LogFAQs > #886970046

-Standard large array of collector's editions and season pass (pretty typical at this point, so not a huge impact, but still not exactly a positive thing)

-Loot boxes for orcs, with the typical free-to-play dual currency system (free currency that can maybe buy a little bit eventually vs. the paid currency that actually has buying power)

-One of the lead developers died to cancer last year, and the development team put together a nice little tribute to him (pretty much one character model), which WB has turned into $5 launch-day DLC. $3.50 of that is going to support the guy's family, but if you read the fine print on THAT, that's only true in 44/50 states, and not outside the US, which means WB's going to be enjoying that full profit from those other sales for themselves (and $1.50's already much more than is needed to cover the shop fees).

It was that last one that really tipped me over the edge into not buying it, with the loot box thing making me very skeptical. Maybe it'll still be good (though I can guarantee that the game will be balanced in a way that subtly encourages buying those loot boxes, because otherwise they wouldn't exist), but I'm not supporting that kind of behaviour. I've got enough other games to play that don't have the publisher profiting off of the development teams efforts to pay tribute to their dead colleague and friend.
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