It gives you an "advantage". Emphasis on ADVANTAGE. It helps and gives players a boost when purchasing microtransactions. It is NOT required to beat the game. People who say it's impossible to beat a certain game without DLCs are just lazy or can't beat the game because they just suck at it.
"Git gud" is not a valid response to DLC and microtransactions, mang.
/some people are so indoctrinated that they will shill for free. To their favorite, morally-corrupt companies.
You can absolutely beat every game, ever. After grinding for dozens or hundreds of hours.
The next guy can pay 40$ to unlock a couple movesets and level-up all the equipment...
(Mortal Kombat 11 reference)
And then no matter how many hours you spent grinding, this dude just wasted his parents' money to become OP to a player like yourself who has legit skill (allegedly) in their chosen games.
Day-one DLC, microtransactions to skip the grind, unfair advantages and players who
'casual-gamer-shame' make the whole situation worse.
I'm not calling the players wrong or incorrect no matter how hard you shill for the company.
But maybe you need to take a step back and realize that if governments are actually considering banning loot boxes and microtransactions..
..yeaaahhh.. then that shit might just be evil. Predatory, even.
/and to post some original content and not just bitch out someone:
So I played 'The Last Of Us' multiplayer.. and it was great. The single player campaign is epic, and multi was actually quite competitive.
But a little on the squishy side. (And I have thousands of hours put into counterstrike, so complaining about instadeath really isnt my thing. USUALLY.)
So I get on the PS store and plunk down 2.99$ for that combat shotgun... and all of a sudden these online games turn from competitive to shamefully easy.
I actually stopped playing the game, after that. I spent a few bucks to cheat, basically. That thing is OP as fuck.. I had a shotgun that absolutely WRECKED at short-to-medium range, and I didnt even earn it.
/when I play a match,
/any game, whatsoever really,
/and the balance is already so jank,
/EVERYONE CHOOSE THE LIGHT MACHINE GUNS
/But then you buy the gold plated SAW249'er with extended clip on the EA store for 6.99$, and oddly enough you are doubling your K
ratio...
/maybe time to shill against these companies and contact my congressman to make loot-gambling and pay2win illegal. #JustSaying