One of the most popular movements in gaming recently is free to play. Particularly inspired by the surge in popularity of mobile games, free to play games have shone on PC for a couple of years, and now are making their way onto consoles as well. It allows a low point of entry (or a zero point of entry) and allows people to play and enjoy the game for nothing. Where these games earn their money is by then allowing people to pay for in game currency to allow them to unlock weapons and perks to allow them to shine against other people.

Some games do an extremely poor job of that; allowing people to simply buy their way to success. This term has spawned the “pay to win” moniker, something extremely unpopular with the growing player bases of free to play games as they look to simply enjoy themselves and prove their abilities with skill, rather than money. By walking that fine line Heroes and Generals has, so far, proved to be extremely popular.