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BattleBit Remastered is dominating Steam because there's no catch: it's just a lot of game for $15 | pcgamer (www.pcgamer.com)
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[–] snakesnakewhale@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

We're conditioned to invest, both financially and emotionally, not only in what a game is right now, but what it will be in a year. We cling to roadmaps like lifeboats and wield Reddit threads as weapons of sentiment for or against the developers we've hitched our wagons to. It's a fuzzy parasocial relationship that only gets less healthy the more money is wrapped up in it. I'm sick of games that glare at me with dollar signs in their eyes from the moment I press play.

This review heated up fast

[–] ScreaminOctopus@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

The lack of a battle pass is really great imo, whenever games include them it puts a bad taste in my mouth. It's also really scratching the BF3/4 itch that's been missing from the market since Dice took Battlefield in a less vehicle focused direction, and tossed any sort of thoughtful map design off a cliff.

[–] drifty@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Using FACEit anti cheat and dropping Linux is a bad look. The game also doesn't have any sound effects except for bullets. The moderation for proximity chat is also very strict, beware.

[–] PeterPoopshit@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

The catch is anticheat. They had a working one that didn't ban Linux but they changed to a different anticheat that bans Linux users. Don't buy this pro-big tech trash.

[–] RustyPenguin@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I just played this morning online on linux, it worked fine

[–] Fassmacher@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

It currently works, but their current plan is to switch to an anticheat which isn't linux compatible in the near future.

[–] Difficult_Bit_1339@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

I enjoyed the playtests. $15 is about the cost of a movie ticket and the game will give you many many more hours of entertainment.

The voice chat was, during the playtest, pretty lighthearted and funny.

[–] envis10n@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

spawn in a humvee with my squad

drive into an objective and the gunner starts blasting

get stuck on a barricade

get rammed by a BTR and multiple other humvees

RPG slams into us and we die

10/10

[–] ultimate_question@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

There's no battle pass, no cosmetic store (though there is a $20 "Supporter Pack" that comes with gun skins)

The fact that they already have "a" microtransaction available means they invested a significant amount of time building out the infrastructure required to support them, there is a 0% chance they aren't planning on putting in more once the game gets big

[–] TeaHands@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Not familiar with the game in question, but look at games like Deep Rock Galactic. No pay to win there, but they sell plenty of purely cosmetic "supporter" DLC because people do in fact like to show support when they think they've got a good deal and are enjoying the game.

[–] ultimate_question@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

That's a fair point, I just think it's a little early to be hyping up a game for not having microtransactions when we don't really know what the plan is

[–] ABearAttack@lemm.ee 0 points 1 year ago

I’ve been playing it myself. It’s been so damn good. It feels like a love letter to bad company 2 with a few modern tweaks.