[heywintermute]

It's a free game that heavily revolves around buying lootboxes to unlock characters/items and is known as a gacha game[0] They are often intentionally designed to make it really difficult to experience the full game without being forced to spend real money on lootboxes.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gacha_game

[antonvs]

That seems like a bit of an overstatement to me. I've been playing for free for a while now. I'm at adventure rank 25, and my characters are all at levels 40-50. I've unlocked all the maps that are accessible at this level. There's a long list of quests and challenges that I have yet to get to. There's plenty of fun to be had without spending money, and in fact I'd recommend it as a good free open world RPG.

[ryneandal]

> There's plenty of fun to be had without spending money, and in fact I'd recommend it as a good free open world RPG.

I've put in 50-60 hours with my kids, spent nothing, and we experienced the whole storyline prior to 2.0. I entirely agree with you.