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The problem with Ubisoft's model is that it affects game balance. Before when there's a problem with a game, the developers will patch it for free. Now, solutio
by trinovantes 5y ago
The problem with Ubisoft's model is that it affects game balance. Before when there's a problem with a game, the developers will patch it for free. Now, solutions are sold as IAP. It's even worse when the problems are now intentional.
- catlifeonmars 5y agoWait, what? You have to pay for bugfixes?
- trinovantes 5y agoYou have to pay for fixing poor game design or balance.
- cercatrova 5y agoGame trainers exist, at least on PC and Android. I feel no qualms about using trainers to grant myself unlimited in-game currency rather than buying their IAP ones.
- trinovantes 5y agoPersonally I enjoy games that bring a good challenge with the tools provided. The existence of IAP gates those tools or artificially inflates the challenge e.g. buy level boosts because the game purposely give little experience. I find giving myself unlimited resources (e.g. with cheat codes in the old days or with credit cards today) greatly diminishes the experience. At that point, why even bother playing? There's other mediums of entertainment that makes colors splash on monitors.
- cercatrova 5y agoSure, it doesn't have to be unlimited resources, you can give yourself however much you feel would balance the game to your fairness level. I just meant that it's one way to remove IAP gates as you mention.
- ajsnigrutin 5y agoOh come on... GTA(3, VC, SA) with cheats were great games to play... get all the weapons, be invincible, destroy everything, instead of a baseball bat, use a rocket launcher, instead of a bike, drive a tank.
- oneoff786 5y agoGod mode tends to be fun for an hour or so
- ajsnigrutin 5y agoIt's also fun to go through the missions, without doing the hard part.