Why do you need 2 copies? More accounts?:confused:Quote:
Originally posted by morto
I plan on buying 2 copies anyway so it will cost me $100 per game
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Why do you need 2 copies? More accounts?:confused:Quote:
Originally posted by morto
I plan on buying 2 copies anyway so it will cost me $100 per game
Yes, trying to get my fiance into the next MMORPG I play and if that doesn't work I'll just level 2 characters at once.
I got my copy or I should say Copies(4 dvd set!) I got mine for $25. There is a little more than 30 minutes of extra footage and a whole bunch of behind the scenes stuff. I recommend it.Quote:
Originally posted by Hans Moleman
I'll be picking that up too. But how much more do I have to pay to see those deleted scenes?
I am Canadian as well so yeah, if it WERE $24-$25 bucks a month with taxes, that's a big ouch. You would have to seriously be enjoying the game and playing it a long to justify that kind of money. That's roughly my cell phone bill every month.
Don't get me wrong, I understand to be able to deliver a massively multiplayer game to hundreds of thousands of people you need insane PC hardware, OC3 lines (probably way faster than that) etc etc etc. All which probably costs like 50k a month or something outrageous. Don't forget they need a constant feed of income to provide patches, updates, maintenance, new add-ons etc. MMOLGs require serious money to last 5 years, which is probably why we don't see even MORE of them. Look at WWIIOL...they started out with immense potential and a huge fanbase, then it seems like they couldn't beta test anymore (since probably their publisher was threatening to kill them all if they didn't release it) and suddenly BOOM! It had gone gold and was retail. There was much rejoicing. Until you actually tried to play the damn thing. Christ, it was brutal, I remember I upgraded to 512 megs of RAM otherwise the game would take 4-5 mins to load. That cut it down to 2. There was so much lag, instant crashing, servers dying, etc that a lot of people took the game DIRECTLY back to EB or wherever they bought it. The sheer frusteration caused me to never pay a monthly fee as soon as the trial period ended. It was THAT ANNOYING. Too bad so sad unfortunately. My point is MMOLGs can be EXTREMELY risky. (On a less bitter note: I heard the game actually plays well now...maybe one day I may re-try it).
But I think SWG will probably dominant all MMOLGs. Even if it's a re-hash of EQ, people will still love it like their first new-born child. Why? It's STAR WARS people! Do you understand how many people are obbessed with Star Wars??! It's like Star Trek but times 100. Personally I think they'll get more subscribers than they have server capacity!
Maybe I haven't read enough about it, but somehow it seems like it's going to be a little too much like other games like EQ/AC/DAOC etc. You know, kill monster, gain xp, get item, save up money, buy better armor/weapons, group together, take on tougher enemies, get new abilities, rinse, repeat for thousand of hours. I don't want that.
I want to be able to have a light saber duel, decapitate the guy (ok, maybe a little overboard), jump into a speeder, cruise to some imperial space station, say "Hi" to my fellow Stormtroopers, get into a Tie-Fighter, fly into space, travel to the Death Star where it's under attack, board it, man some gunnery posts, blow away some X-Wings, leap out of my seat and bolt ASAP to the hanger where some rebel Jedi have breached it, have a saber battle with them etc.
You get my point. While this may sound a little like Battlefield 1942 meets massively multiplayer version of Jedi Knight 2, I'm sure we'd all love something along these lines.
Yet what it comes down to is lag, lag and more lag. Seems like there is no way around it without the designers either slowing down combat significantly (even that probably wouldn't work), or having RPG style fights ("You attack but miss, Ewok attacks but misses, you hit for 50 damage in the spleen, you have killed an Ewok!") where latency doesn't come into play at all. Dammit, wish there were a way around this...since this would be the next level of online gaming IMHO.
In Australia, thats more like $40, which is almost as much as my monthly broadband fee. Thats just too much for too little. Adding up the annual cost.... hmmm which equates to $480AU!!! Too much IMO.Quote:
Originally posted by Adisharr
$ 10/month = $ 2.50 / week
$ 15/month = $ 3.75 / week
Is the $ 1.25 gonna kill anyone? Come on.. You can't afford to have a nice PC if you can't afford $ 10-15 a month. Let's get realistic here.
Maybe you yanks can afford that, but not me on my measly wage. I can get like 7 new release PC games for that money!
:D wow that sucks.. LOL at the American's ;)Quote:
Originally posted by EMG
I wonder if that free shipping applies to Alaska or Hawaii?
Most people I talk to on the phone when I'm ordering things tell me that Alaska is a foriegn country! Its really annoying. I have to explaing to them that its not. LOL
That would be awesume.. like you pointed out though I don't see how that would be possible. Maybe someday they'll be able to get around this with better coding but until then I think we'll have to settle for the 'autocombat' mode. I wonder how Planetside is going to handle all that? They say it's going to be realtime and quick. A big 'Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm'.. ;)Quote:
Originally posted by syk0
I want to be able to have a light saber duel, decapitate the guy (ok, maybe a little overboard), jump into a speeder, cruise to some imperial space station, say "Hi" to my fellow Stormtroopers, get into a Tie-Fighter, fly into space, travel to the Death Star where it's under attack, board it, man some gunnery posts, blow away some X-Wings, leap out of my seat and bolt ASAP to the hanger where some rebel Jedi have breached it, have a saber battle with them etc.
You get my point. While this may sound a little like Battlefield 1942 meets massively multiplayer version of Jedi Knight 2, I'm sure we'd all love something along these lines.
Yet what it comes down to is lag, lag and more lag. Seems like there is no way around it without the designers either slowing down combat significantly (even that probably wouldn't work), or having RPG style fights ("You attack but miss, Ewok attacks but misses, you hit for 50 damage in the spleen, you have killed an Ewok!") where latency doesn't come into play at all. Dammit, wish there were a way around this...since this would be the next level of online gaming IMHO.
to all those people that are whining about the cost conversion of a $10 USD fee. Its not really our fault that the conversion rate on your currency is so high. I suggest that you canadians and Aussies get a consortium and petition for an equivilant price. Instead of whining like we can fix it.
I mean Gogita you pay around $40 AUD for broadband, while we pay 40-50 USD for broadband, do you think its really fair that you are getting the same service that we are for almost 1/4 the cost. Would you like to pay $72 for broadband to make it fair. I dont think so.
I can't speak for everyone else but you should reread my post, I specifically mentioned that it is not "Your Fault" that our currency is in the shitter and that it costs us that much more. Canada's currency is partially devalued on purpose to give us a better chance when it comes to bringing in new and keeping old business. Theres the advantage, the disadvantage is when we go to buy goods specifically goods distributed and marketed outside of Canada. Anyway I could careless about paying more, I'm a big boy and I can pay my own way the only reason I made the point was to show that even a $5 difference in price can make a big difference in other Countries.Quote:
Originally posted by Isezumi
to all those people that are whining about the cost conversion of a $10 USD fee. Its not really our fault that the conversion rate on your currency is so high. I suggest that you canadians and Aussies get a consortium and petition for an equivilant price. Instead of whining like we can fix it.
I mean Gogita you pay around $40 AUD for broadband, while we pay 40-50 USD for broadband, do you think its really fair that you are getting the same service that we are for almost 1/4 the cost. Would you like to pay $72 for broadband to make it fair. I dont think so.
Actually $70 is what it costs to get the standard broadband plan. Which is a measly 3gb per month for 1.5mbit download and 128kbit upload. I pay 50AU cuz I'm only getting 500mb quota per month. What do you think about that raw deal, sparky! Not exactly a bargain now is it pal! :mad:Quote:
Originally posted by Isezumi
to all those people that are whining about the cost conversion of a $10 USD fee. Its not really our fault that the conversion rate on your currency is so high. I suggest that you canadians and Aussies get a consortium and petition for an equivilant price. Instead of whining like we can fix it.
I mean Gogita you pay around $40 AUD for broadband, while we pay 40-50 USD for broadband, do you think its really fair that you are getting the same service that we are for almost 1/4 the cost. Would you like to pay $72 for broadband to make it fair. I dont think so.
Apologies cowboy, after reading 30 or so posts I kinda loose the ability to remember each one verbatium, I just remember the general flow of the conversation, and it had pretty much went from cool game to b!tch fest about prices and currency conversion.Quote:
Originally posted by morto
I can't speak for everyone else but you should reread my post, I specifically mentioned that it is not "Your Fault" that our currency is in the shitter and that it costs us that much more. Canada's currency is partially devalued on purpose to give us a better chance when it comes to bringing in new and keeping old business. Theres the advantage, the disadvantage is when we go to buy goods specifically goods distributed and marketed outside of Canada. Anyway I could careless about paying more, I'm a big boy and I can pay my own way the only reason I made the point was to show that even a $5 difference in price can make a big difference in other Countries.
Broadband at that equivilance can not be had here in the US, trust me I would gladly shell the US equivilant of $50 AUD to get broad band even if it was a 500mb quota.Quote:
Originally posted by Gogita
Actually $70 is what it costs to get the standard broadband plan. Which is a measly 3gb per month for 1.5mbit download and 128kbit upload. I pay 50AU cuz I'm only getting 500mb quota per month. What do you think about that raw deal, sparky! Not exactly a bargain now is it pal! :mad:
We here dont have the blessed Curse of bandwidth caps yet, I either pay $35 USD for 256/56 HDSL, or $50 USD to be 340th customer on a 200 customer Cable Node. Not exactly a bargin now is it mate.
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Originally posted by Isezumi
Apologies cowboy, after reading 30 or so posts I kinda loose the ability to remember each one verbatium, I just remember the general flow of the conversation, and it had pretty much went from cool game to b!tch fest about prices and currency conversion.
LOL! I was thinking the same thing. I started a thread to see what people think about SWG, and it turns into a currency debate!