Pogo
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I think it’s kind of pathetic because those people don’t realize that for Terraria to make as much money as it can, it can’t saturate its potential playerbase with a very cheap offer. $2.50 was a steal, $5 is a steal, $10 is where I bought it and was just right.
Kildar
1742
Or you can bypass Steam, and buy Hegemony Gold from Gamersgate at 11 USD and change. You save around 3+ USD.
You’re right. I’m just confused as to why you think anyone who would cry about $5 instead of $2.50 even gives a shit about the people who made the game.
I don’t know…I don’t really care about Terraria, but for 2.50 I would probably pick it up just in case the mood ever struck me to play it.
I’d imagine the majority of people complaining about Terraria’s price error are between 9 and 14 years of age. Well, these days I’m not so sure. Maybe up to 20 years of age actually.
Probably…I just can’t imagine how anyone who wants that game thinking somehow that 5 bucks is just too much.
Pff, if anything they should be paying me for the privilege of my time!
It isn’t about the money, it’s just that it was irritating that it was yet another pricing mistake (Risen, at least, had one earlier in the sale too) and that, as usual, Valve didn’t even bother with a “whoops, sorry about that…” A little communication goes a long way.
That said, I’m perfectly capable of affording the extra $2.50 and decided to bite since I like to support developers doing interesting work.
Strato
1749
I thought the same thing when during the Winter sale (or the lead up to it) especially given my experience with the first which wasn’t memorable.
And then I played Sup Com 2 and realised how great it is to see robots go boom.
It is a lot of fun building a Cybran Magentron and seeing it suck a whole army, including experimentals (not shown) into its whirring blades of death*
*Requires the DLC as well.
So, the X series: Yay or Nay?
My friend told me is a lot like EVE, only single player.
I myself am gonna pass.
X-tension for $1.24 is undeniable value for what I consider the best game in the series. It is probably a bit long in the graphical tooth these days, but it nails the atmosphere and the feeling that you’re lost and alone in the X universe (at least to start with), whereas the later games lose that sense of isolation and encourage you to develop your trading empire with snazzier graphics. When I say “later games” I mean X2, which I thought was terrible. Never played TC but it’s apparently an improvement over 2.
Krazy, X-Tension is still the best in the series, IMO, and I’ve toyed with them all.
Your friend is pretty wrong. The X games are simulations wherein you pilot individual craft with a joystick or mouse, while EVE is a point and click game wherein you never enter your ship. Both have economic and empire building elements, yes, but fundamentally they’re quite different.
I applied a user patch to your post.
I actually escaped purchasing anything yesterday by being inoculated by previous Steam sales.
Oh, okay, fine, you have some captain’s quarters now, but it’s not as if you’re flying your ships from the cockpit. :P
Having just watched the X-Rebirth trailer again, I’d say buy X-tension and play that until Rebirth comes out Q4. :)
Dumb Q: is X-tension a stand-alone expansion or do you need X:Beyond the Frontier on Steam to play it?
That’s not dumb at all, since I also want to know the answer. :)
Reading through the manuals for King’s Bounty Legends, Armored Princess & Crossworlds I’ve come to two conclusions:
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If the actual game is anything like described in the manual, it’s the best game ever!
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There’s really no point in playing anything but the “Orcs on the March” expansion campaign since the Legends, Princess & Orcs campaigns are exactly the same, except that each new version is better and has more stuff.
Well, I guess the Spirits of Rage may be more amusing than the Pet Dragon… but is there anything else that Legends has which the sequels don’t?
edit: Just found this section in the Legends manual!
An important and interesting feature of the game is a possibility to acquire
a family – a wife and children! The wife gives different useful bonuses to the
hero and his army, and allows putting on more equipment, adding four
additional slots for items, and different wives have different slots at that.
You can always talk to your wife, clicking on her portrait. During the
conversation, you can turn the wife out or start a conversation about children.
If your wife agrees to have a baby, you’ll soon have a child. He or she occupies
one of the wife’s slots forever and gives quite good additions to your hero’s
parameters. One wife can have up to four children.
If you want to turn your wife out remember: when leaving, she will take the
children, the items that are put on her and one fifth of your gold.
Ooookay. I see this feature has been replaced by companions for the AP/CW campaign…
