Yep. Thats the same for Starcraf 2. I was kinda miffed.
Dangit. Now I want to see a "Didney Wurl" of SC2 with the Tychus ECU cover.Yep. Thats the same for Starcraf 2. I was kinda miffed.
Who buys physical copies of PC games these days, anyway?Ha ha ha, the physical PC version of Metal Gear Solid 5 is literally a bluray with an 8 mb Steam installer file on it. That's it.
Jesus.
I can't actually find a place to buy it in Canada, so I assume it must be a different market.
People who don't have steady internet access? People with limited data caps? People who like to collect game boxes? People who don't trust Steam to be around in 10-20 years and like to play retro games on the original systems? There are a lot of reasons why people might want the physical copy.Who buys physical copies of PC games these days, anyway?
Yeah, I'm probably going to pick it up at some point. But that point won't be a launch now. They kind of soured me on paying full price with THIS.The new Deus Ex game does look pretty cool though.
Same here, it's gonna be a 75% off purchase on Steam for me now.Yeah, I'm probably going to pick it up at some point. But that point won't be a launch now. They kind of soured me on paying full price with THIS.
So did I, really (well, PoE), but honestly, while it's cheaper than buying full price, it's actually more expensive than waiting for the price to come down - which meansi t's not exactly financially sound for me to do.I'm still in it for KS games. I believe in the concept and I've gotten some actual good ones this way.
True, but if you're only looking at it as a pre-order platform, of course it's going to lose. I see it as a way to support and promote titles that might not otherwise see the light of day. THAT is worth the wait.So did I, really (well, PoE), but honestly, while it's cheaper than buying full price, it's actually more expensive than waiting for the price to come down - which meansi t's not exactly financially sound for me to do.
I understand that. I suspect others expressing distaste for KS games understand that as well. What I'm saying is oftentimes KS projects sound like interesting ideas that need outside support to get made, but then turn out to be bad ideas or unsustainable ideas that were having problems getting developed for valid reasons. Sometimes the major studios and publishers are right for not producing some of the trash that comes out of Kickstarter.The purpose of Kickstarter is to pledge money to fund the creation of something that (supposedly) wouldn't otherwise get funded and created.
As someone who plays SMITE... I get it. Pre-made teams of people with voice chat are the bane of competition unless that is the norm and unleashing them on people who don't have a dedicated team is basically ensuring only connected people will rise to the top. It's the same with ranked PVP in all games: if you don't have a team you won't win. If you can't win, you won't get on a team. It's a vicious cycle that exists only to exclude other players.So basically, Heroes of the Storm just made everybody who wants to play ranked matches solo queue, or at most, have a team of two?
Puggers FTL.
I mean, I only played it that one time with other halforumites, but even that wouldn't be possible now, if I understand this.
http://www.bluesnews.com/cgi-bin/board.pl?action=viewthread&boardid=1&threadid=164760
You can still queue up in however big a party you want in quick match, which, while not officially ranked, does keep a hidden MMR value with you to match you against opponents of equal skill. This change is only to hero league, the official ranked ladder. It's also likely to change. Blizzard has been experimenting with it, and has gone from seperate solo and team hero leagues, to everything together but only 5 man pre-mades get matched with other 5-man premades, to now this.It would seem to me to make more sense to have a separate team/guild/whatever ranking system and a player ranking system, rather than just force everyone to always play in PUGs, though.