You can pay extra money to skip the game, or make it less grindy. This is Shadow of War all over again. Oh well, one less game for my backlog. 

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Capcom trying to emulate western worst trends as usual.

This was going to be my first DMC game, but now I'm honestly thinking about skiping it entirely. I'm not supporting this BS.

What happened Capcom? This was going so well! :( I guess I'll have to wait and see the extent of the microtransactions first though...

Stupid capcom, monster hunter world was a success because it didn't have this shit. This really killed the hype for me

Yeah, this pretty much pushed the game way down in priority for me. I'll still probably get it if it's good, but for much cheaper and most likely at least a year after release.

Mate the game isn't grindy at all, according to reports their is just 1 upgrade in the tree that takes sometime to save for, and it isn't even directly rated to gameplay.

Sad to hear the microtransactions but glad that the progression is still the same.

If Capcom puts MTS in the next Monster Hunter Game, my brain will bluescreen in pure rage. 

Eh, as long as it's optional...

Normally I would have criticized this, but very recently I have been informed that I am just being entitled to my money I earned, I should buy into the terrible practices even if I don't support it, and because it doesn't cost a lot of money it's somehow worth the price and I should never ever criticize it. So I'll be buying every micro-transaction available.