Path: news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!i2pn.org!i2pn2.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Justisaur Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action Subject: Re: Free Game of Thrones: Kingsroad! Date: Wed, 28 May 2025 11:56:12 -0700 Organization: i2pn2 (i2pn.org) Message-ID: <20a44e6061766acd5a77c0eb306d6cc25f07802e@i2pn2.org> References: <100n8as$3fpb6$1@dont-email.me> <100nnma$3ita8$6@dont-email.me> <59d3a8f9525ec4651e5341f7dce9b6e30753c1c7@i2pn2.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Wed, 28 May 2025 18:56:12 -0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: i2pn2.org; logging-data="2312866"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@i2pn2.org"; posting-account="Qhe2PUx7m0g9bYSXAivnRF/BNu0vlRR08ycHrj9WPKg"; User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird In-Reply-To: Content-Language: en-US X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 On 5/27/2025 10:34 AM, Spalls Hurgenson wrote: > On Tue, 27 May 2025 08:38:44 -0700, Justisaur > wrote: > >> On 5/22/2025 10:42 AM, Ant wrote: >>> Spalls Hurgenson wrote: >>>> On Thu, 22 May 2025 13:20:28 -0000 (UTC), ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) >>>> wrote: >>> >>>>> https://store.steampowered.com/app/3183280/Game_of_Thrones_Kingsroad/, but its reviews are mixed. :/ >>> >>>> Despite everything else about it, I was willing to give this game a >>>> chance... until I read this in one review: "heavy reliance on >>>> microtransactions". (and also, "the most aggressively unethically >>>> monetized game I have ever seen") >>> >>>> Yeah, no. I don't need that SORT of game. And I pick up a lot of the >>>> shovelware on Epic games! >>> >>> Damn it. Microtransactions? Argh. Too late. :( >> >> Free to Play tag, that means microtransactions. Into the garbage it goes. > > It doesn't ALWAYS mean microtransactions... but it definitely leans in > that direction. I can't even argue against it; developers want to get > paid, after all. But too often the gameplay suffers because of the > microtransaction grind. > > Free-to-play is a warning of potential issues, not an indicator that > the game is bad. I'll happily play good free games. I'll even play > free games that use microtransactions, if they aren't too obtrusive. > But you do have to be wary. I guess. Actual PC games I've played FtP: Warframe I liked, but without either knowledge on how to get stuff to sell to others for the in-game currency which isn't easy for a newbie, you're going to need to spend something on it or suffer quite a bit with low inventory slots. Still I spent all of $20 on it over a grand total of about 9 months with a lot of play, and I consider it well worth it, actually I feel stingy having paid only that for the amount of play and enjoyment I got out of it. This is the only game I feel like got it truly right, they just need something to tell/show newbies how to earn the platinum, or an in-game auction house and it'd be perfect. SW: The Old Republic. It's still painful without the sub (or it was) as you move at half the speed. A number of mobile games, but you pay by watching ads. I find that pretty annoying, but if I'm stuck somewhere without my computer waiting, it's better than nothing. I found reading free stuff better now though, but that also has ads - at least they're just banner ads and haven't made the move to timed locked video ads like the games. -- -Justisaur ø-ø (\_/)\ `-'\ `--.___, ¶¬'\( ,_.-' \\ ^'