Microtransactions *can* be good. (Destiny)

by CruelLEGACEY , Toronto, Wednesday, July 22, 2015, 17:52 (3511 days ago) @ Cody Miller

From what you described, it does sound like a grind. Sorry, but in no way are microtransactions good for the game or for players.

I think you might want to defer to someone who actually played the game ;)

I'll defer to cyber then who confirms my suspicions.

How about the several posts from various people in this thread saying ME3 multiplayer was fantastic?

I'll say this: if ME3 was available on PS4, I'd be playing it instead of Destiny right now. The multiplayer was phenomenal.

His assertion was that multiplayer was fun, but the way you obtain items was not. I have no doubt that's true, and there's no contradiction. Saying you liked the multiplayer does not invalidate the statement that the grind sucks.

That's kind of beside the point I was making. The exact nature of ME3's grind was very similar to Destiny's, good and bad. My point is that ME3 found a way to generate constant income without effecting the grind one way or another, and that allowed them to find constant new content.

I see now. I guess I would simply counter by saying they should have designed the game in such a way as for that to not be a problem needing solving. Namely, including all the content for everybody, and raising the asking price by the average amount of dlc purchased per player.

That's where time becomes an issue. This wasn't "on disc" content that was locked until they decided to "release" it. This is totally new content that was released in installments over the course of about a year. So if the question is "would I prefer to play the game that shipped with micro transactions and get all the added content as it was completed, or wait a year and get it all in 1 chunk?" My answer is the former. Specifically because I enjoy playing a game over a long period of time and having the experience of seeing things change and grow as new stuff gets added. But I totally see how you might prefer the opposite.