okay I get the point you were trying to make with your comparison...
LadyLorraine Send a noteboard - 21/04/2011 01:54:16 AM
I'm just not sure it was a good one. If I price this pile of shit 100$, it doesn't make this pile of rags suddenly worth the 50$ price tag because omigod, even the SHIT is worth 100 dollars!! Plainly that pile of rags is a STEAL at 50!!!
Here is how I kind of see it. This isn't the BEST comparison either, but I think you'll get my point I'm trying to make. I'm trying to illustrate why I'm apprehensive about a 50$ price tag.
For 50 bucks, I could buy a game that seems to have high expectations by most people and no one's announced being disappointed with, but that I don't really know much about besides its predecessor. This predecessor was quite enjoyable, but short, giving me only about a day or so's worth of total game play.
For 25 bucks or less, I could buy every major D&D/Forgotten realms-based RPG older than NWN, or I could buy a pack with a whole bunch of old star wars games (random side note, this pack was only NOT purchased because pretty much the ONLY game I was interested in it was KotOR). While, yes, these games are older and plainly they are priced less for this reason, I could conceivably get MONTHS of game play out of a pack. I have a pack of older D&D-based RPG games--that also includes a non-forgotten realms Strategy game--that I have played only a portion of at this point, and still have the opportunity to enjoy for a while because RPGs have incredibly re-playability, even WHEN they're ancient.
So do you kind of see my point? It's not necessarily that Portal 2 isn't worth 50 bucks compared to other games. It's that, when it comes to bang-for-my-buck, does Portal 2 add up? Do I get an appropriate amount of enjoyment/dollar?
Does that make sense?
Here is how I kind of see it. This isn't the BEST comparison either, but I think you'll get my point I'm trying to make. I'm trying to illustrate why I'm apprehensive about a 50$ price tag.
For 50 bucks, I could buy a game that seems to have high expectations by most people and no one's announced being disappointed with, but that I don't really know much about besides its predecessor. This predecessor was quite enjoyable, but short, giving me only about a day or so's worth of total game play.
For 25 bucks or less, I could buy every major D&D/Forgotten realms-based RPG older than NWN, or I could buy a pack with a whole bunch of old star wars games (random side note, this pack was only NOT purchased because pretty much the ONLY game I was interested in it was KotOR). While, yes, these games are older and plainly they are priced less for this reason, I could conceivably get MONTHS of game play out of a pack. I have a pack of older D&D-based RPG games--that also includes a non-forgotten realms Strategy game--that I have played only a portion of at this point, and still have the opportunity to enjoy for a while because RPGs have incredibly re-playability, even WHEN they're ancient.
So do you kind of see my point? It's not necessarily that Portal 2 isn't worth 50 bucks compared to other games. It's that, when it comes to bang-for-my-buck, does Portal 2 add up? Do I get an appropriate amount of enjoyment/dollar?
Does that make sense?
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This message last edited by LadyLorraine on 21/04/2011 at 01:55:34 AM
A Portal 2 thread, you monster.
- 19/04/2011 02:23:41 PM
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*goes to buy* WOW REALLY?!?!?!
- 20/04/2011 07:14:39 PM
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Agreed. As masterful as Portal was, I'd rather wait for a price drop. *NM*
- 20/04/2011 07:25:16 PM
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My cousin has similar feelings.
- 20/04/2011 07:25:54 PM
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Stating that it seems overpriced to her != a "holier than thou" attitude.
- 20/04/2011 07:35:51 PM
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as l-o-s said, I greatly enjoyed Portal 1. I plan to enjoy Portal 2.
- 20/04/2011 08:01:52 PM
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It would be helpful,
- 20/04/2011 08:48:13 PM
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Bulletstorm is single-player + coop only and sold for $60. What do you want? 
- 20/04/2011 09:14:34 PM
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- 20/04/2011 09:14:34 PM
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Given that short review, I'd say anyone buying Bulletstorm is being severely ripped off.
- 21/04/2011 12:45:06 AM
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To be fair, it's my opinion of the BS (hah) demo. A case of interesting gimmick + bad execution.
- 21/04/2011 01:35:25 AM
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okay I get the point you were trying to make with your comparison...
- 21/04/2011 01:54:16 AM
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If it's as long as Portal 1, then I completely agree
- 20/04/2011 10:54:31 PM
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It's longer.
- 21/04/2011 05:46:10 PM
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Thank you, Gher. And that last statement is kind of what I'd like to avoid 
- 21/04/2011 06:54:12 PM
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- 21/04/2011 06:54:12 PM
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