|
On August 31 2011 05:20 youngminii wrote: lol
Can't believe how many of you are holding out because of its 'hefty' price tag. Will be picking this up asap.
Can't believe you're willing to shell out your hard 'earned' money on a game with such mediocre reviews.
|
On August 31 2011 05:45 Miss_Cleo wrote:Show nested quote +On August 31 2011 05:20 youngminii wrote: lol
Can't believe how many of you are holding out because of its 'hefty' price tag. Will be picking this up asap. Can't believe you're willing to shell out your hard 'earned' money on a game with such mediocre reviews. As I recall starcraft received a rather weak response when it was first unveiled.
|
On August 31 2011 06:00 Brethern wrote:Show nested quote +On August 31 2011 05:45 Miss_Cleo wrote:On August 31 2011 05:20 youngminii wrote: lol
Can't believe how many of you are holding out because of its 'hefty' price tag. Will be picking this up asap. Can't believe you're willing to shell out your hard 'earned' money on a game with such mediocre reviews. As I recall starcraft received a rather weak response when it was first unveiled.
It basically received universal praise upon release, was applauded for the campaign, the interface, the gameplay and the multiplayer, and got some minor criticism about the mediocre graphics. The only critics / magazines that rated otherwise were those that would write non-mainstream reviews all the time anyway to "not go with the masses".
(I know all that because our cellar was flooded some weeks ago, I had to move everything out and took the time to read some old computer magazines, some of which were from 1998 and happened to include StarCraft reviews).
|
On August 31 2011 06:07 Shockk wrote:Show nested quote +On August 31 2011 06:00 Brethern wrote:On August 31 2011 05:45 Miss_Cleo wrote:On August 31 2011 05:20 youngminii wrote: lol
Can't believe how many of you are holding out because of its 'hefty' price tag. Will be picking this up asap. Can't believe you're willing to shell out your hard 'earned' money on a game with such mediocre reviews. As I recall starcraft received a rather weak response when it was first unveiled. It basically received universal praise upon release, was applauded for the campaign, the interface, the gameplay and the multiplayer, and got some minor criticism about the mediocre graphics. The only critics / magazines that rated otherwise were those that would write non-mainstream reviews all the time anyway to "not go with the masses". (I know all that because our cellar was flooded some weeks ago, I had to move everything out and took the time to read some old computer magazines, some of which were from 1998 and happened to include StarCraft reviews). He's talking about the first reveal when it was completely different from the SC that we know now, and people just brushed it off as a "warcraft in space".
|
On August 31 2011 06:14 koreasilver wrote:Show nested quote +On August 31 2011 06:07 Shockk wrote:On August 31 2011 06:00 Brethern wrote:On August 31 2011 05:45 Miss_Cleo wrote:On August 31 2011 05:20 youngminii wrote: lol
Can't believe how many of you are holding out because of its 'hefty' price tag. Will be picking this up asap. Can't believe you're willing to shell out your hard 'earned' money on a game with such mediocre reviews. As I recall starcraft received a rather weak response when it was first unveiled. It basically received universal praise upon release, was applauded for the campaign, the interface, the gameplay and the multiplayer, and got some minor criticism about the mediocre graphics. The only critics / magazines that rated otherwise were those that would write non-mainstream reviews all the time anyway to "not go with the masses". (I know all that because our cellar was flooded some weeks ago, I had to move everything out and took the time to read some old computer magazines, some of which were from 1998 and happened to include StarCraft reviews). He's talking about the first reveal when it was completely different from the SC that we know now, and people just brushed it off as a "warcraft in space".
If that actually is the case (not sure about it - if not, what I've written above applies), then we're talking about comparing pre-alpha stage StarCraft 1 to already-released Achron ... which makes no sense at all.
|
On August 31 2011 05:45 Miss_Cleo wrote:Show nested quote +On August 31 2011 05:20 youngminii wrote: lol
Can't believe how many of you are holding out because of its 'hefty' price tag. Will be picking this up asap. Can't believe you're willing to shell out your hard 'earned' money on a game with such mediocre reviews.
To be honest, so far i have seen very few mediocre reviews. There are some saying this game is very good, and others saying it is very bad. But strangely enough not many in between.
|
On August 31 2011 06:15 Shockk wrote:Show nested quote +On August 31 2011 06:14 koreasilver wrote:On August 31 2011 06:07 Shockk wrote:On August 31 2011 06:00 Brethern wrote:On August 31 2011 05:45 Miss_Cleo wrote:On August 31 2011 05:20 youngminii wrote: lol
Can't believe how many of you are holding out because of its 'hefty' price tag. Will be picking this up asap. Can't believe you're willing to shell out your hard 'earned' money on a game with such mediocre reviews. As I recall starcraft received a rather weak response when it was first unveiled. It basically received universal praise upon release, was applauded for the campaign, the interface, the gameplay and the multiplayer, and got some minor criticism about the mediocre graphics. The only critics / magazines that rated otherwise were those that would write non-mainstream reviews all the time anyway to "not go with the masses". (I know all that because our cellar was flooded some weeks ago, I had to move everything out and took the time to read some old computer magazines, some of which were from 1998 and happened to include StarCraft reviews). He's talking about the first reveal when it was completely different from the SC that we know now, and people just brushed it off as a "warcraft in space". If that actually is the case (not sure about it - if not, what I've written above applies), then we're talking about comparing pre-alpha stage StarCraft 1 to already-released Achron ... which makes no sense at all. Achron is made by a two man dev and community submissions. If they had a fraction of the budget blizzard had for SC2 then we'd see a different game.
The mechanics are there and it plays well enough to show that it works. all it needs is polish and a dedicated community then we'll see a revolution in gaming.
|
Most two-man indie projects don't charge 30 bucks for their product - and for good reason. Their game won't stack up favorably against other, more professional products in the same price range. It's much smarter to put your title in the "impulse purchase" range, which is more like 5-10 dollars/euros.
|
I played the beta and the gameplay was very interesting and unique, so it's definatly worth some money. However, i think it's just too complex for most people to understand it, which will frustrate most people that try it and produce bad reviews.
I don't know if it's worth that much money, i'd rather see it in the 10 euro range, but it's definatly not a bad game once you grasp the mechanics. However, i can't see a competitive scene developing for it due to the too complex time mechanics and uninteresting graphics.
|
Will be giving away some copies of this later. Keep an eye out for a thread.
|
On September 01 2011 03:36 Serejai wrote: Will be giving away some copies of this later. Keep an eye out for a thread. Yeaaaaah Serejai! Too bad I never win any of your giveaways.
|
What a cool idea. I would play this game. Curious how this type of RTS would perform on a competitive level. Seems like it would be a logistical nightmare to try and balance around that.
|
On September 01 2011 03:36 Serejai wrote: Will be giving away some copies of this later. Keep an eye out for a thread.
Why are you so awesome?
|
|
On September 01 2011 03:36 Serejai wrote: Will be giving away some copies of this later. Keep an eye out for a thread. Yes am on the lookout
|
Wow I was thinking about this game, that I wanted to play it, but I couldn't remember the name and kinda forgot about it :E
Thanks Serejai, how do you afford to keep doing these giveaways!??! AWESOME
|
If the dev can expand his company and hire some artists this game could get picked up by a big publisher and grow into something awesome. But i think the dev will need some dramatic steam sales to help him do that sort of thing.
|
On August 31 2011 06:15 Shockk wrote:Show nested quote +On August 31 2011 06:14 koreasilver wrote:On August 31 2011 06:07 Shockk wrote:On August 31 2011 06:00 Brethern wrote:On August 31 2011 05:45 Miss_Cleo wrote:On August 31 2011 05:20 youngminii wrote: lol
Can't believe how many of you are holding out because of its 'hefty' price tag. Will be picking this up asap. Can't believe you're willing to shell out your hard 'earned' money on a game with such mediocre reviews. As I recall starcraft received a rather weak response when it was first unveiled. It basically received universal praise upon release, was applauded for the campaign, the interface, the gameplay and the multiplayer, and got some minor criticism about the mediocre graphics. The only critics / magazines that rated otherwise were those that would write non-mainstream reviews all the time anyway to "not go with the masses". (I know all that because our cellar was flooded some weeks ago, I had to move everything out and took the time to read some old computer magazines, some of which were from 1998 and happened to include StarCraft reviews). He's talking about the first reveal when it was completely different from the SC that we know now, and people just brushed it off as a "warcraft in space". If that actually is the case (not sure about it - if not, what I've written above applies), then we're talking about comparing pre-alpha stage StarCraft 1 to already-released Achron ... which makes no sense at all. He said it had a weak response when it was first (keyword) unveiled. And no that wouldn't make sense. What also doesn't make sense is why you are putting words in his mouth.
|
On September 04 2011 08:24 muse5187 wrote:Show nested quote +On August 31 2011 06:15 Shockk wrote:On August 31 2011 06:14 koreasilver wrote:On August 31 2011 06:07 Shockk wrote:On August 31 2011 06:00 Brethern wrote:On August 31 2011 05:45 Miss_Cleo wrote:On August 31 2011 05:20 youngminii wrote: lol
Can't believe how many of you are holding out because of its 'hefty' price tag. Will be picking this up asap. Can't believe you're willing to shell out your hard 'earned' money on a game with such mediocre reviews. As I recall starcraft received a rather weak response when it was first unveiled. It basically received universal praise upon release, was applauded for the campaign, the interface, the gameplay and the multiplayer, and got some minor criticism about the mediocre graphics. The only critics / magazines that rated otherwise were those that would write non-mainstream reviews all the time anyway to "not go with the masses". (I know all that because our cellar was flooded some weeks ago, I had to move everything out and took the time to read some old computer magazines, some of which were from 1998 and happened to include StarCraft reviews). He's talking about the first reveal when it was completely different from the SC that we know now, and people just brushed it off as a "warcraft in space". If that actually is the case (not sure about it - if not, what I've written above applies), then we're talking about comparing pre-alpha stage StarCraft 1 to already-released Achron ... which makes no sense at all. He said it had a weak response when it was first (keyword) unveiled. And no that wouldn't make sense. What also doesn't make sense is why you are putting words in his mouth.
When Starcraft 1 was first "unveiled" it was the pre alpha version (SC1 was using the WC2 engine with purple graphics for the most part) hence it's weak response. They then changed it to its own engine and updated the game immensely from that point on (so that it was no longer just purple Warcraft in Space).
|
I think we all know the history of Starcraft.
|
|
|
|