So I see this game. Let me sum up what I actually see:

  • Reviews are mixed: not a great start
  • Requires 3rd-party account: fuck that
  • 60 euros base game: expensive, especially when the game has mixed reviews
  • 175 euros DLC’s: are you fucking kidding me? On top of 60 euros for the base game, there’s another 175 fees for content?
  • purchasable CoD points: so pay to win?

And they don’t understand why people pirate, run away from AAA games and go for indie games instead.

This is just a random example. I’ve quit playing COD after Modern Warfare.

To end this positively: I recently started playing Necesse which is really nice, and I started playing an old time favorite again after a long time: World of Goo. Both worth my money :)

  • cron@feddit.orgEnglish
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    2 months ago

    Take a look at the reviews, and find this insanity on the top:

    need to be connected to online services even when you just want to play singleplayer campaign, and keep getting connection errors.

    Thanks, I’m out.

    • melroy@kbin.melroy.org
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      2 months ago

      So in theory… you can not even play single-player campaign because of kernel level anti-cheat + internet connection. Even if Wine/Proton would allow you to start the game.

  • kr0n@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    2 months ago
    1. This game was not a good COD.
    2. This game was released in 2021, so it’s like if you buy now FIFA 2021 or NBA 2021, nobody is playing it.
    3. The 175€ DLC is just cosmetics. Cammos for the weapons, skins operators and so on. Not needed.
    4. COD Points are just to buy cosmetics like the included in the 175€ DLC, so it’s not pay to win. Just pay to look “cool”.

    PS: Don’t buy this shit.

  • Saledovil@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    2 months ago

    Reviews are mixed: not a great start

    More than not a great start: Only people who have bought the game are allowed to review it, so reviewers are already biased towards liking the game, because only somebody who thinks they would enjoy the game would spend money on it. It’s basically impossible to get a strong negative score by just being run of the mill awful. So “mixed” means that about 50% of people who though they would enjoy the game, didn’t, which is quite damning.

  • gwl@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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    2 months ago

    Ah it’s very simple, you would buy this if you’d made your whole personality about being a GAMER, where you believe that the only real games are FPS PvP War Simulation, and everyone that plays anything else is a poseur.

    • 87Six@lemmy.zipEnglish
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      2 months ago

      And even then there’s Battlefield 1 which got all the content unlocked now, is fairly cheap, the servers are going strong, and it’s really really fun.