Ubisoft blames 'technical error' for showing pop-up ads in Assassin's Creed

Re:Ubisoft blames 'technical error' for showing pop-up ads i... by munk-a on Friday November 24, 2023 @03:32PM (#38407919)

I think it's good to distinguish them because there are games like Genshin Impact that have literally no accessible gameplay without constantly feeding money into the machine. I am also disappointed in the fact that Valve has started bundling in loot boxes for cosmetics - but games with cosmetic only gambling actually have a gameplay loop that's accessible and equal for everyone. Games that have gatcha centric gameplay are literally just clout games where you can waste money so that everyone knows how wealthy you are.

Both are bad but one is far worse.

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Re:Ubisoft blames 'technical error' for showing pop-up ads i... by graphe on Friday November 24, 2023 @03:39PM (#38408008)

Skins are more nefarious. They make you think it's ok, and you can still play a full game, only the full game isn't the game you wanted to play anymore, it's just a giant ad for the gatcha. You win to get gatcha. Gameplay just tells you to either pirate it, accept it or don't bother, it's much more honest.

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Re:Ubisoft blames 'technical error' for showing pop-up ads i... by Ferret7446 on Tuesday November 28, 2023 @02:13AM (#38443259)

I hate to have to post this here but

> Genshin Impact that have literally no accessible gameplay without constantly feeding money into the machine

is completely false. By even a conservative estimate 80% of the game can be played for free. In fact, you would be hard pressed to find a worse example to try to make your point.

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