15 Gaming Disasters And How They Happened

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Posted By | On 06th, Jul. 2019

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STAR WARS BATTLEFRONT 2’S LOOT BOXES

Star Wars Battlefront 2 - Obi-Wan Kenobi

Loot boxes are probably among the top 3 most hated things in our industry right now- and we owe Star Wars Battlefront 2 for bringing them to the limelight in such a way. “Pride and accomplishment” be damned, these predatory and unfair practices deserve no place in games, much less when they’re serving the function of pay-to-win mechanics like they did in Battlefront 2. Thanks to loot boxes and the crippled progression they required, a perfectly good online experience ended up being tarnished irreparably.


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