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einkorn, do gaming w Arc Raiders review - a smartly designed extraction shooter marred by one inexcusable decision
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How aggressive is the in-game monetization?

Zoot,
@Zoot@reddthat.com avatar

None to speak of. You can earn the in game currency all in game, and they only thing you would use the “paid for currency” is for cosmetics, but again, you gain plenty of free cosmetics and even earn the currency required to buy the other ones.

I will say getting the currency is more difficult than say getting helldivers super credits, but it’s still a fair rate and the game just came out. I expect more “packs” or ways to make the currency.

Goodeye8,

Is there even a way to get the currency? The battle pass doesn’t count, that probably gives enough currency to buy the next battle pass when it releases.

Zoot,
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There are no battle passes. You get “Decks” which are free and give you a few pages of cosmetics, or more currency to spend on other cosmetics in the “Store”. Idk it’s hard to explain but there’s no reason at all to spend anything besides the base game. Definitely not the deluxe version if you don’t care about cosmetics

Goodeye8,

From the discord

The Raider Deck is like a battlepass, where you can spend Cred in order to unlock cosmetic rewards. There are a number of rewards to unlock per page in order to progress to the next page. The number of pages in each Raider Deck may vary. At launch, the Raider Decks will be free, but you can expect a mix of paid and free Raider Decks as new ones are added.

Raider decks are battle passes. The industry standard is that the one that comes with the game (or a paid expansion) is free while all others require money.

And there’s no reason to spend money if you don’t care about cosmetics, but most people do care and the cosmetics are way overpriced.

Psionicsickness,

Cred is earned in game, not paid for.

Goodeye8,

I misunderstood the other guy. Cred is earned in game, but cred can only be used to unlock stuff in the battlepass. When it comes to the actual in game store you can only use raider tokens and raider tokens (with the exception of the ones in the battle pass) have to be purchased as they can’t be earned in game.

reksas, do gaming w Arc Raiders review - a smartly designed extraction shooter marred by one inexcusable decision

frankly i didnt even think the voices could be ai voiced, which is a bit worrying if they are.

mtlvmpr,

Even more worrying that it’s not disclosed in Steam’s AI usage section on their store page:

AI Generated Content Disclosure

The developers describe how their game uses AI Generated Content like this:

During the development process, we may use procedural- and AI-based tools to assist with content creation. In all such cases, the final product reflects the creativity and expression of our own development team.

artyom,

Report it

Manapany, do gaming w Arc Raiders review - a smartly designed extraction shooter marred by one inexcusable decision

I have to admit I didn’t notice that the voice lines were IA :s

Midnitte,

Which is a bit ironic given the story of the game is that AI has taken over the (surface) world.

Manapany,

I guess I need to prepare shooting wasp in the rotor sooner than later

Midnitte, do gaming w Mocked-up images of a new Steam Controller appear, as speculation rises around Valve revealing new gaming hardware this week [Eurogamer]

At that point, why not just made the entire bottom of the control a touch pad (akin to PS5s top) - seems a little silly to have to source two pads and have those squares…

SCmSTR, do gaming w Mocked-up images of a new Steam Controller appear, as speculation rises around Valve revealing new gaming hardware this week [Eurogamer]

Is this just ai slop reposting ai slop from a Nazi webpage

zeca, do gaming w Mocked-up images of a new Steam Controller appear, as speculation rises around Valve revealing new gaming hardware this week [Eurogamer]

I thought this was a meme about a new controller with nothing but gabes face printed on it and it kinda made me giggle.

Hadriscus,

Such a thing would find its audience

Megaman_EXE, do gaming w Arc Raiders review - a smartly designed extraction shooter marred by one inexcusable decision

They also make the game “The finals” which also uses AI voices. If I recall correctly, they paid some people to offer their voices to be used for AI generated voice lines.

I wish they didn’t though because the rest of the game is really good. It’s like they took the look of mirrors edge and combined it with battlefield gameplay in a smaller map design and no vehicles.

DoucheBagMcSwag, do gaming w Arc Raiders review - a smartly designed extraction shooter marred by one inexcusable decision

Give me PvE exclusive mode and I’ll bite

I’m too old for sweaty PvP shit

statler_waldorf,

I took someone else’s recommendation here and picked it up last week. As an old, solo player I’ve been killed by players twice out of 30ish games.

Most all the solo players I’ve met are friendly and offering help on voice chat.

Psionicsickness,

It ain’t Tarkov. You should try it.

Rose,

I usually avoid PvP games and I didn’t like ARC Raiders at first, but it has grown on me.

Unless you use the starter kit, you’ll always have at least one safe pocket slot, allowing you to bring back at least one item (or a stack) even if you get knocked out. Moreover, so often my stash is full even after multiple expansions, so the game encourages using those resources to craft weapons, which again makes it less of a problem if you get knocked out.

Later quests are not easily completed, but you can focus on completing the daily tasks for battle pass progression. There will be simple tasks like having to open containers or doing damage to the ARC robots, so you can just go out with the stater kit and do those, not worrying about losing your loot. With that mentality, at least sometimes (though often in my case playing solo), you’ll extract and get a lot of loot on top of your XP and tasks progression.

yermaw, do games w "This is a blatant, unapologetic act of vicious union busting" - Hundreds of Rockstar employees sign letter to management, demanding fired colleagues get reinstated

Prospects must be dire to want to get back into a company that would (and definitely would because they did) do that.

uninvitedguest,

I can't speak for the USA, but typically in Canada (Ontario) people would not want to return to the employer but force a greater settlement.

Also, in Ontario, an employer that is found to be union busting would result in automatic certification of the union - no vote needed.

MurrayL,

No need to speak for the USA, Rockstar North is British

uninvitedguest,

Which I would have learned earlier had I read the article!

astreus,

Video game worker here. I used to get 5-15 inMails a week offering me an interview. This year? 2. In total. The industry is brutal right now.

CosmoNova,

It‘s also an industry full of enthusiasts with a passion for what they do. Well mostly. I don‘t have to tell you how much that gets exploited. The workers who got the boot over joining a union actually seemed interested in returning to office again in interviews, though not without joining a union first.

Coelacanth,
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Same story for almost every passion industry. I remember being surprised at first to learn how underpaid Formula 1 engineers are when some of them are literal rocket scientists, for example.

jpeps,

Yeah I mean can you imagine working on a big contender for the game of the decade, and being kicked out at the final hurdle?

atro_city, do games w "This is a blatant, unapologetic act of vicious union busting" - Hundreds of Rockstar employees sign letter to management, demanding fired colleagues get reinstated

Why don't they join the union?

big_slap,

because they’re scared

atro_city,

I mean, if you sign a letter, you're on the shitlist already. Might as well join the union if you're going to get canned anyway.

big_slap,

true

AntiBullyRanger,

of what?

I_Jedi,

When you lose your job in the US, you lose your health insurance. You’re screwed if you need an operation done when you’re unemployed. And people in a union tend to be the first to go for talking back.

AntiBullyRanger,

You Latinos need to cease with your US centricism.
The fired employees have sparringly tied healthcare not beholden to investors.

I_Jedi,

I’m a Latino? How exciting!

MrScottyTay,

I don’t think the union was official yet, i think they were discussing unionising

explodicle, do games w "This is a blatant, unapologetic act of vicious union busting" - Hundreds of Rockstar employees sign letter to management, demanding fired colleagues get reinstated
@explodicle@sh.itjust.works avatar

This is literally the only way I’ll ever buy another Rockstar game.

AwesomeLowlander,

Why? Even if it goes through, they’ve already shown their colours.

explodicle,
@explodicle@sh.itjust.works avatar

A company with a union that has been tested is better than one with no union. I have no faith that other companies would be better unless forced.

BackgrndNoize,

You don’t understand his deep need to play Rockstar games

ILoveUnions,

Unions can make even horrible companies treat their workers with decency… Or at least pay them for the bad treatment. Shop union.

AwesomeLowlander,

You misunderstand, I’m all for hiring them back. I’m saying that shouldn’t change his boycott of rockstar

explodicle,
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If they cave to the union and make this right, then I won’t care how nice they are. Them being forced to be nice matters a lot more.

AwesomeLowlander,

They’re still a horrible company in many ways. Forcing them to be better in this one aspect doesn’t change the fact they’re shitty

explodicle,
@explodicle@sh.itjust.works avatar

I’m not boycotting them because they’re shitty. I’m boycotting in solidarity with their union.

AwesomeLowlander,

Fair enough

ILoveUnions,

I understood. I’m saying there’s a whole lot less reason to boycott if they become union

Grandwolf319, do games w "This is a blatant, unapologetic act of vicious union busting" - Hundreds of Rockstar employees sign letter to management, demanding fired colleagues get reinstated

Am I the only one who is pro union but kind of surprised that people are surprised by rockstar’s actions?

It’s a big company in the fucking gaming industry, I’ve always heard it’s very anti labour. Maybe the times are changing though…

BlameTheAntifa,

I am not sure anybody is surprised, but I am happy to see so much solidarity.

geneva_convenience,
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I’m surprised by the amount of worker solidarity which is very uplifting.

meisterah,

I think you should lower your standards for people going forward.

You will be surprised less often that way.

DebatableRaccoon, do gaming w "This is a blatant, unapologetic act of vicious union busting" - Hundreds of Rockstar employees sign letter to management, demanding fired colleagues get reinstated

That’s not going to change the situation because it would now look like R* admitting fault if they were to re-hire the people who got fired.

Hirom,

R* should have thought of that before doing union busting. Now management is left with bad options and have to decide which option is least bad, for instance admitting they were wrong, or let the situation decay further and potentially escalate the fight against their own workforce.

DebatableRaccoon,

I’m not saying it’s the correct decision. I’m saying they’re a corp and corps always go the route of pride. They won’t admit fault, certainly not after the public reason they gave for firing the people in the first place.

Hirom,

You may be right, but I don’t see how that change the calculus. Should employees and union be complacent with corps’ bad and potentially illegal actions (firing for being in an union is not legal in some areas), refuse to defend colleagues, just to avoid hurting the corporation pride?

Anyway, we’ll probably hear more soon, and will see how this play out.

DebatableRaccoon,

Sadly breaking the law is legal when you have enough money in the bank.

Sina,

The shareholders may force them to bend tbh.

Kissaki,

It they’re not willing to admit fault then they’re inevitably announcing or implying standing opposite to and working against their workers.

Quexotic, do gaming w "This is a blatant, unapologetic act of vicious union busting" - Hundreds of Rockstar employees sign letter to management, demanding fired colleagues get reinstated

Next up: hundreds of Rockstar employees that signed letter to management, summarily fired…

redsand,

GTA VI pushed to 2028

DarkAri, do gaming w Five years from launch the PS5 is a roaring success, so why doesn't it feel like it? [Eurogamer]

I don’t think there is really any games and also mod support is basically nonexistent on consoles.

DdCno1,

There are games, but few exclusives (just 18 the last time I checked). If you want to play modern games and don’t want a PC, it’s fine for that, without really being special in any way. It is a difficult value proposition for owners of the previous gen, since the jump in visual fidelity is much smaller than between prior generations (an inevitability that isn’t Sony’s fault) and since the previous generation is still being at least partially supported and was strongly supported for a very long time. However, over time, most have clearly made the jump and with the release of GTA VI (timed exclusive for PS), the system will see another significant boost.

Mods are not really a factor on consoles. Very few console gamers care about them. Xbox has slightly better support with fewer restrictions, but there are only a handful of games with support (mainly Bethesda RPGs). It clearly hasn’t helped the competition from Redmond.

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