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PC Gamer posted an article today where Mike Morheim (the CEO of Blizzard) said he doesn't think that Overwatch deserves the criticism for its Loot Boxes. People in the comments were arguing that it's not a problem because the stuff in lootboxes has A. No tangiable value and B. Doesn't affect gameplay. I understand that Overwatch definitely isn't the worst offender, but I don't know how people can mindlessly defend the random distribution of items for real life currency. Like christ, I understand if the Lootboxes are an option for getting stuff, but when you can't buy the item you want directly and have to either grind for levels, or spend money and THEN randomly get the item you want from a box I think there's a real problem.

Did anyone expected anything else from EA?

Trace of a blurry old render: Messing with gradients:

jokes on you they're supposed to look like that

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An update to the whole "Star Card Loot Box" thing. While I'd love to give credit where it's due, it's EA, so that's just not possible. In fact, I read this "resolution" as more the original intention - it's still slightly P2W, just less so than originally. I wouldn't be surprised if EA just ramped it up to absurdity, knowing full well they'd be called on it, so their "less extreme" version would be regarded as a godsend and the best thing to happen to gaming since the last best thing. Any other company (though maybe not, since I'd fully expect Activision to pull the same stunt) and I'd regard it positively, but, well, EA. Conspiracy aside, though, this actually makes me interested in the game again, so I guess it worked.