What games are you currently playing?

[Malacite]

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What BBQ said. That's the global findings on *all* F2P games; it could very well be that Planet Side 2 is an exception (my buddy says there's a lot of ppl still playing it) but generally speaking, they have very high drop out rates. As I posed in the comments on TRD's video, I suspect it has to do with lack of attachment.

Basically, because you didn't pay for it, you don't feel any sort of real attachment to it, therefor no biggie if you give up on it. It may sound silly, but it's not and it fits in with human psychology. We have a natural aversion about losing things, and since you didn't pay any money, you're not losing anything. Therefor, with a game you buy, if it sucks/you give up on it, there's usually some form of buyer's remorse that may force you to stick it out a bit more than you normally would.

[DakAttack]

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Quoting only the averages probably misrepresents their findings.

[Kailea]

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Still playing Vay on Sega CD, needed something actiony though to break up the old school grind, so I am also playing Batman on NES and NSMB U, also started the FFXIV Alpha as well.

[Omgwtfbbqkitten]

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What BBQ said. That's the global findings on *all* F2P games; it could very well be that Planet Side 2 is an exception (my buddy says there's a lot of ppl still playing it) but generally speaking, they have very high drop out rates. As I posed in the comments on TRD's video, I suspect it has to do with lack of attachment.

Basically, because you didn't pay for it, you don't feel any sort of real attachment to it, therefor no biggie if you give up on it. It may sound silly, but it's not and it fits in with human psychology. We have a natural aversion about losing things, and since you didn't pay any money, you're not losing anything. Therefor, with a game you buy, if it sucks/you give up on it, there's usually some form of buyer's remorse that may force you to stick it out a bit more than you normally would.

I didn't say what I said to support your claim, but dismiss it entirely. You can't compare stats and studies built around FarmVille and its ilk when Planetside 2 is aiming for a more specific demographic. Those stats better explained why the social gaming bubble is starting to burst, it doesn't begin to measure the F2P MMO space.

[Malacite]

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You're just assuming automatically it's only farmville. There's quite a lot of F2P games out there, especially MMOs.


Anyways, I'm loving the new Aftermath expansion for BF3 - the new maps are *fantastic*, easily the best in the game so far. Same old problems though of running into lopsided games with 1 team being all pro's the other (the one I usually get stuck with) a bunch of blueberries who don't know wtf they're doing.


Just finished my nerdgasm as well over the latest SC2 HotS beta patch. FINALLY, after God only knows how long of bitching, Blizzard acknowledged Terran's late-game was fundamentally flawed and doled out some major buffs (a few I'll admit are questionable like the reaper speed & medivac energy buff) while taking the nerf bat HARD to the "Winfestor". Dunno why in the sweet tits they buffed the Viper's HP though when it's pretty well universally agreed upon that they're OP as hell and need LESS HP not MORE.

@_@; can't win 'em all.

[Melody]

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I don't think much more needs to be said.

[Malacite]

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[Omgwtfbbqkitten]

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Pondering what to get for Employee Appreciation Day tomorrow (the day my GS discount is 25% of new and 35% off used). Its the time I'll be grabbing retail games until February and then after Fire Emblem Awakening, Etrian Odyssey IV and Bioshock Infinite are out its back to saving a couple more weeks so I can grab a Wii U by the time Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate is out.

I'm thinking about getting either the Mass Effect Trilogy set, Dragon's Dogma (since its online functions aren't neutered by XBL Gold and Capcom is planning free DLC) or catching up on Red Dead Redemption. Stuff with tons of replay value, basically. Only think I don't like about the ME3 trilogy box set is the fugly "Better with Kinect" purple strip they put on it.

DmC, Tomb Raider, Hitman Absolution and MGR Revengence all seem like stuff I can wait on.

I wasn't really expecting 3DS to come out swining in the first half, but it looks like its finally pulling out of its lull it retail it went through for the second half of this year. Lots of good RPGs and varied content on the way. Animal Crossing New Leaf should be a good time and being on eShop retail this time will probably help me stay on top of a game like that rather than it getting pushed aside for another cartridge to stick in the system. Hopefully there will be a digital release for MH3 Ultimate on 3DS as well since it has that kind of sensibility as well.

[Icemage]

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Still playing Persona 4 Golden. Still have a ton of backlog to get to as well (Dishonored, Battle Royale, Epic Mickey 2, Mass Effect Trilogy, Zone of the Enders HD, and on and on...) but frankly enjoying my time in sleepy Inaba more than all of the others for now.


Icemage

[Malacite]

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Hitman is crap according to most of the reviews. Admittedly, I haven't tried it myself - but the dialogue bits I saw were definitely cringe-worthy.

Not sure if I would pass up on Tomb Raider, looks pretty awesome. Um, is the retail bundle for The Walking Dead out yet? I know it's $5 more for the disc over the straight up download, but I thought it came with extras? Plus it means you don't have to install it and with your discount it should come out to be about the same?


How's the ZoE collection? The reviews on GT (and other sites) all say that there is a significant framerate drop compared to the original PS2 version.

EDIT: Forum is double-posting again...

[Yellow Mage]

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Picked up Imperishable Night for the first time in a while. Still can't capture Imperishable Shooting: total of 0/428 on it now.

Seems in my obsessive efforts in trying, my gameplay for the Extra Stage itself got awfully shoddy, too. Might work on refining that some more so I can beat the Extra stage again whenever I'm bored.

ADD: For the record, this is what Imperishable Shooting looks like:

The farthest I've ever gone was about 1:05, and I've only ever made it that far all of once.

[Omgwtfbbqkitten]

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Um, is the retail bundle for The Walking Dead out yet? I know it's $5 more for the disc over the straight up download, but I thought it came with extras? Plus it means you don't have to install it and with your discount it should come out to be about the same?

It comes out this Tuesday, only the $70 special edition had extras going for it, such a graphic novel of half of the original comic series. At any rate, its two days after my added discount is applicable. I'll wait for a Steam sale on it.

Both versions of ZoE HD have lower framerates than the PS2 originals, but somehow the 360 version has a bit more stability during the action and cutscenes. Its not the mess Silent Hill HD was, but it could have used a little more care before release.

[Raydeus]

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Don't bother with the ZoE collection unless you don't have the games for the PS2, it's garbage.

[Malacite]

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Side by side comparison I watched at GT showed the PS3 version is still better though, just like with the other Konami HD remasters.

[Yygdrasil]

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Currently Playing Star Ocean 4, Skyrim and La Pucelle Tactics (throwback). Tomorrow I'm headed to the store to pick up Ni No Kuni and possibly Just Dance 4 (oh yeah... I said it).

Looking forward to the first weekend I have off in a while where there will be very little to do... besides tomorrow night since I got suckered into working.