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Dead Space 3 to include microtransactions
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Dead Space 3 will feature microtransactions, letting the player fork over some real money for the in-game currency to shortcut weapon crafting.
Jan 22, 2013 6:50am PST
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Steve Watts posted a new article,
Dead Space 3 to include microtransactions
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Dead Space 3 will feature microtransactions, letting the player fork over some real money for the in-game currency to shortcut weapon crafting.
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Ugh, this is disappointing.
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xlarti
LOLOL Grinding, mobile games style.
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ajvitaly
Pre-order DLC was the single worst thing about Dead Space 2. I guess I see what everyone was hating on E...
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Chipwarrior
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What a fucking travesty. You buy a $60 game that includes all content, but you can't access all said cont...
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ajvitaly
Many games require multiple playthroughs to acquire "all content." That's what New Game+ is for. The real...
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David Craddock
Great...next thing you know, EA will be trying to ban forever anyone that edits their savegame, since the...
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Vincent Grayson
Ugh.
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creeping-death
uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuggggghhhh
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marmite
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Although this franchise has veered far from its origins, I'm not bothered by this addition/change. In the...
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Anastomosis
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That's true but at the same time every time I play a game with paid "shortcuts" to unlocks I can't shake ...
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Stimpak Chopra
It makes sense. Once you add something like this, as a business you now have incentive to make unlocking ...
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Vincent Grayson
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Have you ever played a Dead Space game? I didn't unlock all the upgrades until roughly halfway through Ne...
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David Craddock
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I've played through the first Dead Space, and I had all the upgrades I needed by the end of my one and so...
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thetangent
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That's my point, yeah. You're not SUPPOSED to max out your character in one playthrough.
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David Craddock
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I sell ammo and health packs to max out my character.
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Marrbe
Same.
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David Craddock
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ME3 multiplayer had a similar feature though that was only in the multiplayer portion. If this is the way...
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snubble100
I can abide it in Multiplayer to an extent. Even though thats supposedly the competetive arena, it's at l...
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Chipwarrior
same thing in DragonAge 3, can't wait
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devpaul
So fucking dumb, bunch of gouging fuckers are turning the gaming industry into a joke
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ShXIII
The game will still cost $60 as well.
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Derringer
http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4tl5wIxV31qj9xud.jpg
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thetangent
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The pirates will still have all the unlockables for free.
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Lucien Irenicus
Yah, this kinda shit in a single player game is pushing it hard.
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InfoBiter
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I guess I'll ignore them and just play the game
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crummynz
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still though, im sure some design decisions have been made that compromise gameplay in favour of encourag...
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Chipwarrior
exactly. micro-transactions promote poor gameplay and game mechanics.
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nitrus
ugh, this $60 does this?!?!?!?! *doesn't buy it at $60* But seriously, if you don't want to do it, ...
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Deathlove
the second crash of video games cannot come soon enough
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ETPC1
Looks like my journey will end with Dead Space 2, once I pick it up.
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Ride-My-Rocket
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Steam isn't devaluing your games; it's this shitty DLC setup they have that is doing it.
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mobab
this prob won't even be released on steam.
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grabbie
welp. i guess this series ends at Dead Space 2. too bad too...was a great series of games...the zero-g ...
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nitrus
It's a new type of horror you see; because nothing says horror, like farming for weapon parts, getting fr...
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RaptorII
skip
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BouillonCubes
oh, good
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opengl128
fuuuuuuck that bullshit.
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virus
I think I'll pass. Enough with this shit. DLCs, micro-transactions... on a 70 Euros game. Enough is enoug...
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excessus
This means probably they didnt balance the resources ingame like in the previous games and probably made ...
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Longgshot
Real money? PSHHH! This isn't Facebook! What are you thinking EA? Enough with the DLC shit, give me the w...
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Gamer Assassin