https://finance.yahoo.com/news/overwatch-star-wars-battlefront-ii-154728087.html > Star Wars Battlefront II, but it seems to not apply to Overwatch, which is also under investigation. In the latter game, the items rewarded through loot boxes are purely cosmetic and offer absolutely no gameplay advantage." data-reactid="16">“It is therefore dependent on chance how well you can play the game,” Naessens added in a statement to VTM NIEUWS. This certainly appears to be the case in Star Wars Battlefront II, but it seems to not apply to Overwatch, which is also under investigation. In the latter game, the items rewarded through loot boxes are purely cosmetic and offer absolutely no gameplay advantage. > Battlefront II, which uses loot boxes as a way to earn items necessary for upgrading damage and other abilities. The game also originally had both Luke Skywalker and Darth Vader locked behind a in-game currency paywall that would have taken as much as forty hours of normal playtime in order to earn just one character, but backlash led to the required credits being slashed by 75 percent. It could be too little and too late, however, as the game currency sits at an abysmal 0.9 user score on Metacritic. We liked the game, for the most part, but found the loot box system to be “confusing and irritating.”" data-reactid="17">Electronic Arts has already come under heavy fire from fans for the system it implemented in Battlefront II, which uses loot boxes as a way to earn items necessary for upgrading damage and other abilities. The game also originally had both Luke Skywalker and Darth Vader locked behind a in-game currency paywall that would have taken as much as forty hours of normal playtime in order to earn just one character, but backlash led to the required credits being slashed by 75 percent. It could be too little and too late, however, as the game currency sits at an abysmal 0.9 user score on Metacritic. We liked the game, for the most part, but found the loot box system to be “confusing and irritating.”