| vivster said: Don't give them too much credit. It all started way before Overwatch. You could blame Valve for it but they just ripped it off from trading card games. So actually it's Nintendo's fault. |
Wizards of the Coast came up with the random pack model for a card game, and that model was inspired by Sports cards. People seem to forget that Magic was around for years before Poke'mon hit the scene.
The really funny thing here is that pack-based games like MTG, Poke'mon, and YuGiOh are trash compared to games that come complete or in cheap expansions. Just look at Smash Up, Shadow Hunters, Catan, etc. All these games are infinitely better than MTG/YGO and you only need to spend fifteen to twenty bucks on them.
I don't really mind these lootboxes in games most of the time, because they are always games that I never would have played anyway. Overwatch, Destiny, and Forza are good but they just aren't for me. But with Shadow of War, I'm pissed because I was really looking forward to it.
