The mobile strategy game's gacha system likely played a huge part in this, as players are encouraged to spend, and keep spending, to get their favorite heroes. (nintendowire.com)
The third category of loot boxes is one that predates on the game's audience, creating a pay - to - win environment, a Complete Gacha system (gambling for higher level loot as you might see in free - to - play mobile games), or the restructuring of a game that forces an unnecessary grind on the player to push them to invest real money to progress. (gamingtrend.com)
Unfortunately, after playing quite a bit of the actual release of King's Knight, I wish I could say I was surprised that it's absolutely packed to the brim with practically every freemium shenanigan in the book: Post-install downloads, multiple gacha systems, connectivity requirements, multiple ways to level up seemingly everything, login bonuses, friend systems, daily quests, and elaborate freemium menus (each often with their own tutorial) to manage all these things. (toucharcade.com)