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| News Comments > Magic: The Gathering RPG Plans |
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Re: Magic: The Gathering RPG Plans |
Jun 8, 2017, 08:48 |
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UttiniDaKilrJawa wrote on Jun 7, 2017, 18:58:
Cryptic + Perfect World = "I'm Out!!"
In all honesty just give me a perfect Magic: The Gathering card game online with all the cards. In other words MTO with modern graphics and matchmaking.
Go play HEX: https://www.hextcg.com/
It is a digital TCG that plays similar to MTG but with a good client and secondary PVE progression. Basically MTG Online, but made by people that know what they are doing in the digital space. |
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| News Comments > Secret World Legends Next Month |
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Re: Secret World Legends Next Month |
May 9, 2017, 11:02 |
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| One of the few good things I can say about Funcom is that they never give up. Will give this a whirl as I always enjoyed Secret World's story, but the combat and price point were off putting. |
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| News Comments > Op Ed |
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Re: Op Ed |
May 8, 2017, 12:58 |
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Flatline wrote on May 8, 2017, 12:50:
I'd argue that there's a difference between "Mythos-inspired" and "Lovecraftian". If you have Cthulhu Mario Kart that's a "mythos" game.
If your game meditates on racist imperialist Christian xenophobia and postulates that just outside the doorstep of civilized euro-centric culture there is a thriving, writhing, pagan world that doesn't give a shit about you and if exposed to it you would become tainted, corrupted, and probably insane as your properly gentrified mind snapped, then your game is probably "Lovecraftian".
Perfectly said. |
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| News Comments > Tom Clancy's The Division Free Weekend |
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Re: Tom Clancy's The Division Free Weekend |
May 4, 2017, 16:24 |
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Slick wrote on May 4, 2017, 14:43:
Oh whatever, in the sea of cookie-cutter open-world Ubisoft games (liberate strongholds, yawn) The Division was a breath of fresh air....
And the DLCs were actually good...
That's fair. Too be honest, I played primarily before the DLC was released and up until the second Incursion was released. The end game at that point just felt so badly done from a design perspective that I didn't have any confidence that they could fix it with DLC so I never went back. The shift between the tactics you used while leveling and in the Dark Zone compared to the strategies you needed to use in the Incursions was too jarring for me personally. The game play was drastically different and of little appeal in the Incursions with the only challenge being provided by NPCs that rush you, realizing they take 50 rounds to kill and can one-shot players.  |
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| News Comments > Steam Gifting Changes |
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Re: Steam Gifting Changes |
May 4, 2017, 16:04 |
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El Pit wrote on May 4, 2017, 14:46:
I love the idea that human rights should be basic rights for all people in every nation. Isn't it funny that these rights somehow stop when it comes to economy? ;)
Being human is the same regardless of nation. Economies and cost of living are not. Would be nice if they were. Fix that problem first and we'll continue talking about regional pricing. |
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| News Comments > Steam Gifting Changes |
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Re: Steam Gifting Changes |
May 4, 2017, 15:55 |
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Orogogus wrote on May 4, 2017, 15:14:
Well, that's not necessarily true.
I 100% agree. Removing regional pricing is unrealistic and even if enacted would play out much differently that just highest price for everyone. Finding the optimal price would probably land at just the US price point and then cutting out other regions where that isn't profitable like you said.
I stopped putting effort into my points when my fellow conversation participant compared selling Porches to Video Games.  |
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| News Comments > Steam Gifting Changes |
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Re: Steam Gifting Changes |
May 4, 2017, 14:36 |
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El Pit wrote on May 4, 2017, 14:30:
Oh, come on. How about buying a Porsche in Moldovia? Are they selling it at roughly 20% the US price? No? But another luxury good like a game is sold at that price. Why? Because... REASONS.
Selling Porsches and selling digital products are vastly different enterprises and not even worth having a debate over the problems with this comparison.
Suffice it to say, without regional pricing all regions would have the most expensive price which would probably be $70 AUD for games. |
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| News Comments > Tom Clancy's The Division Free Weekend |
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Re: Tom Clancy's The Division Free Weekend |
May 4, 2017, 13:45 |
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| Nope. This game is a trap that free weekends are designed to exploit. Great game up until max level, then big shift in game play as everything just becomes a bullet sponge and just grind, grind, grind. The Tom Clancy IP/Universe I think really hampered this game in being able to make appealing end game content at least on the level of Destiny. Which honestly isn't that great compared to other MMOs/Loot Games, but is enjoyable. |
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| News Comments > Steam Gifting Changes |
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Re: Steam Gifting Changes |
May 4, 2017, 13:39 |
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El Pit wrote on May 4, 2017, 13:35:
Fucked up logic would be buying the cheaply produced product at high prices to support what those large corporations are doing! This would actually be a confirmation and support of this way to maximize profits.
Yeah. Buying 100% verified US made products is your best bet then, but like I said though, I don't think game developers exploit impoverished regions enough to use that as justification to pirate or circumvent regional pricing.
They are perfectly fine exploiting US programmers and IT staff with obscene overtime, screwing them out of royalties and code-and-release hiring practices so if you want to use that as justification, go ahead.
Just don't cost the poor people of Moldova their copy of Mass Effect: Andromeda in the process... although maybe that would be for the best all things considered. |
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| News Comments > Steam Gifting Changes |
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Re: Steam Gifting Changes |
May 4, 2017, 13:24 |
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El Pit wrote on May 4, 2017, 12:53:
I respect this as much as they should respect that the world is more or less one market now where people go for the cheapest price just like the companies go for the cheapest production prices. ;)
So... large corporations exploit impoverished regions to the detriment of their society so I should too? That's kinda fucked up logic.
Plus, I don't think many game developers, outside of support staff, exploit impoverished regions like the companies you probably bought your phone, clothes and shoes from and support staff jobs in those regions would probably be a godsend in some respects.
Not saying that regional prices are all good and fuzzy since they do exist purely to maximize profits, but they do have benefits for the regions they exist in.
Except for Australia because fuck Australia apparently. 
Hell, without regional pricing, we'd probably all be paying the AUD price for our games. |
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| News Comments > Steam Gifting Changes |
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Re: Steam Gifting Changes |
May 4, 2017, 12:45 |
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El Pit wrote on May 4, 2017, 12:19:
Regional pricing - maximize profits? ;)
Well, yeah. Obviously it is done to maximize profits but regional pricing is the only way certain regions would have a chance to play these games. You aren't going to sell a game at a $60 price point in a region where average household take home is $200/month. |
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| News Comments > Dawn of War III Released |
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Re: Dawn of War III Released |
Apr 27, 2017, 17:44 |
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| Huh. Interesting they would of gone this route. Command & Conquer had very little luck going for their MOBA/RTS mix as well, although they went a different route than DoW3 seems to have gone. Probably won't pick this up on release obviously, but I'll watch a few streams and if the gameplay/modes look fun a few months from now maybe pick it up in a Steam sale or Humble Bundle. |
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| News Comments > Quoteworthy: Geoff Keighley on No Man's Sky's Pricing |
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Re: Quoteworthy: Geoff Keighley on No Man's Sky's Pricing |
Oct 7, 2016, 09:07 |
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Prez wrote on Oct 7, 2016, 08:07:
Drayth wrote on Oct 7, 2016, 01:02:
Kxmode wrote on Oct 6, 2016, 23:59:
Shok wrote on Oct 6, 2016, 22:08:
Still waiting for $20-$30 sale price before I buy it. Luckily I saw enough of the leaked footage to hold me off and wait for reviews.
It's not even worth that. In its current form, it's a $10 game.
It's not even worth that. In its current form, it's a $5 game.
Okay I'll keep this going...
It's not even worth that. In its current form, it's a 25¢ game.
It's not even worth that. In its current form, they'd have to pay me $5 to play it. |
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| News Comments > Steam Review Changes to Fight Fraud |
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Re: Steam Review Changes to Fight Fraud |
Sep 13, 2016, 12:06 |
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A game's price definitely effects user reviews for the title. If I got NMS for $10 or free, I'd of probably of given it a pass and written a small positive review for the good tech demo it was or not written a review at all. If I paid $60 for it, you can bet I would of written a negative review probably out of sheer buyer's remorse.
With that in mind, this sounds like a good change despite how people feel like "my voice should matter". You voice is still there, it just matters less because you are coming from a tainted pool in sorts.
Would be interesting to see them do two scores. One as a sort of "verified buyer" review and then the other as just a user review. |
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| News Comments > Rimworld Steam Key Fraud Halted |
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Re: Rimworld Steam Key Fraud Halted |
Jul 18, 2016, 13:34 |
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HoSpanky wrote on Jul 18, 2016, 13:24:
I don't understand exactly what's happening, what are the charge backs for, and how does that get someone (other than the CC company) a profit?
And while the game isn't my style, yeah, it sucks that this is hurting a small developer.
My guess is that the scammers will buy a copy from their site, sell the free Steam key and then do a chargeback on the credit card so the sellers gets hit with the chargeback fee, the loss of the sale and now a free copy of their game being sold for profit by someone or some shady website. Bonus points if the credit cards are also stolen. |
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| News Comments > Evolve Countdown |
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Re: Evolve Countdown |
Jul 6, 2016, 17:09 |
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F2P needed to happen at launch or three months after release. At this point it might not prove enough and this sort of announcement style for a game most consider dead and a failure is laughable.
Even with F2P the game has some gameplay balance issues it needs to address as well.
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