The diary of a murderous skier: Spending real money in Tribes: Ascend
As free-to-play games are constantly changing, traditional reviews can’t really do them justice, so we rely on a series of unscored review diaries to record our experiences with them. Today brings part two of our Tribes: Ascend diaries. I gave in. I dropped $50 on Tribes: Ascend and haven’t looked back. After three weeks of loving the game in its totally free form, I decided it was time to suck it up and unlock some other classes. And not only did that $50 get me a ton of Gold, but also a mess of bonus XP. Shopping time!
For the price of a full PC game, I unlocked seven of the game’s nine classes, a variety of skins, and upgrades across all my classes, and increased the rate at which I earned in-game XP (the only currency that will upgrade weapons, packs, and armor, and which thankfully cannot be purchased with real dollars). I still have some gold coins to spare (the in-game currency that’s converted from real dollars, which can’t be earned), but I’m saving them for … well, I don’t really know. I’d feel weird spending them all.Continue reading The diary of a murderous skier: Spending real money in Tribes: AscendThe diary of a murderous skier: Spending real money in Tribes: Ascend originally appeared on Joystiq on Tue, 08 May 2012 20:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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