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Prior to Covid we had a strict “no free games” rule in my house because the free games were the ones with advertising schemes or paid items in them. During Cov
by brightball 5y ago
Prior to Covid we had a strict “no free games” rule in my house because the free games were the ones with advertising schemes or paid items in them.
During Covid it became impossible to avoid the likes of Fortnite and Roblox so that my kids could still play with their friends. Not sure how to put the genie back in the bottle at this point.
- jkhdigital 5y ago> Not sure how to put the genie back in the bottle at this point. This sentence sums up my entire parenting experience for age 5+.
- CuriousSkeptic 5y agoIf you squint a bit you can view the buying a battlepass as actually buying a game, due to the added challenges. In that way its not actually violating the policy.
- brightball 5y agoThis is actually what happened. :)
- greggman3 5y agoI'm not sure I get the problem. My friend's 7yr old son calls to play Brawl Stars with me. You run around in an arena, multiplayer, and try to shoot each other. The game is polished and AFAIK he's never spent a dime on it but he loves the game.
- brightball 5y agoIn addition to ads and upsells, many of the free games come with timed rewards (hourly, daily, etc) that you have to hop on to claim. Creates addictive behavior. I want to say Brawl Stars falls in that category. I’m sure there are some good free games out there, but for the most part the dangerous patterns I’ve seen in game design happen in free games.