More Tomb Raider microtransactions revealed

I don't have a problem with micro-transactions in free to play games, but this is just ridiculous. It's a kick in the teeth to anyone who buys these at the start and then discovers they could have unlocked them all for free within the first hour. Shameful practice.

To spend 65$ on a game and then have to pay $ to get the dang Bow and Arrow to shoot straight is criminal... This is leading to a nightmare for gamers.When I heard Micro's would be in this game I decided to pass.....

MT's are a great way for the industry to generate money from stupid people! personally, i find these intrusive money hocking schemes, 'in game' no less to be quite cheap and tasteless attempts at money grubbing. Any one other than industry exec's that support these schemes should be sterilized as not to pollute the world any further.

This is really stupid...the game is complete as it is

microtransactions, the future.........

Reddit AMA:

Crystal: "we dont do day 1 dlc we're pretty cool like that".

Reddit User 1: "Yeh these guys are pretty cool".

Reddit User 2: "I agree".

***Next day.... Single player microtransactions***

Reddit User 3: "trollface.gif"

My Lara wants her implants back. How much for them?

Any idiots who pay for DLC, are ruining gaming for true gamers....BOTTOM LINE

As long as dipsh1ts are willing to pay for a game 9 times, the greedy publishers will keep making DLC (ie...pay to play).

How long until our gameplay experience is affected if we don't participate in microtransactions? I bought a $60 game, not a damn storefront. Is it wrong to just want to buy a complete experience?

WE NEED SEXY TERA COSTUMES! HARDER DIFFICULTY! WE NEED LONGER INTRICATE TOMBS! WE NEED WAYS TO FREE ROAM THE UNEXPLORED PARTS OF THE ISLAND. ACCESS NEW BEACHES, EVEN A WAY TO RACK UP SALVAGE TO MAKE A SALVAGE BOAT TO GET TO NEIGHBORING ISLANDS. BUT GIVE US SEXY TERA COSTUMES OR AT LEAST SOME SHORT PANTS!

lol good thing im not a perfectionist gamer. i just well~~~~ play the game

still its a good game.

I absolutely suck at gaming. I need to play on the easiest of levels and even then I die a lot! (I am, after all, a 68 year-old grama who just started playing a few years ago). But I still LOVE action/adventure video games and their challenges. Even though I am an awful player, I refuse to buy anything that gives me a crutch because a big part of the fun for me is the satisfaction of finally getting through a tough spot after trying time and time again. If this pay-for DLC continues, where will it end--will it be like the bingo parlors where if you pay twice as much for a machine it will automatically mark the numbers and the only thing you have to do is watch for the big red letters on the screen that say "yell bingo"?

I hate being harassed for money, and I won't accept that games I paid for doing so.

I wanted to buy this game, but now I'll have to say no. I hate any kind of DLC within the first months after release. There are really very few games with decent DLC in my opinion. But micro transactions Really? To level up? To buy stats? Imagine demon souls doing that...christ.

If you buy any of this BS you deserve to die painfully, surrounded by those you love spitting on you as you feel four life fading away slowly, miserable in sadness.

OK, maybe that was a bit harsh. But really, if you call yourself a gamer you can't support this kind of behavior. I feel it is disrespectful.

Why are people getting so mad about this? Are they putting a gun to your head forcing you to pay for these micro transactions? If you don't want them its really not that big of a deal. just don't buy any of it. Tomb Raider was a very good and complete game. Its not like they held anything back from the campaign to try and sell to us later. I welcome them to try to make as much of a profit as possible. This was a very good game and they deserve to cash in.

can we get a bikini for her to wear during the game?

ok what i find acceptable is that at least it wasnt in from day1 meaning no content was held back or even difficulty in acquiring these items increased (not even remotely lol)

They are selling in-game attributes for single player game? This is really, really bad.

Sounds like a buyable 'easy' mode to me

very very very easy to upgrade all the way but whoever wants to skip past it and buy the abilities go ahead as long as you have fun : D

Oh god, here we go again...

How about actually playing the game and eventually becoming better and more skilled and accurate with using the game's weapons? Guess that was old days.

These big publishers and stupid developers make it extremely easy these days to stop giving shits about them and not buy any games from them, it's like they're all competing for EA's #1 most hated / worst company position.

Step 1 - Take a once good IP / franchise to ride on that name for added media and fan exposure
Step 2 - Develop a casual, for the "broad audience accessible" fully linear, medicore (at best) sequel with no replayability value and no mod support
Step 3 - Cut out all the non crucial content and slice them up into DLC packages for post release milking
Step 4 - Spend all the money on false advertising and hype campaigns
Step 5 - Release broken game with annoying DRM and ignore all fan feedback
Step 6 - Forget about Singleplayer, only concentrate on Multiplayer
Step 7 - Sell cheats, features and recolored content as microtransactions
Step 8 - Sell as much DLC as possible
Step 9 - Lie to customers or completely ignore them and don't offer any support
Step 10 - Repeat

For some strange reason there seem to be people out there that put up with that shit, otherwise these publishers would be out of business already.

Haven't bought this new Tomb Raider yet and never will - They've shot themselves in the foot multiple times with their stupidity.
This means I'll have more money to spend on indie games and developers which arent't full of shit, which is a good thing because I can better support them this way.

You know.. Cheat codes used to be free....

You bastards. I was so freaking close to buying this game last weekend, but didn't because I couldn't part with the cash (car needed a fix). Now I'm going to have to say no, out of principle =(