Forum Posts: 262 | Comment #1 by Jhow Tuesday, August 16, 2011 @ 05:34:18 PM | |
| Im not sure if I want to get this or not. I love the games just there are to many games coming out this fall. :( |
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Forum Posts: 4151 | Comment #2 by VladimirK Tuesday, August 16, 2011 @ 05:35:17 PM | |
I think it'll be interesting to see how this strategy goes for them.
This isn't really for me though so I can't properly say how much value is in the £75 bundle.
First reaction is, 'Damn, that's a lot", but I think it's more that I'm not used to seeing that price for a standrad edition of a game at launch.
Then thinking of it and take Fallout New Vegas for example, I paid £60/£70 for the collector's edition then I was happy to fork out for each of the DLCs on release and so that is more than this already and there's still a last DLC IIRC. (Even with the standard edition it's still quite high.) |
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Forum Posts: 10 | Comment #3 by ChrisDrummer Tuesday, August 16, 2011 @ 05:38:42 PM | |
| At the the start of the article I was thinking 75 for a 1000 gamerscore. But 30 for a 1000 is pretty good, seeing as its usually 40/above. And 5 for the dlc is bang on as well. Definitely need this |
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Forum Posts: 57 | Comment #4 by TheTCD Tuesday, August 16, 2011 @ 05:40:53 PM | |
So the whole '1000 gamerscore MUST be included in the initial package' stipulation does not apply to Windows games then? I can kinda understand why, given the business model, but this could possibly be the start of some alarming precedents being set in the future.
I'm sure this will be good for fans of the series, mind. I'm just not one of them. And it certainly can't go any worse than their similar, ill-fated Fable 2 'episodic' plan, that's for sure. |
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Forum Posts: 415 | Comment #5 by onemorechanc Tuesday, August 16, 2011 @ 05:42:26 PM | |
| I really enjoyed the other games in the series, but I might wait on this. I have a funny feeling there will be some sort of GOTY edition with most/all of it included in one package ... |
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Forum Posts: 5 | Comment #6 by Cheesy12 Tuesday, August 16, 2011 @ 05:47:05 PM | |
| The cover art looks..... |
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Forum Posts: 256 | Comment #7 by neo consumer Tuesday, August 16, 2011 @ 05:59:13 PM | |
| £74.99? |
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Forum Posts: 62 | Comment #8 by Amenazamenor360 Tuesday, August 16, 2011 @ 06:09:14 PM | |
| A hundred dollars? Are we crazy? |
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Forum Posts: 972 | Comment #9 by ITD Soldierboy Tuesday, August 16, 2011 @ 06:13:38 PM | |
| Just remember people. This game is free to play. You don't actually need to 'buy' the game in order to play it. |
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Forum Posts: 103 | Comment #10 by mhkerr Tuesday, August 16, 2011 @ 07:12:30 PM | |
Enjoying it so far, pretty decent for free (unless you want full 1k)
Should keep in mind that GFLW has a very small catalogue of games and while its not gonna happen soon the premium content and dlc will end up deal of the week. Plus retail pc games drop price very fast so you might get the greek retail content for less than downloading if you're prepared to wait |
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Forum Posts: 103 | Comment #11 by mhkerr Tuesday, August 16, 2011 @ 07:16:01 PM | |
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Age-Empires-Online-PC-CD/dp/B005DPWGMC/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1313540050&sr=8-1
Greek retail content already cheaper than downloading |
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Forum Posts: 1 | Comment #12 by diziet Tuesday, August 16, 2011 @ 07:16:27 PM | |
@mhkerr
I've been enjoying it so far to... although I've got an epic 'ignore' list already. so so many trolls.
Ta for posting this info btw. Inside the game you can't see prices until you hit buy and they're only in msp. Could be worth picking up one of the premium civ packs though for the pvp. |
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Forum Posts: 387 | Comment #13 by Caramel Cardinal Tuesday, August 16, 2011 @ 07:23:15 PM | |
£75 for only 6 months of content, that's extortionate
anyone remember the good old days when you could buy the game for £30 then a year or so later the expansion would come out for another £20 that felt realistic at least
oh how I miss ensemble |
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Forum Posts: 263 | Comment #14 by Saracin Tuesday, August 16, 2011 @ 08:03:11 PM | |
| I'm going to wait and see if they eventually put each piece on sale. This is a game I'm going to play over time, so it's not like I need everything right off. I'll have the retail version, so the Greek civ, and then hopefully sometime in Jan or Feb I'll buy the rest for half off. |
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Forum Posts: 983 | Comment #15 by TheMollywhopper Tuesday, August 16, 2011 @ 09:13:39 PM | |
| I've been playing this all day... It's pretty good if you're into medium-core RTS. BTW "free-to-play" in this case means "really long but stifled demo" - If you like it after an hour or 2 buy one of 1600msp packs and dive in or you'll be stuck with a tiny inventory and miss out on good loot until you upgrade. |
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Forum Posts: 535 | Comment #16 by dark lord me Wednesday, August 17, 2011 @ 12:33:09 AM | |
| I've been playing this game for a year and since it went live today so many people have been complaining about having to pay but the devs need money and if you buy just one premium civilization it will last you a while and thats only $20 a normal retail games costs (here at least) $70 so it is a pretty good deal |
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Forum Posts: 11 | Comment #17 by ruisleipa Wednesday, August 17, 2011 @ 03:59:29 AM | |
@16
you've been playing for a year? Yeah sure.... |
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Forum Posts: 15 | Comment #18 by parkwaydr Wednesday, August 17, 2011 @ 06:55:10 AM | |
@17 He has! I've been playing it since 1986.
According to the developer, there's about 40 hours of gameplay in the free version. I don't know if the inventory is crippled in any way if you don't purchase any content. I'm going to try the game out today.
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Forum Posts: 933 | Comment #19 by Lord Montymort Wednesday, August 17, 2011 @ 06:57:43 AM | |
| I'm downloading the free version now. I dunno if i'll upgrade passed that, but I always enjoyed AoE2 and AoM so I'm looking forward to giving this a go. |
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Forum Posts: 7 | Comment #20 by satriani1989 Wednesday, August 17, 2011 @ 07:00:23 AM | |
| I have to say, i've been playing the beta for quite a while, and it's not...brilliant. If you're looking for it to be as good as 2 & 3, then you'll definitely be disappointed. I want another Mythology game!!! |
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Forum Posts: 108 | Comment #21 by aosiding Wednesday, August 17, 2011 @ 08:10:56 AM | |
| In this case I will have to wait until all DLC comes out. You know eventually they ALWAYS come out with a complete collection DLC pack |
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Forum Posts: 81 | Comment #22 by larry69r Wednesday, August 17, 2011 @ 08:30:00 AM | |
| random question the season 1 pass says $99 on the website for me but when i click purchase it changes to $124.95 any ideas why im in Australia and i know our $ is worth more then Americans ATM so i cant see where this extra $25 magically comes from any helps thanks |
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Forum Posts: 0 | Comment #23 by KakashiUK Wednesday, August 17, 2011 @ 08:49:54 AM | |
| I quite enjoy it even if i have to go though both Greeks and Egyptians |
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Forum Posts: 535 | Comment #24 by dark lord me Wednesday, August 17, 2011 @ 10:21:24 AM | |
@17
I've been beta testing this game for a year... |
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Forum Posts: 59 | Comment #25 by Gearbolt Wednesday, August 17, 2011 @ 10:52:18 AM | |
| love these games, but the price is kinda pricey. Price is too steep for me so I'm going have to pass. it's a shame as I was looking forward to this game. |
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Forum Posts: 199 | Comment #26 by ViNyLek Thursday, August 18, 2011 @ 11:05:08 AM | |
| I'm not even interested in this game, but it sounds like a fucking pointless deal to give you a pass for the same price as actuall content bundled together...Shame on you people... |
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Forum Posts: 1 | Comment #27 by privy ninja Thursday, August 18, 2011 @ 01:11:40 PM | |
| There's enough more than enough content in the free version to keep a player busy for a crazy amount of hours. Like someone above mentioned, this stuff will eventually be %40 - %50 off, and I have no problem waiting until then. |
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Forum Posts: 6 | Comment #28 by Big Ad86 Saturday, August 20, 2011 @ 04:07:13 AM | |
| confused.com |
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