Well NBA 2k18 is out and let’s be honest with ourselves the game is utter crap. There are THREE VERSIONS OF 2K18! THREE! Standard, legendary and legendary gold (In case you’re wondering standard editions of video games are basically shells of the actual game itself) So I’ve been a gamer ever since 2005 when my dad first got me Lego Batman for my Ps2 (Which by the way is better than anything 2k’s sorry excuses for games they crap out every year or so) and I’m being honest when you spend $60 for a video game that game should be complete with all of its features not just the slim pickings; THE ENTIRE BLOODY FEAST. If you want to add content and especially a goddamned season pass for your game the game should have all of its content. EA has done this for the new Battlefront where they asked for $100 for a season pass and shockingly when the game came out there were a total of FOUR MAPS and released maps that should’ve been in the game for more money. For all you Star Wars fans out there the Death Star was D.L.C. the BLOODY DEATH STAR!!!! (Let’s do some basic math everyone! So there were a total of 4 maps in battlefront at release, there are 16 more maps for D.L.C. purchase. SO THERE ARE 4x THE AMOUNT OF MAPS THAT WAS PACKAGED OFF AND SOLD FOR MORE MONEY; THOSE GREEDY JERKS!

Back to the main topic at hand i’m going to go over the Fee 2 Play system that AAA companies now have the audacity to try on customers. Let me just say that there are three main things poisoning the gaming industry: Different versions of the game that have content that should’ve been a part of the original game, Micro-transactions in 60$ games with Loot Crates, and finally Season Passes.

When I typed these words I felt so disgusted by them that I threw up in my mouth a little bit. All of these things have helped devalue the actual value of games. The fact that I had more fun playing LEGO Batman than playing Destiny, Civilization VI, Battlefront, and etc. is SAD. I never asked for HD 4K QUALITY in my games because in my opinion games have gotten worse ever since companies began pushing HD 4K bullcrap. I would rather play the 2005 Star Wars Battlefront II (Or referred to as the good one) than the remastered Battlefront which is utter garbage. (I’m sorry I meant to say after you’ve had about thirty cans of beans and you used the toilet; that’s how you describe that atrocity of a videogame)

If you’ve read my previous work you’ll understand that I love Capitalism, but it gets to a point that it just becomes a literal scam. Like having different versions of the game that literally perpetuates the terminal AIDS that’s called microtransactions and loot boxes. If you don’t know what Microtransactions are then let me explain its when you have two currencies in your game (If this reminds you of anything its from crappy Mobile games like Clash of Clans/Boom Beach and The Simpsons Tapped Out! I’ll get to more of this in a second) the first is the bullcrap currency that isn’t worth anything and you have to grind for hours upon hours to receive your reward and you usually receive an over abundance probably in the tens of thousands and since the game will probably charge outrages prices in game an infamous example would be Shark Cards from GTA V where ammo and weapons cost way more in the online mode than the story mode of the game (Of course I realize that people can use cheat codes regardless but it’s still a huge jump) The second currency is the real currency which means you use your own money to buy virtual currency to essentially speed your way through the game so you do not have to grind as much for your reward. (Im looking at you Dead Space 3) Now you should probably realise the problem with having the system in place! It looks like the content you have in the game IS NOT WORTH PLAYING!!! That’s why when I see the makers of Shadow Of War pretend that nothing is wrong with the system they put in place when they stroll right through the marketplace of their game! That’s when I get pissed right the hell off! Now where do Loot Boxes come in? They come in right about when the free to play part should’ve been free. They’re all RNG. (RNG stands for random number generator. It’s basically the chances of getting an item to drop).Now this would be fine if it would be a part of a game that had ZERO Microtransactions and it was a reward system! Instead they basically have made this concept into virtual gambling to draw future gambling addicts.

Season Passes used to be one of those things that could’ve made a good bundle with all the DLC the game comes with. Now here is the problem with Season Passes there is almost zero content the garbage is brought out for all to see and offer! It’s like going to a restaurant and expecting to pay for an empty table and expecting food to magically appear on the table. You see the difference? One has a basic bundle the second totally shafts you out of your game and serves you content that should’ve been there already!

So we’ve covered pretty much the basics of the literal garbage the AAA game industry. If you liked the article leave a comment and tell me what you think!

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