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BLVD69
7 years ago
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Payback, Spend Real Cash For Goodies or I.G.C.?

Payback has many goodies you can buy with real cash, Do you like this option or wish the whole game was I.G.C. instead?  Please respond in your own words to make clear to all what works best for you...
  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    7 years ago

    If it is an 18+ age game I would be less against this, but real cash for digital stuff should be banned in games for under 18"s.But wait I don't think there are any over 18 games anymore ???? Films are the same, only childish garbage is being made for the easy to get money out of,,,,everything is being dumbed down for the endless targetting of the young by greedy companies today, And dont get me started on music and fashon.

    As a parent you would not want a man to pop into the room with your kids everytime you left to do something. This man tells your kids without you knowing that they can download these goodies for only 1 dollar. The advertising in the game is speaking to your kids telling them that it is only 1 dollar it does not matter, " buy this,,,shhhhh dont tell mum and dad it is our little secret". Mum and dad only find out after the company sends them a bill for 600 dollars for upgrade ingame digital guns, cars, etc.

    They are teaching kids nowadays that getting into debt is normal, fun etc.Losing is bad,,,you have to upgrade to be a winner or your friends will laugh at you.

Anonymous's avatar
Anonymous
7 years ago

The games are getting worse because of the endless targetting of kids by the games companies, if they don''t change they will destroy the industry. The new Forza 4  is dumbed down so much for the kids it looks like they are gonna ruin the franchise, adlults feel left out and a lot are angry about the direction that the games are going in...You see  the bright colours of candy in the game, stupid childish avatars,,stupid clothes to buy etc...All the games are being "kiddied up", no challenge anymore, everyone wins even if they are last. This is mental.

I was playing NFS The Run last evening at my mates house, I feel as an adult that I can play and enjoy the game and I do enjoy it,,it is fun and not too kiddy,,,it is challenging to play too.

EA made a big mistake with Payback, they targeted the kids too much and ended up making an irritating, childish game that adults get bored with.But it is no where near as childish as the new Forza game looks.

I was looking forward this time last year to 3 new racing games coming out....Payback, The Crew 2 and Forza 4,,,not one of these games seem to be worth anywhere near the asking price, none worked on launch, and all 3 games seem to have disappointed lots of older gamers because the games companies are targetting the kids too much..Then they add micro transactions into a kid targetted game,,,totally wrong !!

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BLVD69
7 years ago

@iwannabesedated1 

Absolutely!

I agree with you and wanted to add some further points to only enhance your excellent reply.

Yes, just like you said many of the new games looking very childish and are mental with everyone's a winner even if your last place mentality.

Just when we thought the world was only going to heck in a handbasket, now our entertainment in games is going down in intelligence as well! 

The New Crew 2 game and Forza 4 look like heaping endless waste of time to even play!

I have friends who bought the Crew 2 and the same problems occur on MP lobbies with black screens and major lag in races.

The folks who were in the Beta I know told me the game was going to be nothing more than a inflated hyped up rehash of the first game with a new story line & some new vehicle's.

Airplanes and Boats don't belong in a real racing game and cheesy story lines have just made games get dumber and dumber! 

It's almost like some Hollywood  B-Side Script writer was hired for the Video game industry to create stupid unintelligent stories for games!  LOL 

Also, I very much as an adult agree with your fine points on the Micro Transactions destroying the Kids and giving parents fits over larger bills that are unexpected on the Credit Card!

I do Agree too that EA has been making a mess out of the NFS Franchise when creating Payback!

Payback has its moments of fun but also has this annoying story and ripping off Fast & Furious Script! 

I don't understand EA's thinking in such a weak Story Script, or if Vin Diesel himself contacted EA for the Idea....Most likely Not in my opinion! 

EA & Ghost Studios need a stronger mature concept for the next NFS Game.

EA always promise's  the moon every time a new game is to be released, but only ends up  in disaster! 

I agree with you Game companies are teaching the kids to be trendy &  to go broke doing it is not what our kids need to be learning! 

I agree video game companies in some cases have over stepped there boundaries with the kids in that they brainwash them into a type of mind set to be cool while going bankrupt! 

That is what I find annoying and unintelligent with the gaming industry as a whole! 

I'd say it's nothing more then inflated egos and bad manners the Game companies are teaching kids, and even some adults I have raced against act like kids.  LOL 

Well thank you again and I gave you more XP so please return the favor if you endorse my reply.

Take care and add me as a friend please.

Peace! 

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    7 years ago

    This micro transactions thing means that it is really not safe to leave your children unattended with a game nowadays, you would not wanna leave them with a person who tried to talk them into gambeling and a game that tries to do the same is just as bad.  It is a terrible enditement against  the games companies, they cannot be trusted with your kids and that is the sad truth.

    In this corrupt day and age the shareholders and the directors of companies are more important than children are.And so is money, money is more important than anything, even the well being of young vulnerable people who fall for these micro transaction scams in games that are glorified as meer fun.

    Gambeling addictions can end in suicide,  but games companies today could not give a f**k, all they care about is MONEY ! MONEY ! MONEY !

    • master2g's avatar
      master2g
      7 years ago

      Do a bit a research about EA vs countries laws. EA has pretty much proven their "greed" by standing firm against removing these transactions from games even when a full government of a country tells them its not legal in their laws. When a company stubbornly defends this type of in game uselessness then that to me speaks volumes about what they really care about.

      https://www.windowscentral.com/ea-wont-remove-fifa-19-microtransactions-belgium-executives-could-face-jail-time

      • Anonymous's avatar
        Anonymous
        7 years ago

        Too many new games seem to be showing children that gambeling is fun, it is very dangerous this path. They are getting people used to seeing the machines in the games so they will accept them and think that it is normal, it is a mind  trick.The new Forza game does it, every race begins and ends seeing a gambeling screen, spins give a player useless clothes etc, they are getting people ready to gamble while playing...But first the games companies will have to pay the politicians off to let them do it.

        It would be nice to see the directors of games companies thrown into prison for this, but the politicians are too chicken to take them on.

  • BVBgamer88's avatar
    BVBgamer88
    7 years ago
    I agree with most of what you saying man, but i think personally NFS has beeen a mess since 2003. Because i feel that NFS in the 90s was more neutrally, since me and other kids at that time could play with our dads. At that time all Need for Speed games had split screen, we dident had crengeworthy story. NFS dont need story it should be all about the cars, i really miss when we had those car showcases and track showcases etc. I feel EA made NFS with much more passion in the good old days, lets hope that the next NFS is High Stakes 2. I personally think this Street racing genre is milked too far.
    • BLVD69's avatar
      BLVD69
      7 years ago

      @BVBgamer88 

      Your right EA and other game companies have milked these racing games to death! 

      The Cash Cow EA has incorporated is a  shameless  love/hate relationship with the fans.

      The old NFS series was most fun back in the 1990's and early 2000's. 

      Now EA just rolls out garbage and yet promise the fan base and new fans the next game is Golden!  LOL

      Sadly, the game is far from golden, but is definitely golden for EA ripping the fans off at the prices they charge us to buy there junk!

      If EA could't insult us enough they then add microtransactions in the game to beg for more cash and hold us hostage to our game! 

      I believe the gaming industry executives need to be locked up for failing to follow good business practices! 

      Apparently the Federal government agrees with people like us getting ripped off with Microtransactions in there games! 

      Check the added link to read more!

      https://www.extremetech.com/gaming/276779-ea-may-get-sued-over-fifa-loot-crates-in-belgium

      https://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2017/11/21/the-state-of-hawaii-investigating-ea-for-predatory-practices.aspx

      Have a great day & thank you for adding commentary to my thread.

      • BVBgamer88's avatar
        BVBgamer88
        7 years ago
        No problem mate, yeah its so sad too se todays gamingindustry . With those big AAA companies, they dont care if the game has lots of bugs and glitches. Plus dont forget those expensive DLCs, just take Dovetail games that produces the Train sim series. Its expensive as hell. But if you look at the indie genre, they make games cheap with awsome graffic. But yeah lets hope EA get punished for the stupid FUT lootcrates in Fifa.

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