Loot crates are now part of review scores.
The game itself is great. I don't like loot crates anymore than anyone else. That's why I didn't pay for them on Battlefield 1 or Black Ops or Team Fortress 2.
But if loot crates are a source for poor review scores then why weren't they when gamezone reviewed those other games I mentioned? COD WWII got an 8 with no mention of loot crates/ microtransactions from these guys.
You forgot to blast it for loot crates.
Yes.
Wow. I hadn't yet read about the hate aimed at this game. Sincerely, there are absolutely 0 articles, opinion pieces, or reviews aimed at the loot crates/ microtransactions of this game.
And the hate is based mostly on loot crate microtransactions that are given a pass on the following games:
Team Fortress 2
COD Black Ops 3
COD WWII
Battlefield 1
Middle Earth Shadow of War
Madden NFL
FIFA
COD BLOPS III gets an 8 but SWBFII gets a 5 because of the exact same type of microtransactions?
Lol what? If you didn't use microtransactions/ loot crates in your reviews of COD WWII or any other review, then you can't use it with this game.
It is only reviewed 1 point higher than Shovelware: Oceanhorn Review | Adventuring Better Left On Mobile?
You just bandwagon'd for clicks. You have no integrity if you just get to mak...
Old story is old.
Battlefront II is the newest game to hate. Yawnz. If it's not microtransactions, it's length, or lack of unpromised features, or whatever the hate brigade wants to invent.
...Which means that in the top 4, three are Sony consoles...
does this "journo" even math?
Remember when length was suddenly a part of reviews? Now it no longer is.
What is the damn criteria for reviews and what value do they hold if the reviewer makes them (the criteria) up on the spot just to fuel their vendetta?
Have you used microtransactions/ loot boxes as a means for scoring games in your older reviews?
Are you now going to include them in your future reviews?
Critics did that with the Order 1886 claiming it was too short. Then when longer games launched, suddenly, that wasn't the criteria for reviews.
Ok. Why didn't you include loot boxes/ microtransactions on your older reviews? Why is it included for this game?
Why won't you use it as a means for scoring for future games?
We get it. The microtransactions suck, but why are you jumping on the hatewagon? Can't think for yourself?
...and here come the clickbait "reviews."
Are microtransactions now a part of your review scores? If so, why weren't they before? Why won't they be included in your future review scores?
The answer is: it's just popular to jump on the hatewagon.
Nicely done. Glad to hear about a publisher with morals. Definite buy for me now.
And how much will be kept for "expenses?"
Please, I am not paying someone to "go to court" when I am unwilling to pay EA for microtransactions. What an insanely ironic request.
Star Wars Battlefront II Loot Crate article #23945234345
The game is great, no one is arguing that.
The microtransactions are not, that is what people are arguing about.
A 5/10 is clickbait.
Nail, meet head.
This is sooo weird. So, if it is EA it is wrong and deserving of hate. Ok.
However, if Activision has loot crates in their game and charge real money exactly the same way... that's okay.
Not agreeing or disagreeing with loot boxes, just saying people are weird.
Oh yeah, Black Ops III has them.
IF THEY ARE FREE, loot boxes aren't bad game design.
I don't have a problem with opening a box and getting something out of it that I can either trade or use, if I don't have to pay real money for it.
I believe Black Ops III had loot boxes... and for real money... where was the unmitigated hate for that?
Yeah. We already know about prostitution and "how you can do it yourself."
I am playing the game and I get the boxes for free and I can build (you could in the BETA) the cards I want with "parts."
I am not acting like a child when I am calling out critics for poor criticism skillz.
Hate the game because of loot crates and mts, sure. But a critic can't suddenly change their criteria because it is "hipster" to hate on a game.
Remember, The Order 1886 was too short so it got bad review sc...