If you read the original newsbit on the front page, that's the estimate for a new player from Rob Bartel. He says he can do an optimised speed run in 15-20 mins.
I get the feeling that this isn't going to do much for their reputation.
If you read the original newsbit on the front page, that's the estimate for a new player from Rob Bartel. He says he can do an optimised speed run in 15-20 mins.
I feel as you, aries. To me, $5-10 is really insignificant.
OK, first, what $50 AAA games are you talking about that have under 8 hours of play time? RPGs, non-RPGs, I don't see it. Unless you're specifically looking at the SP portion of games that are primarily MP.$5 for an hour? Compared to the base cost of an RPG that's not that great *BUT* compared to many other games it is. A lot of AAA non-RPGs that go for $50+ are lucky to have 8 hours of play time. I am willing to pay $5 for an hours entertainment but as with other DLC I'll wait to hear from some reviews about it first.
That's groovy. I just worry that ultimately capitalism fails to provide its dividend of superior value and quality if the consumer tells the game company, "Look, just so you know, I'll buy anything you put out. 40 hours, 10 hours, 2 hours, doesn't matter, you get my money."Here's my thoughts, Yeesh. I would love to play a Might and Magic game again or Ultima or Wizardry. The problem is that games of this magnitude take 4-5 years to come out and many companies fail after x number of games. I'd rather see some of this nibbling, in the hopes that the company stays afloat between the 4 year mega-releases. Bioware has lots of dough, but if this will keep them interested in single-player crpgs, then I'm happy to shell out the small bills.
in the game industry, much or most of the "innovation" we've been seeing lately has been confined to the area of extracting more money from the customer.
And Bioware is still working on a new patch…As for areas, Ostagar itself has seen a major re-art to snow it over and make it feel like Darkspawn have been lingering there for a while. We've also opened up some new portions of the map that you weren't previously able to access. The quest also includes 3 additional areas which are smaller than Ostagar and involve a greater degree of re-use.
10 years ago when I started playing games, I've bought Baldur's Gate 1; the price was 349 DKK (about 50 US dollars). Today the price is still 349 DKK. And games have become much much expensive to make than they were 10-12 years ago.
The dev. team still needs to be paid, rent has to be paid as well etc. etc.