The Shrine

They're fun time-wasters for $20 combined IMO

http://wii.ign.com/articles/110/1109836p1.html

Funny, I was looking for the original versions of those for the MAME cab.

Man, just when I thought I had you figured out. You think experiences that, in modern terminology, are one long Active Time Event are worth $20?

Kupek wrote:Man, just when I thought I had you figured out. You think experiences that, in modern terminology, are one long Active Time Event are worth $20?

For the right price, yes. They're fun romps. Not particularly deep - I actually own all of the DVD versions and they're flat-out frustrating in parts - but they are fun to play. I went through Dragon's Lair 1 and 2 with a bud of mine, took us about 2-3 hours each and we had a pretty fun time playing them. Replay value? Very little. Gameplay? Minimal and sometimes frustrating. But they are a fun experience due to the sheer personality they have and the entertaining cutscenes. Hence the $20 price point I recommend them for.

Out of sheer curiosity, what did you think you had figured out about me? (I'm assuming you're referring to my gaming tastes, here)

I figured out that you secretly want world domination, and you have an army of spicy vixens that carry out assassinations, now where's my cookie?!

Eric wrote:I figured out that you secretly want world domination, and you have an army of spicy vixens that carry out assassinations, now where's my cookie?!

Sorry, the bitches ate them all. I'd be made and have them assassinate each other but man, they gots some sweet asses! :-)

I've always wanted to play those so I'll probably grab this for $20.

Edit: the article says they are retailing for $30, which is still fine with me.

Zeus, I figured there was very little game there. And I figured they were a few hours entertainment with no replay value, and you've often stated those reasons why saying something isn't worth even $15.

Kupek wrote:Zeus, I figured there was very little game there. And I figured they were a few hours entertainment with no replay value, and you've often stated those reasons why saying something isn't worth even $15.

Which is exactly why $20 for 3 games that'll take you about 3-4 hours each to get through is worth it (that's about what it took for each Dragon's Lair 1 and 2 for us). That's 9-12 hours of entertainment value for a relatively good price. The fact that there isn't much gameplay in there (almost nil) means the sole value you're getting is the production value and entertainment from the cutscenes. That's why it's only worth $20 instead of the $60 that a great FPS sells for. Still fun and entertaining but not nearly as much there. I never complained about that much for Modern Warfare 2 (took me about 12 or 13 hours to beat it on Veteran and the same for Veteran Spec Ops; I don't play online multi in that game) but it also gave a lot more to the value proposition than the Digital Leisure games do.

What you're likely referring too are my rants about the jacked-up price of the XBLA games, in particular Braid. Well, there's another important factor you're forgetting here: physical media. Physical media is always worth more than digital distribution. Period, end of story. For the very simple reason that you could sell the Dragon's Lair collection for about $10 after you're done with it so it's really only costing you $10 instead of $20. Hell, you could even split it with a bud, each pay $5 net after selling it. Whatever way you look at it, the value proposition of physical media is not a factor you can ignore when evaluating pricing. If Braid were on a disc for $20 I would buy it in a heartbeat. But at $15 for a download? Too much.

And I won't even rant about the bullshit internal game check the fucker of a creator put in there. For that reason alone I will never pay for Braid, not even if it's $1