Paying for ROMs

[chairman_mentos]

something.

[baconcow]

Wrong forum? Or, you don't know what you're talking about.

[Necromancin]

Originally posted by baconcow:

Wrong forum? Or, you don't know what you're talking about.

Prob alittle from A and B

[Mazzle Dazzle]

Its obvious his standpoint. He would rather Illegally download and play the old un-remastered version of the game and for some reason thinks a game released 30 years ago being remastered is a bad thing and unworthy of buying in a remastered highly updated and better form in countless ways.

[X Lord X]

I mean, h e has a point.. this is a 30 year old game, albeit with some nice quality added on.. but still, it is an old game. It should NOT have a premium price from a logical viewpoint.

[MoonBich]

Originally posted by chairman_mentos:

something.

Ahh you are handicapped?

[Dan]

This isn't a straight ROM or even a quick port. They completely overhauled the game's mechanics and systems. It's pretty impressive.

[Melodia]

Nothing wrong with paying for ROMs. What you do think most console games were before the PSX days?

[Pickleton]

This isn't even "full price".
Most AAA games from Japan these days release at about $70 a pop. Even more if it's Koei Tecmo.
People just want all companies to release games at indy dev "at least I'll get exposure" prices.
And then they point at gaming companies and say "they don't pay their employees enough".

In reality, they just feel entitled to free stuff.
That is the tl;dr.
"I've been playing video games for a while and so I should get all the new ones on launch for free."

It's like some kind of psychology experiment on negative reinforcement.
"If they don't make the game exactly as I want it, I'll pirate it."
"If they do make the game exactly as I want it, but I still don't want to pay for it, I'll pirate."
"Man why do game companies keep churning out bad games?"
Answer is simple: you never give them money regardless of what they do, so of course they aren't listening to your opinion.

[nwad]

They don't realise they've been brainwashed into buying the same games over and over. Squenix has mastered the formula.

[Rampage]

any remaster should be 10-20 at best.
But gamers are so dumb they'll pay full price for a minor update time and time again

[Lacdanan]

The price is way over-priced for what it is. Its a 4th generation remake/port/clone. I bought it because i loved the original. This version takes a lot out of personal play style, and hamstrung the player with playing it "the right way" with artificial difficulty with a level cap and negated that with power up card rain. Its quite a far cry from the legend the original one was, but I suppose it would be worth the price for die-hards and new players. If the price isn't worth it for you, I'd say wait for a sale. The only change worth ANY price is the voice acting, and that's not nearly enough to justify this.

[Sehn]

keep whinging brokey

[Lacdanan]

Well since you have the money to spare, I have a gold plated dog turd you can buy

[Pickleton]

Originally posted by Lacdanan:

The price is way over-priced for what it is. Its a 4th generation remake/port/clone. I bought it because i loved the original. This version takes a lot out of personal play style, and hamstrung the player with playing it "the right way" with artificial difficulty with a level cap and negated that with power up card rain. Its quite a far cry from the legend the original one was, but I suppose it would be worth the price for die-hards and new players. If the price isn't worth it for you, I'd say wait for a sale. The only change worth ANY price is the voice acting, and that's not nearly enough to justify this.

"Absolutely love the game. Paid $50 because the game is amazing. But also ignore all of the changes because I don't like them. Only change is voice acting."
Have some consistency, man.

[Lacdanan]

I didn't say I love this game, I loved the original. It's why i spent the money. It wasn't worth it, in my opinion. The game isn't horrible, it has most of the elements that made the original good. They've changed a lot of the core mechanics, and most of those changes happened with the PSP version, and this version changed a lot of that. I prefer the original, and I really don't see what has been added between this and the PSP version that warrants this price.