Worth the money?

[Rock Lobster]

Don't get me wrong, I'm interested in this game and I don't mean to judge it quickly but the price is ridiculously high. Why is a popular and lovely franchise like the Walking Dead coming up with a fair price? The Final Season is 20 bucks for the whole game. What makes LiS2 so unique? And what an awesome discount! 3% can really save money if you decide to buy this game. 8 bucks for every episode. Doesn't come off as a good deal to me.

[Riddler]

I have heard you can get it for 30$ anywhere else. If you think it's too expensive then you probably have to wait for a sale.

[Thatbrownmonster]

probably worth 15$

check the gameplay video and ask yourself

but from what it looks right now then no it's not worth it

[SomeoneSomewhere]

All depends on what you personally value. The Walking Dead series has been hit and miss for most people and their chapters tend to be shorter.

If money is tight I'd say wait until it's relased and read up on reviews and see what you think. Just basing it off a little game play probably isn't going to show how good or bad the whole game will be.

Though I must say I don't understand the 3% thing. That's borderline insulting. But you can get LIS2 for $35 at Humble Bundle and Greenman gaming right now.

(just think ...Destiny 2: Forsaken Digital Deluxe Edition is $80)

[stickmaster]

Well on the blog they said that Life is Strange 2 will have the highest production values to date and i trust them on that, so it could be at least one of the reasons for the increased price. You should check out all the content we got so far, trailer, gameplay, screenshots, music and then judge if it is worth it.

No one can judge that for you but if you liked Life is Strange, Before the Storm and The Awesome Adventures of Captain Spirit then chances are you are going to like Life is Strange 2 too.

There will probably be a sale for it approximately one year after release (I assume) if you can wait that long. If not, there are other ways to get it. Maybe Humble and Green Man Gaming.

[TangoBravo]

At this point it is impossible to know what it is worth. But considering the price dynamic of video games, it makes sense to start with a 150% price. Adventure games have a long tail. At the same time it is impossible to keep the price up for more than a year. To the tactic is to first sell it to the people who really want it and are willing to pay more. People who don't buy many games and don't have that much time to play care a lot less about the price. Then at the 66% sale it comes at the reasonable price. And at further sales everybody who is loosely interested can still pick it up 18 to 24 months after release.
So I guess in the end the question is less whether it is worth it but how much and how soon you want it. In any case it will be a production of high quality and I doubt there will be much to regret about getting it.

[Oz Gaming]

Originally posted by Angel Boy:

Don't get me wrong, I'm interested in this game and I don't mean to judge it quickly but the price is ridiculously high. Why is a popular and lovely franchise like the Walking Dead coming up with a fair price? The Final Season is 20 bucks for the whole game. What makes LiS2 so unique? And what an awesome discount! 3% can really save money if you decide to buy this game. 8 bucks for every episode. Doesn't come off as a good deal to me.

I presume you haven't heard that Telltale Games the makers of the Walking Dead has gone bankrupt ? There was supposed to be 4 episodes but it looks like episode 2 will be the last one instead of the 4 episodes promised.because it's already finished. TellTale have fired hundreds of staff and they only have 25 left to tidy things up before they close completely. The chances of The Walking Dead getting episodes 3 and 4 are zero !!

[Stoibs]

So, no matter how much I loved the original game/spin-off prequel/Captain spirit teaser; I don't support or buy into episodic release games at launch. Give me a finalized and complete product that I can play from start to finish and I'll buy it, but this style of making you wait for a month or two (some of the wait times between eps in LIS1 were crazy long..) while you forget all the characters and dialogues and things that have happened in the meantime is a right deal breaker and completely offputting to me.
By the time all these episodes are out sometime in 2019 the game will more than likely have a 25~33% discount, so it's really a win-win.

Also.. yeah in less than ideal gaming news and a blow to the industry look what happened with Telltale and the Walking Dead today. It's not something you'd expect and certainly came out of left field, but all the same it's another reason to avoid pre-purchasing episodic games ahead of time IMO.

[Aynex]

Look what happened to Telltale... they sold their games for $20 and now bankrupted and closed. Just buy the game at his price if you don't want it to end up like TellTale

[Rock Lobster]

Originally posted by Aynex:

Look what happened to Telltale... they sold their games for $20 and now bankrupted and closed. Just buy the game at his price if you don't want it to end up like TellTale

Yep suure, my money will solve all devs problems. Do you know how silly it sounds? No way am i buying an uncompleted game

[TangoBravo]

Originally posted by Angel Boy:

Yep suure, my money will solve all devs problems. Do you know how silly it sounds? No way am i buying an uncompleted game

Yes, more money will indeed solve the problem of not having money. I am not sure what you think it silly about that. Maybe look up how capitalism works? You might still find the whole work-for-money part silly afterwards, but I am sure you get the philosophy behind it...
just kidding...

But seriously: like you many people won't buy an uncompleted game - but that is just one more reason to adjust the price tag in a way which allows the company to get back the budget when a majority buys the game a year later at a reduced price. It is not just the 40$ now, it is the whole tail which gets adjusted that way. They don't lose a single sell when all people who wait for the final episode to drop before buying would not buy it at full price anyway. They would however lose a great deal of money if the price when those people buy it (likely 75% or 66%) would be 33% less right from the start.

40$ is too much for me, but I wait anyway. I will be very tempted at 25-29$ in a year, 20$ would be an immediate choice. So would the game be at 15$ by then, they would lose 5$+x without the slightest advantage.

[Lar Dass]

If you dont preorder you miss out on some patches for seans backpack which is equivalent to costumes dlc in before the storm. Its just purely cosmetic. However it could be a possibility to wait until the deluxe edition but it would be next year and all the episodes would be out meaning spoilers would be pretty hard to ignore

[JJGR]

Originally posted by Yesn't > No:

If you dont preorder you miss out on some patches for seans backpack which is equivalent to costumes dlc in before the storm. Its just purely cosmetic. However it could be a possibility to wait until the deluxe edition but it would be next year and all the episodes would be out meaning spoilers would be pretty hard to ignore

In this kind of games, usually we get a reduced price as time passes since the release date. The problem is that it's almost impossible to avoid being spoiled if you decide to wait a couple of years to buy it at 5 USD for example.

[Von_Kalev]

Trailers and most of the stuff shown has been underwhelming to me.