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shieldstorm
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From my experience, if game has this large entry bonus option like this founders pack for 200$, than it ends up being a hit and run release.
For 200$ you can buy three modern AAA+ single player games. Cryptic and perfect World do not really have the best reputation out there. R.A. Salvatore is one of my favorite authors, and forgotten realms one of the greatest worlds in history of fantasy, but can you believe that these companies are actually interest in delivering something great to the player, instead of simply cash in and wrap up?
For 200$ you can buy three modern AAA+ single player games. Cryptic and perfect World do not really have the best reputation out there. R.A. Salvatore is one of my favorite authors, and forgotten realms one of the greatest worlds in history of fantasy, but can you believe that these companies are actually interest in delivering something great to the player, instead of simply cash in and wrap up?
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Their Action-RPG design was a gutsy decision, as it deviates from D&D so much, but it gives Neverwinter many gameplay elements that will keep the game interesting for a long time to come. They promised this would not be Pay-to-Win, and despite my doubts, they have held to their promise so far, and show no signs of wavering. They said they learned from their mistakes in previous titles, and it shows with the polish of this one: their closed Beta runs smoother than any other I've been part of, and they've added a lot of small details which address common problems or gameplay annoyances you might find in other MMOs. The Neverwinter experience is very enjoyable.
Sure, they might be making this game for commercial reasons, but who can blame them? What I care about is that my personal expectations (very high) are met, and, all things considered, I think they're getting there.
And I'll second what papi032 said - the company's in business to make money. Hopefully they do so by creating an awesome product/service that a lot of people enjoy and spend money on. I can't comment on the honesty or integrity of the team running Neverwinter, but until I have reason to believe otherwise, I'm going to assume they're doing their best to create a great product that will be commercially successful.
I don't see them messing this title up to that extent honestly. And I don't see them pulling what GW2 did with their title, which was spend 7 years touting a design for a game that was evolutionary and then two months after launch completely change the end game focus to dungeoneering gear grind with months of work to advance. It just won't happen with this group imo.
Those two things are what I'll be watching for.
I was skeptical on this point as well, but quite a few players report getting higher quality runes up to level 3 on the last weekend. Since it only takes 4 of a certain type to attempt to upgrade it, then it looks good... so far. I suppose we will have to see what developments they continue to make as they tweak the game.
Cheers!
I am cautiously optimistic.
I think it's up to each player to go with gut instinct, about if they will get their monies worth of fun out of it.
There is a 60$ version as well.
Path of Exile - 1000$ Support Pack. around 1000 ppl bought it based on the Devs, and thousands of others the 250$ ones. Game is a huge success. Your experience is more like a personal opinion.
Yes i could buy 3 AAA title game. But would i get hundreds and hundreds of gametime from it? Hardly... And you forget the game will be Free which offers hundreds of hundreds hours of gameplay. You have the option to support them with Founders Packs. Looking at this, your points are invalid.
PS.: For those who say PWE has a bed reputation... PWE is known as one of the best publishers. Ppl tend to forget how perfectly they saved STO when they bought Cryptik.
I'm all of supporting the Devs and PWE.
They do indeed. Only complaint with any of the games is typically the 'refining system' and how badly it wrecks pvp for non CSers. NWO may be immune to that ... we will see.
PWE is always looking ahead. Bad business sense to invest years into a game to only get one month of cash grabbing lol. They are too experienced to be that short sighted.
I have pretty well always been happy with the expacs they put out, so their reputation there is rock solid. By the time that happens with NWo, you will have the 'actual' release version on the game. (it will be in OB until then lol)
...granted I was pretty shocked to get the email with a $200 pricetag on it.
(Just an eg to show my point. I probably will be paying more money in that 11 months but like I said it's a hobby).
I think STO is an underrated game. If I were more of a Star Trek fan I'd play it.
Both games still have loyal fans and both still have vibrant RP, so I am sure NWO will go a similar way.
I think it is fair to say Cryptic doesn't build massive games that collect tens of millions of players. That they are a little more like an "indie rock" band rather than a massive "arena rock" band. But at that level, their games are fun and very playable and stable.
Check out SHADOW on YouTube!
/disagree. PW has always made fun games that you have to pay nothing to have a great time with. In house or by studio purchases they seem to be on the right track. Cryptic's games are also pretty fun. CO and STO seem a bit basic only for the first half of leveling. Once you dig deeper in them they hold their own with any other game. Let us also not forget Blacklight, which is a really fun shooter!
At least with Neverwinter, you'd get more than 15-20 hours of gameplay out of it. Seems like a good deal to me.
Then you have to take into account those AAA games' DLC packs, which will cost $10-15 and last maybe two or three hours each. Neverwinter will have new content--free content--pretty much all the time once people figure out the Foundry.
Dragon Age 2 - I've come to an impass. The only two things available to do right now (besides advance the story past where I'll be able to do these quests) are seemingly impossible. I can either fight a huge elder dragon and tons of its dragonlings, or I can fight a really epic demon. In both cases there are lots of auto-hit and patch damage that *I* can avoid, as a player, but the NPC AI is totally stupid and dies in 5-10 seconds. So these fights are impossible right now, and there's nothing I can do about it. (I also can't get online, because my PS3 tries to download an update, gets to 11%, freezes, and restarts. No online PS3 network for me.) So here I am really glad I only spent $10-15 on these games, instead of the $60 original price tag!!
Then take MMOs. I played City of Heroes for 8.5 years, and while I don't know how many total hours I spent in-game, my conservative estimates put my total cost at something under 40 cents per hour, and I am probably far underestimating how much time I spent in-game Not only did it give me a decent return per hour, but it kept me interested for eight and a half years. That's epic. I doubt may games can claim such a loyal player-base, and those that can are certainly mostly or all MMOs. (I still pick up Secret of Mana now and then, but even as much as I love SOM, it doesn't demand the same attention from me that City did, or that NW will. That's the nature of MMOs.)
The fact that MMOs have more content, which evolves, which players can play or not at their leisure, which players can team up to defeat, oh and this MMO is FREE and you only have to spend money if you want to? Much better investment of time and money, IMO.