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This is what pisses me off about gaming the most these days.😒🤦‍♂️

#Gaming #Games #VideoGames #PCgaming #Xbox #Playstation #NintendoSwitch

A meme that humorously contrasts how unlocking characters in video games has changed over time. The top half, labeled “Unlocking characters before,” shows a nostalgic image of a character select screen with many locked characters, alongside an excited player holding a controller—implying that characters used to be unlocked through gameplay. The bottom half, labeled “Unlocking characters now,” shows a person entering credit card details on a laptop, poking fun at the modern trend of requiring real-money purchases (microtransactions) to access additional in-game characters. The meme critiques the shift from achievement-based rewards to monetized content in gaming.
#games #videogames #gaming #xbox #pcgaming #playstation #nintendoswitch
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Sibshops
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It's kind of ironic because Memento Mori is actually this kind of game. mememori-game.com/en/

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@Sibshops never heard of it.

It's one of those "swipe credit card to unlock character" type of game?🤔

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@Sibshops 🤢🤢🤢🤮

Is it called "gacha" because once you buy a character, they "gacha" money?😭

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L0rdMathias
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We would reset the save just to go around and unlock everything once again. Nowadays that's just called filing for bankruptcy.
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Zikeji
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I think one reason I enjoy roguelites is because many have this mechanic (the first).
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@Zikeji I agree. I casually enjoy roguelites as well but they're usually very difficult and I get frustrated easily
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