That’s what I really miss about video games of the past.

You and your friends are enjoying the fresh and moody campaign as well as the emergent firefight game mode.

All was well in the world.

Inzoi character in front of an area where people are on a bench and people buying stuff.

This created an opportunity to unlock an exclusive set of cosmetic armor for use inHalo 3multiplayer.

All players had to do was complete seven vidmaster challenges (in-game achievements) and the armor was theirs.

These challenges were not easy, and perhaps most importantly, many required teamwork.

A leaked screenshot of the aleged Oblivion remaster.

If this community event had occurred today, however, things might have looked a little different.

So What Happened?

It is worth mentioning at the onset that paying for extra content is nothing new.

Cover art for Halo: ODST.

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From my perspective, things really took a turn around the late 2000s to mid-2010s.

But perhaps it isnt entirely the game industrys fault.

Where Do We Go From Here?

I, for one, support the return of more strictly merit-based rewards in video games.

I dread to think of how a cash store could have poisoned that feeling.

We might as well get used to them and learn to play alongside them.

After all, I am no saint when it comes to paid cosmetics; I had myLeague of Legendsphase!