Most games with loot boxes claim they're optional, but it sounds like they actually will be in Assassin's Creed Origins.
Not exact matches
While Battlefront II boasts the
most egregious example, it was far from the only
game to boldly feature
loot boxes this year,
with Call of Duty: WWII, Middle - earth: Shadow of War, Assassin's Creed Origins, and more all jumping on the
loot box train.
Despite misgivings I have
with the
loot boxes and a few technical niggles, Forza offers is by far the
most accessible racing
game out there.
I should also clarify that the controversy surrounding the
loot boxes is a little overblown because if you manage to do
most of the side content and atleast some of the minor online missions, you will end up
with more than enough gear to get the true ending of the
game.
It's little details like this that help a
game be more immersive, sony is making a huge mistake by taking down the serves, and if they truly feel proud of supporting this type of
games, then the more reason why they should help it as much as possible, just because it didn't sold a million in the first months of release doesn't mean the
game isn't worth it, if anything, is among the few
games this year that's actually a true video
game, something made
with soul and passion, not a plastic product like
most games that have come out recently, especially
with the whole
loot box fiasco.
Loot boxes are currently one of the
most prominent trends in gaming and while they are not an entirely new development, in fact they have been present in gaming for almost a decade, their prevalence has come under the spotlight
with the release or impending release of
games this year.
The timing of this update and GOG.com reviving the old servers for the 13 - year - old
game came at the
most opportune time, because EA had really messed up
with DICE's outing of Star Wars: Battlefront 2 by having premium
loot boxes added to the
game where players could spend real money to acquire
loot boxes and upgrade their characters.
Blizzard got on board
with Overwatch, a
game seen as perhaps the
most important pioneer of
loot boxes in traditional gaming.
Well, because
loot boxes are coming in virtually all of this holiday's
most anticipated
games: Shadow of War, Battlefront 2, and even Assassin's Creed: Origins (the latter of which won't allow you to obtain these
with real world money).
Well, we've seen other
games -
most notably Overwatch - get away
with being a full price title that so happens to feature
loot boxes containing cosmetic items.
Despite misgivings I have
with the
loot boxes and a few technical niggles, Forza offers is by far the
most accessible racing
game out there.
If Overwatch players are familiar
with anything, it's the
game's
loot boxes — rewards for rank - ups and various numbers of match wins — and their tendency to almost never give the
most desired cosmetic items.