That's because
most loot items are abstractions, human beings on cards you slot into one of a couple squads for passive buffs to health, shields, or endurance.
Not exact matches
Procedural
item generation: Endless number of
items to
loot, steal and buy - can you find the
most epic ones?
This island, quite pragmatically named «The Island» by its inhabitants, offers a surprisingly substantial number of new locations to discover and
loot, amongst which can be found several new settlement workshops; aside from the fact that this offers a chance for the player to construct brand new settlements far from the woes of the Commonwealth, a massive influx of new workshop
items,
most of which are nautically themed, means that a piece of Far Harbor can be taken back to Massachusetts.
Itemization overall has been improved, and though it's still quite possible to craft
items that aren't particularly good for your class, or to pick up
loot that doesn't match what stats you're interested in,
most of the drops you receive are at least relevant to what your class can use.
Completing missions doesn't earn players new
loot packs or gear
items, which are things that the community values
most.
You can ignore the
loot boxes for the
most part during the main campaign, but later on, they're simply the
most efficient way to gather the
items and followers needed to complete some of the postgame quests.
Procedural
item generation: Endless number of
items to
loot, steal and buy — can you find the
most epic ones?
One of the
most convenient aspects of the
loot collecting is the ability to sell
items directly from the inventory screen.
You'll always get a random selection of
items though and
most of the time, you'll already have better equipment or orcs than what comes out of a
loot chest.
I found myself getting
most of the
items from shops as rewards from grabbing
loot bags and boxes from mission.
The first and
most important thing we'd say after years playing FIFA Ultimate Team, League of Legends and Overwatch, among other games that use
loot boxes and free - to - play mechanics, is that players are happiest - and still spend loads of money - if you focus on cosmetics rather than
items that alter gameplay.
Loot boxes also exist in the game, which is where you find
most of these
items, and you can procure implants to increase your XP, but it doesn't look like you should ever really need them unless you're desperate for cosmetics.
As usual, a huge collection of cars are available to purchase and customise to your liking, however,
most of the cool custom
items lie behind randomised «card packs» that can also be purchased — yes, not even Need for Speed can escape from the controversy of
loot boxes.
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.
The Dutch gambling commission took things a step further by conducting a study on 10 of the
most popular games featuring
loot boxes, and the study found that four of the 10 games featured monetary systems that violated the Betting and Gambling Act, which centers around the concept of betting and gambling real money on
items that can be traded outside of the game.
Sadly there's a much larger number of Afghan and Iraqi
items that have been stolen, for the
most part truly ancient objects
looted during the wars.
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.
You can ignore the
loot boxes for the
most part during the main campaign, but later on, they're simply the
most efficient way to gather the
items and followers needed to complete some of the postgame quests.