Free-to-play. Whenever these three words are uttered, it’s hard to stifle the shudder that follows when you begin to think about microtransactions, “pay-to-win”, and the other deceitful, annoying practices often associated with the whole model. There are the rare few with compelling gameplay and fair microtransactions such as Warframe, but unfortunately, we wouldn’t put Shake Spears! in this respectable category after our time with it.