Secret World, though janky, was quite good and really unique. Before they fucked it up with the relaunch that is.

I think what they are getting at is that Meta does this and they find it likely Microsoft might be doing something similar.

Defaulted to Google Maps for me as well. And I don’t use them

I don’t think it’s always. It can be done so it doesn’t feel too bad I think. But it is extremely rare. And often it does devolve sooner or later. But the point is it can be done.

It is not great, I agree but it’s how it is used. When you think about it, F2P is pretty standard these days so anything with a price tag could be considered “premium” in comparison

Marathon will be a premium title. Marahton will not be a ‘full-priced’ title.”