• MousePotatoDoesStuff@piefed.social
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    17 days ago

    I was going to say roguelikes aren’t a gacha because you usually don’t gamble with real money in them, but buying rougelikes can be a gatcha if you don’t know if you’ll buy a good game.

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      17 days ago

      Maybe I’m a goal anarchist, but I’d argue it’s still a gacha even if you gamble with fake money earned within the game.

      • MousePotatoDoesStuff@piefed.social
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        17 days ago

        We need a third dimension: Resource being used Resource Purist - the resource gambled must be a real world currency or proxy for it Resource Neutral - there has to be a resource being gambled Resource Anarchist - there doesn’t have to be a resource at all

  • TootSweet@lemmy.world
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    17 days ago

    Claude’s a gatcha.

    Will you get the rare following instructions loot or the deletes-your-whole-prod-environment loot that you already have 10 of?

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      17 days ago

      If daily logins and fetch quests were mandatory for pregnancy the human race would be somehow even worse than it already is

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        17 days ago

        Wait, waking up every day and requiring food and water daily don’t already count!?

        I think you underestimate how gatcha’d we already are.

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    17 days ago

    Every pull should cost money, which disqualifies most roguelikes. Pregnancy is still a gatcha though, especially if you’re recycling for free pulls.

    • Dagobah@lemmy.world
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      17 days ago

      I mean of everything on the list blind bags are basically the only real gatcha. Not sure where the poster got the idea that video games are the original medium.