You can't complain that this game is costly

[JimMorrison]

Originally Posted by Sombre

In a straight cost and time ratio it would lose by default to all the free games I've played. So that's not a sensible way of measuring the value for money.

Nonsense. Your computer is necessary hardware to play any game at all. Therefore, the cost of the initial purchase must be ameliorated out over the cost of each game/hour.

Placed in these terms, it makes the cost "reductions" of other, inferior games that much more ludicrous. It also makes a free flash game that you play for 3 hours and never look at again, utterly unable to compete against games that you put any real energy into.


In your case Sombre, I think it's pretty simple - you can gauge your friends' tastes. Either they won't get deeply enough into Dom3 to appreciate it at its fair price - or they will. I can't imagine that anyone who likes TBS fantasy wouldn't go head over heels for Dom3, just like the rest of us have.


So, while you can argue that the purchase of the software (and CD-key) required to play Dom3 is more expensive than the software of some other games, the stigma of "costly" erodes rapidly when you look closely enough at what you get, for what you pay.


Personally, I find it rare anymore that I purchase a game, and I'm happy with the amount of money exchanged, and what I got. Hell, I bought Sword of the Stars for $15 on Amazon, and I still felt ripped off. :P