Laticauda

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[–] [email protected] -1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

No ship should cost any real world money to buy. If the stuff you can buy in a game with real world money can give you an advantage over other players or unlock parts of the game faster than players who don't pay real money for it, then it's meaningless to say the game itself is "only 45$". The ships make up a huge chunk of the game and you can pay 48k to obtain them all immediately, or rather, not you because statistically speaking you're probably poor, so you don't get the same game for 45 dollars, not unless you want to spend a fucking loooooooooooooong time grinding in-game (based on what I've seen the time needed to grind for enough money to buy even one high class ship is ridiculous). Meanwhile richer players get to fly in circles around you in their better more expensive ships from the start. You get access to less of the game than them.

Also, 1.2k for a single video game spaceship in a game that hasn't even been officially released yet is disgustingly predatory enough on its own.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 10 months ago

The fact that you can buy any ship in the game with real world money at all is the problem.

These people are paying to remove that part of the game which blows my mind

Yeah for people who actually enjoy putting the work in it doesn't make much sense, but for some people who play video games it's not about the getting it's about the having. The problem is that in this case they can use real world money to have better stuff without having to work for it, giving them an advantage over other players who are poor or don't want to pay for their ships. If this was 48k for just ship skins and it didn't affect gameplay at all then it'd be pretty stupid still, but I would at least concede that the average person doesn't have any disadvantages if they only pay the 45$ for the main game and don't need to pay thousands of dollars to reasonably compete with players who have bigger wallets and less impulse control. But that doesn't seem to be the case here since different ships have different stats and abilities afaik. This essentially means that rich people (or gambling addicts which are their own can of worms) can unlock more of the game and perform better faster than people who only pay for the base game.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 10 months ago

Worm Jesus is about to be crucified.

[–] [email protected] -4 points 10 months ago (6 children)

Apparently it costs up to 48k to get certain ships, so that means absolutely fucking nothing.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago

This isn't real money is it? Please tell me it isn't. I don't play this game but that would just be fucking sad.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Tbh I've only ever seen this trope happen on tv. In real life whenever I see women wearing the same outfit they're like "omg we match!!"

[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Make your own holiday, see a therapist, find a new hobby or something you enjoy watching other than sports, read a book? Just a few ideas.

[–] [email protected] 127 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Well the girlfriend still gets a wish.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 10 months ago

Okay? Nobody said you had to care.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago

Those products all lump themselves together under the term "organic", that's the problem.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I disagree about your last point. Talking ghosts can absolutely be scary if it's done right. The Exorcist demon is pretty famous for both frightening people and never shutting up, and demons and ghosts often serve similar purposes in horror movies. It could have easily been framed as a ghost possession instead of a demonic possession.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Well being dark doesn't automatically make something a horror story to be fair, does it have horror elements or presentation? Like does it try to frighten or at least unnerve the audience purposefully?

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