Microtransactions are more prevalent than ever before in gaming, but one website wants to help gamers learn ahead of time whether their next purchase features loot boxes, paid DLC, and game-changing in-game purchases. Meet Microtransaction.Zone, an online system that snarkly rates games based on their paid DLC.
Microtransaction.Zone features an extensive rating system along with detailed information on how microtransactions work for each game. The site’s listing for Fortnite points out that the game is billed as free-to-play, yet also has a player-vs-enemy DLC expansion, cosmetic DLC, loot boxes, and no limit on in-game purchases, among other things. Meanwhile, the site calls Overwatch a “never-ending shower of loot boxes and digital sports jerseys.”
Interested users can provide their own submissions for the site, which are then reviewed by moderators before being published. Submitters can even add additional links that provide more context on how a game’s microtransaction system works, so visitors can see if they’re comfortable spending additional money on a newly-released game before making their purchase.
“Big-budget video games in 2018 are a hellscape of microtransactions, loot boxes, cosmetic DLC and subscription fees,” Sulyvahn says in the website’s official mission statement. “Sometimes, before you buy a game, you want to know: ‘How will this game try to make me pay even more money once I start playing?’”
To answer that question for yourself, check out Microtransaction.Zone here.
H/T PCGamesN
