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Hellgate: London
Anheg:
--- Quote ---Its the same than paying for any other online game...
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I think the point is that we don't.
Razor Blade:
--- Quote ---Well, as you know, Throbble and I are both vehemently against the whole concept of pay-to-play games. We've discussed the issue with gamers and game makers for years and we always came to the same conclusion: We'd rather pay one large, lump sum up front for lifetime access rather than allow our funds to be drained monthly for as long as we want to play the game.
Consider this fictional Diablo 2 scenario. Let's say that when Diablo 2 was announced in the late 90's Blizzard said that it was not financially feasible to host a game as huge and complex as D2 on Battle.net for free. Let's say they decided they would charge $10 a month to play Diablo 2 online.
Now, Throbble and I have been playing D2 online continuously since it was released (2000), for simplicity sake we'll say it's been exactly 7 years to the month. That means each of us would have spent $840 to play Diablo 2 for the past 84 months. Considering this, we would both be happy to slap down $150 a piece up front for lifetime access.
That's the basic argument behind the option of paying the lump sum.
But Hellgate isn't really pay-to-play anyway since the entire single player game is free to play online and there is no restrictions stopping non-subscribers from playing with subscribers.
-420
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Alltough that is a very good explanation and it would come cheaper to you guys if you pay lifesubscription indeed.
But what if the game becomes a dissapointment and you don't play it more then one or two months?
there you paid 200$ for a game that you play for a month or two....
i saw a review today of the game it had a score of 82(while the wicher got close to 90 lol) here they said the quests were too repetive and the storyline sucked, I think the devs of Hellgate London concentrated the most on items and the itemfever then the storyline and the quests, I mean I probably will buy hellgate london but won't pay monthly for it not worth it in my opinion.
Tyrael:
The Witcher is only single player isnt it? because that doesnt matter much with hellgate, but yeah seems like hellgate storyline isnt so bright but who cares, i never pay attention to online games storyline :0.
But yeah im with razor when it comes to pay the funders fee.
Razor Blade:
--- Quote ---The Witcher is only single player isnt it? because that doesnt matter much with hellgate, but yeah seems like hellgate storyline isnt so bright but who cares, i never pay attention to online games storyline :0.
But yeah im with razor when it comes to pay the funders fee.
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yes the witcher is only a singleplayer game but man oh man i mean seriously the story, hell man the graphics i'm gonna search and find a way to post screens this weekend because believe me when you see the game you won't no you can't believe that the witcher runs on the same engine like nwn2 because it looks sooooooooooo much better, detailed and cooler.
you'll see
420:
--- Quote ---But what if the game becomes a dissapointment and you don't play it more then one or two months?
there you paid 200$ for a game that you play for a month or two....
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Bioshock wasn't a disappointment but I payed $50 to play it for two weeks. Once you finish it there isn't really any "replayability" to it. Great storyline, great single player RPG, great gameplay, but in the end there is no staying power because there is no multiplayer option.
In that regard, $200 is pretty paltry considering that the beta has sucked away both Throbble's and my life over the past couple weeks. (The item drops are really the determinant factor, it's the whole reason we still play D2 after all.)
I was thoroughly disappointed with Guild Wars but I still played it for a year before giving up on it. So, if I pay $200 and give Hellgate a year then it's still a $170 value ($50 for game + $10/Month for 12 months). Which means if I give up on it after a year I've lost $30 but if it keeps my interest for at least 3 more months I break even, after that it's all free subscription.
-420
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