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The Main Lesson From ‘Baldur’s Gate 3’ Should Be ‘People Hate Microtransactions’ (www.forbes.com)

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If reception to Baldur’s Gate says anything, it’s that people hate microtransactions in their AAA games.

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Author got burned bad in the comments:

8 hours ago

"Instead of getting more accepting of microtransactions these days because they’ve become so normalized, I’m moving the opposite direction. I genuinely resent Diablo 4 for sinking so, so much work into its $15-30 armor sets in the store when they could have been farmable in the game, and in-game sets are already starting to fall behind in the seasonal model."

You clearly don't resent it that much, considering you gave Diablo 4 a 9/10.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It's not a burn; it's a poorly constructed comment made out of context. The author's criticism on Diablo 4 is based within the context of Baldur's Gate 3's release. The review for D4 was written before BG3 was released.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

I would be happy if MTX were just a default penalty rule on all game review scores. MTX: Yes. Score -2.