Oh man, I’m glad to know FFVII probably had a Dairy Farming translator with the spreadsheet of imperfectly copied cells. Thanks again for all the work you’ve been diving into on this series. It’s been rad to help out in whatever little ways we can!

Clearly inspired by this excellent piece of artwork:

They mentioned that it costs $1.50 to have the DLC available on the stores, so really any of the profit that’s being made is going to his family.

These are so excellent, thanks for doing them. Glad some of the folks over from TheLifestream could help out with this, too!

So... You’ve made a devloution into a mix of a pure strawman & ad hominem attacks in your self-declared final reply. Not to mention that in all the 5 paragraphs not a SINGLE attempt to directly address the specifics of this system in this game that I have been overly adamant about discussing. It’s only going in…

Well, like you said, there’re Overwatch Loot Boxes – there’s also Destiny with Silver, Duelyst Mystery Crates, Halo5 REQ Packs, etc. Additionally, Mortal Kombat X had the option of purchasing an “unlock DLC” for their Krypt (which is similar but also slightly different). My point is that there’s a model that other…

...That’s not evidence that this game’s core mechanics were manipulated. A large number of modern games with RNG loot elements correlating to an in-game currency give you the option to also purchase said RNG loot with real money. That’s it. The game has the Market system in place already, and they’re just adding on…

First off: I’ve given no evidence that the mechanics haven’t changed from Shadow of Mordor, because you’re the one claiming that things are being intentionally changed from how they existed before, so you’re responsible for the burden of proof for that claim. I don’t have to prove a negative because you’re making an…

Please, do tell how they would possibly “bump up the amount of grind” like you’re claiming. Your entire argument rests on the fact that this must be true, otherwise it’s not malicious, it’s just innocuous.

Well in SoM & SoW, unlocking Runes, Captains, etc. is all just a natural part of playing the game. Finding the random things throughout the game is just the way it goes, but when it comes to attempting to specialize down different paths, your only alternative would be a sort of crafting system – which MIGHT make sense…

Hi! I’m one of those people who 100% doesn’t care at all that there’re some variety of microtransactions in the game. To me, it’s just like being able to buy Koins in Mortal Kombat to unlock things in the Krypt vs. spending hours grinding to unlock it all.

I feel that this comic still sums everything up perfectly: http://geekxgirls.com/article.php?ID=3161

McCree’s pistol for his new skin is called a Desert Seagull.

...and you can just play the actual game and get the same result without paying real money, too. No mods required.

...But they’re not even really items to unlock like they are in a game like Overwatch or Mortal Kombat, and the Market system exists in the game just fine even without the premium currency.

I’m not sure what the big deal is here... All of the currency is obtainable in-game, but if you want you can pay money to skip through stuff – pretty much just like with Mortal Kombat’s Koin system. I think that it’s really there for people who want to use it, since it literally doesn’t block anything behind a paywall…

That was EXCELLENT. Thanks for sharing!

Thank you for leaving the comment up. I had the exact same string of confusion.

Sure thing! I’m a big fan of his stuff, and happy to share more of his badassery.