The gaming industry is slowly turning to the trend of releasing free-to-play games rather than subscription-based ones. But is this really the best thing for gamers?
Life is Strange developer Don't Nod currently has five unannounced games in the pipeline.
NoobFeed editor Jay Claassen writes - One Last Breath looks great from a distance but that notion changes very quickly when you start playing it. There’s endless potential and it needs a ton more polish before it can really take off but even then, there needs to be more intrigue to hold anybody’s attention.
WTMG's Leo Faria: "I tried not to compare South Park: Snow Day to The Stick of Truth and The Fractured But Whole, but considering it is still a sequel of sorts, it’s hard not to feel massively disappointed with this game. We went from gorgeous and hilarious RPGs to a bland, boring, uneventful action roguelike with baffling graphical design choices, underwhelming controls, and an overall gameplay loop you have experienced dozens of times before. The sense of humor alone is not worth the admission ticket. After being given some high quality wagyu from Obsidian Entertainment and Ubisoft San Francisco over the past years, it’s hard to go back to this spoiled truck stop beef jerky."
Go play Planetside 2, Dragon Nest, Vindictus, Firefall, Tribes:Ascend, Blacklight:Retribution, Team Fortress 2, Arma 2 X, and about 200 MMO's of all Gaming genres and you tell me!
F2P is Great, I get to sample a game and if it Blows I wasted No money but if it's Great like Firefall or Planetside 2 then Bam out comes the Credit Card to buy customizations or upgrade faster.
Sure F2p doesn't work with ever game or model as that needs to be addressed before Development but when F2P is there from day 1 it works!
While yes you still have games with Subscriptions models but they better provide an overwhelming amount of content and services like World of Warcraft!
and then you have the buy once and play for ever model like Guild Wars 2 which very cool as $60 bucks gets you 300 hours of playing time and the Devs are still cranking out new content!
The big problem with F2P is the "Pay to Win" problem; when games allow for accessing the entire game without paying, then I don't mind them.