Rage 2 Locking The Bfg Behind A Paywall Is Entirely Unfair Unbalanced
Doom’s BFG-9000 makes an appearance in Rage 2 for owners of the Deluxe Edition, but normal players are left out in the cold. For years, pre-order culture and special editions have obfuscated the true price of a video game, to say nothing of DLC and microtransactions. Video games have cost $60 for well over a decade, but the true price of a game tends to be much higher. It’s becoming increasingly common for missions, weapons, and costumes to be locked behind pre-order incentives, but Rage 2 takes things to a whole new level with its pre-order weapon, the BFG-9000....