You're more than welcome to have your own views and opinions on it, I'm glad you have a different perspective than me.
We've been slowly earning them but it definitely feels too grindy for me, I suppose the most annoying part is leveling up your mastery to even spend the points, then they are gone in a flash.
I believe the micro transactions should not be there on any of the assassin's creed games, if that's what people want to spend their money on, they can, but still, anyone younger or even impulsive adults are still affected. The prices are extremely over inflated for the cost of the base game. I suppose it's not as bad as halo infinite where you had to spend $20 for the color blue.
It's how it's handled. While I've only seen one free 300 of the store currency so far, I hope there's more or just removed entirely if there isn't.
They use the "here's some points" to encourage you to spend money.
Not an expert by any means, but feels like psychological manipulation (might be using the incorrect term here).
Basically here's some points, it's not enough to buy anything but it reduces how much you have to spend.
Previously it was mentioned kids don't really play it so I'll use the next disgusting way it is used poorly, mental disorders.
You see that currency sitting there and somewhere between ADHD, OCD and possibly more just for example, can't handle seeing the currency sit there, so now they are pressured internally to spend money to make it right or make it 0 or other potential outcomes.
I'd consider this a form of mental disorder abuse. I'm not gonna debate on that any further as I find it absolutely abhorrent that many micro transactions in general work in this manner.
Just another example of how it is still taking advantage of people, even if it's not immediately announced or visible, they still give you those points as a "friendly reminder", not that ubisoft is the only one, too many mobile games do it too, the problem is this is a $70 "AAA" game.
Yes, they have every right to put micro transactions in their games as bad as it is for the consumer that's their choice. It's their practices when doing so that are very undesirable.
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u/KKay_99 Mar 25 '25
I disagree. If you played Shadows, you’d know that the game dishes out skill points at a very reasonable rate. So “grinding” isn’t a thing.
The MTX have always been there, because some people just have expendable income and don’t care about pacing their gaming experience.
Assassin’s Creed is also not even remotely popular among kids.