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| News Comments > StarCraft II Sells 3M |
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Re: StarCraft II Sells 3M |
Sep 1, 2010, 11:52 |
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Nomaar wrote on Sep 1, 2010, 11:39:
Would someone who usually doesn't like rts games have any hope of getting enjoyment out of this game? No. Because, you know, it's a RTS game, it has RTS written all over it, it's gameplay consists 100% of basic RTS gameplay mechanics 
And if you are perhaps interested in the setting or the story, read the books or the comics or the story section of a SC wiki. |
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| News Comments > Looking Glass Interview |
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Re: Looking Glass Interview |
Sep 1, 2010, 11:38 |
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Creston wrote on Sep 1, 2010, 11:27:
This makes absolutely BRILLIANT sense. I'm glad the game industry is in such capable hands. After all, higher revenue plus no profit is better than lower revenue plus profit. You're right. Many publishers seek for the potential higher revenue of console games, because the investors demand potential higher profits. And the investors follow only the principles of the stock market, where solid and steady, self-sufficient "money making" has no place, where promises of profit are more worth than actual existing profit.
So, if you're a small publisher, an indie dev, you can make a good living by making PC games for a specified niche audience. And they can thank the gods, because the majors have mostly left the PC market.
And concerning the interview: very good read, but i had to copy the text to OpenOffice and reformat it, so that i could read it without risking my eye sight |
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| News Comments > Mafia II DLC Next Week |
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Re: Mafia II DLC Next Week |
Aug 31, 2010, 15:19 |
Kajetan |
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NKD wrote on Aug 31, 2010, 14:51:
DLC is the future. Maybe for the majors. Maybe not even for them.
Most gamers enjoy it. Perhaps some gamers, who bought (!) DLC. Everyone else isn't interested at all or is just waiting for the "Gold" release, when you pay money for a complete game and nor full price for some intentionally butchered crap.
But, it's your money, your descision. |
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| News Comments > The Witcher 2 Interview |
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Re: The Witcher 2 Interview |
Aug 31, 2010, 08:25 |
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peteham wrote on Aug 31, 2010, 05:18:
What are you on about? They are "simplifying" the combat system, making it "faster" and more "action orientated", introducing quick time events (press Up, Down, Left, Left, Up, as shown on the screen) to "enhance" boss fights ...
They are making an already simple combat system a lot more simple, so that you can use a controller with the game. Out, out, damn pc-centric gameplay! Welcome, new and shiny multi-platform mediocrity!
I was very excited as i heard first from TW2. But after following several previews, videos and press events, it seems clear, that we don't get a "The Witcher 2", but a Gods of War clone with RPG elements. |
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| News Comments > The Witcher 2 Interview |
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Re: The Witcher 2 Interview |
Aug 31, 2010, 03:36 |
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Esoteric wrote on Aug 31, 2010, 02:35:
You can see they're real gamers, and that they understand their niche. But now, they aim for the big money and are dumbing down the combat system for consoles and controllers and people, who don't want to think, when they are playing. |
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| News Comments > Analyst: Mafia II "Unlikely to Achieve Profitability" |
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Re: Analyst: Mafia II "Unlikely to Achieve Profitability" |
Aug 31, 2010, 02:14 |
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| Interesting, how much hate a person can generate ... gamers can get very emotional over their games, can get very angry at persons, who just see money in a game and not the emotional experience of playing it. Dont be angry at Pachter! He is only part of a big money making industry YOU ALL helped to create, when you decided to keep on buying games from the majors. You cannot have triple A, high budget games without people like Pachter or Kotick. You gave them money, you gave them power. Dont like it? Stop giving them money! |
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| News Comments > Op Ed |
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Re: Op Ed |
Aug 30, 2010, 12:23 |
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Verno wrote on Aug 30, 2010, 12:09:
If you showed them how much they spend on DLC in a year they'd probably be shocked. Yes, probably. But it's their money and humans still have the right to be foolish and stupid |
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| News Comments > Op Ed |
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Re: Op Ed |
Aug 30, 2010, 11:16 |
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| No game requires DLC. But DLC is required to make much money from people, who like to be nickle & dimed. |
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| News Comments > Might & Magic Heroes Kingdoms Launches |
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Re: Might & Magic Heroes Kingdoms Launches |
Aug 27, 2010, 17:25 |
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LittleMe wrote on Aug 27, 2010, 17:01:
Still learning the game. Seems good. Maybe, if you're new to the browser game genre
I played them a few years back and this is the most NON-innovative genre i've met. You play basically the same game over and over and over again. Do this = x hours, do that = y hours. There are (and were) only a few games leaving this established path. And one day i've had enough. For me browser games are the past, burried deep, deep below, never to return.
Fun? Yes, of course. A while. Then they are boring as hell and there are better things to waste time with. |
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| News Comments > Op Ed |
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Re: Ars Technica - Buying used games |
Aug 27, 2010, 12:00 |
Kajetan |
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JohnnyRotten wrote on Aug 27, 2010, 11:35:
No used vehicles or houses for you Nin? Perhaps, perhaps not. But that is not the point. If he wants to support the devs, which he loves most, then let him buy new games. It's his choice, he's happy with it. Fine!
The point is ... the customer has a constant purchasing power of X. If he isn't able to free his purchinsing power, bound in several games, he is likely to buy LESS games, because he has not enough money. Or he buys less games, minimizes the risk of a potential loss because he cannot re-sell a game, if he doesn't like it. So, if "used games" are bad and publisher/devs will do anything to stop or hurt second hand sales, they are just hurting themselves. Which proves only, that some people in this industry have no idea of basic economic dependencies and principles. They are just greedy, stupid fucks!
The other point is .... why in Gods Almighty Name should software developers have a share from second hand sales? Why them? Why not everyone else? |
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| News Comments > Elemental/PC Gamer Follow-up |
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Re: Elemental/PC Gamer Follow-up |
Aug 26, 2010, 09:45 |
Kajetan |
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eRe4s3r wrote on Aug 26, 2010, 09:37:
Or you can just accept that games are never perfect, unless you spend a year perfecting them which only rich studios can do - meaning only Blizzard can do that. Near perfect is nice, but not necessary.
Mostly bug-free (no majors bugs, only minor C bugs). Easy to play and hard to master. That is, what i want. And Elemental is probably six months of crunch time away from this state. Right now, this game is just not finished. It's a beta, nothing more, nothing less. |
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| News Comments > Elemental/PC Gamer Follow-up |
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Re: Elemental/PC Gamer Follow-up |
Aug 26, 2010, 06:43 |
Kajetan |
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StingingVelvet wrote on Aug 26, 2010, 06:19:
If they honestly had to ship it now or wait a year for another "retail window" I think it says a lot more about boxed retail dying than it does PC gaming. This isn't about boxed retail. It's about Stardock being a little newbie in boxed retail, not having the sales connections (nor the numbers) an established major has. Or not being able to plan a decent boxed release due to lack of experience.
Which is ok. No one is perfect. Just admit, that you botched this release, say sorry to your customers, fix the game, make a little content patch and a vast majority of the customers is happy. But do not lie to them, do not point fingers to others, when clearly everything was YOUR responsibility and please ... learn from your mistakes! |
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| News Comments > Elemental/PC Gamer Follow-up |
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Re: Elemental/PC Gamer Follow-up |
Aug 25, 2010, 17:29 |
Kajetan |
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Creston wrote on Aug 25, 2010, 17:24:
When's the last time Valve patched a game that was sold on Steam and wasn't made by them? %) I think, that was Jedi Knight and the addon, when Valve finally patched it after weeks of flaming, so you can have proper D3D support on modern hardware and drivers. Or where they just using a fan patch? |
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| News Comments > Elemental/PC Gamer Follow-up |
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Re: Elemental/PC Gamer Follow-up |
Aug 25, 2010, 17:23 |
Kajetan |
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ASeven wrote on Aug 25, 2010, 17:05:
Is it a good game bugged or is it a plain bad game? Right now, my personal opinion as a FUCKING STUPID buyer of said game ... it could be a good game, if you extend intensive (!) developement time for several months.
The UI is horrible. Needs the handywork of a professional UI designer. Several basic and advanced gameplay features are not explained at all, due to the lack of a good tutorial or the incomprehensable UI. Or the lack of a manual to speak of, not this thin excuse for a manual. The game feels more like an incoherent grouping of some nice features, but not like a complete game.
Bugs can be fixed, but ... i don't know. The game "feels" not right. Gameplay is mostly tedious waiting for research to finish or ressource to amass. When losing a battle, most of the time i have no idea why i lost. Bad strategy? Not enough research? Wrong research or bad choosing of unit upgrades. The feedback from the game is not very informative.
Right now ... it is a bad game! |
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| News Comments > Elemental/PC Gamer Follow-up |
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Re: Elemental/PC Gamer Follow-up |
Aug 25, 2010, 17:01 |
Kajetan |
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JaguarUSF wrote on Aug 25, 2010, 16:57:
Breaking the street date doesn't change what was in the box: a buggy, unfinished game. And it does not change the fact, that Elemental needs several more months intensive (!) QA and polish. Even with the 0-day patch out ... this game is clearly unfinished. Or it is simply a bad game. |
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| News Comments > Elemental/PC Gamer Follow-up |
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Re: Elemental/PC Gamer Follow-up |
Aug 25, 2010, 15:32 |
Kajetan |
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w34sl3 wrote on Aug 25, 2010, 15:25:
The broken street date is true. Yes, it is. But that's not the reason for the unfinished state of the game, my dear boy. |
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