Drag can think of one counterexample: Warframe. But Warframe is also 100% free to play and free to participate in every content update and event. And Warframe is developed by an indie team from Fake London who started the game with 120 employees.

[–] MrScottyTay@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Warframe feels just as riddled though with all of its different kinds of currencies and crafting mechanics. It may not have an egregious mtx model but the game loop around it still feels like it's meant to. I much more enjoyed the game in beta when it was simpler. I go on it now and I haven't got a fucking clue what to do, fumble around for an hour and just decide to play something else instead.

[–] dragonfucker@lemmy.nz 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Warframe is much more fun with friends. Friends will tell you that you don't have to bother with all the currencies. You can just do the story missions.

[–] MrScottyTay@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

That's the thing, had no idea there were specific story missions or where to do them

[–] dragonfucker@lemmy.nz 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Oh, good news for you. They just released an update two days ago that separates the quests in the codex into story, side, and warframe quests. DE listened to player feedback and fixed the problem. Now you go to the codex terminal, you click on story quests, and it tells you what to do next.

[–] MrScottyTay@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 month ago

That's good to know