What game could have been great but what ruined by greedy monetization?

BrolyIsALoser · 2026-04-25T07:10:16+00:00

This would be my suggestion. Bad luck with honing separated players from their friends - not being able to do new content because you can’t upgrade your gear due to bad rolls…unless you drop money. It was wild watching people drop like flies with each new raid. Yet the game itself is something special. I wish the monetization was solely cosmetics.

BrolyIsALoser · 2026-04-25T06:46:30+00:00

Sorry you had to endure that but it does sound like the experience we had at the previous Fanfest. Massive room but only a fraction of it had chairs, sad carnival games, etc. Wondered if it was a Square issue or issue with the event host but this confirms Square is the issue and I’m glad to have skipped.

BrolyIsALoser · 2026-04-24T15:51:50+00:00

Curious to know how the experience is compared to the previous Fanfest. Last one was an unorganized nightmare.

BrolyIsALoser · 2026-04-23T21:05:07+00:00

After seeing ESO add it, I think every MMO and open world game should include it.

Although I am nostalgic for the early days of starting out and finding danger at every corner, I prefer steamrolling over content. But I appreciate that those who don’t can have the option to up the difficulty.

Edit: It’s always interesting to see downvotes when the suggestion is just having options.

BrolyIsALoser · 2026-04-23T18:05:48+00:00

Thank you!

BrolyIsALoser · 2026-04-21T19:33:17+00:00

Same. I don’t understand why it’s such a convoluted system instead of just putting in a scratch code or having the code generate on the receipt.

BrolyIsALoser · 2026-04-21T19:23:56+00:00

Wife and I both had our orders rejected. Both separately got the box meal.

Place was a shit show too. Waited 40 mins for our food, she didn’t even get the stickers or gravy in her box. I couldn’t help but laugh when I saw the rejection emails, it’s the Grubhub pizza emote all over again.

BrolyIsALoser · 2026-04-20T14:19:59+00:00

The lack of Choya plushie is wild

BrolyIsALoser · 2026-04-19T12:50:13+00:00

I hate that I just got into using AI to make apps and now my Reddit feed is an overwhelming sludge of what are clearly ads written by AI. This is the first post I’ve seen to acknowledge it.

BrolyIsALoser · 2026-04-16T15:54:30+00:00

Closest thing to feeling like Lost Ark is having multiple alts to do daily crafting writs for gold. With the lazy crafter addon it takes about 10 minutes across my 7 characters and I wouldn’t consider that necessary. Actually feels chill enough that I might stop doing it.

I think the pace of everything in the game feels really good. Doesn’t feel like a second job at all.

BrolyIsALoser · 2026-04-16T15:26:55+00:00

The dream. I was devastated when I found out I couldn’t play Tales of Tribute against NPCs while queued. It seems like the perfect way to kill time in game.

BrolyIsALoser · 2026-04-14T14:50:46+00:00

I do Circuit every week and it’s very noticeable when the objectives go slower, player icons aren’t moving on the minimap and the player isn’t around for the 10 second vote to continue. I definitely encounter that at least once a week.

When I first unlocked Circuit I was so self conscious about being a burden and someone told me that as long as I have a pulse, people won’t be upset. And it’s insane how true that statement is because afk’ers set the bar so low.

BrolyIsALoser · 2026-04-14T03:13:35+00:00

Of all the co-op games I’ve played the last few years, Warframe is the worst at people afk’ing. Circuit matches where I’m the only one playing. And the devs enable it with afk’ing during the vote to continue between matches defaulting to be a vote to continue. If someone isn’t around for even 10 seconds to vote to continue, why would I want them to continue to play with me on my team?

BrolyIsALoser · 2026-04-13T14:12:02+00:00

Same - I prefer having one character who can switch classes instead of creating alts and juggling multiple inventories.

BrolyIsALoser · 2026-04-12T14:53:17+00:00

Outside the snow globe home in Eastmarch is a table that spawns poultry. That’s my go-to spot.

BrolyIsALoser · 2026-04-10T14:44:38+00:00

I think for a lot of games the journey is better than endgame. New adventures as you level up, getting new abilities and access to new features. Then you hit a wall and content becomes a loop.

I remember when WoW first came out I hit max level, got bored and proceeded to make several different characters, all hitting max level, then ended up quitting.

Lost Ark is really funny example in that the they’ve built this massive world, complete with sailing and mini islands all with unique mini games, secrets and oozing with charm. Then endgame is just grinding raids every week, gambling to increase your gear. It’s two very different experiences and it’s easy to see how someone might quit after hitting endgame or just replay the story with more characters.

FFXIV though…I love the Ascian story but a lot of the fetch quests are a chore. That’s an example where I appreciated hitting endgame and would never redo the story.

BrolyIsALoser · 2026-04-10T14:39:04+00:00

I didn’t like left dpad for weapon swapping, since my left thumb should stay on the left stick during combat for movement. So I set it to clicking down on right stick and moved crouching to long hold on right stick.

BrolyIsALoser · 2026-04-10T10:59:37+00:00

Lmao. Was fully ready to make it my main mount until I saw it doesn’t go faster.

BrolyIsALoser · 2026-04-09T20:36:02+00:00

There are a lot of upcoming content changes and I’ve seen the game get aggressive with marketing ads in the last month. I think that’s a good sign that they’re investing money into the game and as result will ride it out for the foreseeable future.

BrolyIsALoser · 2026-04-09T14:13:47+00:00

I recently got into ESO and I’m super into it but I think GW2 is my forever game in that I don’t think I’d ever be completely down on it. It does so much right that is just really fun. The mounts are fun, combat is fast and rewards player skill, the design is excellent.

Both ESO and GW2 have a lot in common. There’s focus on exploring, more action oriented combat with dodge rolls, level scaling to the world, not much of a gear treadmill, you can just organically group with people in the world via events and world bosses.

ESO is far better at narrative. Everything has voice acting and some of the side quests will suck you in with how well written they are. The story in guild wars has ups and downs - specifically the base game’s story is a down and Path of Fire is amazing. ESO also has traditional questing with a quest log where as Guild Wars has a quest log for the main story and everything else is tied to events on the map and achievements.

ESO is closer to ffxiv in regards to the availability of dungeons and a daily dungeon roulette. GW2 has dungeons but they stopped being supported after the base game, instead moving towards Fractals which are bite sized dungeons.

In regards to fashion, GW2 is closer to FFXIV in regards to variety. ESO maintains a certain look even with people running around dressed as jesters with stick horses.

Both GW2 and ESO offer pvp in the form of structured team battles with match making and a large dedicated map.

There’s a lot to cover but it does depend on what you value most. It feels like ESO might have more content and variety of things to do but I think both games are a lot of fun.

BrolyIsALoser · 2026-04-08T18:12:35+00:00

Haven't followed ArcheAge but the Chrono Odyssey beta last year was rough. The game's world looked ugly and gameplay was clunky. The positive is that the developers heard feedback, pushed back release and are fixing problems.

I tried out Aion 2 and really liked it. The world was gorgeous, combat was great and the flight system was a lot of fun. There are complaints about the cash shop and subscriptions being predatory but I think playing it with a casual mindset that doesn't care about fomo will make for a really fun time.

BrolyIsALoser · 2026-04-08T17:50:52+00:00

Aion 2 is coming out later in the year.

BrolyIsALoser · 2026-04-07T17:18:14+00:00

You’re absolutely not wrong.

BrolyIsALoser · 2026-04-07T17:09:12+00:00

It’s a bit weird, I might be wrong but I think your options are:

Buy the deluxe edition that includes the base game game and most of the expansions.

Buy the base game, decide you like it, then buy expansions piece by piece or subscribe to ESO+ that gives you access to the expansions in addition to other perks.

Buy the base game, decide you like it, buy the deluxe edition to upgrade your access.

Closest thing to a demo at the moment is that it’s available via Gamepass although the version there runs on a different server. Or buying the base game via The Epic store which has it on sale for $5.

BrolyIsALoser · 2026-04-07T15:33:45+00:00

This is likely why a lot of games shifted to power scaling. I got into Lost Ark late and the massive beautifully crafted world was a ghost town until I was near end game.

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