Heart of the Swarm Pre-Order - Page 31

On March 02 2012 02:13 Like a Boss wrote:
I'm going to have to wait this one out and see what it really brings. Kind of disappointed by many parts of WOL.

On March 02 2012 02:22 MugenXBanksy wrote:


what the campaign? who played this game for story? aside from lore nerds.. I know some people care about story and stuff. But really this game is about playing against other players. WC3 had a better story then starcraft imo. most people don't play wow for lore they play it for pvp or pve progression unless you are RP server person...

Balance issues are different compared to the game mechanics. Battle.net 0.2 is the biggest gripe next to some balance issues of races.

fix carriers not make a quick fix and give a retarded 1a muta destoryer

On March 02 2012 04:02 r3DD3vil wrote:
Do you think they will release a Collectors Edition for the game?

On March 02 2012 04:39 Spieltor wrote:
I'll buy HoTs once the price is 15 USD. thats what I think 3 new units are worth at max. they arent even good at making old units, so why reward them?

On March 02 2012 09:58 Tyranous wrote:
My girlfriend pre-ordered Heart of the Swarm at Game Stop on my birthday on Feb. 28. It costs $65.24. If Blizzard releases some collectors addition I will be more than happy to fork over more for it. For those of you who aren't willing to spend $40, that's kinda sad. I suggest not playing video games at all. Blizzard will be fine without your business.

On March 02 2012 11:46 FieryBalrog wrote:
$15?

Call me the next time you see a AAA expansion for $15.

Motherfuckin' BROOD WAR was $30 in 1998.

$15 buys you 3 horse armor nowadays. Good luck with that.

On March 02 2012 05:09 Lorch wrote:


Have fun playing WOL with the other 100 remaining nerds while everysingle tournament you watch is HOTS.

I don't even know why we are disgussing whether or not people will buy, this is a starcraft website, and even worse a hardcore site, 99% of the regular viewers will most definetly buy hots, those bitching right now will buy anyways.

U payed 40 bucks for WOL. Let's just compare this to another random game. Let's say you also bought Portal 2 for 40 bucks. You played through portal 2 multiple times, played the coop campaign and some other stuff. And lets say you really enjoyed that game so you came back several times for further playthroughs, even if you add up all of that you probably won't spent 100 hours on portal 2.
Now WoL, let's say the average game takes 10 real minutes and you are kinda of a casual player so you play like 15 games a week. Thats two and a half hour per week. Let's assume you bought the game on release on July 27 that means if this was your average you'd have spent about 430 hours on wol by now.

And given that this is a competitive site I'm sure most users have played a lot more than that, so to honestly bitch about having to pay for hots (any amount really) is just kind of retarded. WoL has brought you more value than almost anything else you could buy for an equal amount of money, so to invest some more for even more valuer over an extended perioud of time is actually pretty much reasonable. Yes I'd have prefered if sc2 would have just come out as one complete game with 3 campaigns etc., but at the end of the day even if both expansions would cost 40 bucks you would have a hard time finding any games for the same amount of money that would give you that many hours.

On March 02 2012 11:59 CaptainCharisma wrote:


Exactly exactly exactly! This is a fucking Starcraft website. Why are people who are obviously into SC2 (simply by the fact they have an account and are posting on TL) quibbling over a price $10 above their expectations? If you love this game like you should shut up and buy it!

On March 02 2012 11:50 Candadar wrote:


Brood War offered 3 new campaigns.

You know, since we're going down the "Campaigns matter" path. I personally think the campaign is rather a waste of time and shouldn't be considered at all in these discussions since, at the end of the day, all anyone cares about is the multiplayer. However, if people are going to trot around going, "Oh, but you get a full new campaign! It's worth $40!" -- know this. Brood War gave 3 new campaigns and 3 new units per race, and it was still cheaper than this expansion.

I don't mind the price as much, especially since they may lower it. However, what I am worried about is that this game still costs $60 in a lot of places as it stands and by the time this expansion comes out, it could potentially cost $100 to even start playing at the current level. Think about that for a moment: one hundred dollars, just to start playing a game. Do you honestly think that that is going to encourage new players to start in an already dwindling community overall? I hope they lower the price, or they do some sick bundle deal honestly.