Is this really worth $75???
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Ask yourself this, were you completely addicted to past RCT games? Like were you absolutely obsessed with RCT3 where you would lose hours in one sitting multiple times and loved every second of it? If so then yes it is worth it. If these kinda games are fun to you but you arent passionate about then you should probably wait.
I don´t think the price is outrageous at all. You´ll pay a similar price for many new games. With the Planet Coaster Early Access you can play from the alpha until the game is released. Of course you´ll get the full game once it´s finished and the alpha will be updated several times. One of the next steps will be the addition of the terrain editing tools.
If you like theme park games and enjoyed RCT3 than the alpha is worth it, in my opinion. There´s a lot of stuff to play around with and the modular building is amazing. Of course there are still some bugs and missing features. But that´s to be expected from an alpha state.
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Yes.. yes it is
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One word......
YES!!!!!
YES!!!!!
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Well, most PC games these days seem to be about $50-$60. I didn't view it as "$75 for an alpha." I saw it as I'm paying $60 to pre-order the game, and an extra $15 to have early access to the game for MONTHS before the game actually releases. Of course, you'll be getting the full game when it launches...so is an extra $15 or so dollars for early access really that much? It was definitely worth it to me.
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Yes it's outrageous that frontier only charged 15 dollars for 6+ months extra game time and an opportunity to influence the production release.
It's easily worth double that, as evidenced by all of us merrily paying over $100 for various extras because we are committed to ensuring we get the true rct3 successor that we've waited 10+ years for.
Or . . . perhaps value is subjective...? I wonder...
It's easily worth double that, as evidenced by all of us merrily paying over $100 for various extras because we are committed to ensuring we get the true rct3 successor that we've waited 10+ years for.
Or . . . perhaps value is subjective...? I wonder...
People pay the same price and then even more money for a bloody season pass for the likes of Star Wars Battlefront, a shell of a game, or any of the so called triple A games that come out in droves and people question whether this is worth it? A game that is so obviously being crafted with care and is reviving a dead genre.
Come on, just quit the whining - if you cannot afford to shed out $75 then wait and pre-order the game for the cheaper price. Alpha peeps are wanting to support the game by giving the devs the cash they need to make this game and by offering our feedback. The plus point for us is we get to play around with an early build of a game we can't wait to play properly.
I have no regrets so far [squeeeeee]
If you're not bothered about having access during the alpha phase you can pre-order it now for $30 and get the finished game when it releases at the end of 2016.
You should ask yourself how badly you would want to play this, and how involved you want to be with the development. I tend to stay away from early access or paid alpha's unless I feel like the end product is something worth the cost. If I do jump aboard then I actually try to report bugs and give feedback to the devs to help improve their game.
Considering your comment I don't think you should hop on the alpha boat. You seem to me like one of the people who just want to play the game but you're going to be very disappointed at how 'empty' the game currently is (it's not a finished or complete product yet!) A paid alpha is a great tactic to get a select group of hardcore fans to support the devs with valuable feedback, if you don't want to invest time into that, then save yourself the disappointment of a currently very 'empty' game. Bad experiences now because of the lack of features isn't going to make you any more enthusiastic about the final version, now is it
You could pre-order the game and save a few bucks for when the game is fully released, though.
Considering your comment I don't think you should hop on the alpha boat. You seem to me like one of the people who just want to play the game but you're going to be very disappointed at how 'empty' the game currently is (it's not a finished or complete product yet!) A paid alpha is a great tactic to get a select group of hardcore fans to support the devs with valuable feedback, if you don't want to invest time into that, then save yourself the disappointment of a currently very 'empty' game. Bad experiences now because of the lack of features isn't going to make you any more enthusiastic about the final version, now is it
You could pre-order the game and save a few bucks for when the game is fully released, though.
If you have to ask, the answer is no
!Buying the alpha does give you access to all stages of the alpha process and the full game
. With PC games nowadays you can get just about any game you want at any price if you are willing to wait, so it makes sense in some cases to pay more to play early if you really want to; open games such as this and Elite are great examples of where it makes sense for me, and I've had a great time with both alphas . It's definitely worth it for me, but I can't recommend it to other people, especially those who find the price outrageous!
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I think that YES, it is! But it depends on how much you like the theme park games! It's subjective.
I think that Frontier has no interest in attracting too many people in playing the alpha. If I were them, I would have set the same price or higher, because the alpha community needs to be interactive and passionate to the game because the aim is to give feedback, not to play it without helping the devs. Alpha phase is incredibly important for the development. The community of an alpha must be involved. How can Frontier be sure to have a reactive community? Simple: setting a price that only the passionate gamer would pay.
Frontier = quality, not quantity.
I think that Frontier has no interest in attracting too many people in playing the alpha. If I were them, I would have set the same price or higher, because the alpha community needs to be interactive and passionate to the game because the aim is to give feedback, not to play it without helping the devs. Alpha phase is incredibly important for the development. The community of an alpha must be involved. How can Frontier be sure to have a reactive community? Simple: setting a price that only the passionate gamer would pay.
Frontier = quality, not quantity.
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