We're mad as hell about iOS games that cost money, have ads, and/or any IAP at all.

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Is Canabalt worth $2.99?

  1. Yes

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  2. No

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  3. Not my type of game

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  1. PraetorianX

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    I read here and there, that people are saying to stay away from this game. Any reason for that? Except for the price that is:D
     
  2. Alister

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    Oh that price tag isn't attractive..Espescially with the possible releases this week,I think I may just get my little conquest..
     
  3. tabs

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    Maybe it was initially 9.99 :D

    Seriously though, I hope the price would be more reasonable, granted it's a quality game, but, still. :(
     
  4. Sanuku

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    #2144 Sanuku, Sep 12, 2012
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    And the Award for Greediest Developer of 2012 goes to...

    Subatomic Studios, LLC

    ...the price can be picked up from the local public closet.​

    Note:

    I currently feeling like a cattle and regret that I was one of the first buyers Worldwide since I didn`t even rechecked the Price Tag when I had hit the Buy Button and only realized after that what I had bought and just at what Price Tag.

    I`ll never ever support such behavior from any Developer/Publisher. Not from Zynga, not from EA and starting with today not from Subatomic Studios, LLC.

    They have lost every, I repeat every respect that they had gained from me over the last couple of Years with this action and I can`t believe that they are that shady.

    Note:

    HD Gameplay Trailer following soon...
     
  5. visionwebs

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    This is NUTS at that price?

    I'm more than happy I didn't wait saw this coming way down the line and got my iPhone version instead. I'm among the main market for this type of game and I don't think il bother.

    A universal update would have attracted much more attention.

    No offence to a developer that reads this I'm sure they thought about the prices.

    This isn't acceptable though, if it was new possibly but the thing is the ammount of programming required to get this on the iPad over the iPhone if done well is going to be minimal. In fact the exact same code could be used for the same game!

    So what is this massive 300% price jack up worth to me?
    What exactly is that paying for
     
  6. metalcasket

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    This is the one time I'll completely argue against a universal update. That price and file size are just too harsh for people with just iPhones. God (Sanuku? :p) knows what the file size is uncompressed and it's just unfair to impose such pointlessness on people who have no use for those extra assets.
     
  7. sapphire_neo

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    All HD versions should be universal, people who don't want universal can buy the iPhone version.
     
  8. Corey.G

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    Well, let's just hope it's worth it, I'll get it anyway just to see what's really good in it.
     
  9. TheClaff

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    Non-universal and the long wait afterbiphone is bad enough but the extras are really not very good and at that pice its insulting. Was really looking forward to this game but everything is being handled like its the app store back in the days when the first Fieldrunners came out. Really hoped for more exclusives then a few new towers.
     
  10. GiHubb

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    Whoa, $8 for a tower defense game?? (and it's not like it's completely superior to the likes of Kingdom Rush HD) Incredible to me that it costs similarly to games on PSN or XBLA which usually go on sale and are by far bigger development projects - I got Shadow Complex, Limbo, Joe Danger, Shank, Bastion, etc for $7.50 this way, I think for my money it was a much better value than this. Yes I realize they were on sale at the time, but still that was the price I paid for them. If this drops to the area of $3-$4 then I might bite.
    But to make it clear - I am not angry at all at the devs, nor do I think they are greedy, it's a free market and they can ask for whatever they like. It's just my opinion that as a consumer I will pass on this as I'd rather spend my $8 on something else I find more worth my money.
     
  11. metalcasket

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    When released simultaneously with an iPhone version, yes...not a month or so later. That would just crap all over everyone who bought the iPhone version and would've preferred to buy it as a universal app. Price aside, I completely agree with Subatomic's handling of the situation and decision to make this a separate, non universal app.
     
  12. sapphire_neo

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    There is simply no sense in not making the HD version universal when it comes at a premium price, regardless of whether it came the same week or the next year. Everyone who bought the iPhone version and would have preferred a universal version could have waited.
     
  13. coxy

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    Ridiculous price. I was going to buy it - but will wait for a reduction. Unless it comes down then I will never get to play it - but not paying that much for a TD :(
     
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    YAY! My favourite thread got resurrected! :)
     
  15. syntheticvoid

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    ha! anyone know which thread this was taken from??
     
  16. metalcasket

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    Fieldrunners 2 HD thread.
     
  17. GiHubb

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    Not cool Eli, not cool. We should be able to express our feelings on this issue for this SPECIFIC game on its SPECIFIC thread. I feel censored, having my thoughts dumped into some general convoluted thread. When discussing if a game is worth it or not, price is indeed a relevant issue.

    Long live China, eh sorry, I mean TA Forums, and its supreme leaders!
     
  18. Squeaker

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    Fieldrunners 2 HD.

    Btw the devs had seen this exact same reaction when they released the first game in HD at the same price. I don't like this price either but all these shouting will not move them.
     
  19. robiow

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    Hah, price!

    Buy the iPhone version, won't notice a difference, notin the new iPad at least
     
  20. Eli

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    Nothing is being censored, it's being relocated. If I deleted your posts, then I could see complaining about being censored. How angry you are that a video game isn't 99¢ isn't really relevant to anything people care about who are stumbling across the Fieldrunners 2 thread wondering how good (or bad) it is on the iPad.

    Keep up the sensationalism though, this is the perfect thread for that!
     

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