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That sounds awfully like Popcap games, with Plants vs Zombies... PvZ 2 was a total waste on me. I hesitated a long time before downloading it, and only did so
by swombat 13y ago
That sounds awfully like Popcap games, with Plants vs Zombies...
PvZ 2 was a total waste on me. I hesitated a long time before downloading it, and only did so because the reviews said you could play through the whole thing without buying anything. I played it until I got bored, and spent nothing. Throughout, I retained a vague sense of annoyance at the purchasable upgrades.
I would happily have shelled out £10, maybe £15 to play it (and my wife and my mom would both have done so too), and would have played it through without any sense of annoyance. Result? Popcap game annoyed me despite all the effort they put into building a great game, and left £45 on the table.
If their conclusion from that is to double down on IAPs, then quite simply they are saying they don't want users like me and my family, but want, as the second "Dungeon Keeper" iPad review from TFA, "fuckwits". Sorry, I don't buy games for fuckwits.
I look forward, with little hope, to a PvZ 3 with no IAPs but a good upfront price.
- Silhouette 13y agoI really hope it's not Popcap. They are a favourite in my household too, again because they make entertaining, well polished, and not excessively priced casual games that several of us enjoy. If even companies like that are succumbing to the allure of ongoing charging, they'll lose us as well.
- trobertson 13y agoPopcap is owned by EA, who is well known for being heavy handed with their studios. EA happens to really like the IAP model.
- voltagex_ 13y agoI'm afraid for Mirror's Edge 2. Even Dragon Age saw the beginnings of this, with "Bioware points" used for DLC.