Diablo Immortal won't release in the Netherlands and Belgium due to loot box law

Post by rvba » Wed, Jun 08, 2022, 8:05 PM UTC

rizzaxc wrote: post #140

rvba wrote: post #113

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The problem with Path of Exile's campaign is that it is dated, frustrating and unfun. It pushes away new players with difficult instead of convincing them to play. Maybe the pshchologists hired by the company that makes the game made a psychological profile of whales - and this allows good conversion. However they also wfite thwt they dont use data for decisions (just vibes) so it is not clear. They seem to be lucky…

If you treat the campaign as a separate single player game that expects you to finish in 10-15 hours and never have to run it again, it's less bad. That's how new players should feel about it. If they like the game to the point to repeat the campaign, obviously they're the target audience for the game (those like to play RPG with cheatsheets on the side) and can deal with the campaign the "proper" way. I'm not saying…

Post by ralusek » Thu, Jun 09, 2022, 3:50 PM UTC

fxtentacle wrote: post #110

ralusek wrote: post #95

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Europeans understand that you don't have to play, right? I'm not playing. I don't think I've ever played a game with a lootbox. No part of me feels compelled to legislate away the liberties of my fellow countrymen.

If my tax money pays for treating the ruined lives that these games create, then I feel justified in legislating the risk away.

Post by trafficante » Thu, Jun 09, 2022, 10:08 PM UTC

javajosh wrote: post #130

fendy3002 wrote: post #105

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And my golden rule of thumb, you either spend 0 in microtransaction, or at least 1000$, almost never in between since usually this game is designed with additional content that will dangling your carrot further and further, needing more and more money.

That's silly. I've spent like $40 in Hearthstone over the last 5-6 years. And I know a lot of people like that. It's not "all or nothing", plus there's a sense of fairness when you really like a f2p game, to spend something out of appreciation. (Although in general I'll cap my own spending to the price of a typical AAA game, e.g. $60, because otherwise I feel stupid and taken advantage of.)