Paid XP boosts were added to Marvel's Avengers last month which was met with some heavy criticism after Crystal Dynamics originally suggested it would never happen. Following such backlash, the developer has now reversed the decision and apologised.
Both Hero Catalysts and Fragment Extractors were added, and while they don't affect the player's power level, they do enable users to rally through the skill tree faster than before.
It was argued this method was "pay-to-win", something Crystal Dynamics didn't see. Following the constant pushback from the community, both paid consumables have now been removed from Marvel's Avengers.
After joining Xbox Game Pass in September, the game saw a huge boost on Xbox. It's a shame situations like this has arisen, especially when it hosts a mighty fine single-player campaign.
If you haven't checked it out, now is the best time - especially with the War for Wakanda expansion now available for free. If you can look past the missteps, there's a good time to be had.
Are you happy to see paid consumables removed from Marvel's Avengers? Drop us a comment and let us know.
[source twitter.com]
Comments 6
Still amazed how you can make a bad multiplayer avengers game.
But they did it.
The single player campaign was actually really fun. Played a few coop missions with a buddy and those were fun. I don't care about any of the cosmetics or grinding power levels. Thought the gameplay loop and how the levels matched to your power level was rewarding. But as soon as I beat it I uninstalled so I could install Forza 5!!!!!!
I didn't like the game, I found the single player to be boring. I got around half way through and then gave up.
Am i alone in thinking this was a push by Square to try and recover some of the losses they incurred vs Crystal Dynamics being the actual dbags? They clearly have no say in this as they were in the dark on sales and their pay even it launched i believe
The real scumbaggery here is that they gimped xp so as not to 'overwhelm and confuse' players then opted to sell a solution to an issue they caused, disgusting.
@Krzzystuff I definitely think it was Square over CD that decided this. They forced MTX into Deus Ex against the devs will. I'd wager this is more of the same.
I'm glad their avarice wasn't rewarded. Here's hoping future efforts go worse.
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