So I didn’t realise that I am forced to buy every single season pass. I though there would be some content for free players too. There is literally no reason for me to progress because I won’t get anything anyway. If I spend months playing I might get a visor or two.
As someone who would have gladly bought the game if I had that option, this kinda hurts.
Some might be wondering why I don’t just buy the pass. But I don’t want to support this direction for games. I’m not judging you for being ok with it.
Nobody is forcing you to buy a season pass. There are zero paywalls to play this game. The only things that you can pay for are purely cosmetic. But you can play the entire multiplayer game without spending any money on the game.
To clarify what I meant with "forced. That was probably the wrong way to phrase it.
Better way to put it would have been: “So I didn’t realise that I am forced to buy every single season pass if I want to customise my spartan almost at all”
I understand what you are saying. I personally dont mind battle passes but the fact everything js locked behind them is frustrating as someone that played the other games, where no matter what we got an included collection of cosmetics.
Honestly, i kinda hope we can unlock atleast some basic armour sets (maybe 5 sets) from buying/playing the campaign.
I undersrand the need to support the developers but this does seem like an over reach when the fan base is so used to standard armour sets being unlocked though gameplay.
I will still buy all the battle passes. But a few sets of armour linked to playing the campaign would be great step forward to support the long-term fans.
Good point. The free-to-play model actually hurts those who spend money on it more than the free players. Now they must spend 100s of dollars to unlock meaningful armor customizations.
The free players will either just keep dealing with the lack of being able to set up cool armor, or just get bored and move on. So it doesn’t really hurt them as much, in my opinion.
I respect that.
And ofc I agree that the developers deserve payment. I’m not quite personally comfortable supporting the deal I’m given in MP this time. But I’ll definitely still pay full price for campaign.
The game was made free to justify the business model, this has been the case with every other f2p game in the last two years, all following the same trend trying to catch that billion dollar cash wave.
Customization is an integral part of the game or it wouldnt be there, its important to people and this business model takes advantage of that.
Unlocking cosmetics, ranking up, and customizing your spartan is part of the intended and stated gameplay. Players are forced to either play a game which has had some of the gameplay elements restricted, or pay too much for too little.