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K_Shizzle · 02-03-2008, 04:46 AM

Wtf is this game anyways?

kook · 02-03-2008, 04:50 AM

team fortress 2 with ads!! and micropayments.

apparently highway tampa didnt suck enough

Random Ping · 02-08-2008, 08:10 AM

It appears to be free to play, but you have to pay small, incremental fees to receive new/better weapons and abilities. It's like a free RPG, except if you want to have the "Uber-Master Brute Sword" in your inventory you have to pay a $5 service charge. The base game is free, with lots of additional fees if you want new content. I read a interview that had the DICE/EA exec saying he expected most people to shell out between $20-30 for the upgrades.

NavalLord · 02-08-2008, 06:09 PM

So basically, you start out with the crappiest gun known to man kind, and in order to hit anything, you have to shell out $5? I don't like the sound of that. But it is free, so I'll give it a shot when it comes out and see what the full story is.

Random Ping · 02-10-2008, 01:48 AM

I think EA and DICE have different perceptions of what will happen:

EA

Quote:

Players can pay not only for decorative items like shoes and jerseys but also for boosts in their players’ speed, agility and accuracy. Mr. Florin said that while most users do not buy anything, a sizable minority ends up spending $15 to $20 a month.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/21/te...=1&oref=slogin

DICE

Quote:

Mr Cousins said EA expected 95% of people who played the game never to spend any money.

BBC NEWS | Technology | EA pushes ad-backed video games

I always thought a "sizable minority" meant more than 5 percent, but that is just me. In the BBC article they say that the weapons will be free, but if some people have uber-health/uber-armor, the weapons will still be unbalanced. So having the weapon upgrades free might be a moot point. It will be interesting how they decide to present everything, moving forward.

Cøyøte · 03-20-2008, 05:12 AM

AH, Now I feel better. EA milking the teat. All is normal again.

Creepy 'end of world' feeling,.... fading.

02-03-2008, 04:46 AM	#1 (permalink)
K_Shizzle Master Warrant Officer Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: New York, USA Posts: 1,258	First Wtf is this game anyways? __________________ "Those who would give up Essential Liberty to purchase a little Temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety." -Ben Franklin

02-08-2008, 08:10 AM	#3 (permalink)
Random Ping Master Warrant Officer Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: The Evergreen State (at least on the West coast) Posts: 1,293	Re: First It appears to be free to play, but you have to pay small, incremental fees to receive new/better weapons and abilities. It's like a free RPG, except if you want to have the "Uber-Master Brute Sword" in your inventory you have to pay a $5 service charge. The base game is free, with lots of additional fees if you want new content. I read a interview that had the DICE/EA exec saying he expected most people to shell out between $20-30 for the upgrades. __________________ It is not important that the glass is half-full or half-empty, but rather how the glass got that way.

02-08-2008, 06:09 PM	#4 (permalink)
NavalLord Forum Moderator Brigadier General Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 6,105	Re: First So basically, you start out with the crappiest gun known to man kind, and in order to hit anything, you have to shell out $5? I don't like the sound of that. But it is free, so I'll give it a shot when it comes out and see what the full story is. __________________

03-20-2008, 05:12 AM	#6 (permalink)
Cøyøte Second Lieutenant Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 1,458	Re: First AH, Now I feel better. EA milking the teat. All is normal again. Creepy 'end of world' feeling,.... fading. __________________ "We are Dyslexia of Borg. All your ass will be laminated" Don't call your ISP when your computer breaks. You dont call the Dept. of roads when your car breaks down, nor the power company when a lightbulb burns out. They dont want to hear it, and neither do we."-Coyote