Help - Video Game Question

Extremely helpful. I'd be great if you could read the segment I wrote in a new post and tell me what you think of it.

Company Man

Star Wars Battlefront II is the sequel to the reboot of a series from the early 2000’s. It is a first person shooter with some vehicles on the battlefield. It does have a single player story campaign, but the main focus is online multiplayer. A loot box is a randomized item that is either earned or purchased with a currency of some kind either real money or an in-game currency (in-game currencies can be earned or often purchased with real money). Basically the box is guaranteed to contain an item of some kind and is randomized and not revealed until you open it. Think of the capsules that you can purchase with quarters from those little machines at the entrances to stores and restaurants. You may get that cool gummy hand to fling at a wall or you may get a sticker that you don’t want. I think game publishers usually argue that it isn’t gambling because you are guaranteed to get something with no chance of “losing”. Of course you can get an item that you already have. Items in these kinds of games can usually either be consumables like increasing your attack power for a limited amount of time or a permanent unlock like a new costume or weapon. Some countries do require games to publish the odds for loot boxes as well. Let me know if you need any additional info. I don’t play a lot of loot driven games, but I know a decent amount about the practice.

Brian Hortin

battlefront 2 is an fps (first person shooter) game. loot boxes broken down in a basic term is like a slot machine, you can earn them in-game and then open them up to get random items. these items vary in rarity and some items can grant abilities (if the game allows it). in another game called Overwatch (another FPS game), these loot boxes drop purely cosmetic items. they had no affect in the gameplay and gave no advantages. But! in battlefront 2’s case, if i recall correctly, these lootboxes helped you earn credits (or in-game currency) which in turn let you unlock the desired hero or villain. A major issue with battlefront 2 is that these credits were given in so little amounts naturally that you really had to spend money via microtransactions to unlock these characters within a reasonable time frame

milkshake

Ha! I forgot about that.

I didn't get super involved in SWBF2 because of the bad reviews and it definitely seemed like EA was trying to cash out on nostalgia.

Star Wars Battlefront 2 is the sequel to a very successful game for the original Xbox Star Wars Battlefront. It’s essentially an action shooter game with a single player “storyline” and a multiplayer mode with various game modes like team death match. Everything else you are hitting on exactly. It was a pay to win and EA stood by it. Essentially it was viewed as EA nickel and diming over a nostalgic comeback of the original. Overall, EA prices themselves in this case supposedly as listening to the community and making changes so it was quite hypocritical to stand by their micro transactions. As for loot crates, you’re on the spot. Like in games such as Counter Strike, you can gamble and get gun skins or in this case, emotes and weapons. To continue to open loot crates, you can buy in game currencies to buy more loot crates and keep trying to get special weapons.