I've been having a debate with people on YouTube. Originally, we were trying to figure out whether EA could sweep most disappointing AND hottest mess, since Battlefront and Andromeda seemed like locks to win hottest mess and most disappointing, respectively.
On the other hand, even though Battlefront has drawn international attention, it's drawn attention to the bigger issue of exploitative microtransaction-laden games, which has been just a plague this year. Battlefront is at the head of all this, but its system is specifically what Belgian commissions and US governments are specially targetting.
So, as part of pre GOTY festivities, is Battlefront a bigger mess than the microtransaction/lootbox system underneath it? With Battlefront, the whole thing was such a mess that Disney had to step in to prevent it's IP from being tarnished. Not to mention, the game itself seems to be a complete mess based on Dans review. But between Shadow of War, Destiny, NBA 2k, and this, the money-gauging from full retail priced games seems to have hit a boiling point this year, so much so that Hawaii is taking action.
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