn't anything other than spam. It's the same as auto-ding plugins - they're damn annoying unless you're 11. I don't care that you level++, please don't tell me. I'm sure most the players don't realise how spammy it is, and often there's a pattern in the UX to heavily encourage the FB push by default/mistake, or get extra gems for sharing.

forgetsusername 11y ago

>I want a game I can buy, not a bloody subscription. There are literally thousands of those out there. Go ahead and buy them. Why are people so concerned with what others find entertaining? If freemium games, and their shitty mechanics, aren't for you, don't play them.