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Squinky · 01-08-2006, 08:08 PM

I'd play whatever game seemed most appealing to me, free or not.

However, I hardly ever buy $50 games these days. The last game I bought from a store was Psychonauts (at thirtysomething dollars), and the last game I bought online was Out from Boneville (at twenty dollars).

That being said, I'm pretty picky with the games I choose to play these days, amateur or commercial. I'm a busy student making a game of my own, after all. Oddly, I have a preference for short games, because being able to get through one in a day is much more feasible than spending months on it. (I still haven't finished Psychonauts, after all, and I've kind of given up on it for the time being.)

The point I'm getting at is that most $50 games either don't interest me or require more of a time investment than I can manage at the moment. Assuming that the free game and the $50 game are of the same standard (i.e. hours of gameplay, really nice graphics, etc.) I'd probably play neither of them. Well, actually, I MIGHT take a peek at the free one.

01-08-2006, 08:08 PM	#230
Squinky Unreliable Narrator Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Le Canada Posts: 9,873	I'd play whatever game seemed most appealing to me, free or not. However, I hardly ever buy $50 games these days. The last game I bought from a store was Psychonauts (at thirtysomething dollars), and the last game I bought online was Out from Boneville (at twenty dollars). That being said, I'm pretty picky with the games I choose to play these days, amateur or commercial. I'm a busy student making a game of my own, after all. Oddly, I have a preference for short games, because being able to get through one in a day is much more feasible than spending months on it. (I still haven't finished Psychonauts, after all, and I've kind of given up on it for the time being.) The point I'm getting at is that most $50 games either don't interest me or require more of a time investment than I can manage at the moment. Assuming that the free game and the $50 game are of the same standard (i.e. hours of gameplay, really nice graphics, etc.) I'd probably play neither of them. Well, actually, I MIGHT take a peek at the free one.