this post was submitted on 29 Jun 2023
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[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It looked in what they showed F2P. Super sad, just another way of killing off the Maxis games. Hopefully Paralives will be coming out soon to save the genre

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

And that "life by you" one as well. Love seeing competition on the genre.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago

data-informed player-centric player purchase journey - maximizing value to players, optimizing player spend patterns, and minimizing player churn.

While I already expected a f2p sims game to be mtx hell, this seems like optimized mtx hell. And potentially a GDPR violation with the whole data-informed thing? Depending on what they mean by it

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

All yours, I'm good.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Will it have pools on launch?

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago

no but they have micro transactions to get to have a chance to unlock it in an RNG box

[–] Denuath 4 points 1 year ago

I mean is it really free to play if they release so many expansions again?

[–] FantasticFox 4 points 1 year ago

in-game marketplace of content and [user-generated content] (free and paid)

I wonder how much free user-generated content there will be?

As in the past modders (i.e. users) generated an incredible amount of content for free, but I suppose if they were allowed to distribute that it would destroy the monetisation of the free-to-play game.

[–] nostalgicgamerz 4 points 1 year ago

Without a price of entry, there will be even more DLCs and piecemealing.