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I have an Android phone, so I'll have to wait, but I'll likely buy it regardless if it's good, just to vote with my wallet on the payment model. I despise anyt

by croon 10y ago

I have an Android phone, so I'll have to wait, but I'll likely buy it regardless if it's good, just to vote with my wallet on the payment model. I despise anything that's not pay-for-cosmetics or buy-the-damn-game-once. I can pay for my entertainment, but I'm not playing a game that's designed around microtransactions, eschewing the game mechanics.

Fnoord 10y ago
You despise Pay 2 Win (P2W) and prefer Buy 2 Play (B2P)
Insanity 10y ago
Same here. I would rather just spend money on the game one time rather than being prompted for microtransactions. Just paying for cosmetics is something acceptable for me. In CS:GO, you can pay for the skins but you don't have to. Yet, I'd still prefer the CS:Source model where you just pay the game once and then download any cosmetics you want for free. But well, that model won't come back any time soon.. :-)
- croon 10y ago
  Yeah, I remember fondly the custom servers, surfmaps, gungame (no, it's not a Call Of Duty-thing) mod, etc, etc. I miss those days, but I'm not sure I'd want to go back from other advancements we've made. Everything is much easier to get working and get into now. But the microtransactions for gameplay impacts is not an advancement I want. We can only hope the gaming market keeps growing enough that indie developers can fill the shoes of AAA-games of yesteryear where we can have large enough playerbase and mod community and self-hosted servers.
  - qwertyuiop924 10y ago
    ...I wouldn't be too sure that the old model. QuakeWorld is still going, and I've had more fun with Cube 2 and Xonotic than most games. I played 1v1 CoDBlOps once. It was really boring.
- mitchty 10y ago
  I'm sooooo sick of micropayment games. I play plants vs zombies 2 on my phone while in lines. I had a quick look at the cost for all the optional plants. Its almost $90. Even AAA games aren't that bad or at least have a reason for $90 like 3d graphics. And then there is the pay money for currencies shenanigans.
wattt 10y ago
> I have an Android phone The majority of us do. Disappointing they launched exclusively on iOS.
- BoringCode 10y ago
  It is coming to Android early next year though.

by croon 10y ago

Fnoord 10y ago

You despise Pay 2 Win (P2W) and prefer Buy 2 Play (B2P)

Insanity 10y ago

Same here. I would rather just spend money on the game one time rather than being prompted for microtransactions. Just paying for cosmetics is something acceptable for me. In CS:GO, you can pay for the skins but you don't have to. Yet, I'd still prefer the CS:Source model where you just pay the game once and then download any cosmetics you want for free. But well, that model won't come back any time soon.. :-)

croon 10y ago
Yeah, I remember fondly the custom servers, surfmaps, gungame (no, it's not a Call Of Duty-thing) mod, etc, etc. I miss those days, but I'm not sure I'd want to go back from other advancements we've made. Everything is much easier to get working and get into now. But the microtransactions for gameplay impacts is not an advancement I want. We can only hope the gaming market keeps growing enough that indie developers can fill the shoes of AAA-games of yesteryear where we can have large enough playerbase and mod community and self-hosted servers.
- qwertyuiop924 10y ago
  ...I wouldn't be too sure that the old model. QuakeWorld is still going, and I've had more fun with Cube 2 and Xonotic than most games. I played 1v1 CoDBlOps once. It was really boring.
mitchty 10y ago
I'm sooooo sick of micropayment games. I play plants vs zombies 2 on my phone while in lines. I had a quick look at the cost for all the optional plants. Its almost $90. Even AAA games aren't that bad or at least have a reason for $90 like 3d graphics. And then there is the pay money for currencies shenanigans.

wattt 10y ago

> I have an Android phone The majority of us do. Disappointing they launched exclusively on iOS.

BoringCode 10y ago
It is coming to Android early next year though.