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Not at all. I said it was "somewhat similar", not the same. The point isn't that it's just like SC1; it's that the fact that this game is kind of like SC1 does not provide some special reason to buy it.
It's a goddamned sequel to an existing product, don't tell me your argument is "don't buy sequels there's no reason to".
Of course is going to be "kind of like" SC1. Almost all sequels share some elements with the initial product and SC2 is one of the few rare cases where the sequel is a vast improvement over the original.
You're still missing the point. Usually, when a game comes out, I don't buy it. SC2 being a sequel to SC1 doesn't give me a reason to change that.
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The "value" of games? What value? At the end of the day, it's just another virtual toy. It doesn't appreciate, earn money, help you meet people, or further your career-- in fact, the main thing it does is take away time that could be used to do those things. The best it can do is provide a bit of entertainment, and there are other products that can be acquired for $0 that do the same thing.
You don't think I spent my own money on SC1, do you? Commercial games aren't, and have never been, a good buy, not when there are so many other options out there.
You don't think I spent my own money on SC1, do you? Commercial games aren't, and have never been, a good buy, not when there are so many other options out there.
I never said that I wouldn't spend money on pure entertainment, only that I would not do so when where are plenty of perfectly good, free alternatives in the same area.
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Excuse me? If I'm the one choosing whether or not to spend my hard-earned, I can have whatever criteria I want. If it meets the criteria, I buy; if it doesn't, I don't. It just so happens that one of those criteria is feeling like I have equal rights to other members of the game's community. If they don't want to meet that criteria, then they don't get my money.
You mean you spend your money on things you don't like? How does that make sense?
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Once again, this thread is about our reasons for not getting Starcraft 2. One of my reasons is that I don't feel like having to buy a new computer anytime soon-- not when I can not spend the money and find other ways to be, in all likelihood, just as satisfied.
That's just the thing, though...you talk like you think I'm unhappy about not being able to run SC2, when the fact is, I'm not. If I wanted to buy a newer computer and get SC2, I could easily do so. But I don't want to.
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I think, at the end of the day, the person spending their money just to keep up with the latest and greatest is far more in danger of taking gaming too seriously than the person who simply understands the value of what he already has.
Not only does that not make any sense in the original context, it's also not the case for me-- I can do all the non-gaming things that I need to do with my current computer. I'd think buying a new computer just to buy video games would be much closer to taking them too seriously than not doing so, wouldn't you?
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*shrug* Not all games play to the same skill-set. Your average programmer-type wouldn't have any interest in a game where people coming in with skill in my field had the overwhelming advantage, so why should I buy a game that, at least in the area that I would be interested in, is built for their skill-set?
If there's one thing that making maps for SC1 has taught me, it's that nobody likes a game where they don't feel that they have any chance of winning. Why should I be any different?
None.