• @Ragnarok314159@sopuli.xyz
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    23 months ago

    Yep, and to keep that access to games (and their livelihood) most of them have to talk well about games or risk being cut off.

    I wonder if more games will go the Lost Ark route and make the massive paywall at the endgame. Then reviewers will play the games for 30+ hours and it’s still fun, but then hit that endpoint and if you don’t open up your wallet you don’t go anywhere.

    • @jkrtn@lemmy.ml
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      13 months ago

      Paywall at the end is some sociopathic behavior previously unknown to me. I have to respect the ingenuity of that, even though it is despicable.

      • @Ragnarok314159@sopuli.xyz
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        23 months ago

        It’s why Lost Ark fell off so hard.

        I played it for a while and it is some of the best ARPG out there. The cities feel lively and the world was great, even got a boat. But then realizing with the endgame in order to get groups it was either farm eight hours a day or start spending money. Lots of money. No thanks