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Eh. Play a game, enjoy, move on. I got waaaay more then my moneys worth out of BF1942 and Vietnam... I'm on the way to getting my moneys worth out of BF2... Prolly won't buy 2142 as i don't care for futurism.
Red Alert was THE KING. Red Alert 2 was awsomer...
UT was the height of the Unreal family, so I refuse to comment.
CS vs. CS:S... both suffer a similar fate, they were used as tools to sell a platform (steam) and a game engine.
Feable arguement for wasting moneys, agent.
Hardly. Not all of us like to play a game, enjoy, move on. Some like to stick with one game for a long time. I'm one of them. So your initial suggestion only applies to those who play games like you do.
I did not get my money out of bf2, far from it. I got way the fuck ripped off. Of course, it was my choice, but i still spent far more on that game per hour than any other game I've ever played.
And if UT was the height, then had the company had another type of income besides releasing another game, UT would still be one whole strong community. Now, it's 3 dying communities.
The bottom line is, how much do you spend to game per hour, and enjoy it?
You can't just say, "i won't pay to play ever," on the concept of saving money. You have to run the math. If you won't pay to play for moral reasons, whatever. But don't claim that you're saving money.
If you buy two new games a year, that's 100 bucks, assuming you don't buy any expansions or upgrade your comp to play it, or any other extra costs. You play the hell out of those games all year long. Good for you. You only spent 100 bucks on your hobby for a whole year. Cheap by all comparisons. In contrast, Eve for a year costs 150, no upgrades or expansions needed nor ever will they be paid for. So if you buy 3 new games a year, it's the -same damn thing-.
And since eve is monthly, (or any other pay to play, i only have experience with eve), you can quit anytime without having spent the whole hog. Play for a few months, want a new game, fine. Quit, buy a new game.
The outlier to these generalizations is Counter-strike. It was able to hold our attention since years with only 30 or 50 bucks spent, depending on when you bought half-life 1.
Oh wait, no, because we ended up buying CZ. And yea, I upgraded my comp for that.
Oh yea, and not long after, CS:S came out, split the community again, and i had to upgrade for that, too, and it still runs like shit.
Feable arguement for wasting moneys, agent.
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saw hoggs post after mine. I say, "yea."