• @Maalus
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    341 month ago

    Obviously you haven’t played Helldivers if you think it’s pay to win.

    • @[email protected]
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      51 month ago

      It’s not “pay to win” exactly, but it’s only a matter of time until an important “meta” weapon is locked behind a warbond.

      • @Maalus
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        21 month ago

        For which you can get the premium currency by simply playing the game. I got enough for 4 of them, though I didn’t get one. You can farm it in level 2 missions, getting 40 - 70 each mission if you are short. You can do that with a squad of 4 friends to have the mission time be sub 10 minutes. It isn’t necessary to 1. get every warbond 2. pay real money for the currency. The grind isn’t massive and is skippable by simply playing the game normally.

        • @[email protected]
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          101 month ago

          Yeah that’s typically how microtransaction driven games work.

          See also:

          • League of Legends
          • Genshin Impact and other “gacha” games
          • Fortnite
          • digital TCGs

          (Also all of those are free to play, so minus points to helldivers for double dipping)

          • @Maalus
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            11 month ago

            We are not talking about “microtransactions in a game”. We are talking about pay to win. There is a huge difference, and Helldivers isn’t pay to win.