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<blockquote data-quote="Dungeoneer" data-source="post: 6256393" data-attributes="member: 91777"><p>EA has released a new, mobile version of the classic PC strategy game "Dungeon Keeper". And... it's loaded with micro-transactions. This has reviewers up in arms, to put it mildly.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.baekdal.com/opinion/how-inapp-purchases-has-destroyed-the-industry/" target="_blank">Thomas Baekdal</a>:</p><p></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'helvetica'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'helvetica'"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><a href="http://www.baekdal.com/opinion/how-inapp-purchases-has-destroyed-the-industry/" target="_blank">The Escapist</a>:</span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'helvetica'"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'helvetica'"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><a href="http://www.destructoid.com/review-dungeon-keeper-mobile--269846.phtml" target="_blank">Destructoid</a>:</span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'helvetica'"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></span></span><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'helvetica'"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'helvetica'"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">When the first F2P games appeared on the market, I assumed that 'microtransactions' would be just that - micro. "Okay," I thought, "kicking in a few bucks to support a game you're enjoying for free seems reasonable." Except, as the video review (warning: language) below illustrates, EA would like you to buy 'gem packages' that cost more than the price of a new console game. Remember, you can get <a href="http://www.gog.com/game/dungeon_keeper" target="_blank">the original game in its entirety for $5.99 on GOG</a>.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'helvetica'"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'helvetica'"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GpdoBwezFVA" target="_blank">Nerd^3 video review</a>.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'helvetica'"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'helvetica'"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Personally, I am so burnt out on free 2 play 'games' for my phone which are not in fact games and are not in fact free, that I actively look for games that I can pay for up front. Does anyone else feel this way?</span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'helvetica'"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'helvetica'"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Baekdal put together a web comic which I think sums it all up:</span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'helvetica'"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'helvetica'"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span><img src="http://cdn.baekdal.com/2014/taxi-inapp.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'helvetica'"><em>Edit: Whoops, I meant to post this in the Geek Talk forum! Mods, can you help me out??</em></span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dungeoneer, post: 6256393, member: 91777"] EA has released a new, mobile version of the classic PC strategy game "Dungeon Keeper". And... it's loaded with micro-transactions. This has reviewers up in arms, to put it mildly. [URL="http://www.baekdal.com/opinion/how-inapp-purchases-has-destroyed-the-industry/"]Thomas Baekdal[/URL]: [COLOR=#000000][FONT=helvetica] [FONT=Verdana][URL="http://www.baekdal.com/opinion/how-inapp-purchases-has-destroyed-the-industry/"]The Escapist[/URL]: [/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=helvetica][FONT=Verdana][URL="http://www.destructoid.com/review-dungeon-keeper-mobile--269846.phtml"]Destructoid[/URL]: [/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#000000][FONT=helvetica][FONT=Verdana] When the first F2P games appeared on the market, I assumed that 'microtransactions' would be just that - micro. "Okay," I thought, "kicking in a few bucks to support a game you're enjoying for free seems reasonable." Except, as the video review (warning: language) below illustrates, EA would like you to buy 'gem packages' that cost more than the price of a new console game. Remember, you can get [URL="http://www.gog.com/game/dungeon_keeper"]the original game in its entirety for $5.99 on GOG[/URL]. [URL="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GpdoBwezFVA"]Nerd^3 video review[/URL]. Personally, I am so burnt out on free 2 play 'games' for my phone which are not in fact games and are not in fact free, that I actively look for games that I can pay for up front. Does anyone else feel this way? Baekdal put together a web comic which I think sums it all up: [/FONT][IMG]http://cdn.baekdal.com/2014/taxi-inapp.gif[/IMG] [I]Edit: Whoops, I meant to post this in the Geek Talk forum! Mods, can you help me out??[/I][/FONT][/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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