This year’s other huge game which blocks off player progression behind loot boxes is EA’s Star Wars Battlefront II. Many multiplayer shooters feature loot boxes, such as the previously-mentioned Overwatch, as well as Call of Duty and EA’s own Battlefield . However, while the contents of those games’ loot boxes only ever contain cosmetic items, the recent beta for Star Wars suggests that Star Cards, the crux of the game’s entire progression system, are tied to opening loot boxes. Of course, they can be purchased with real money. When loot boxes are purely cosmetic, the argument can be made that it doesn’t matter how expensive they are, since they cannot effect gameplay balance. But someone who puts down a ton of money on Battlefront II right away will have a distinct advantage against someone who does
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For the first time in the series’ history, Battlefield V included a chapter that follows the story of a female soldier , Solveig. Solveig is affiliated with the indigenous resistance movement opposing the German occupying forces in Norway, and despite being young, she is a well-trained and effective soldier during the war. Solveig survives the Norwegian cold and avoids Nazis patrolling the woods during the campaign, as she is in search of her mother. We have not seen many playable female soldiers in the past, and Solveig definitely sets a high standard for female soldiers in future ga
It’s been said that DLC and microtransactions are a necessary evil. The price of a video game in 2017 is the same as it was in 2005, and the secondhand market continues to eat into profits. DLC and loot boxes allow some money to ultimately find its way into the hands of publishers and developers, even if that player purchased their copy of Shadow of War from GameStop or a local used game st
Naturally, there’s a catch. Many games (most, really) feature downloadable content: additional items, levels, and features which can only be accessed by paying more money on top of the initial cost of buying a game. The latest wrinkle to the DLC formula is the inclusion of “loot boxes,” a form of microtransaction designed to keep players paying extra money for months and even years after they first buy a game. In 2017, is this trend a problem, or are lootboxes and microtransactions a necessary e
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Ryse: Son of Rome was originally an __ Xbox One exclusive that was released in 2013, it was later released in 2014 for the PC. It was developed by Crytek the same developers that created the Crysis series and just like that series Ryse has great visuals and fantastic production val
The Assassin’s Creed series has novels of its own these days, but when creating the first game, developers took much of their inspiration from the work of Slovenian writer Vladimir Bartol. His 1938 novel, Alamut , tells the story of the Hashshashin and is named after their fortress which once stood in what is now the Qazvin province of I
Titan Quest was first released for the PC in 2006. It would finally get a console release in 2018 on the Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, and the PlayStation 4. The game is set in Ancient Greece so it should help satisfy fans of Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey that are missing that game’s the
Kara is an android in Detroit: Become Human who becomes self-aware, and is part of an uprising of androids confronting their owners. Kara is an unconventionally tough heroine, as she is a protector rather than an aggressor, but displays her strength by protecting Alice Williams. Often mistreated by her owner, Todd Williams, Kara attempts to escape and take his daughter, Alice with
As per its title, the game is set in Tolkien’s middle-earth and encompasses much of the lore detailed in the author’s many novels. There are even one or two familiar faces thrown in there just for good measure, though it’s really the gameplay that takes center stage in this one rather than the characters or narrative. The sequel’s pretty good too, although fails to recapture the brilliance of its predeces
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