Opinion on battlepasses in games?

[λnomaly ⚛]

Just kidding

[Basho]

i dont even know what a battlepass is.

[Mensis]

The problem is that everything has a battlepass now. I understand that you have to have spare time to play video games (obviously) but with stuff like this some games are demanding too damn much of your time, and it's even worse when something that you pay for can be permanently missed out on if you don't give that time it wants. Trying to play multiple games that have battlepasses and trying to complete them all is not enjoyable to me.

There are ways to offer new content without making it time limited, permanently missable. It's not nearly as bad if the battlepass only offers cosmetics items but of course not all games do this, some of them do have gameplay items, in-game currencies, etc. in their passes.

No, I think it's a huge problem in the industry. I'd be glad to see the death of battlepasses.

[harley]

Battlepasses are fine.
I like battlepasses.

What I don't like is the ones that expire and don't let you ever have any means of unlocking the items from them.

I also don't like battlepasses that you can put hours and hours in to unlock stuff from it, then later on everything gets outright sold for a measly $2. Looking at you, Gears 5.
All they have to do is just bring it back with a challenge that would equal the amount of time people have spent on it when it first released...

[Maria]

Originally posted by Your dad:

I'm curious because it seems most AAA multiplayer games are heading this way and I lowkey kind of like it. It keeps games fresh always offering new content.

I was a regular battle pass buyer in Genshin back when I was still active. I had no issue with it tbh, it offers a small boost in resources and exclusive weapons (kinda sucks anyway) so it was not really impactful.

[Morkonan]

Originally posted by Your dad:

I'm curious because it seems most AAA multiplayer games are heading this way and I lowkey kind of like it. It keeps games fresh always offering new content.

It depends on how it's offered.

It's only a way for the dev/publisher to make more money, so don't think they're doing anything nice for you if they offer you a "Battlepass."

Any "Battlepass" that has a significant cost associated with it should tell the player that they shouldn't have bought that game. But, it's too late, so the only recourse is to not buy games from that developer/publisher and to stop playing that game. Fat chance that'll happen, tho...

[🍋 Lemonfed 🍋]

I'm not a fan of battlepass but they seem to be a better alternative to lootboxes , at least it's a system that usually reward peoples for playing the game instead of just spending money.

[Funky Monk]

For most games, absolute garbage

[ʙᴜɴ.ᴇ]

predatory cash grab

[LQIM]

If they're completely cosmetic then idc, but the moment they offer a competitive advantage is the moment they stop being fine

[Moogal™]

Originally posted by Basho:

i dont even know what a battlepass is.

[$2 Hero]

Battlepass like in RDR2 is fine because you can grind the gold to buy it.

[Moogal™]

Originally posted by YE24:

Battlepass like in RDR2 is fine because you can grind the gold to buy it.

Yeah everything but cosmetics should be unlockable thru grinding imo.

[Irene ❤]

It's a subscription model. Like every few months you have to pay on the same game to unlock nice looking skins that cost almost no value to develop, such as one pattern paint.

Subscriptions are extremely overpriced and greedy. It's selling the same game over and over and secretly overpricing the game to hundreds or thousands.

Imagine trying to sell one game at $1500, people will jump and said no. but selling it at $30 battle pass every 2 months for 5 years, you sell a $1800 game and people are willing to buy.

[$2 Hero]

Originally posted by Moogal™:

Originally posted by YE24:

Battlepass like in RDR2 is fine because you can grind the gold to buy it.

Yeah everything but cosmetics should be unlockable thru grinding imo.

Everything should be unlockable, especially cosmetics. Cosmetics are more of a scam than P2W ever was.

[ṼṏẌṏḭḊ]

I hate battlepasses.