EA Finds a Way To [F] It Up

[[Thee] Meritorious One]

At face value, I acknowledge wins even if the publisher is one I have not spent a dime on in well over 10 years; a one owner requirement for a second player is a pretty interesting choice.

However, $50?!?! Are they saying the game is worth like $35 and you're paying an extra $15 for that freeloader gamer friend of yours? I cannot reasonably believe this game is worth $50 alone. So exactly how much of that $50 is the 'game'? Yes, the game is obviously selling and many people are playing it, so they're buying it. Reviews look solid, but that's not my argument.

This is steep for this level of quality and polish. I own games on Xbox360 that look AND play better than this. That's $50? The alternative movement sections (motorcycle, flying, water skiing, etc) look and feel so lazy. This level of immersion started dying off 15+ years ago.

For those enjoying it; I'm glad you found a game you're enjoying in this [good] game slump. But $50 seems steep.

[Darth Invader von Wookiee]

Doesn't jester farming get boring?

You clearly know nothing about their games (It takes two was fairly priced and it was the best gaming experience in decades for me and probably most gamers older than 25, in other words people with decades of gaming experience), because they're more polished than almost any game upon release (the first two games were decent in scope and polish, but they were also priced based on the quality of the content, brothers and a way out were sold for cheap).

Hopefully nobody is naive enough to give you any awards, much less the jester kind for that nonsense about 360 games which do not exist.

[Sonkilary]

Originally posted by Thee Meritorious One:

At face value, I acknowledge wins even if the publisher is one I have not spent a dime on in well over 10 years; a one owner requirement for a second player is a pretty interesting choice.

However, $50?!?! Are they saying the game is worth like $35 and you're paying an extra $15 for that freeloader gamer friend of yours? I cannot reasonably believe this game is worth $50 alone. So exactly how much of that $50 is the 'game'? Yes, the game is obviously selling and many people are playing it, so they're buying it. Reviews look solid, but that's not my argument.

This is steep for this level of quality and polish. I own games on Xbox360 that look AND play better than this. That's $50? The alternative movement sections (motorcycle, flying, water skiing, etc) look and feel so lazy. This level of immersion started dying off 15+ years ago.

For those enjoying it; I'm glad you found a game you're enjoying in this [good] game slump. But $50 seems steep.

me too i dont pay full price of new games but this one clearly deserve 50$ if you can afford it of course i'll buy it for PS5 or Xbox Series X and Later on SALE here on STEAM and maybe Switch 2 like i did for iT TAKES TWO.

[tarmo888]

If you don't like the price, just wait, eventually it will be discounted.
You don't have to play it right now, if you think the price is too much.

[[Thee] Meritorious One]

Originally posted by Darth Invader von Wookiee:

Doesn't jester farming get boring?

You clearly know nothing about their games (It takes two was fairly priced and it was the best gaming experience in decades for me and probably most gamers older than 25, in other words people with decades of gaming experience), because they're more polished than almost any game upon release (the first two games were decent in scope and polish, but they were also priced based on the quality of the content, brothers and a way out were sold for cheap).

Hopefully nobody is naive enough to give you any awards, much less the jester kind for that nonsense about 360 games which do not exist.

Uhm no, because I'm clearly not. No radical statements, no off the deepend commentary. Are you seriously stating there is not a single game of the 360 years that played and looked better? How about GTA4? That was released only halfway through its lifecycle. I don't want to hear about team size; are you aware of the 360 hardware specs compared to today's hardware? Do a little homework.

Don't come at me with that ridiculous bully front.

[Caduryn]

Originally posted by Thee Meritorious One:

At face value, I acknowledge wins even if the publisher is one I have not spent a dime on in well over 10 years; a one owner requirement for a second player is a pretty interesting choice.

However, $50?!?! Are they saying the game is worth like $35 and you're paying an extra $15 for that freeloader gamer friend of yours? I cannot reasonably believe this game is worth $50 alone. So exactly how much of that $50 is the 'game'? Yes, the game is obviously selling and many people are playing it, so they're buying it. Reviews look solid, but that's not my argument.

This is steep for this level of quality and polish. I own games on Xbox360 that look AND play better than this. That's $50? The alternative movement sections (motorcycle, flying, water skiing, etc) look and feel so lazy. This level of immersion started dying off 15+ years ago.

For those enjoying it; I'm glad you found a game you're enjoying in this [good] game slump. But $50 seems steep.

$50 for literally 2 Games is too steep....?
Whats next?
$10 too much for a 100h+ Game?

Troll Topics really getting out of Hands...

[[Thee] Meritorious One]

Originally posted by Caduryn:

Originally posted by Thee Meritorious One:

At face value, I acknowledge wins even if the publisher is one I have not spent a dime on in well over 10 years; a one owner requirement for a second player is a pretty interesting choice.

However, $50?!?! Are they saying the game is worth like $35 and you're paying an extra $15 for that freeloader gamer friend of yours? I cannot reasonably believe this game is worth $50 alone. So exactly how much of that $50 is the 'game'? Yes, the game is obviously selling and many people are playing it, so they're buying it. Reviews look solid, but that's not my argument.

This is steep for this level of quality and polish. I own games on Xbox360 that look AND play better than this. That's $50? The alternative movement sections (motorcycle, flying, water skiing, etc) look and feel so lazy. This level of immersion started dying off 15+ years ago.

For those enjoying it; I'm glad you found a game you're enjoying in this [good] game slump. But $50 seems steep.

$50 for literally 2 Games is too steep....?
Whats next?
$10 too much for a 100h+ Game?

Troll Topics really getting out of Hands...

Troll topic... I see nothing troll-ish about pricing commentary. How do you get '2' games? It's one game that allows a (remote) second player to play for free. That's not 2 games, that's one game with 2 licenses. However, if you're like many people who do not have someone to play with [remotely], then are you also stating you're paying for '2' games when you'll never use that 'second' game?

BTW, hours to complete a game is not a valid measurement of pricing. Many good MMOs are free, and those tend to have have hundreds, if not thousands of hours available to complete the game. But hey, I provide rational rebuttal, all you guys can do is call me a troll. That is nothing more than admittance that you have no winning argument.

[Teal V2]

Originally posted by Thee Meritorious One:

Troll topic... I see nothing troll-ish about pricing commentary. How do you get '2' games? It's one game that allows a (remote) second player to play for free. That's not 2 games, that's one game with 2 licenses. However, if you're like many people who do not have someone to play with [remotely], then are you also stating you're paying for '2' games when you'll never use that 'second' game?

BTW, hours to complete a game is not a valid measurement of pricing. Many good MMOs are free, and those tend to have have hundreds, if not thousands of hours available to complete the game. But hey, I provide rational rebuttal, all you guys can do is call me a troll. That is nothing more than admittance that you have no winning argument.

I did not get it until now, but this reply explains it all.
If you think MMOs are THAT good, then just play and play those.
You must be that lost ark or black desert fanboi who lives for power creep and infinite grind, cuz it provides progression.

Yes, those are free. Players such as yourself are the target audience.
Split Fiction is game for with its story and adventure to be played with someone and have a great time. It has its own genre, which is not grind and not a single player experience, unfortunately for you.

It is not like that the game could not be more smooth or couldn't make use of some polish here and there, but the overall atmosphere is great, and can be played with only 1 license, which is a huge plus. The reason is obvious, since there is no single player, one hand gives, another takes, but there is balance.

And maybe you have not paid attention, or are not the best how market works, but what genre they are doing is very much rare. It is not like they had any competitors, cooperative adventure games with a story are very parse, so they can add a mid-game price tag freely.

I do not agree with your points about its price being ridiculously high, for reasons I mentioned above.
It was 40€ for me, while Monster Hunter Wilds was 70€.
There is literally 30€ difference between an AAA and a mid-game, which just came out few days ago.

It is a coop adventure, made for two people with puzzles and an experience especially designed for this. I express, it is a genre they excel at and as this genre is RARE, it does not mean it worth less. The opposite, actually.
And as people are buying and giving it positive reviews, maybe there will be more later, from other companies. Then it will be a more commonly spread genre and its price will be a bit lower.

Until then, most likely it stays that way, understandably.

[Tryyton]

you don't own it or even tried it with the friend's pass but say it looks and plays worse than a xbox360 game? yeah sure...

also one person pays 50 and can literally play with all people on steam without anyone having to pay again...

but for your math... it would be 25 per person, so if you only play with 1 friend (if you have one...), you gifted them 25... but since anyone can join, one pays 50 and others nothing.

but go ahead and play one of those 70/80 singleplayer games instead.

[MaceX]

I have not played it yet but from my understanding it is a must be co op. So even if one person buys it for $50, they can't play by themselves. Others can correct me if I am wrong. So it is a 2 players or nothing.

[Tryyton]

Originally posted by MaceX:

I have not played it yet but from my understanding it is a must be co op. So even if one person buys it for $50, they can't play by themselves. Others can correct me if I am wrong. So it is a 2 players or nothing.

yeah, kinda obvious or not. also says it on the storepage. so there's nothing to find out about it...
just like their games before it is co-op only. wouldn't work any other way...

[[Thee] Meritorious One]

Originally posted by Teal V2:

Originally posted by Thee Meritorious One:

Troll topic... I see nothing troll-ish about pricing commentary. How do you get '2' games? It's one game that allows a (remote) second player to play for free. That's not 2 games, that's one game with 2 licenses. However, if you're like many people who do not have someone to play with [remotely], then are you also stating you're paying for '2' games when you'll never use that 'second' game?

BTW, hours to complete a game is not a valid measurement of pricing. Many good MMOs are free, and those tend to have have hundreds, if not thousands of hours available to complete the game. But hey, I provide rational rebuttal, all you guys can do is call me a troll. That is nothing more than admittance that you have no winning argument.

I did not get it until now, but this reply explains it all.
If you think MMOs are THAT good, then just play and play those.
You must be that lost ark or black desert fanboi who lives for power creep and infinite grind, cuz it provides progression.

Yes, those are free. Players such as yourself are the target audience.
Split Fiction is game for with its story and adventure to be played with someone and have a great time. It has its own genre, which is not grind and not a single player experience, unfortunately for you.

It is not like that the game could not be more smooth or couldn't make use of some polish here and there, but the overall atmosphere is great, and can be played with only 1 license, which is a huge plus. The reason is obvious, since there is no single player, one hand gives, another takes, but there is balance.

And maybe you have not paid attention, or are not the best how market works, but what genre they are doing is very much rare. It is not like they had any competitors, cooperative adventure games with a story are very parse, so they can add a mid-game price tag freely.

I do not agree with your points about its price being ridiculously high, for reasons I mentioned above.
It was 40€ for me, while Monster Hunter Wilds was 70€.
There is literally 30€ difference between an AAA and a mid-game, which just came out few days ago.

It is a coop adventure, made for two people with puzzles and an experience especially designed for this. I express, it is a genre they excel at and as this genre is RARE, it does not mean it worth less. The opposite, actually.
And as people are buying and giving it positive reviews, maybe there will be more later, from other companies. Then it will be a more commonly spread genre and its price will be a bit lower.

Until then, most likely it stays that way, understandably.

I never stated MMO's were 'good'. I stated many good MMOs; based on reviews and player counts alone. It was used as a comparison to another post regarding price vs hours. Please, if you are going to reply to my post with put downs, at least do the homework of understanding what you are trying to skewer me over. I own zero MMOs. Again, I only used that as an argument to someone else's point of price vs hours.

Furthermore, I did not know it was coop required (no single player), which is wack in my opinion. You cannot play the game unless someone else is willing to play with you. That's a huge requirement, especially a few weeks from now. Essentially, EA sold you a game with a second human requirement. I don't know a single game like that. But hey, as I stated in my ORIGINAL post; if you like it, I am truly happy that you like a game in this game slump for the last few years.

Selling a game for $50 and not affording the purchaser at least an AI companion is WACK. That is a slap in the face.

[Creative Cryptid]

Originally posted by Thee Meritorious One:

Originally posted by Teal V2:

I did not get it until now, but this reply explains it all.
If you think MMOs are THAT good, then just play and play those.
You must be that lost ark or black desert fanboi who lives for power creep and infinite grind, cuz it provides progression.

Yes, those are free. Players such as yourself are the target audience.
Split Fiction is game for with its story and adventure to be played with someone and have a great time. It has its own genre, which is not grind and not a single player experience, unfortunately for you.

It is not like that the game could not be more smooth or couldn't make use of some polish here and there, but the overall atmosphere is great, and can be played with only 1 license, which is a huge plus. The reason is obvious, since there is no single player, one hand gives, another takes, but there is balance.

And maybe you have not paid attention, or are not the best how market works, but what genre they are doing is very much rare. It is not like they had any competitors, cooperative adventure games with a story are very parse, so they can add a mid-game price tag freely.

I do not agree with your points about its price being ridiculously high, for reasons I mentioned above.
It was 40€ for me, while Monster Hunter Wilds was 70€.
There is literally 30€ difference between an AAA and a mid-game, which just came out few days ago.

It is a coop adventure, made for two people with puzzles and an experience especially designed for this. I express, it is a genre they excel at and as this genre is RARE, it does not mean it worth less. The opposite, actually.
And as people are buying and giving it positive reviews, maybe there will be more later, from other companies. Then it will be a more commonly spread genre and its price will be a bit lower.

Until then, most likely it stays that way, understandably.

I never stated MMO's were 'good'. I stated many good MMOs; based on reviews and player counts alone. It was used as a comparison to another post regarding price vs hours. Please, if you are going to reply to my post with put downs, at least do the homework of understanding what you are trying to skewer me over. I own zero MMOs. Again, I only used that as an argument to someone else's point of price vs hours.

Furthermore, I did not know it was coop required (no single player), which is wack in my opinion. You cannot play the game unless someone else is willing to play with you. That's a huge requirement, especially a few weeks from now. Essentially, EA sold you a game with a second human requirement. I don't know a single game like that. But hey, as I stated in my ORIGINAL post; if you like it, I am truly happy that you like a game in this game slump for the last few years.

Selling a game for $50 and not affording the purchaser at least an AI companion is WACK. That is a slap in the face.

Not the devs fault that no one likes you