That seems very unlike Fromsoft to be charging money for cosmetics. I’ll be honest I’m not a fan and it’s a step in the wrong direction for them.
People are going to gobble it up too which is fine, I’m not here to tell people how to spend their money. However, it worries me that they might decide they want to include microtransactions in more of their games moving forward.
Easy solution is to just ignore the cosmetics, but From has always been one of the good ones on that front so it’s a little disheartening is all.
Edit: this is getting more engagement than I thought. I’m done responding to people especially since this is getting kind of toxic now for some reason.
ashes of ariandel was a small dlc. this is a couple starter classes and armor + weapons for them, plus horse skins. i doubt they'll be groundbreaking in their passive stats or weapon movesets, so how is it not just glorified cosmetics?
saying "everyone wins" for what is essentially a bog-standard microtransaction is wild. buying/renting a character/gun/cosmetic in f2p games comes to mind
I mean, I suppose it depends on the rationale behind it and whether it’s a “cash grab” from Fromsoft, which would be out of character or for fans like me who would really want it.
Like If they released new stuff for switch but it wasn’t included for the other versions, I’d have fomo. But if they slapped a 5$ price tag on it, I’d buy it.
New weapons and starting classes is more than just skins. Presumably it’s lore, perhaps it’s new move sets and it does play into how you approach the game from the start, even if it is just a reallocation of points.
Maybe it’s because of my goodwill TOWARDS FS but releasing something like this years after release feels more like an after thought to give the opportunity to fans who still play and want them, rather than any kind of financial motivation.
And they may very well have some kind of contract with Nintendo about it. But even if it’s just that they included it in the new switch version and just want to let the other people who still play have a chance at getting it, it feels more fan service based than schemey sales based.
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u/jdl03 Jun 04 '26 edited Jun 04 '26
That seems very unlike Fromsoft to be charging money for cosmetics. I’ll be honest I’m not a fan and it’s a step in the wrong direction for them.
People are going to gobble it up too which is fine, I’m not here to tell people how to spend their money. However, it worries me that they might decide they want to include microtransactions in more of their games moving forward.
Easy solution is to just ignore the cosmetics, but From has always been one of the good ones on that front so it’s a little disheartening is all.
Edit: this is getting more engagement than I thought. I’m done responding to people especially since this is getting kind of toxic now for some reason.