Comments on: Indie Games Rock Socks Off http://tinygods.com/?p=328 all-powerful, just smaller Thu, 01 Jul 2010 04:55:39 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Ultrapunch http://tinygods.com/?p=328&cpage=1#comment-4007 Ultrapunch Mon, 11 Aug 2008 23:38:36 +0000 http://tinygods.com/?p=328#comment-4007 Oh 4 hours isn't too bad, from the demo it looked like it would take me about an hour cuz I completed the first world pretty quick, but i guess its resonable the game would get tougher. 15 bucks for 4 hours is pretty close to my threshold and all the reviews I've read say I need to play the game so maybe I will check it out, if only I had a 360 :( Oh 4 hours isn’t too bad, from the demo it looked like it would take me about an hour cuz I completed the first world pretty quick, but i guess its resonable the game would get tougher.

15 bucks for 4 hours is pretty close to my threshold and all the reviews I’ve read say I need to play the game so maybe I will check it out, if only I had a 360 :(

]]> By: Pasty http://tinygods.com/?p=328&cpage=1#comment-4000 Pasty Mon, 11 Aug 2008 14:17:27 +0000 http://tinygods.com/?p=328#comment-4000 I think you may need to be willing to pay a premium for indie games. It's like organic food at the supermarket: you can't produce them in bulk because the infrastructure is different, so expect to pay more than you're used to. In the end people seem to value what they get for the money. The PA game got WAY more fun as the game progressed. Combat was simplistic and boring early on, but got to be more interesting when the enemies and items and tactics finally peaked. The humor was good, but you have to enjoy the game to keep playing. Braid takes somewhere between 3 and 8 hours I'd estimate. Lower if you're a Timelord or other master of time and space, higher if your brain freaks out when you have to coordinate multiple time lines moving in separate directions. If you use $/hr ratios as your sole entertainment purchasing algorithm then just check if $15/4hr meets your Purchase Threshhold. If you don't rely on equations to enjoy games then you can't go wrong with Braid. PS It's worth more than $15, regardless of length. I think you may need to be willing to pay a premium for indie games. It’s like organic food at the supermarket: you can’t produce them in bulk because the infrastructure is different, so expect to pay more than you’re used to. In the end people seem to value what they get for the money.

The PA game got WAY more fun as the game progressed. Combat was simplistic and boring early on, but got to be more interesting when the enemies and items and tactics finally peaked. The humor was good, but you have to enjoy the game to keep playing.

Braid takes somewhere between 3 and 8 hours I’d estimate. Lower if you’re a Timelord or other master of time and space, higher if your brain freaks out when you have to coordinate multiple time lines moving in separate directions. If you use $/hr ratios as your sole entertainment purchasing algorithm then just check if $15/4hr meets your Purchase Threshhold. If you don’t rely on equations to enjoy games then you can’t go wrong with Braid.

PS It’s worth more than $15, regardless of length.

]]> By: Ultrapunch http://tinygods.com/?p=328&cpage=1#comment-3990 Ultrapunch Sun, 10 Aug 2008 23:13:15 +0000 http://tinygods.com/?p=328#comment-3990 The Braid demo was fun, game looks pretty short for the money though The Braid demo was fun, game looks pretty short for the money though

]]> By: Chuck http://tinygods.com/?p=328&cpage=1#comment-3975 Chuck Sat, 09 Aug 2008 12:58:51 +0000 http://tinygods.com/?p=328#comment-3975 people have twisted thoughts about what they will and will not spend money on. I still haven't bought the PA game, because I downloaded the demo, and it didn't knock my socks off to the point that it was worth plunking down $20 on. However, I noticed im up to like ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY songs in rock band. holy crap man, that's a lot of bones spent on songs. people have twisted thoughts about what they will and will not spend money on. I still haven’t bought the PA game, because I downloaded the demo, and it didn’t knock my socks off to the point that it was worth plunking down $20 on.

However, I noticed im up to like ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY songs in rock band. holy crap man, that’s a lot of bones spent on songs.

]]> By: Mandrake http://tinygods.com/?p=328&cpage=1#comment-3970 Mandrake Fri, 08 Aug 2008 18:27:13 +0000 http://tinygods.com/?p=328#comment-3970 I just made myself really hungry. I just made myself really hungry.

]]> By: Mandrake http://tinygods.com/?p=328&cpage=1#comment-3969 Mandrake Fri, 08 Aug 2008 18:26:32 +0000 http://tinygods.com/?p=328#comment-3969 After reading that PA comic, I did a Google search for "braid is too expensive." I can't believe how much people are bitching about paying $15 for a game! Some people have even said that it's "waaaayyyyyyyy too much" even thought most people said that they'd have happily paid $10 for it. I don't understand how these jackasses are calculating value. It makes me mad that so many people are going to pass this game up because they need to hold onto that $5 to buy themselves a double whopper or something. Don't get me wrong... double whoppers are delicious, they just don't compare to time-travel-puzzle-solving. After reading that PA comic, I did a Google search for “braid is too expensive.”

I can’t believe how much people are bitching about paying $15 for a game! Some people have even said that it’s “waaaayyyyyyyy too much” even thought most people said that they’d have happily paid $10 for it. I don’t understand how these jackasses are calculating value.

It makes me mad that so many people are going to pass this game up because they need to hold onto that $5 to buy themselves a double whopper or something. Don’t get me wrong… double whoppers are delicious, they just don’t compare to time-travel-puzzle-solving.

]]> By: Pasty http://tinygods.com/?p=328&cpage=1#comment-3968 Pasty Fri, 08 Aug 2008 17:37:58 +0000 http://tinygods.com/?p=328#comment-3968 Penny Arcade made a comic about Braid today. I plan on trying it over the weekend. But if this game isn't awesome you are all getting put on notice. Penny Arcade made a comic about Braid today. I plan on trying it over the weekend. But if this game isn’t awesome you are all getting put on notice.

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