Dragon Age Inquisition will have Microtransactions

[disgruntledgamer]

"However, if you do want to speed up your progress, you can spend real-world money to purchase the game's virtual currency, known as Platinum. Costa assures fan, though, that, "Nothing is behind a paywall."

http://www.gamespot.com/articles/dragon-age-inquisition-has-multiplayer-first-detai/1100-6421934/

sigh.......

 

[disgruntledgamer]

Or you can do what I did in Mass Effect 3 and play. I never spent a single penny on Multiplayer and I manged to get all the characters, all of the weapons, and managed to get about 70 or so percent to level X equipment/weapons. You can do that without paying a single bit of money.

And what if they decide to "innovate" it too much like they did with Dungeon Keeper?

 

[Auberon]

EA is pulling ACTUAL cash shop in addition to inevitable miniature DLC? Soon they'll seriously agree with Darth Kotick on "sucking fun out of games".

 

[Flammablezeus]

Never played the Dragon Age games, but I have the first on PC. This has just given me reason to never even start it, if this is where it ends up. Not a fan of companies charging extra money and shoehorning in multiplayer because making a good game is too hard for them.

 

[disgruntledgamer]

EA is pulling ACTUAL cash shop in addition to inevitable miniature DLC? Soon they'll seriously agree with Darth Kotick on "sucking fun out of games".

Well from what I hear they're implementing something like borderlands Golden Chests where you get random high level loot except you pay real world money.

 

[Brian Tams]

I can't even say I'm surprised. This is the kind of thing I expect from a developer under EA.

 

[Vault101]

is this just for the mulitplayer (ala mass effect 3) or does it affect the campaign too?

 

[disgruntledgamer]

is this just for the mulitplayer (ala mass effect 3) or does it affect the campaign too?

Knowing EA I wouldn't be surprised if it was both.

 

[DirgeNovak]

It's for the multiplayer, who gives a shit.
If they pull a Dead Space 3 and put them in the single-player game, then we'll have a reason to be pissed.

 

[TheIceQueen]

And no one was shocked at all. Anyone who says otherwise is either blissfully ignorant of both EA business strategy and Triple A market trends or is lying. I do and don't envy the former.

 

[Elfgore]

So did Mass Effects multiplayer, yet I was never tempted to buy them. I just earned credits the hard way, by playing the game and having fun. Falling into micro-transactions is someones own fault.

 

[Happiness Assassin]

Honestly, I am okay with this. Mass Effect 3 kept its MP fresh for a long time with a steady stream of free DLC and I never once felt like I needed to buy with real cash. Combine this with the fact that it will have zero impact on SP *YAY* and no multiplayer achievements *DOUBLE YAY* I am actually looking forward to MP somewhat. Unfortunately, the inclusion of MP means I will have to get it on consoles, if only to play with my friends.

 

[Chaos Isaac]

You know, after Dead Space 3 and Mass Effect 3...

It doesn't really bother me. Yeah, it's a ass-hat move, but at the same time... I don't remember the micro-transactions deducting anything from those games for me. Multiplayer was entirely playable without buying a thing, and Dead Space only added silly things that didn't really add much. (Asides smarmy droid voices)

 

[Ranorak]

Of course it does, it's EA, right?
I mean, was there ever any doubt?
Hope, maybe, but doubt?

 

[LaoJim]

It's for the multiplayer, who gives a shit.

Wait, Inquisition has multiplayer...?

[Googles furiously]

Wait, random levels, loots drops...They're turning it into Diablo?

Gah!

 

[ObserverStatus]

Dragon Age Inquisition is an EA game. Acting surprised or angry that there are microtransactions in an EA game is like acting surprised or angry when discovering that the meat filling at Taco Bell doesn't contain any actual skeletal muscle.

 

[Ed130 The Vanguard]

Dragon Age Inquisition is an EA game. Acting surprised or angry that there are microtransactions in an EA game is like acting surprised or angry when discovering that meat filling at Taco Bell doesn't contain any actual skeletal muscle.

And /thread.

Seriously, this is EA we're talking about. If people can't see the pattern then I'm not too hopeful for humanities future.

 

[Avalanche91]

If it's for the MP, who cares?

If it's for the SP then a heartfelt string of swears and curses for EA.

If it's for the MP, which somehow arbitrarily effects the SP, then WTH IS WRONG WITH YOU?!

 

[jklinders]

The big surprise to me is not the cash shop which has been in every EA Bioware game since DA origins but that it has multiplayer at all. Usually they drop this kind of info a little farther back in the dev cycle, not 2 months from launch. I rather (against my will) enjoyed ME 3's multiplayer. It was far more fun than I thought it would be and kept the game alive for me a lot longer than normal. If it's well enough executed I may give this a run as well, but really it's looking a bit like it might be WoW light or something.

The cash shop here like in ME 3 doesn't bother me. If someone wants to trade money for time I say give them the option. Not everyone has 100+ hours to grind up a multiplayer character. As long as content is not locked completely behind a pay wall I see nothing to complain about here.