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Fans of Pokémon-inspired MMO Temtem are arguing with the developer about what MMO means after Crema CEO says it's 'not feasible' to keep adding content forever (www.pcgamer.com)

submitted 8 months ago by crossmr@kbin.social to c/games@lemmy.world

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[-] Dudewitbow@lemmy.zip 44 points 8 months ago

the small detail is forgotten that those MMOs have a subscription model or are free but with pay-to-win practices. They are sustainable in that way."

horizontal progression mmos like ESO or GW2 that arent subs arent either of those.

[-] Aurix@lemmy.world 18 points 8 months ago

You could call ESO pay-to-win to fit this definition, because there is new content added as subscription or paid. There will be new gear sets offering effectively an advantage for many builds and some new skills.

[-] Dudewitbow@lemmy.zip 3 points 8 months ago

in horizontal progression, changes in things are typically sidegrades in progress, as you trade off one thing for another, compared to having a higher level equipment with higher stats in a vertically progressed MMO. New builds can be created via patches, but they aren't necessarily straight upgrades from the existing ones.

[-] lorty@lemmy.ml 6 points 8 months ago

GW2 has a huge cash shop of cosmetics, to the point you can barely get any by just playing.

[-] Dudewitbow@lemmy.zip 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

if that's your definition of "winning" then you have a different way of playing mmos.The most expensive cosmetics in the game are ridiculously low drop rate infusions that surpass the cost of virtually anything in the shop directly.