The Dragon's Dogma 2 review hate pre-launch (i.e. IGN review score of 8 being "low") to hours later review bombing because of microtransaction misinformation stemming from not reading the opinions of those who had played is a spot-on encapsulation of the discourse on here
@BrydenKeks Important to note that the review guide included a link and info about microtransactions. I, and others, failed to note that. Part of the frustration is that those of us covering it could have done a better job pointing this out pre-launch.
@BrydenKeks Ignorance seems to be bliss around X, MTX is not the only reason for the negative reviews loads are talking about the performance issues.
@BrydenKeks Hating on the IGN review was absurd. But this doesn't sound like the MTX were mentioned in it.
@BrydenKeks The MTX are inexcusable, no matter how easy they are to acquire, end of discussion. This is a $70 game with other editions costing even more, there is no excuse. Honestly the discourse here should be how much players turn into apologetic babies when it concerns a game they like.
@BrydenKeks lol "misinformation"??? you mean being forthcoming about the horrible MTX in the game
@BrydenKeks I don't think in game consumable items being sold for real money in a $70 game is really misinformation, that's what it is. A dangerous precedent that exceeds the worst that Capcom's done before in their other greedy games. Even Re4's mtx gave permanent upgrades in all save files
@BrydenKeks Regardless of how important the items sold as DLC are, its still a very predatory practise that should not be allowed to normalise and inevitably get worse. This is a full price AAA game not a free gacha.
@BrydenKeks Its so cool you can just opt out of caring about this shit. Its like a cheat code bro, no one even stops you.
@BrydenKeks Everyone's a consumer advocate until their precious favorite game series from capcom does it then it's actually not that bad you guise