Les_the_Sarge_9_1
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Replay value. Those two words determine whether I will buy virtually any form of game. I have heard no small number of times a person say. "I beat that game in X hours". That phrase is a red flag to me. I won't pay serious cash for a one way game experience. Heroes of Might and Magic, no matter how much you play it, there is always more. Civilization no matter how much you play, there is always more. Steel Panthers, the game goes on forever, it has no boundaries. Panzer General series, you never know the game will go the same way twice. Strategic Command, its not the same game twice. Popular strategies might exist, but the game is not finite. Operational Art of War, many battles, many outcomes. There are others I like, but through it all, I never can say, "I beat the game in X hours". The argument, "well I got great entertainment for two months" as vs the cost of say dinner and a movie with your significant other doesn't wash with me. I get permanent gaming thrills with my favs. Not two months, but as long as I desire to play the game. I think by and large, that is why the industry can produce so many "new" shooters and quest games. They become stale easy. I suppose that is ok if you are company X and merely interested in making money. I suppose the fact it wasn't finite, would be the only real incentive for me to play online. But currently, the expense exceeds my income's potential.
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I LIKE that my life bothers them, Why should I be the only one bothered by it eh.
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