7. Intrusive Microtransactions Ruin The Experience
Microtransactions had so much potential to be great additions to our experiences, yet somewhere along the line the features became more concerned with corporate greed than enhancing the enjoyment of new releases. Not all of them of course; while cosmetic items hidden behind paywalls can be annoying, they don't completely ruin the enjoyment of a game. However, when a title forces you to splash out extra cash in order to get all of the essential content, or to achieve the best weapons in a competitive game, for instance, it becomes intrusive and a blight on the whole experience. Even worse, it's not a though these additional payments are elegantly implemented into gameplay. While being forced to pay extra is frustrating, the fact that they often take you out of the experience, throwing you through a bunch of loading screens or even into an external browser, kills whatever immersion the title may have built until that point.
Josh Brown
Josh has over 11 years of experience as a published writer, having worked nine of those years as a full-time content producer at WhatCulture. In that period he has created hundreds of articles, videos and podcast episodes for multiple WhatCulture channels, specialising in gaming, horror and film & TV. He now primarily works as a senior content producer and presenter on WhatCulture Gaming where he co-hosts the WhatCulture Gaming Podcast, a top 3 UK most listened to gaming podcast that he co-created in 2018. Over the years he has reviewed several high-profile gaming releases, covered industry events with on-site reporting, opined on breaking news, and even kicked off his interviewing career by chatting to childhood hero, Tommy Wiseau.
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