The second game that Alex Rubens is doing for Game Bytes are the Burger King games, which are Big Bumpin’, Pocket Bike Racer, and Sneak King, for the Xbox 360. YouTube has a 15 minute limit so the videos are split up into two different parts. The Audio is fixed in this episode! YAY!
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On the tenth episode of Keen Cast, David, Sean, and Tim voice their opinions on post-launch lootboxes, Billy Mitchell’s latest lawsuit, KFC’s official dating simulator, our beloved Sneak King, and all the major news from this year’s Tokyo Game Show.
I just never give into them.
I think more so than the loot boxes being an issue is how a game is developed around them. The concept of optionally paying for boosts, items, and whatnot isn’t an issue per se, it’s the fact that a game is developed around monetization that is the problem.
If, say, God of War had loot boxes for currency, upgrade materials or whatever, but the game stayed exactly as it is where all of these items could be acquired just as easily by playing the game and just going a little bit out of your way to farm some stuff, I think it’d be fine.
The real issue is the designing of a game to force people into spending money on these loot boxes or really any form of microtransaction for that matter.
VGChartz's Brandon J. Wysocki: "We’ve all had a thing (or things) that we enjoy even though it seems most others harbor a certain degree of contempt for it. Sometimes, wanting to fit in, we keep those likes a closely guarded secret. For me, when I was in elementary school, it was the cafeteria lunches, namely the mashed potatoes and gravy. When they came up in the cycle, many of my friends complained. Call me crazy, but I loved them, though I never went out of my way to let others know that, at least not after I heard their scorn for them.
Turns out my Dad felt the same way. I liked knowing I wasn’t the only one. As I grew up, I began to care much less about how others felt about my quirks and tastes, but I retained the sentiment that it’s nice to know I’m not necessarily alone in them (except for in cases where I want to be the only one and am far from it, I hate that!). Anyhow, here is a list of some of the games I enjoy that I believe qualify as “guilty pleasures,” along with some reasons why I enjoyed them. These games are, in one way or another, the public school lunches that I, right, wrong, or in between, enjoy."
Not ever gamer can handle the scariest horror games, but fret not, there are games out there for you for this Halloween holiday.
Admittedly, I did pick up one of these games for the achievements.
I got all three when they launched, they were given to me by my Son as a stocking stuffer back in the day. I like them for what they are, pretty much arcade games on disk, with achievements and online play they are worth the price.
Pocket Bike Racer is by far the best and hardest one to find now days. Worth picking up if you have a 360 and like $3.
I got them all too.