The crucial thing to understand
about loot boxes is that they give you items that you could otherwise get simply by playing the game.
The unparalleled outcry from players, fans, press, and politicians
about loot boxes in Star Wars Battlefront II signaled that we were at a breaking point.
Many of the people complaining
about loot boxes now are the very same people who play and adore games, not right - wing religious extremists who want to obliterate everything we love.
If you're worried
about the loot chests, don't.
What we know now, is, basically, there's a nebulous group of people on a committee somewhere attempting to talk to congress
about Loot Boxes.
Dungeon Hunter 4 tends to be all
about the loot.
Many gamers have been complaining
about loot boxes in games, stating that they're a form of gambling since it's like playing a slot machine where you spend money on an opportunity to get what you want, but there's a fairly low chance that you'll actually acquire the item you want.
Like with any of these types of games, Titan Quest is all
about the loot.
We're not too thrilled
about the loot box system but everything else is good.
You've probably seen some reviews on other sites, and seen the hubbub
about Loot Boxes being added to Talion's dire quest to stop Sauron from taking Minas Ithil and well... you know, that hold Lord of the Rings thing.
I suspect, when those other reviews get salty
about the Loot Boxes, they're salty because they were pushed to review the game under time constraints and didn't test the system or pay close enough attention to the detailed strengths and weaknesses of their orc army.
This time, The Gamesmen talk
about loot boxes, loot boxes, loot boxes, and net neutrality.
The Organizations That Could Do Something
About Loot Boxes Don't Care (Patrick Klepek / Waypoint) «The heated conversation around loot boxes is unlikely to die down anytime soon, and one question raised is whether loot boxes represent a form of gambling.
Unlike the first Star Wars Battlefront from DICE the sequel is going to have a single player campaign — now you can check out the trailer above to get a look at what to expect other than a fuss
about loot boxes when the game launches on 17 November 2017.
As the debate
about loot boxes and gambling rages, I can't help but wonder about Ultimate Team.
Over the past few months, the debate
about loot boxes has grown louder as players call for the mechanic to be classed as gambling.
It's a much more open system than other similar games, being compared to something like Diablo or Borderlands in that respect, which is almost always
about the loot.
A Slippery Slope Let's talk
about loot boxes and premium currency.
For those wondering what Captain Scarlett and her Pirate Booty is about, well, as the title references it is
about loot, plain and simple.
A lot of hullabaloo was made
about the loot boxes and micro-transactions potentially ruining the experience.
Let's talk
about loot boxes and premium currency.
But you can bet every developer is going to be asked
about loot boxes in 2018, and if a game includes them, the response won't be pretty.
If you feel like it's a losing battle or you're not wild
about the loot on offer, you can choose to wait for another encounter, but this puts you at risk of being detected by the enemies, costing you valuable morale points and a potential defeat at the hands of a particularly nasty foe.
Or it could be that most people aren't reading into the ruling and are just happy someone is doing something
about loot boxes, even if its logically inconsistent.
Angry fans are actively mad
about loot boxes as a concept and swear off buying games that contain them.
Her being on the show has nothing to do with Mox and Jason fearing to getting kicked from the guild, Just kidding, Alise joined them for the discussion
about Loot Boxes in gaming.
Fans sure are mad
about the loot boxes, although Patricia Hernandez says they weren't that bothersome in her review.
First up we have a statement from EA
about loot boxes in Battlefront 2, and to be honest I don't think it says much.
But it seems unlikely this will happen until gambling authorities change the way they think
about loot boxes.
This time, The Gamesmen talk about a Nintendo Switch exploit, Nintendo's E3 plans, the retirement of Nintendo President Tatsumi Kimishima, the Amazon Prime price jump, more
about loot boxes, and, the imminent reveal of Switch Online service.
But now, we have a rather vast sea of modern titles and a gaming industry that has all - but - forgotten
about those loot - grind filled titles that sent players diving into dank caverns and musty castle halls, or a temple or two filled with skeleton's and liches that are ready to tear flesh from bone.
Go tell Aunt Rhody
about the Loot!
For anyone wanting more context, here is the complete set of questions they had
about loot boxes in Fantasy Strike and beyond, and the answers I provided:
Everyone's talking
about loot crates and gambling mechanics sneaking into games.
So lets talk
about that loot.
GDC didn't ask
about loot boxes in 2017, so we have no point of comparison, but it certainly felt like more than 1 in 10 games had loot boxes this past year.
We kicked around some thoughts of our own
about loot boxes in the wake of uproars over their presence in Middle - earth: Shadow of War and Star Wars Battlefront 2.
Criminal prosecution is just the next step in a worldwide battle
about loot boxes.
«You do not even see them unless you go hunting in the menu» I get constant reminders
about the loot box stuff everytime I go to the menu in - game to check my army or quests.
Anybody that knows me, knows I have a thing
about loot.
Lots has been said
about the loot boxes that entice people to spend extra money, for the sake of progression, in Middle - earth: Shadow of War.
And that sort of leaves me feeling conflicted
about the loot system: is maintaining a good balance like this worth sacrificing the deep satisfaction to be had from a great loot system that rewards you in a well - paced manner with better gear?
And where would we be without talking
about loot?
As Josef explained it, «What happened there was like, during the day everybody's been talking about the Oscars — Oscar here, Oscar there — and when I went up there the idea was to talk about the Friends Pass, because the game is $ 29 and you don't have to buy two copies, but then there was all this bullshit
about loot boxes and everything, and I just reacted like «F *** the Oscars!
If the missions are not as fun to play, what
about the loot system then?
But there just isn't any narrative sense to doing so, and the weapons just aren't varied enough to really care
about the loot.
We imagine a lot of people have heard the complaints
about loot boxes and assumed it's all a fuss about nothing.
Shadow of War was only released on Tuesday, but if all the noise
about loot boxes didn't affect your decisions to buy it, we have a nice little Shadow of War guide you may want to check out.
Diablo 3 is all
about the loot.