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Post by RKTaker on Sept 1, 2020 21:35:01 GMT -5
honestly Idk why people are getting mad at paying for Cosmetics, you don't have to buy them, I won't be buying them, literally every other content story wise is free so who cares
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Post by eJm on Sept 1, 2020 21:44:00 GMT -5
honestly Idk why people are getting mad at paying for Cosmetics, you don't have to buy them, I won't be buying them, literally every other content story wise is free so who cares I mean, it’s less the cosmetics and more just the idea of the cosmetics being exclusive to certain places when they’re in the game anyway and the amount of certain places there are that’s an issue. Also, the character pass being a thing where some dumb executive could say “Hey, we have more story content inside those characters and you need to buy them to get the full story” which there is precedence for.
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Post by xCompackx on Sept 1, 2020 22:58:40 GMT -5
In general, I don't really have a problem with cosmetics being extra. I mean, I rarely give a shit anyway about that kind of stuff sans, I don't know, the occasional "I like this skin" (usually a tie-in thing) deal in Fortnite, but if folks are into cosmetics, I don't see the harm in having them available.
Frankly, I don't even necessarily care about story DLC as I honestly can't remember a time where the story DLC really mattered to the core game.
I don't know, I'm not saying DLC is good; there's definitely shit that annoys me about it. But stuff like this where it's cosmetics and in-game currency, I mean, I just don't buy it.
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Post by Welfare Willis on Sept 1, 2020 23:41:53 GMT -5
Honestly, the more I look at Avengers as a game, it seems to be one of two halves. Like, the gameplay seems good, people like the story and it doesn’t exactly seem badly developed at all (it was actually nice to get a developer perspective from Thor-Gate that essentially said it benefits the player for there to be that kind of gap and the developer to not waste time doing a losing animation nobody will see). On the flip side, there seems to be A LOT of shady stuff involved, all kinds of DLC deals for costumes and characters and it doesn’t help anything. Like, I can imagine the developers being constantly annoyed to have to do this BS because, as I have said before, they’re going to take the heat more so than management’s signing of these deals and having them be things in what would have been one of the best turn arounds in game hype in a long time. Same here. Also just so people know the passing of Chadwick Boseman changed the reveal in the war room. As people can most likely guess the reveal was suppose to be {Spoiler}{Spoiler}{Spoiler}{SPOILER: CLICK TO SHOW}Black Panther and the Wakanda map Personally, I'm waiting for reviews to see if it's worth a purchase. I've never played a destiny or anthem type game like this before. Not sure I like the idea of playing a game and just playing to grind for gear. It reminds me a bit like World of Warcraft after you hit top level.
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Post by Psy on Sept 1, 2020 23:42:05 GMT -5
Basically, when you buy a battle pass for a character you get the majority of the money back as credits. This way, with some careful finagling, you can get all of them by buying one.
I've got no issue with them monetizing the cosmetics. The issues I've got are with the horrific optimization on the PC platform. It's obscenely poorly optimized.
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Post by Bang Bang Bart on Sept 1, 2020 23:48:55 GMT -5
If anything, the only skins I’d honestly want are the ones that closely match their comics or MCU look, mainly because the base designs for certain characters (especially Cap) don’t look too good.
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Post by Mighty Attack Tribble on Sept 2, 2020 9:57:08 GMT -5
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Post by salz4life on Sept 2, 2020 10:15:06 GMT -5
Also, the character pass being a thing where some dumb executive could say “Hey, we have more story content inside those characters and you need to buy them to get the full story” which there is precedence for. That's where I will be annoyed. As long as it's just cosmetic stuff, it won't bother me.
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Post by RKTaker on Sept 2, 2020 10:27:46 GMT -5
why do people keep putting jim sterling stuff in here? if you don't like the game fine, but he's not the only one with an opinion form your own
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Post by Mighty Attack Tribble on Sept 2, 2020 10:37:43 GMT -5
why do people keep putting jim sterling stuff in here? if you don't like the game fine, but he's not the only one with an opinion form your own Given a number of people in this thread have said they'll wait for the reviews before deciding whether to buy, everybody's welcome to post other reviews as they appear. Sterling's dropped less than an hour ago, hence why I posted it. I'm getting the game, for the record. I think it looks like a good time.
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Post by Perpetual Nirvana on Sept 2, 2020 11:14:17 GMT -5
I'm mainly here for the story so I'm fine with the default costumes.
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Post by lockedontarget on Sept 2, 2020 11:17:41 GMT -5
I picked up the game despite not expecting much, and after five hours or so I have to say I am pleasantly surprised.
The campaign is very good. Kamala is a fun lead and there’s lots of cool setpiece moments.
Feels good to play once you get used to the controls.
The monetization isn’t nearly as bad as some people, like Sterling, make it out to be.
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Post by Zone Was Wrong on Sept 2, 2020 12:56:55 GMT -5
Yeah, like I am all for going after games with predatory microtransactions like Battelfront 2 or Madden 21, but this seems like mostly harmless stuff. Honestly, I'll probably end up doing the battlepass stuff sure, but that's just me. Not like it is something that is a most have or anything. The game itself looks fun as hell and I already have a four person team in mind for non-online stuff.
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Post by RKTaker on Sept 2, 2020 13:07:06 GMT -5
also based on what i read you can earn enough credits from the original 6 battle pass to but one of the new heroes battle pases. so like buy kate bishops for example, then get enough to buy hawkeye’s etc.
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Post by Cyno on Sept 2, 2020 13:27:34 GMT -5
why do people keep putting jim sterling stuff in here? if you don't like the game fine, but he's not the only one with an opinion form your own Because people find him entertaining and he's one of the few people in video games media who isn't a corporate stooge.
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Post by Zone Was Wrong on Sept 2, 2020 13:52:55 GMT -5
why do people keep putting jim sterling stuff in here? if you don't like the game fine, but he's not the only one with an opinion form your own Because people find him entertaining and he's one of the few people in video games media who isn't a corporate stooge. Yeah, while I don't always agree with him on his opinions, he always tells it straight. Him and Angry Joe are usually my go tos for reviews.
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Post by Cyno on Sept 2, 2020 14:51:43 GMT -5
Because people find him entertaining and he's one of the few people in video games media who isn't a corporate stooge. Yeah, while I don't always agree with him on his opinions, he always tells it straight. Him and Angry Joe are usually my go tos for reviews. Honestly, I was skeptical as hell about this game when I heard it was a "live services" game. Jim's videos only reinforced that opinion I reached on my own. And for everyone saying "it's just cosmetics!", there are several articles and videos about why that's a problematic argument to use to defend shameless monetization by the video game industry, especially in full-priced games. For Avengers, I wouldn't be surprised if microtransaction exploitation is a big reason why the default character designs of the game's characters look like off-brand versions of the heroes as opposed to costumes more faithful to their comic or MCU incarnations. The only thing that makes Avengers slightly more tolerable with this is that the cosmetics seem to be just straight transactions instead of going through a gambling system like lootboxes.
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Post by salz4life on Sept 2, 2020 14:54:28 GMT -5
why do people keep putting jim sterling stuff in here? if you don't like the game fine, but he's not the only one with an opinion form your own Given a number of people in this thread have said they'll wait for the reviews before deciding whether to buy, everybody's welcome to post other reviews as they appear. Sterling's dropped less than an hour ago, hence why I posted it. I'm getting the game, for the record. I think it looks like a good time. Same..... I enjoyed the Beta and feel like a game I will keep going back to even if I complete the story as it's just mindless fun to me.
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Post by burdette25159 on Sept 2, 2020 16:48:30 GMT -5
Are there other games out Friday?
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Post by eJm on Sept 2, 2020 16:52:26 GMT -5
Are there other games out Friday? The Tony Hawk Pro Skater remaster is the other big one, I think.
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