Updated: Dragon Age: Origins - Awakening Wakes Up On March 16
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Hmmm, well honestly I have some serious issues with that price tag myself. I'll probably bite the bullet and get it since I'm a fan of the game, but really on a lot of levels I don't want to on principle.
I mean honestly, when a new game for the PC is like $50 that's only $10 less for a mere 15 hour content boost. That's pretty excessive.
What's more game companies already engaged in price fixing and hiked game prices by $10 not too long ago. I find it disturbing, but not unexpected, that they seem prepared to do so again so soon. But then again it's not like anyone stopped them the last time.
Really though I find the messages coming out here to be a bit contridictory, I mean on one hand you have EA laying people off, and the game industry seeming to imply "OMG, we need to charge more money for games, since we're suffering so horribly" yet at the same time we're hearing that this is a massively profitable billion dollar industry.
What's more crying about the price to develop games is increasingly becoming ridiculous. It's pure greed from those involved, not any nessecity. There is absolutly no excuse why something like "Modern Warfare 2" should have taken a quarter of a billion dollars to develop, ad another quarter of a billion dollars to promote. As I said before, the game isn't all THAT incredible and doesn't even have dedicated servers. The ads were also mediocre. I'd be very interested in seeing their accounts for that paticular game.
At any rate after that game and it's sales, I'm guessing part of the problem of course is now EVERYONE wants to develop a half-billion dollar game project. Given the risks involved they of course also want to raise the prices to try and mitigate that.
Ahhh well, this is getting off topic, but I mean come the frakk on. I could see a $20 price tag but forty freaking bucks? Content wise it's about equivilent (as hyped) to say "Broken Steel" or "Point Lookout".
I have 3 months to ponder whether to support this or not, as much as I want it, I've bitten the bullet before and passed on things I wanted on principle. Being able to pay that much (I can if I decide I want it that bad) isn't really the issue at the moment. However with price tags like that I can see things very easily getting to the point where I simply won't be able to buy DLC and expansion packs.
It's also disturbing when you consider how rapidly DLC is coming out for games, being designed right alongtime the release of the game. Leading me to increasingly fgeel most of it should have been part of the original production, and they are basically trying a fancy technique to get me to pay more for a game without hiking the price.
God forbid we see $40 DLC and then an increase in game prices to make that seem low in comparison.
Okay I'm disabled so I have to plan ahead and budget for my games (which I can only get because I live at home since I'm not employable). But even when I was working (with a decent job) this would have been a pretty hefty price. Plus there is an economic crisis on and everyone has tight finances, not just losers like me.
I mean honestly, when a new game for the PC is like $50 that's only $10 less for a mere 15 hour content boost. That's pretty excessive.
What's more game companies already engaged in price fixing and hiked game prices by $10 not too long ago. I find it disturbing, but not unexpected, that they seem prepared to do so again so soon. But then again it's not like anyone stopped them the last time.
Really though I find the messages coming out here to be a bit contridictory, I mean on one hand you have EA laying people off, and the game industry seeming to imply "OMG, we need to charge more money for games, since we're suffering so horribly" yet at the same time we're hearing that this is a massively profitable billion dollar industry.
What's more crying about the price to develop games is increasingly becoming ridiculous. It's pure greed from those involved, not any nessecity. There is absolutly no excuse why something like "Modern Warfare 2" should have taken a quarter of a billion dollars to develop, ad another quarter of a billion dollars to promote. As I said before, the game isn't all THAT incredible and doesn't even have dedicated servers. The ads were also mediocre. I'd be very interested in seeing their accounts for that paticular game.
At any rate after that game and it's sales, I'm guessing part of the problem of course is now EVERYONE wants to develop a half-billion dollar game project. Given the risks involved they of course also want to raise the prices to try and mitigate that.
Ahhh well, this is getting off topic, but I mean come the frakk on. I could see a $20 price tag but forty freaking bucks? Content wise it's about equivilent (as hyped) to say "Broken Steel" or "Point Lookout".
I have 3 months to ponder whether to support this or not, as much as I want it, I've bitten the bullet before and passed on things I wanted on principle. Being able to pay that much (I can if I decide I want it that bad) isn't really the issue at the moment. However with price tags like that I can see things very easily getting to the point where I simply won't be able to buy DLC and expansion packs.
It's also disturbing when you consider how rapidly DLC is coming out for games, being designed right alongtime the release of the game. Leading me to increasingly fgeel most of it should have been part of the original production, and they are basically trying a fancy technique to get me to pay more for a game without hiking the price.
God forbid we see $40 DLC and then an increase in game prices to make that seem low in comparison.
Okay I'm disabled so I have to plan ahead and budget for my games (which I can only get because I live at home since I'm not employable). But even when I was working (with a decent job) this would have been a pretty hefty price. Plus there is an economic crisis on and everyone has tight finances, not just losers like me.
How exactly does this affect my Dwarven warrior, Grosni? Who willingly gave his life at Denerim to defeat the Archdemon...
Guess this means I'm making a new guy from scratch...
Gotta admit though, for a self-proclaimed "Expansion" It's a little too pricey for my tastes.
And on my first (Mainly story driven) playthrough I got a solid 24 hours out of Origins.
I'm intending to go back with another character and play it thoroughly though.
Guess this means I'm making a new guy from scratch...
Gotta admit though, for a self-proclaimed "Expansion" It's a little too pricey for my tastes.
And on my first (Mainly story driven) playthrough I got a solid 24 hours out of Origins.
I'm intending to go back with another character and play it thoroughly though.
playing the same game over and over doesn't count in to what they advertise on the box, if that was the case then you could also argue that every game is at least 3 times longer counting the difficulty settings, and while its true that i skipped a few side quests, such as morigans quest i did play all the origins, but no i didn't replay the last 2-3 hours over and over with different dialog options (which for me wouldn't be roleplaying as several the choices wouldn't fit with my char) to get all the endings, and i never called them liars, they advertised "up to" 100 hours, if you play on the hardest difficulty and see all endings, and as i got it from what you angrily spat at me, play the game over and over from start to finish as all the origins then it will easily last 100+ hours, but while i loved the game it's not a game i would want to replay.TPiddy said:
God-fucking-damnit. It was a bad time to install Windows 7 and forget about the save files. Oh well, guess it's time for another 50 hour playthrough making the same choices all over again just to see what the hell happened with Morrigan...(DUH! Who else do you think that "old favorite" can be other than Morrigan?)
Oh, also, I'm pirating this. Putting a 40 bucks price tag on an expansion that barely adds 15 more hours of experience (Giving that for a few more bucks I can buy a full game) is just plain greedy.
Oh, also, I'm pirating this. Putting a 40 bucks price tag on an expansion that barely adds 15 more hours of experience (Giving that for a few more bucks I can buy a full game) is just plain greedy.
I'll probably wait for it to be on Steam and go on sale, maybe. Bought Dragon Age when it was on sale and still haven't even started it yet.
Why is there a sudden emphasis on how many hours long it is? Are going to start paying for games by the hour or something?
God of War, MW2, Uncharted, Arkham Asylum etc all took less than 10 hours so why are people complaining about an expansion pack that costs less and comes with more?
God of War, MW2, Uncharted, Arkham Asylum etc all took less than 10 hours so why are people complaining about an expansion pack that costs less and comes with more?
How are you people completing the game in 24 hours and claiming to have done everything in it? I admittedly dawdled about on occasion, but it took me over 80 hours to finish - I can't imagine I wasted THAT much time along the way.
I have this sneaking suspicion you were playing it on a console and do not actually know what "completely" means when we use that term regarding RPG campaigns (hint: it doesn't mean reached the end).
I have this sneaking suspicion you were playing it on a console and do not actually know what "completely" means when we use that term regarding RPG campaigns (hint: it doesn't mean reached the end).
I'm not angry... I'm saying that when you factor in all of the side quests, origin stories and alternate endings and paths to take in each major decision, the total amount of unique gameplay content tops 100 hours, even if you don't count the parts you have to play over in order to get to the unique parts. It's a legitimate claim for the game. If you didn't like it enough to see all 100 hours of content that's fine, but you can't dispute their claim that they put that much stuff in there.swaki said:
Looking back, Bring Down The Sky was actually pretty cool, just a tad bit overpriced. If they had thrown maybe one/two more planets in with it, it would have definitely been worth it.Onyx Oblivion said:
The other campaign though, I haven't heard ANYTHING good about, so if that's what you're talking about I understand.
This sounds interesting, but once again, perhaps a tad pricey. I'll pass on it for now, partially because I don't have Draqon Age
I'm going to be waiting for the Collector's Edition to come out with all the DLC and expansions attached. You know it's gonna happen.
i bet the old favorite will be shale!(well if you have the dlc that is.. hmmm)Greg Tito said:
anyway 40 euro's for 15 hours is reasonable if they are awesome 15 hours
umm....there are also alot of games charging full retail for less than 15 hoursLost In The Void said:
anyway look likt a good buy
The trailer for it was spoilerific, but not like it was shit I didn't know already.
This looks awesome, I can't wait for finish DAO and NOW do this, I hope it inculdes the DLC as well, but I can't bloody use my card to buy the DLC from EA store or whatever.
This looks awesome, I can't wait for finish DAO and NOW do this, I hope it inculdes the DLC as well, but I can't bloody use my card to buy the DLC from EA store or whatever.
The "Old Favorite" better be Morrigan. I believe they said "isn't the last you will see of Morrigan" so yay for Morrigan!
