Why such a high price?

Psitticine · #1 September 19th, 2003, 04:05 PM

Cripes, I've been editing those spell and item lists, plus the manual, and my editing partner is going over the units now. Believe me, this game has CONTENT! (rubbing tired fingers)

I guess there's no way I won't come off biased since I've been helping beta-test it and all, but I swear I'm being honest when I say this is the best game I've played in years. It leaves any other fantasy TBS game since Master of Magic in the dust, and I've been an avid player of HOMM, AOW, and the others. I haven't taken a peek to see what the costs are, but I can't believe it isn't worth it. Even after playing it for weeks now, I'd turn around and pay normal game prices (they run $50-60 US or higher around here) for it in a flash.

The only other thing I want from it is a giant parrot avatar (Psitticine = parrot) for my Pretender God.

Daynarr · #2 September 19th, 2003, 04:36 PM

Don't forget that you will need to spend some money on therapy to get off this game once you start playing it. Believe me, I know what I�m talking about.

Kristoffer O · #3 September 19th, 2003, 04:56 PM

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Originally posted by Psitticine:
The only other thing I want from it is a giant parrot avatar (Psitticine = parrot) for my Pretender God.

Perhaps we should make a Parrot-patch

Nerfix · #4 September 19th, 2003, 05:14 PM

Originally posted by Kristoffer O:

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Perhaps we should make a Parrot-patch

Uh...
You guys are scaring me...
First, R'lyehian Tentacle Boogeymen and Tentacle Boogeymen/Human crossbreeds

...
Then the spider-riding Zulu Machaka...
And now Parrots?
*shiver*

[ September 19, 2003, 16:15: Message edited by: Nerfix ]

Psitticine · #5 September 20th, 2003, 06:27 AM

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Originally posted by Kristoffer O:

quote:
Originally posted by Psitticine:
The only other thing I want from it is a giant parrot avatar (Psitticine = parrot) for my Pretender God.

Perhaps we should make a Parrot-patch

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!! (leaping up and down)

Mortifer · #6 September 21st, 2003, 02:48 PM

WOW this game will cost 50 bucks !?!?!??!?
This cant be true! I mean Dom II. looks like a good game, but it shouldnt cost more than 25$ if you ask me.
You cannot compare this to Half Life II. in quality. [It was a bad example cuz HL2 will be an FPS, but you know what do I mean, right?]

PDF · #7 September 21st, 2003, 03:19 PM

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Originally posted by Mortifer:
WOW this game will cost 50 bucks !?!?!??!?
This cant be true! I mean Dom II. looks like a good game, but it shouldnt cost more than 25$ if you ask me.
You cannot compare this to Half Life II. in quality. [It was a bad example cuz HL2 will be an FPS, but you know what do I mean, right?]

Why should it cost 25$ ? Why not 10, 5 or 1 ??
The video games economy is working backwards : HL 2 will sell millions copies, Dom2 will sell in few thousands (my guess, and I'm optimistic IMHO).
So HL2 should be *much* cheaper than Dom2, as industrial furniture is to craftmanship...