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Critics must rescore Dragon's Dogma 2 in light of microtransactions (www.downtimebros.com)
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[-] Hominine@lemmy.world 159 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

From a review:

The explorers camping kit is probably the most egregious of the "DLC" So to explain, as you and your pawns battle you take damage, take enough damage and there is a portion of your HP you can't recover with magic or items. So you'll either have to go rest at an inn or find a bonfire to set up camp. To make camp you'll need the camping supplies item, the ones I have found so far are very heavy in weight, which means your party won't have much space for loot. The explorers camping kit DLC will give you 1 camping supply and make the "explorers camping kit" available to purchase within the in-game shops, and it will be much lighter in weight than the normal camping supplies. Capcom have purposely made the experience far more tedious than it need be in their fully priced AAA game so we would spend the extra money on their quality of life DLC.

Fuck this game.

[-] RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.world 63 points 7 months ago

This is literally "make the Battlefield player pay money to reload their gun."

[-] Pinecone@lemmy.world 4 points 6 months ago

I don't remember it being that bad but in battlefield heroes the weapons and upgrades you unlocked with free points were only temporary (like 2 weeks at a time or something)

[-] Chailles@lemmy.world 22 points 7 months ago

Wait a minute, hold up, this wasn't in the game unless you have that?

[-] TrousersMcPants@lemmy.world 37 points 7 months ago

It is, afaik all the microtransactions are available in game, most of them are even very very easily available. Capcom has been doing this for years in all their games, even Monster Hunter Rise has the character edit voucher bullshit, but people have finally called them out for it.

[-] TimLovesTech@badatbeing.social 7 points 6 months ago

That camp kit comes with the deluxe addition, which they probably are unaware of because they got the game for free. It also comes with one of those edit voucher things as well. I doubt I'll ever use mine though because they also have an amazing character creator that came out weeks ago that let you meticulously design your character and your pawn. Then when you start the game they are right there as a choice. Something else they probably didn't know because they had the game so early.

It's all made up of drama for clicks, and seems to be working.

[-] TrousersMcPants@lemmy.world 11 points 6 months ago

The edit voucher is also available for rift crystals in game. The drama isnt made up I'd say but it is misdirected. Be mad at Capcom not the people playing the game and having fun because the game itself is actually good.

[-] Jarix@lemmy.world 7 points 6 months ago

You can unlock fast travel in game. You can pay to unlock it early.

It's basically cheat codes as mtx. Doesnt affect the gameplay.

All reviewers were informed that there were going to be microtransactions. Only 2 of 25 reviewers even talked about it in the reviews but both of them said the mtx doesnt have an affect on enjoying the game (the mtx are basically just for people who dont want to play the game as intended)

Cheat codes have long been part of gaming history with. Up up down down...

[-] TimLovesTech@badatbeing.social 4 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

That kit is part of the Deluxe edition, or $2.99 if you want to buy just it without the other bonus items. I think calling it DLC is a stumble by CAPCOM, but this guy has made a whole lot of drama out of his entitlement over not getting items from another SKU with his FREE pre-release copy of the game he finished in advance of release.

EDIT - Words are hard (spelling).

[-] Hominine@lemmy.world 6 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Apologetics aside, "this guy" is a random steam review.

[-] Bamboodpanda@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

The difference is literally nothing in weight. Honestly. This is the biggest non issue. A few potatoes you loot off the ground can weigh more than the difference between the camp you purchase for gold in the first town and the dlc.

If you wanna complain about legitimate issues like frame rate or only one save, that's fine. But for anyone that's played the game, the dlc is beyond pointless and not worth this level of outrage.

[-] seejur@lemmy.world 4 points 6 months ago

It's not about the practicality, it's the fact that it is there in the first place. Its like to boiling frog, gradually adding slightly more crap with each iteration.

So of course they will not add full pay to win in single players in one shot

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