Thanks for the shoutout and reaction! Means a TON to me. I grew up watching your videos so it's an amazing experience/honor to be creating content alongside you. Plus, that was super kind of you to even add my channel and video to your end credits. Tbh I didn't even know that was possible but I'll 100% be applying that to my own videos whenever I reference you or other creators in the future Some notes I've made throughout your reaction: - I definitely thought my video had more weight to it at the time of editing. However, in hindsight, my primary complaints regarding the bundles relate closer to 'manipulation' more than a 'scam.' I've since renamed the video because there are absolutely other things in GGE that I'd consider to be closer to a scam than these bundles. So it's probably better I save that title for another time LOL P.S. I could ramble on for hours about when GGE was updating the PO of decorations. Starting with the original meta of 1,000 PO with The Once and Future Kings, then the incremental changes to the weekly shop offers that gradually increased by ~500 PO until finally teetering out around 4,000 PO - I liked your inclusion of accountability because there's absolutely a level of accountability that fall onto whoever decides to drop $880 on a bundle within a browser game - The issue of psychological manipulation in video games isn't unique to GGE. It's become an industry standard at this point where companies place imaginary values and percentages on bundles, deals, sales, etc. It just hurts more when it becomes increasingly more transparent within the game you love LOL. Rather than ramp up or innovate their marketing strategies, GGS would rather focus on $880 bundles to combat chargebacks and increase the perceived value of of cheaper bundles Loved the video. I think there's more room for discussion on the best monetization practices GGE SHOULD be taking. Perhaps that's a conversation for a video sometime in the future

Bro the 880$ offer costs more than my phone 💀

Thanks for watching! A few quick announcements! (1) There will be a video on Friday at noon eastern in which I discuss improving food production at my castles. (2) For those who have been watching the "Empire in 20XX" series, that will return on May 17th (sorry for the delay but I hope you will enjoy the bonus videos in the interim). (3) Please do let me know what you thought of today's video, which is a little more "off the cuff," so to speak, as I am using the videos this week to test out what type of content I might make, if anything, after the "Empire in 20XX" videos are done.

The fact that this kind of game has any sort of monetization that charges you over $100 is absolutely insane

is Goodgame Studios "Scamming" Players? YES YES YES

My thought is it’s at marketing tactic in the sense that if I’m charging $800 for a product and you see the 50 to hundred dollar option next to it you’ll think the hundred dollar options is a bargain so you’re more likely to click on that that’s my thinking on why this is even an offer in the first place

I think the biggest scams are the Beyond the Horizon and Outer Realms (especially heritage hunter) event. Your end-game castle progression is basically locked behind the most outrageously pay to win events imaginable. No-one would ever play either of those as free to play if they didn't lock so much staff behind them.

These Prices for Big offers are Insane , 1000€ for one Big offer .

That was a very informative video. Big thanks to Breor and Isle

Just coming back to your channel after a few years I think. My biggest issue with good game Empire is that I would not play for months at a time due to college or military service and I would come back in my entire would be wiped because I guess inactive. I’m writing this comment before I watch the video so this might be something you address however, if it does not in the video that is my biggest pet peeve.

Great video!

Hey Breor! I love your videos. I just have a video suggestion for you! I’d love if you talked about the server wars that happened. this game brings back many great memories whenever I think back to when I played it, but I’d love for you to maybe do some research by reaching out to contacts that you might know of to help piece together exactly what happened at that time. I remember a lot of wild things about it like how it leaked into other servers, there was a 2nd server wars and there just being so many correlations to the start of WW1. I found it ironic, we just repeated history in that game!

I think there is a lot of these different problems and they all add up to a very major problem

I don't have to watch video to simply conclude YES

Bro were are cpming this pack on shop pls awnser me😢😢😂

the whole shop is like this. there are bundles that cost the same but 1 would have everythinf thag the 2nd has and more. its very disgusting. and to say its the players responsibility to scout the best deals, i hear u, but the shop is made to be inconvenient to scroll on purpose. classic GreedGainStudios

Love this reaction video!

nothing to do with the vid but i been watching you for a long time , and your voice kinda changed u becoming old ? is someonelse doing the voice over? or you got a cold or smth?

Man, seeing you post videos again (Deend here) made me wish I hadn't deleted my account for awhile Those Celestial troops and 34k PO items really make me glad I did nuke the account so I didn't return. Moved to OSRS to sink time instead, much better not being pressured into buying anything at all apart from the monthly sub.

lmao, there is still ppl wondering this ? ofc they are. They have been for years now. if not a decade tbf.

They're not scamming you if you aren't buying into it, they're scamming the people that have a lot of disposable income ( and people with gambling addiction ).

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Those offers and prizes exist only because there are players that buy them, people like to forget about that and instead just try to find blame with the developer. Any reasonable person would find the shop offers ridiculous and completely overpriced regardless. GGE is a game for whales and with every year that should just become more obvious. And are they manipulating you? Go read a book on human psychology, then you have your answer