Re: FREE GAME: Black Desert

On 05/07/2025 18:11, Ross Ridge wrote:

I mean sure, the game's business model is built around selling things.
But I've played this game for 6 years now and the amount of money I've
spent on the game is $0.  I know from experience it really doesn't put a
lot of pressure on you to actually buy anything.  If you're the sort of
person that feels they need to buy every flashy new cosmetic that comes
out, than yah, you're going feel the need to get the credit card out
on a regular basis.  I think most people spend some money at the start,
probably not fully understanding what they're buying, but I don't think
the average player actually spends that much money on the game.

I've not played Black Desert but it doesn't sound too bad in terms of MTX and being able to enjoy it as a purely free-to-play game.
My experience of free-to-play comes solely from World of Tanks which started of quite well as real money was centred around an exchange of money for player time (grinding). Even then that meant that as a free player the grind was fine probably up to about tier VIII of tier X in the tank tech tree. So that can be seen as a soft paywall.
That slowly changed over the years with Wargaming becoming more aggressive with paid elements so that now I'd find it hard to recommend as a free-to-play game especially as the advantages of being a paid player have now seeped to in-battle and not just grinding.