EA makes history

[The_Everlasting]

Oh my God. Jesus Christ. What the ****?

To unlock everything in Battlefront II, you will need to either pay $2,100 or play the game for 4,528 hours.

 

[The_Mysterious_Stranger_-_Delta-]

Are you serious? Bahahaha!

 

[TeenAngel101]

@Ever

Ex-CUSE ME?!?

 

[TeenAngel101]

This is worse than having to play Shadow the Hedgehog '''326 times ''' to get 100%.

 

[The_Everlasting]

For perspective, 4,528 hours is around 189 days, or over 6 months of just playing.

 

[Follow_Doctor_Freeman]

I shudder to think that someone, somewhere, may do all that. Redlettermedia warned us of this! I think. Someone get us the link of the guy pouring a box of Legos an himself while bellowing "STAR WAAAAAAAARS!"

 

[Assaltwaffle]

@Ever

That is just to make sure you get a sense of accomplishment!

But seriously that is more time than I put into RuneScape, a game I played for nearly a decade.

 

[Saikou_The_Lewd_King]

I think this is nearly equal to my total time spent playing games in general.

 

[The_Everlasting]

Alternatively, you can spend two grand to get everything.

Which you could otherwise use to buy two computers.

 

[Follow_Doctor_Freeman]

You could build two computers for that cost.

Although it may take me two months to get building a computer right.

 

[Saikou_The_Lewd_King]

With this you could buy TWO Iphones.

 

[The_Everlasting]

Let's bring some math here.

Assuming you play the game for five hours every single day and don't buy anything.

It will take nearly two and a half years to get all the content.

 

[Fllflourine]

@Ever And that's also assuming said person will play the game for that long


I have played TF2 (the game I've played the longest) for years, and it's nowhere near 4.5k hours in total.

Nor the amount I've spent on games even comes close to 2k dollars. I could get hundreds of games instead.

 

[Theglassman12]

And people say RPGs have a lot of grinding.

 

[Warren_Valion]

"What does EA do, you ask?"
"They give you a game that isn't finished. And then they never finish it."

Teen... you've got some good taste in YouTubers.

 

[Js250476]

I think that's longer then most people put in Elder Scrolls games

 

[Fllflourine]

Case in point; Star Wars: Grindfront II

 

[TeenAngel101]

EA:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=rrYnZ7ZxRe4

Worst company of the year. For every year.

 

[Js250476]

Being how the original Battfornt was apart of my childhood this legit disgusts me tbh

 

[Follow_Doctor_Freeman]

Wait a minute, what kind of content is being locked away, though? Is it just cosmetic?

 

[TeenAngel101]

@Js

EA:

HA!

We're EA, mock us all you want, but we're still siting on a mountain of your hard-earned cash! You think we give a shit about your childhood?! We still don't have the one thing money can't buy...SOULS!!!

 

[Js250476]

Palpatine must have been in charge of EA for this game

 

[The_Everlasting]

Wait a minute, what kind of content is being locked away, though? Is it just cosmetic?

I'm only aware of hero characters being locked. No idea about anything else.

 

[TeenAngel101]

EA:

Keep bitching everyone. Wait till we get our hands on Mega Man.

 

[Js250476]

As if Crapcom wasn't enough for the poor Blur Bomber

 

[Follow_Doctor_Freeman]

How about some games with lots of free content?

 

[Lord_Vader54]

'''"Why Don't we just give up Partner?"'''

 

[Megamangohan]

EA:
Keep bitching everyone. Wait till we get our hands on Mega Man.

I would scream

 

[TeenAngel101]

EA proudly presents:

Mega Man X7-2

Featuring the return of Flame Hyenard.


BURN BURN BURN TO THE GROUND

 

[Js250476]

Burn EA to the ground immediately!

 

[Theglassman12]

@Teen if that were to happen we will......... burn it to the ground

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6zXDo4dL7SU

 

[Gemmysaur]

I expected EA to do something this stupid for a while now. My life is complete.

 

[The_Everlasting]

TL;DR of the EA AMA: "We'll be [looking into] changing parts of the game you hate which may or may not be satisfactory or even happen. Except for gamble boxes, microtransactions, and anything that makes us money... we're keeping those."

 

[Theglassman12]

If EA were to own McDonald's

Napkin DLC: $1.25

Ketchup Pack DLC: $2.00

Tray DLC: $5.00

 

[Amelia_Lonelyheart]

...gamble boxes...

I love TF2 to death, but I really hate the effect its had on the gaming industry. Big companies copying stuff lie it's crates and micro-transaction method without realizing what made TF2s system actually tolerable.

To bad I missed the AMA. I bet it was a mess.

 

[Saikou_The_Lewd_King]

And Minecraft with now every game having crafting.

 

[The_Everlasting]

Good lord now BF2 is on Wikipedia's page for the most controversial games ever.

And apparently it's being investigated in Belgium if the loot boxes count as gambling.

 

[Schnee_One]

You know what?!

**** THIS PLANET

GOING TO MARS

 

[Amelia_Lonelyheart]

There are actually gambling sites based around lootboxes. I used to get ads for them constantly with people shilling them everywhere I went.

 

[TeenAngel101]

How the **** do you turn stupid loot boxes in games into illegal gambling.

EA:

Hey, it's making us money- I mean, OH! What?! We had no idea about this!