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This is disgusting to me. I'll give you that there's a fine line between pain & pleasure in a game (it takes some pain to feel the pleasure), but this just fee
by JonFish85 13y ago
This is disgusting to me. I'll give you that there's a fine line between pain & pleasure in a game (it takes some pain to feel the pleasure), but this just feels dirty. I've said it before: it reminds me of an abusive relationship.
It starts off great: treat the girlfriend well, give her flowers, treat her like a queen. As time goes by, slowly needle away at her confidence, until she feels dependent on you. Do this so slowly that she doesn't even realize what you're doing. Eventually she is essentially dependent on you, and even if you treat her like garbage, she keeps coming back for more. In fact, she even blames herself for things going wrong.
It's terrible. I refuse to play games that do this. I get that they're incredibly successful, and rake in tons of money, but this is not something I want any part of.
- dwd 13y agoYour relationship example is more about dependency or addiction which you see in game reward techniques to keep players leveling up. Standard fare where there's a subscription model. This is the other side; more fraudulent than evil. He summed it up in the first paragraph; make it so the player has insufficient information to make an informed [investment] decision.