Potential players can download the client (as well as a system spec test) from the game's official site -- but if you're hoping to actually know what you're doing once you fall into Love, you might want to check out some supplemental materials.
Potential players can download the client (as well as a system spec test) from the game's official site -- but if you're hoping to actually know what you're doing once you fall into Love, you might want to check out some supplemental materials.
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Posted: Mar 26th 2010 10:41AM (Unverified) said
What is love?
Posted: Mar 26th 2010 10:42AM Dr Blight said
10€=$13.33, if anyone's interested
Posted: Mar 26th 2010 10:59AM The Tim said
Apparently money CAN buy Love
Posted: Mar 26th 2010 11:00AM 182 said
Well, Angels & Airwaves' LOVE was released for free... It's a good album too!
Posted: Mar 26th 2010 11:00AM Levi said
This game is totally weird from what I can tell. Haven't tried it myself. I guess you walk around this cool looking world and build a base with resources you find in that world. You can attack other bases and steal their resources if I remember correctly. The goal is apparently to defend your base from AI attacks. It looks like one part Rampart, one part SimCity, and one part... Some weird action adventure game.
It has me intrigued, and I might give it a shot for a month. It would be nice if he would offer a discounted or even free trial first month.
It has me intrigued, and I might give it a shot for a month. It would be nice if he would offer a discounted or even free trial first month.
Posted: Mar 26th 2010 12:02PM freaparn said
The author's explained that the fee is essentially the bare minimum he requires to both run the servers and avoid having to find a job, assuming he can get at least 2500 players subscribed to the game. Each player joining the server costs him something like €2.50, so a free trial (with no up-front purchase, remember) would essentially kill the project in a manner of minutes.
That said, a lot of the reports coming in from people who've been playing the game describe it as "well-conceived but poorly implemented", so you might want to wait for reviews before you jump in.
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That said, a lot of the reports coming in from people who've been playing the game describe it as "well-conceived but poorly implemented", so you might want to wait for reviews before you jump in.
Posted: Mar 26th 2010 1:17PM Levi said
I read the explanation. Just like one commentor said, though, the reasoning doesn't matter to the consumer, the price does. I commend him for his model and fully support it, but I still say a discounted rate for the first month would be nice. As it stands, there's a VERY small chance I'll try it, as I still have things like Cave Story Wii to buy, but if there was a ~$5 (USD) trial option, I'd have signed up yesterday.
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Posted: Mar 26th 2010 11:11AM bitcrusherrr said
Sounds a little like what minecrafts multiplayer survival will be like, only minecraft will have PvP, maps bigger than the earth and is a one off €9.95 fee.
Posted: Mar 26th 2010 12:00PM Hyperion45 said
But love has better graphics compared to MineCraft, and in this day and age apparently better graphics mean a better game.
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Posted: Mar 26th 2010 12:13PM bitcrusherrr said
I find minecrafts graphics part of the appeal, i love how everything is blocky and low res.
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Posted: Mar 26th 2010 1:38PM szimm said
Love is a very interesting game, particularly for the rather stale MMO genre, but I'm afraid Eskil is locking himself out of the market with such a high price point. He is expecting people to cough up the same amount as they pay for a triple-A title like WoW every month? I doubt that will happen. It's a niche product, and will definitely remain so if he doesn't offer some kind of trial period or drop the price a bit.
Posted: Mar 26th 2010 2:21PM (Unverified) said
I wanna know what Love is.
I want you to show me!
I want you to show me!
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