Well PC Gamer just couldn't resist and made a separate article. With the same bs.
https://www.pcgamer.com/assassins-creed-odysseys-dollar10-xp-boost-leaves-a-bit-of-a-sour-taste/
If you head into the 'Time Savers' section of the in-game store, you can find a permanent 50 percent XP boost that lets you progress through the story faster without having to complete as many of the game's side activities. It costs 1000 Helix credits. A pack containing 1050 Helix credits costs $10/£9. You also get some free credits during the game.
Samuel and I both bought it, and for me it solves the biggest problem I have with the game.
Influencer wannabees and at the same time fastrun addicts. Scam victims that accepted to be scammed, supporting the publisher's fraud instead of showing the middlefinger to it.
Side activities, lol. They didn't even touch a (proper) sidequest.
Microtransactions are cancer. Do not be PC Gamer. Buy the game, it's great. Do not buy microtransactions.
EDIT:
Another one about the same bullshit, a bit different as parts come directly from Ubisoft and the article author doesn't take any side. Sadly, the same author didn't notice aggressive store and helix advertisments on loading screen replacing the actual gameplay tooltips - tips that the game should tell you instead of me noting them in a separate thread. But no, Ubi just had to bragg about store and microtransactions instead.
I'd rather see Ubi's quotes how 99% PC players are pirates and how 30FPS with blur is superior to 60 without blur as it's cinematic experience.
https://kotaku.com/ubisoft-explains-assassin-s-creed-odyssey-s-microtransa-1829635195
Staff at Kotaku who have played the game on Normal and Hard have found Odyssey challenging but not so tough as to need permanent boosters to play or even have a good time.
Add me to this lot. Said elsewhere, the only people who see necessity of paying for boosters in AC Odyssey are those who are microtransaction addicts or speedrunners (read: "pro" reviewers).
For some players, the presence of microtransactions in a $60 game is intolerable. For others, there’s at least a right way and a wrong way of doing things.
"Some"? Open a poll. It's not some. It's the majority. Some would be those who find it tolerable.
There is no right way of microtransactions in a full priced game. It's wrong. It's scam. It's cancer. It's speading, it's affecting the industry health and it needs to be erradicated by either radiation or chemotherapy. Both "cures" are your wallet. Do not be PC Gamer and feed the cancer. Do not buy microtransactions.
Note that I didn't quote Ubisoft's statements, just parts of the article. Why? Because those made me sick.
