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s0nicfan posted...

Because, as you said, it's free. You're paying $0 for one of the better Halo multiplayer experiences on the market and the big sticking point is the fact that you can't pick as many helmets as you used to be able to? It's Halo. They could literally make every single character the default Master Chief model and it wouldn't impact the game in the slightest.

If the game is lacking meaningful features like additional playlists or forge, things I know they said were coming later, those are valid complaints. The fact that you don't have as many cosmetic options really shouldn't be.

@s0nicfan , I still entirely disagree with that though. The games progression does not become immune to criticism because the product is free. In fact, they wouldnt have made the product free to begin with unless data showed that they would make a greater profit off of it. Theyre not doing this to be nice - they NEED some form of player engagement in the micro transactions in order for the game to continue to function.

So, I look at it like this.

1. The developers want my engagement with the store, yet have utilized it to take away a core aspect of previous titles, and attempt to sell it back to me.
2. The store and BP itself is egregiously overpriced, and is designed in such a way that it exists only to prey on those who have trouble resisting. It is predatory by design.
3. The game should be making arguments for why I should come from the MCC over to Infinite, while the new game has stripped away core aspects of the series to turn a profit.

How are these not valid criticisms? I did not ask for this game to be free - Id actually prefer the opposite. A full priced game which offers healthy player choice in all aspects would be far more preferable. The game was made free in order to justify these changes and turn a higher profit - that doesnt dismiss criticism, it actively deserves it.

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