simple@piefed.social to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agoBattleBit Remastered is surprisingly alive - a huge Operation Overhaul update test arrives in Novemberwww.gamingonlinux.comexternal-linkmessage-square36fedilinkarrow-up1142arrow-down10
arrow-up1142arrow-down1external-linkBattleBit Remastered is surprisingly alive - a huge Operation Overhaul update test arrives in Novemberwww.gamingonlinux.comsimple@piefed.social to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square36fedilink
minus-square🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 @pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-23 days agoThat’s not what live service or Games As A Service means. It’s about continued, PAID FOR content being added to the game on a predetermined schedule, where old content is phased out and no longer obtainable. Often with two tiers of unlockables; one for regular/free players, and the other for premium/battlepass owners.
minus-squareMugita Sokio@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down3·3 days agoThat’s called a dark pattern, which I don’t fall for all that often. I’d just take the F2P route, and I wouldn’t care if I missed out on something where I’d shell out real money for it.
minus-square🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 @pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 days agoAgain, no… A dark pattern is when the UI tricks you into doing shit you didn’t want. Like signing up for Prime on Amazon when you didn’t want it.
That’s not what live service or Games As A Service means.
It’s about continued, PAID FOR content being added to the game on a predetermined schedule, where old content is phased out and no longer obtainable.
Often with two tiers of unlockables; one for regular/free players, and the other for premium/battlepass owners.
That’s called a dark pattern, which I don’t fall for all that often. I’d just take the F2P route, and I wouldn’t care if I missed out on something where I’d shell out real money for it.
Again, no…
A dark pattern is when the UI tricks you into doing shit you didn’t want. Like signing up for Prime on Amazon when you didn’t want it.