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Starcraft 2 to be three games, internet to explode
imagist42:
Yes. That is why they are two $20 value products. Not two products, together worth $20. I am not saying Valve totally butt-raped us for our money, but there was still an upset. It was a darker world, which knew not how awesome Portal truly would be (and back then we figured it was worth $10 at the most, since they wouldn't even sell it on its own to give us a more accurate price).
maxusy3k:
It all comes down to the quality at the end of the day. Brood War, if I remember correctly, went on sale at 'full price' despite 'only' being an expansion to the original, but the single player campaign was every bit as epic as the original, if a little shorter. While I can't pretend to have been on the internets when it came out, I don't remember there being much of an uproar about it.
I'll be buying SC2, that's for sure. Whether I buy SC2 Part 2 or whatever they're going to call it entirely depends on what they produce. If a single campaign has as much playtime and involvement as any single standalone game, I have no problem shelling out for additional content. You could look at it as an expansion, but similarly you could look at any triology, games, movies or books, as simple 'expansions' on an established product. I paid full price for three LoTR DVDs even though it was the same 'thing' each time, but the content was of sufficient quality and length to warrant it.
In short, if they release SC2 and 2 expansions and expect people to shell out full price three times, they can suck a cock. If they release three games with equal or similar length, depth and involvement, then it's three games capable of standing on their own feet. You don't have to buy them all.
satsugaikaze:
That's a valid point. In the end the only real verdict should be on whether the released campaigns have enough merit and epic substance to warrant having it released in individual games. And they'd better be worth it.
Ozymandias:
--- Quote from: imagist42 on 11 Oct 2008, 22:07 ---Yes. That is why they are two $20 value products. Not two products, together worth $20. I am not saying Valve totally butt-raped us for our money, but there was still an upset. It was a darker world, which knew not how awesome Portal truly would be (and back then we figured it was worth $10 at the most, since they wouldn't even sell it on its own to give us a more accurate price).
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And, I think, in retrospect, both of them are worth the $20 (and the entire box was worth way more than $50)
Which is why I want to know more than ZOMG BLIZZARD IS ASSRAPING US before making a snap judgment, however, it's still entirely possible they are.
Alex C:
I'm sure Blizzard is fully aware that they've handed the gaming masses a whole crate of axes to grind. If anything, I'm excited to see how this turns out.
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