Arena Breakout Infinite has P2W mechanics after dev said it wouldn’t

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  1. Big-Dick-Oriole

    Did chatGPT come up with that name?

  2. Exiledfromxanth

    Using in-game currency, that is purchased with real money, you can buy keychains that allow you to hold extra keys, which can be used on harder modes to get better loot or sold for currency. You can also purchase the option to send extra messages in the World channel, effectively allowing for greater communication between players who have spent money. Typically, if you are killed in Arena Breakout Infinite before reaching the extraction, any loot you have collected will be lost, but by spending real money, you can buy cases, which ensure that you keep all of your scavenged gear even if you are eliminated before reaching the exit. When purchased, these items are available for use for 30 days in the FPS game before you need to purchase them again. Each 30-day access period costs 2,600 ‘Bond,’ the premium currency used in Arena Breakout Infinite. Converted to real money, 2,600 Bond is approximately $24.99 / £19.55.

  3. Freeasabird420

    Wait, No … O: a dev ..LIED!? in order to get more MONEY!? thats unheard of i don’t believe it.

  4. Your_Babyinbloonde

    whoa, whoa, whoa, totally somewhat expected this, but whoa lmao

  5. GroundbreakingYou657

    Was so looking forward to the game and soon as I logged in and had a look at the MTX uninstalled.
    The closed testing was really good no issues at all. Shame really.

  6. SuperToxin

    I dont like pay to win. Even tarkov is pay to win but the win os rather a hell of a lot more convenience and its not buying direct items but advantages.

    Which stinks

  7. jazzy663

    The word of a financially-driven individual is not worth much, it seems.

  8. A_Wild_VelociFaptor

    Looked into Breakout when I left Tarkov, I’m glad I found Grey Zone Warfare.

  9. Frankiepals

    It amazes me no one has really been able to dethrone Tarkov in the extraction sphere. Greyzone is great, but still lacking in its early form.

  10. Cloud_N0ne

    I can’t get over how bad that name is. It feels like 3 random words slapped together.

  11. RiceBoui

    Another reason to wait until a game fully releases.

  12. TheSodomizer00

    I was actually looking forward to it. I refuse to buy Tarkov because of the shitty pricing and different advantages you get with the more expensive editions. Also, fuck Nikita. Guess I’ll stick to Hunt: Showdown.

  13. Thomas_JCG

    With a name like that, did anyone believe it wouldn’t be a cash grab?

  14. DrKingOfOkay

    😱 I for one, am very surprised 😐

  15. prinnydewd6

    Ugh this is why we will never have games like the old days. I’m glad I grew up when gaming was just evolving. It definitely hit a wall a few years ago. It’s just stagnant cash grabs now. The newer generation needs to play GameCube/ps2 games. Not this garbage

  16. TheRatpist

    You missed the greatest part. You can directly buy in game currency by spending real money, then go to the flea market and buy gear. The definition of pay to win

  17. aTallRedFox

    Bummer. Was looking forward to a solid extraction shooter, but I’ll be looking elsewhere.

  18. DrBearcut

    No no – they meant they aren’t going to *pay you* to win.

  19. hipdashopotamus

    My hot take is if idiots want to pay real money for in game cash I will gladly take it off them with a rusty mosin. In terms of a case and a keycard sure it’s pretty lame but any tarkov vet knows as long as you can bring in a few keys(by default AB you get a keyring with 3 slots) a case is just bonus. None of my best runs were because I had stuff in my case in tarkov. It’s when you off a player that has a 30 slot backpack full of stuff.

    At the end of the day it’s lame but BSG is just as bad if not worse. EOD turned out to be a scam and they only partially walked that back due to insane outage. Im sure they are currently planning their next scummy move. Not to mention that AB somehow runs and plays better than tarkov? BSG takes over a year to release a mediocre map and then 2-3 years to “re work” it, and it will still run like shit. Not to mention AB seems to have a bunch of QoL stuff that tarkov still somehow doesn’t have. I do hope they walk back some of the monetization but imo it really doesn’t effect me.

    I’ve been running full armour and gear every round in AB and I’m still up 200k from where I started so making money doesn’t seem like it’s harder or anything and that’s with no case or fancy keycard or even valuable keys for that matter I’m only level 10 or something.

  20. bigflanders

    The name screams micro transactions alone so i’m not surprised.

  21. Amazingawesomator

    it makes me sad that pay-to-win has become so synonymous with games that it has an acronym, P2W.

    🙁

  22. It’s pretty fishy, but I’m really enjoying it with my friends and have no plans to purchase anything with real money, so far don’t really feel affected by these P2W mechanics

  23. Valindreth

    The formula of having “wipes” that reset everyone to zero combined with a pay to win shop is the ultimate form of whale fishing for an Asian developer. The game just isn’t made for the average western gamer.

  24. TheCanabalisticBambi

    The East makes some bangers for games, but for the love of fucking god leave your predatory, gacha, p2w, etc. shit over there. Create a MTX shop that caters to the West rather than trying to get the gullible, not good with money, and or has shit loads of fuck you money to fund your ass cheeks p2w shit.

    Then i’m so tired of dweebs out there trying to convolute the term P2W with “ItS nOT P2W itS pAy FoR ConVeiNeNce” then try to make a weird argument on how both of them are 2 different things and trying to make it better where “Fine let them buy all this shit and bring it to me and i’ll snatch it from them when they die to me…”

  25. real_aileronroll

    The sad thing is that the game itself is good. It’s a fun extraction shooter.

    When I took a look at the monetary aspect, I deleted it. I went from downloading it to deleting it in about 4 hours.

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