Comments on: [SWTOR] Notes from SDCC, and scarce code is scarce

By: spinks

spinks — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 08:38:55 +0000

Now that I don’t know, and it’s a good question.

By: TBTSan

TBTSan — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 08:17:25 +0000

“players outside the US and EU”.
10 countries out of 27 from EU are “shown middle finder”.

If it’s limited pre-order then why limit by country?

By: Brian 'Psychochild' Green

Brian 'Psychochild' Green — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 17:10:06 +0000

…I trust Bioware…

Except it’s not just Bioware, it’s EA now. Something like limiting the number of boxes would be a business (EA) decision, not a developer (Bioware) one. Hopefully the business people took input from the developers, but that’s not always the case, unfortunately.

Not saying one theory or the other is correct, but I wouldn’t discount suggestions of trying to create artificial scarcity as a “conspiracy theory”.

By: spinks

spinks — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 16:35:54 +0000

For me, it’s more that I really think the storytelling and voicework is going to be AMAZING, and you’re not going to see the full scale of that in a demo or flashpoint. I trust Bioware enough that I’m keen to play through the single player game at least once on one character, and then we’ll see.

You’re right that it didn’t charm the socks off me, but I think that’s because the real charm is going to be in the storytelling, which is pretty much what they’ve said all along. I certainly didn’t see any red flags here.

By: Arbitrary

Arbitrary — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 16:29:05 +0000

Yep, it’s Vette.

By: Dwism

Dwism — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 16:14:57 +0000

Oh and: “I can’t remember the character’s name but the twilek who ends up as a possible companion to the sith warrior is hilarious. ” You are thinking of Vette, I am sure

By: spinks

spinks — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 16:12:13 +0000

I was trying to remember which of the AAA games had surprised me with the high pricetag CE. I'm thinking one of the shooters. I know Halo 3 had an expensive legendary edition, and think there was another one with a special mousepad or something. CODBLOPS probably also had a super expensive special collectors edition also -- a swift internet search says it retailed at ... $149.99

By: epic.ben

epic.ben — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 16:10:06 +0000

Nice review, but what AAA MMO had a $150 CE already? Rift and the last WOW expansion were ~$80? I can’t think of any. Last one I bought was WAR (talk about buyer’s regret), but it was only like … $70, if I recall.

The $150 pricetag is pretty insane.

By: Tirnel

Tirnel — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 16:06:28 +0000

Being able to see who chose what dialogue option after the flashpoint would indeed be neat!

By: Dwism

Dwism — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 16:03:35 +0000

I do love that match-making idea
Are you in the same position as Arb, that the game didn’t floor you, but you might try it out or…?