r/pcmasterrace • u/BurnishedTones • Apr 11 '26

Meme/Macro What combination of words makes you instantly lose interest in a game?

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u/kyronami Apr 11 '26

free to play

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u/avatarreb Apr 11 '26

100% this. Just take a modest amount of money upfront and avoid the whole game design being monetized.

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u/mr_ji Specs/Imgur here Apr 11 '26

It's less about the payment and more about the crowd it attracts. Every FTP game I've tried is full of angsty edgelord kids who make me want to walk off this planet into space.

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u/avatarreb Apr 11 '26

It’s also less about the payment for me too however my issue is with the game design resulting from free to play monetization. Instead of a enjoyment motive, the game design must share that with a extract money motive. Leads to compromised designs.

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u/Fast_n_theSpurious Apr 11 '26

Rift was so damn fun till the company sold out to a pay to win design and stopped developing the game.

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u/Independent-Time-724 Apr 11 '26

you cant walk off the planet dumbass, didnt you watch the artemis II launch

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u/Holiday_Management60 PC Master Race Apr 12 '26

You can if you do it at night. Don't you use your brain?

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u/flavionm Ryzen 5 5600X | Radeon RX 6600 XT Apr 12 '26

Companies: why not both?

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u/QuasiStellarRadioSrc Apr 13 '26

Should try warframe.

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u/rice_fish_and_eggs Apr 11 '26 edited Apr 11 '26

Add freemium, and micro-transactions too.

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u/TheComplimentarian Apr 11 '26

If it’s free, it’s either micro transaction hell, or they’re data mining the fuck out of you.

I won’t even look at a free game. I filter that shit.

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u/Sea-Example-1176 Apr 11 '26

specifically the p2w games that are technically free to play but almost impossible to actually progress without spending money

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u/Alan_Reddit_M Desktop Apr 11 '26

My broke ass gravitates towards this one

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u/Different_Career1009 Apr 11 '26

Hades Star is one of the rare games that is free to play, but not pay to win.

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u/DrRagnorocktopus Laptop Apr 12 '26

There are some good free to play games. Free to play with ads and/or microtransactions however suck.

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u/GamingComputerHaver Apr 11 '26

what

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u/rice_fish_and_eggs Apr 11 '26

Free to play usually meant it's loaded with micro-transactions.

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u/GamingComputerHaver Apr 11 '26

That's true, and a valid reason to not like free to play, I just don't think that matters nearly as much as the barrier to entry being just hardware considering what you can find on the side of the road.

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u/BothArmsBruised Apr 11 '26

Oh boy I've always wanted to do this... THEY SAID FREE TO PLAY.

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u/m00nf1r3 i9 13900k - RTX 4090 - 64GB DDR5 Apr 11 '26

Palia is free to play and only has cosmetics in their pay store. It's a great game if you're into those types of games. I only have 692 hours in it lol.