Valiane@lemmy.world to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-219 hours agoEuropean lawmakers will study a ban on 'loot boxes' and addictive features in video gameswww.euractiv.comexternal-linkmessage-square32fedilinkarrow-up1325arrow-down12
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minus-squareCruxifux@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13arrow-down2·18 hours agoLoot boxes and microtransactions made me hate playing videogames.
minus-squaredoublah@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·8 hours agoLuckily for you, there’s more games without any loot boxes or micro transactions than you can play in your lifetime.
minus-squareFeyd@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·18 hours agoEven the benign psychological manipulation away from just starting a game and enjoying it that is achievements is annoying
minus-squareCruxifux@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·18 hours agoYeah. I think part of it is just that I’ve grown out of them. But part of it is enshittification.
minus-squaremushroommunk@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down2·17 hours agoYour tastes may change and you might have changed as a person as you aged but there’s nothing to “grow out of”. Games aren’t inherently childish. Certain ones can be, but games as a whole aren’t
Loot boxes and microtransactions made me hate playing videogames.
Luckily for you, there’s more games without any loot boxes or micro transactions than you can play in your lifetime.
Even the benign psychological manipulation away from just starting a game and enjoying it that is achievements is annoying
Yeah. I think part of it is just that I’ve grown out of them. But part of it is enshittification.
Your tastes may change and you might have changed as a person as you aged but there’s nothing to “grow out of”. Games aren’t inherently childish. Certain ones can be, but games as a whole aren’t