Have Loot Boxes Hit Their Breaking Point? | The Video Game Pals Episode 24

Pete, Thompson and Sean are away at NYCC with the rest of the Pals this week, but the show must go on! Andy is holding down the fort with our first-ever guest eSports reporter and all around cool lady, Peggy Forde a.k.a. Moirai. They're talking Star Wars Battlefront 2 (both old and new), the drama around Bethesada hating Nazis and the state of loot boxes. PLUS: Follow Peggy on twitter: @MoiraiOW What We're Playing RANDOM QUESTION OF THE WEEK DA NEWS: 1. New Mario Oddessy trailer! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VcXvnb7dHZk 2. WOW are people mad at Bethesda https://twitter.com/wolfenstein/status/916075551382585344 a link to the weet 3. Netflix puts out Stranger Things mobile game https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VgLQLA2CQMI 4. OverWatch Halloween skins leak: http://www.ign.com/articles/2017/10/09/overwatch-halloween-terror-event-skins-leaked 5. Star Wars Battlefront II (2005) gets multiplayer update and PC Crossplay: https://www.gog.com/news/star_wars_battlefront_ii_now_supports_crossplay 6. Battlefront II (The new one) had a multiplayer beta this weekend: https://www.gamespot.com/articles/star-wars-battlefront-2-beta-extended-for-ps4-xbox/1100-6453903/ MEAT AND POTATOES: How do you feel about the rise of loot-box based progression in AAA games? Forza 7 and Shadow of War have gotten panned for their loot systems, which many have accused of being “play to win” Battlefront II feels in danger of going that way. Is this acceptable? Is it better to do it the way Overwatch/PUBG do it wherein you get cosmetics through boxes and can buy them but still earn them by playing? Or should it be the league model where you just buy what you want without gambling on it? Music: "Swanky Ballroom Party For Sophisticated People" by Adhesive Wombat - @adhesivewombat The Video Game Pals is The Pals Network's weekly video game podcast where we talk about video games, the news and how it all makes us feel. The Pals: Sean: twitter.com/SeansSoapbox Pete: twitter.com/Loud_Pete Andy: twitter.com/Tiger_Millions Thompson: twitter.com/RelicVampire