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350 points robotnikman | 1 comments | 16 Nov 25 19:38 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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swi ◴[16 Nov 25 22:31 UTC] No.45949064[source]▶
Chris Wilson released a video on this topic yesterday - "Dark Patterns: Are Your Games Playing You?". He has an interesting perspective having been the lead of Path of Exile. A free to play, decade long, popular, action role playing game.

While opinions vary on the correct use of these patterns, the video is a helpful and easy to digest, reminder of them. The video description contains additional links.

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"Dark Patterns: Are Your Games Playing You?" - https://youtu.be/OCkO8mNK3Gg

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protocolture ◴[16 Nov 25 23:58 UTC] No.45949657[source]▶
PoE seems to be an outlier, having probably the softest freemium model in existence. I dont recall having been even slightly tempted to spend money in that game.
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1. Loocid ◴[17 Nov 25 00:32 UTC] No.45949838[source]▶
There is pretty heavy pressure to buy stash tabs once you hit the later parts of the game, but you get a LOT of time to figure out if you actually like the game before you feel it.