With what seems like the entire internet grouping up to hate on Star Wars Battlefront II and its Hero grind, loot box and microtransactions controversies, Blizzard Entertainment has used the commotion to its advantage.
A new trailer for StarCraft II, which has just gone free-to-play, makes fun of the notion of paying for power.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7WydZUKcmM
In addition to this, the StarCraft II Twitter account dedicated a few tweets to burning Battlefront II:
Not exactly subtle!
Number of hours it takes to earn the full StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty Campaign: 0
— StarCraft (@StarCraft) November 14, 2017
Number of hours before you can play ANY Co-op Commander in StarCraft II: 0
— StarCraft (@StarCraft) November 14, 2017
Number of pay-to-win mechanics in StarCraft II: 0
Free to Play – Now Live! pic.twitter.com/a02OYUCYZU
— StarCraft (@StarCraft) November 14, 2017
What do you make of this? Is it funny? Or a tad unprofessional? Let us know!
In other Battlefront II news, developers say that they have been receiving death threats and personal attacks due to loot crate controversy, EA has achieved the most downvoted comment in Reddit history, and DICE has issued a statement regarding the Credits grind for unlocks.
Source: StarCraft (Official Twitter)
direct, and to the point. I can’t believe that we’ve somehow allowed randomized fucking loot boxes to become a norm in skill-based/competitive gaming. Shame on EA and any other companies that are doing this shitty, SHITTY practice. I get that dev studios need to make money in order to keep producing games, but games needs to go back to just being games; not wallet-snatching opportunities.
direct, and to the point. I can’t believe that we’ve somehow allowed randomized fucking loot boxes to become a norm in skill-based/competitive gaming. Shame on EA and any other companies that are doing this shitty, SHITTY practice. I get that dev studios need to make money in order to keep producing games, but games needs to go back to just being games; not wallet-snatching opportunities.