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- May 25, 2024
War Thunder is the most egregiously monetized game of all time, it is a philosophical experiment to measure the extent of abuse that a battered playerbase can endure by a developer.I don't know if War Thunder is a gatcha or lootbox game but either way
It has FOMO daily missions, check ins, battlepasses and events, it has a premium subscription that is near mandatory because it cuts the insane grind by more than half, it has a cash shop for several different premium currencies, it has FOMO premium vehicles on the aforementioned cash shop, it has a player controlled marketplace that they get a cut from where you can sell FOMO vehicles from past events, some costing thousands of euros. And it's an actively developed multiplayer game, which means premium vehicles are often extra "balanced", tempting you to swipe your credit card to stop eating shit by a kid with his premium Tiger or VIDAR.
But it's nowhere near the worst game Karl has shilled, for all the memes about Raid Shadow Legends, it's not just generic gacha slop, it's owned by an Israeli casino company with proven ties to Mossad.