£15-£20 I suppose isn't all that bad for something you might spend 100s of hours on.
I didn't spend that long on Trexels (or that much) - but my philosophy with FTP+MTX games is that anything up to a reasonable retail price is fine by me for something that will add to my enjoyment of an otherwise free game. If I felt that I 'had' to make the purchase for the game to be any good, then I'd most likely abandon it.
I spent money on STO and Warframe, don't play either anymore but I don't begrudge the spend.
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@jdv95 TLOU Online and Killzone Online day one sounds off. Remember that this system comes out at a time when there are plenty of online games releasing. I don't think they're that stupid, sending of the two out to fail like that. On top of that, two Guerilla games on the same day? Nah.
I work a couple of minutes from the new Pokemon store in London. Opened at 10am, me and a colleague went to take a look thinking there might be a bit of a crowd. People were lining up through Westfield since the crack of dawn - no chance of getting in!
Going to give it another go in a few hours. I want a plushy!!
@RogerRoger Yeah that's kind of surprising. But, then I suppose Star Wars fans are more vocal than Hello Kitty fans - I guess I'm not really surprised Pokemon takes number 1 though.
There isn't a huge amount of difference between 2 > 5 either really. Just a casual 15 billion.
@RogerRoger That is super interesting. 3 of the top 5 being Disney properties is also just plain crazy. Nothing stopping Disney from taking over the world except for Pokémon and Hello Kitty. Go figure.
Hello Kitty and Winnie the Pooh have sold a whole lot of small trinkets and plushies to outpace all the Star Wars action figures, lunch boxes, and LEGO sets out in the wild.
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@KratosMD Yeah I do remember a few months back that we had a brief discussion about posting user reviews and where to do them. A variety of ideas jumped around and then we ended up keeping things in the “recently beat” thread.
If there was a solution to make the reviews more accessible, such as @Kidfried ‘s idea then I would be all for it. In fact I would welcome a whole other area of the site for them to be highlighted because most of them lately are of outstanding quality. I think the people you tagged write reviews that are better than most dedicated gaming websites official writers, honestly. (Push Square excluded) Certainly I find them, along with ensuing discussion, more helpful and more enjoyable to read and the interaction is important. Because the posts are so top-notch, “Games you recently beat” us one of the few threads I have tagged to follow so I’m sure to not miss any content.
Anyways, I’m happy with whatever we decide — as long as we can keep doing them.
@KratosMD Well done, I have been thinking the same recently. As someone who tends not write huge volumes (and there is nothing wrong with that and your guys reviews are a joy to read), I have been a bit intimidated about posting my thoughts in here and most of the time just not bothered.
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@Foxy-Goddess-Scotchy Nah don't feel bad! Everyone is different and is not gonna feel that way. Your Let It Die review was amazing for instance. I personally think it is more interesting to read when someone doesn't like a certain aspect of a game. A low scoring review, especially when it it a bigger release for some reason, always scratches an itch for me.
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Perhaps I'm in the minority, but I preferred the old system of having a single thread that was welcoming of all opinions big and small. Now it feels like my style of opinions will be too big for the Recently Beat thread, and too small and too low quality for the Reviews thread.
I'll get over this, but the two threads system is going to make me more discouraged to post my views.
Yeah, I have often posted in two or three threads at the same time, but for example I might post in the game specific thread, if one exists, about finishing the game and a few sentences about it, then in the trophy discussion thread if I got the platinum on it, then in the recently beat thread for my full impressions. Now I’ll use the recently beat thread for brief reports about finishing a game and put more organized thoughts in the review thread.
I would echo what’s been said that I feel like everyone who wants to be part of the discussion should be free to post their thoughts without worry for how it may read compared to others’ comments. I enjoy reading all styles of posts, especially if they have a modicum of reasoning behind them. A post saying “Uncharted sux” for example is not particularly meaningful to me, but one saying “I didn’t care for Uncharted because the game felt boring in my opinion” is perfectly fine as an alternative to to a 3000 word break down of the individual aspects of the game and where the game excelled and where it fell short. I have no problem with either approach and welcome all thoughts and opinions. I personally lean more toward making longer posts (obviously) because I enjoy writing, so I hope it doesn’t annoy.
We have a similar situation in the movie thread, although less widespread. Some of us like to wax verbose about a movie we like or dislike and I’ve read some downright fantastic in-depth reviews on that thread. Meanwhile most users just do shorter conversational posts about their thoughts on a movie. Both are equally valid and I hope that when I post long impressions and reviews that it’s not off-putting for people there. I’ve been trying to reign it in a little, but sometimes I can’t help myself. 😅 I’ve got my review of the second half of the MCU coming up and I half-way hesitate to put my full thoughts because they are legion.
I’m actually surprised there is not a character limit in posts here - at least I’ve never hit one. Surely there is. We put the site through a stress test with Noisy’s recent poll as some of those posts listing 1300 games were incredibly long and I kept wondering if we’d run into a limit 😄
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