On 1/6/2017 5:48 AM,
eddysterckx@hotmail.com wrote:
On Thursday, January 5, 2017 at 2:53:24 PM UTC+1, Big Salad wrote:
I picked up, but haven't played yet, The Seven Years War. I thought that
was a 2016 until I checked the release date; it came out end of 2015.
From what I've read, this is a title that might come into its own after
a sequel or two.
Yeah, well ... I'm not so inclined to pay for beta versions of games these days.
Neither am I. In this case, on sale it was worth looking at a new game regarding a neglected period of history, even if that game had issues.
My point, hidden between the lines, was that perhaps in a couple of
years this developer might release a game that addresses the criticisms
players have with the current game. Maybe it's a Seven Years War II or
maybe a Fredrick the Great.
At that point, if you've never played the previous version, the fact
that the new game is a sequel, or an expansion, or whatever, is not
really relevant. To the first-time customer, it is a new game. But from
the "industry" standpoint, its just a sequel or an expansion. Similarly,
why is the developer's history with "Mius Front" a strike against the
game? If it's a good product, it's a good product, right?
In fact, this was my own experience with then game-of-the-year
Flashpoint: Red Storm. The first version had its problems, and I pretty
much ignored it. My first experience was with the newer version, so to
me it was a "new" game.
DLCs appear to be the other new normal. Depending on your view, either a
blatant way to stick it to your existing customers who took a chance on
your original game, or an innovative way to allow customer to "buy in"
to a game gradually if they like what they see.
I was never a fan of expansions, so that's another knock against the current state of the hobby.
Similar to the above. If the "good game" (to stick with the example) is
Seven Years War + 3 DLC expansions, available as a package for a
reasonable price, does it really make sense for me to complain about the process that it took to get there? Should I complain that it sat for 2
years, taunting me, before eventually providing me what I wanted?
Guess I'll have to wait some more for the winds to start blowing from a different direction
That depends whether the the current state is sustainable. I don't know
if it is. But it is possible that this is the optimal way to produce the content that people want to buy.
I do understand that your question was a personal one. You specifically
want to try something new (this year) and innovative. It certainly does
appear that nobody has anything to sell you.
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