Moo3 is a shareware now

[Suicide Junkie]

So, how many copies do you have to order to pay for the shipping and handling?

[Jack Simth]

Originally posted by raynfala:

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Originally posted by Roanon:
Ah, the price is slowly aproaching the real value of this "game".

Now anybody can get it for the "real value". Amazon just lowered the price to $18.00. Group it with something else you were already going to get (to get free shipping), spend $0.37 on your rebate form, and voila... you are compensated $1.63 for leasing out some shelf space to a poor, lonely, otherwise-unsold copy of MOO3.

--Raynfala

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Hang on - I think I mentioned something about that earlier in this thread - I did! I did!

Originally posted by Jack Simth:
We'll know for sure if it was overpriced if they drop the price again before the $20.00 rebate expires.

[Ed Kolis]

Last night I dreamed that I met Rantz Hoseley and he offered me a job at Quicksilver... and while I acted elated to his face, I was considering turning down the position just because I didn't want to be associated with that company!

[raynfala]

Originally posted by Suicide Junkie:
So, how many copies do you have to order to pay for the shipping and handling?

Two, but that's not gonna work. The rebate is only good for one copy per household. Not sure if somebody else could file the rebate off the other copy, as the proof of purchase has your name on it... *shrug*

--Raynfala

[raynfala]

... of course, you could always look for another software title that's free after rebate. You'd be surprised how often that happens at Amazon.

--Raynfala

[ June 09, 2003, 21:55: Message edited by: raynfala ]

[General Woundwort]

Originally posted by raynfala:
... of course, you could always look for another software title that's free after rebate. You'd be surprised how often that happens at Amazon.

Yes, but...
less than three months after it's released?
what was supposed to be the "game of the future"?
the "next installment of the greatest 4X series ever"?

[Dralasite]

game and movie sequels are both difficult to get right

[Jack Simth]

Originally posted by Dralasite:
game and movie sequels are both difficult to get right

They got it about right with Moo2

[Voidhawk]

... and Civ 2... and Warcraft 2... and Homeworld 2... and IW 2... EU 2...

A game like MOO3 is extra tricky because it's pretty much one of those rare gaming milestones that only comes along every few years. Lots of people have lots of fond memories of playing the first two. And most of those people don't want some outsider fooling around with a tried and true formula (remember the backlash when Coca-cola changed THEIR formula? hehe). If I was CEO of QSI, I probably wouldn't have touched the MOO license with a 10-foot pole.

The new patch makes MOO3 a much more satisfying experience, and well worth some of the prices I've seen it going for. Still not quite a great game, IMO, but good. I think this whole fiasco has taught Atari/QSI a valuable lesson: Do NOT trifle with OUR classics.

[Atrocities]

The new patch makes MOO3 a much more satisfying experience, and well worth some of the prices I've seen it going for

Would you care to elaberate? What did the patch do that made the game better?