Riot solved the free to play game genre?

xxxMadLionxxx··4 votes·528 views

Before, free to play games were frowned upon because at some point it became unfair because you would have to pay to get better gear and so forth. This was unfair to those who did not pay and it was not a matter of skill that made you a good player, but a matter of paying, which took away from the gaming experience pvp wise

League was my first truly fair free to play game. It was not only fair and free, but it really put together everything I would want from a game. I loved WOW, but hated that you were force to play the game to progress in pvp.

With LOL its all about pvp, no PVE. I also wanted to play a game that had diablo level of customization skill wise and tactical gameplay. LOL does this. While you can't create champ kits, with over 100 champs, you don't need to.

This allows you to just focus on a champ kit and maining that champ. I've never played a game where I would want to pay for a skin, but after mastering a champ, you more than happy to part with you cash to buy a skin. I't like you this is your baby and ur spending doe on it.

Thanks you riot, for such an innovative step in the gaming experience.

3 Comments

Ionian2 votes

Yes, then they ruined it with dynamic queue.

Radnar the bold1 votes

Then they realized how big they were and how much lcs made and made changes based on that.

Erockandroll1 votes

Something I heard about the Early free to play. It was implemented by your MMO's as a means of trying to get more players. Hoping that people would get addicted to the game, that they would eventually decide to pay for the subscription. I believe that's why WoW was made free up to level 20 I believe.

Of coarse that's not true free to play, in the sense that you eventually hit that pay wall. But game like LoL, Hearthstone, and a few others, don't really have those pay walls. Mainly as a result of having their monitization done as Micro Transactions, rather than using a subscription. But also, because the items they sell, isn't raw power. At least not any kind of power that you can't also get from grinding.

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