It does affect single player and that's my main issue with it. Basically the whole nemesis system is built around the loot boxes in the sense that you do not have to buy them but the game is unbalanced and tedious which causes some to want to purchase them. If this game was free I would not care but if I'm paying a premium price I should be getting premium content. I think there are worse offenders for loot boxes out there as well, and these companies are within their legal right (as of now) to implement these systems, but I find it extremely offensive and manipulative. I blame the publishers over the developers most of the time. Some have anonymously reached out and claimed psychologists are consulted to explain how to make loot boxes more addictive and have the same effects on the brain as gambling. This just disgusts me, but on a lighter note I have recently got into playing Stardew Valley on my nintendo switch. It's really fun although I am starting to wonder about the changing my farm to be all vegan lolDream Sphere wrote: ↑Wed Feb 21, 2018 1:27 pm
I didn't know that about Shadow of War. Are the loot boxes just for online play? I can fully understand not wanting to support a pay to win system, but personally I'm more interested in the single player, so as long as the game isn't super difficult in single player without loot boxes I'll personally be okay. It's good that you're boycotting this bad system of microtransactions though, the consumers do need to speak up against these anti-consumer practices. I think I might wait on buying the game until it's really cheap tbh, just so I don't give them as much, but I am planning on buying the game eventually because it looked like a good sequel to the first one which I liked playing a lot.
I've heard of Type O Negative, they play a style of gothic rock/doom metal right? Haven't checked them out besides a few songs though. Do you have a few favourites from them which you could recommend to me?
Some recommendations for type o negative would be their albums October Rust, World Coming Down, and Bloody Kisses. Those tend to be my favs. World Coming Down has a really cool Beatles' medley cover and what I consider one of their best songs Creepy Green Light.