I take it you haven't played GoW. It has every slot machine casino-like mechanic you can name. There's literally something intrusive and eye catching on the sc

I take it you haven't played GoW. It has every slot machine casino-like mechanic you can name. There's literally something intrusive and eye catching on the screen at all times trying to entice you to spend, spend, spend! And there are a lot of game mechanics that encourage gambling to pull resources. The crafting mechanism requires 256 low level items to combine into a single high level one, and almost every one of those items represents a purchase on someone's behalf. The balance are rewards for showing up day after day. This thing is a Skinner box personified. I played it briefly and was lucky enough to stumble across a clan of people who were spending money left and right. I never did so it took me a while to figure out each "gift" I was getting was tied to someone spending up to $100. At one point I received twenty rapid fire gifts in a row as someone spent $2,000 and then lamented "my wife is going to kill me" in chat. Slot machines bore me so once it was clear any advancement would require months of waiting or spending money I quit rather than be a drag on the clan of people who were happily spending $250-$500 month on the game.