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Baldur's Gate 3: If you decided happily ever after wasn’t for you, there’s an assortment of evil ending cinematics new to Baldur’s Gate 3, arriving with Patch 7. in c/games@sh.itjust.works

[–] warm@kbin.earth -4 points 3 months ago (4 children)

Of course, if you got lucky you missed bugs but there were still a lot of poorly made systems that bled over from DOS2 that they didn't bother to update. With the size of the patch notes following release, some having a good experience isn't really a counter-point.

As I said though, they could have used early access better because it definitely wasn't ready, it was passable (well ignoring game-breaking bugs a lot of people ran into to). And why would you be opposed to a game being developed a bit longer if it means a better experience for all?

Baldur's Gate 3: If you decided happily ever after wasn’t for you, there’s an assortment of evil ending cinematics new to Baldur’s Gate 3, arriving with Patch 7. in c/games@sh.itjust.works

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[–] warm@kbin.earth 60 points 4 months ago (7 children)

Avoid chromium browsers

Valve unintentionally set the stage for today's digital economic hellscape, according to its former economist in residence in c/games@sh.itjust.works

[–] warm@kbin.earth 1 points 4 months ago

"Oh come on, you know you want the shiny, it's only $60!"

Valve unintentionally set the stage for today's digital economic hellscape, according to its former economist in residence in c/games@sh.itjust.works

[–] warm@kbin.earth 2 points 4 months ago

Yes, but the market is still designed to make Valve money and they are using that as a marketing tool to entice you in. The more desirable skins are a lot more expensive than they would be in Fortnite or whatever. The upside is that you can sell and trade them, so you can actually recoup at least 85% of the value (or more), the downside being that the money stays in Valve's ecosystem. Ignoring 3rd-party markets here, where you can risk selling for real money.

Valve unintentionally set the stage for today's digital economic hellscape, according to its former economist in residence in c/games@sh.itjust.works

[–] warm@kbin.earth 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (3 children)

Yeah, it's your money, spend it how you want (but please stop buying skins). It's a tough one, I guess we are stuck with it though unless a major attitude shift happens suddenly. I think a lot of people forgot or never experienced games before MTX were rampant, so they literally don't know any better.

That's crazy yeah, there's CS skins these days going for tens of thousands. I heard there was an AK sold for over a million, whether or not that was true I don't know, but the fact I think it could be really says a lot about the current state of video games.

Valve unintentionally set the stage for today's digital economic hellscape, according to its former economist in residence in c/games@sh.itjust.works

[–] warm@kbin.earth 11 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Respect to him.

Valve unintentionally set the stage for today's digital economic hellscape, according to its former economist in residence in c/games@sh.itjust.works

[–] warm@kbin.earth 40 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Actually EA popularised that with FIFA Ultimate Team and pack opening. TF2 is very very small in comparison. After FUTs success, the loot box trend really set off.

Valve unintentionally set the stage for today's digital economic hellscape, according to its former economist in residence in c/games@sh.itjust.works

[–] warm@kbin.earth 14 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (10 children)

At least I can sell my TF2 hats.

But the fact people spend $60 on a skin in a game, for just one character or weapon, is absolutely fucking insane. Not that I agree with any paid game selling cosmetics for any price.