• DonutVeteran@lemmy.ml
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    3 years ago

    Free games are never free. They contain a significant time investment to do anything “fun”, and often the social factor is the only reason they are even “fun” in the first place. The amount of time spent unlocking a “level 138 Diamond+ plasmasword” (idk) that could be purchased for $20 often means a player is working for less than any (reasonable) minimum wage.

    Parents, consider actually buying games. Exceptions are FOSS games, which are usually full games in their own right. Stay away from mobile-only games and F2P.

    There are some really great indie games out there.

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      3 years ago

      Parents, consider actually buying games. Exceptions are FOSS games, which are usually full games in their own right. Stay away from mobile-only games and F2P.

      Yeah, definitely. But the problem with Fortnight at least is that it seems to have become a sort of social meeting place for many children. Really a shame that it has to be such a predatory game from such a shitty company.