05-13-2005, 05:10 PM
SetBuilder,May 10 2005, 01:53 PM Wrote:1. No, I would not pay a monthly fee, no matter how much I enjoy it, as I enjoy other games that don't require the fee equally as much, yet don't have to continue paying. Old, new, there are a LOT of games to play, and only the select few require monthly fees. What makes those few better than all the others? I have older games that are so incredibly much more playable (going all the way back to text-based). I have newer games equally as playable, that look better, in different genres as well as the same genres (spellforce beats WoW by my opinion, in looks as well as the variety of what you run into in the game, yet runs modified version of same engine).
2. Calm down. I said absolutely nothing about your usage of money. I do know that for me, it would not be worth it, that if I were to spend my money that way, I would be wasting it. If it works for you, and you enjoy the game, by all means continue! I'm not judging your play, I'm simply explaining why I do not like the games enough to pay to play.
3. Actually, there are some things I only do an hour a day, or an hour a month even, that I would be more than willing to pay for. Like cable internet for one. Again, the reason I can't justify the cost is the selection I already have would make that cost rather pointless.
4. I want everything. I want playable, I want beautiful, I want the best storylines, I simply want it all. You can't get it all from one game though. And Fallout 2 is not cheap, and it's graphics aren't bad, really. They aren't great, but even by today's standards, they really aren't bad. But Fallout 2 blows WoW out of the water in storyline and playability, in my opinion, and I'd be willing to dump a whole lot more time and money into it than the other. Which is why I've bought the game twice, when my first copy got broken.
As a response to what someone else said, no, I am not the exception. I don't know many people who don't play a good game for three years or longer. Look at Diablo 2 as an example. How about Unreal Tournament (the original is still going strong). Counterstrike anyone? Fallout 2 was one of those. The original Diablo? Starwars Galactic Battlegrounds? Warcraft 2? Hoyle Casino?
There's a lot of good good games out there. If I don't think I'll be interested in the game three years from now, I probably won't buy it.
Also, I AM one of the younger folks at this board. I'm only 22. Yet my game, dvd, and cd collections have been going since I was about 5. So try not to hit me with investments vs age too much. :)
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One game that I would like to try out when it comes out is Hellgate: London. What I have seen of that looks cool.