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Retroid_BiPoCket t1_j6kqomd wrote

After years of trying to find mobile games or free games that aren't an absolute pain to play due to microtransactions and paywalls, I've given up. Even when games are fun and free, they are built around the idea of getting me to pay money as much as possible and interact with their ways of spending money as much as possible, rather than playing the game.

I no longer even bother with games that have battlepasses, microtransactions, loot boxes, etc. I'm just done. Even when I find the odd 1 in a million that's good and does it well, it's only after wasting too much time with the other ones hoping it will be good.

I'm happy to pay money for a complete game. I love stuff like cosmetics and customizing and it's a shame that almost every game keeps that stuff locked behind these trash MTX systems now. Few games bake them into their actual full game anymore.

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Creative_Rhubarb_817 t1_j6kp0ad wrote

Agreed. It feels like it's just defensiveness. "If I play as a girl, it must be because I'm so masculine and heterosexual in real life!"

Not that I have anything against guys who play female characters. I've done it myself a few times. But I find this excuse kind of cringey. You don't need an excuse, just play the way you want to.

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MyRedditUsername1101 t1_j6koqkx wrote

As a guy, I always play male characters when given the choice. I feel more immersion playing as what I am irl. Playing a female would feel weird to me in a rpg, for example.

I don't really care what other people play as in their games.

The "I'd rather stare at a female ass for x hours than a males" reason always makes me roll my eyes though.

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