Monetized Pokemon for the PC...
Posted: Wed May 27, 2015 7:20 am
Hey look. It's Moonrise, kickstarted no less, because hey this one is just that good about being independent on it's financing.
Hey look. It's promoting itself online a bunch lately as "the online PC pokemon game everyone has always been waiting for!".
Hey look. It looks pretty and stuff, might be good...
Hey look. It's coming out on Steam like, tomorrow.
Hey look. It's double dipping the speculative finance with Early Access.
Hey look. It's going the full hog on that with early access exclusive in game benefits.
Hey look. It's doing that but with tiered rewards to sucker you into spending more money.
Hey look. It's actually NOT a PC game, it's actually just a fucking phone game that's launching on PC first. So, a large part of the sheer beefy machine and advanced interface potential "pokemon but for the PC" could have is right out the window, don't worry I'm sure it will all be fine.
Hey look. Those packages mention random monster booster packs, monster quality by rarity, and gems, keys and tickets as currency.
Hey look. It's (eventually, after milking the overly impulsive) going free to play.
Hey look. Those fucking tickets are a "wait for energy to be allowed to play" facebook type mechanic. But don't worry they JUST NOW took that out. No mention of the bits where they didn't and actually its still in. You know, like say... the multiplayer bit.
Hey look. Keys and gems and such? They're your currency for being allowed to catch the monsters you find. Don't worry, you are allowed to catch one monster for free every 30 minutes of play. Out of 125 monsters. So that's up to a maximum of 62.5 hours barring evolution, free monsters and the odd free key, unless you pay.
Hey look. Thats 62.5 hours for a game already going to a form of paid release proudly proclaiming it's whole 10 hours of single player content, and it's wait for energy (or pay) gated multiplayer.
Hey look... ah just fuck it... NEXT!
Hey look. It's promoting itself online a bunch lately as "the online PC pokemon game everyone has always been waiting for!".
Hey look. It looks pretty and stuff, might be good...
Hey look. It's coming out on Steam like, tomorrow.
Hey look. It's double dipping the speculative finance with Early Access.
Hey look. It's going the full hog on that with early access exclusive in game benefits.
Hey look. It's doing that but with tiered rewards to sucker you into spending more money.
Hey look. It's actually NOT a PC game, it's actually just a fucking phone game that's launching on PC first. So, a large part of the sheer beefy machine and advanced interface potential "pokemon but for the PC" could have is right out the window, don't worry I'm sure it will all be fine.
Hey look. Those packages mention random monster booster packs, monster quality by rarity, and gems, keys and tickets as currency.
Hey look. It's (eventually, after milking the overly impulsive) going free to play.
Hey look. Those fucking tickets are a "wait for energy to be allowed to play" facebook type mechanic. But don't worry they JUST NOW took that out. No mention of the bits where they didn't and actually its still in. You know, like say... the multiplayer bit.
Hey look. Keys and gems and such? They're your currency for being allowed to catch the monsters you find. Don't worry, you are allowed to catch one monster for free every 30 minutes of play. Out of 125 monsters. So that's up to a maximum of 62.5 hours barring evolution, free monsters and the odd free key, unless you pay.
Hey look. Thats 62.5 hours for a game already going to a form of paid release proudly proclaiming it's whole 10 hours of single player content, and it's wait for energy (or pay) gated multiplayer.
Hey look... ah just fuck it... NEXT!