Raven

I've had a few people ask for my take on Origins including the founders reaching out. I like that Origins gives the entire actual game away for free, and the gameplay seems solid, but there are a few things that I understand people (including myself) have reservations about. The game is almost certainly more player friendly than marvel snap and I'm not here to defend snap and their monetization which I do think is even worse. The fact that it was considering using nft/crypto is something to look at but not the main problem. Nft/crypto got the stigma it has now because of what it propped up and became flooded with, which is speculative gambling markets and pump and dumps. People would buy the digital assets to try and buy it for a pure speculative investment rather than any underlying value. A 'good' having an underlying value is what should drive it's worth rather than it's manufactured scarcity. Their takeaway being that they want to be like CSGO skins/cases doesn't lend the credibility or legitimacy I think they are trying to put forth. That market was also loaded with speculative gamblers and scams, and should be met with some skepticism. A lot of the conversations I've seen around the game have been less about the actual gameplay and people talking about their "rare cosmetics" that'll be worth so much in the future, and how they are ready for their value to go up. Not about how cool the cosmetics look in game or the value they bring in game. I personally don't mind digital assets that bring value and can be traded and sold, etc. As long as there is actual value and it's main purpose isn't a ponzi scheme to the first people get paid out to the next to the next to the next until someone is a bag holder. I think the tell will be if the game focuses on cosmetics that are cool because they bring something to the actual game, that you actual want to play with it, show it off, and not just be about how much it'll be worth in the future. If it tries to lean into the rarity and potential future value it'll be marked as another shady marketplace overrun with grifters. I worry a big part of the success of the Kickstarter are the people "investing" in the speculative side and not people there for the actual gameplay. That all being said, you can engage only with the game itself and not have to do anything with the cosmetics/marketplace side, but there is always the association with what is the driving monetization behind the game. It reminds me a bit of the decision when I was reached out to stream on kick and the fact it's backed by gambling even though it has some more creator friendly policies.

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