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[–] [email protected] 28 points 4 months ago (4 children)

I don't like how 'free to play' has become synonymous with 'shitty monetisation strategies'. FOSS games like Minetest are free to play, and as they aren't monetised, they don't have any of the aforementioned bad features either.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 4 months ago

Because most "free to play" games are actually "pay to win". But I agree, there are some excellent games that are actually free to play, such as Shattered Pixel Dungeon, and Polytopia.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 months ago

That's the distinction between "free to play" and just "free". Free to play games are monetized but you don't have to pay in order to play them.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago

"free as in free speech, not free beer"

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago

I guess the term should be freemium but free to play probably has marketing advantages.