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Euphoria14 on 13 May 2008
sc94597 said:
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 I found this on wikipedia. SO there is a dugeon pack only 300 points. So that could extend it a few hours. 

The downloadable content was made available from April 1, 2008 and 8 items were initially offered:[3]

  • Lilty House, Selkie House, Yuke House (300 Points each): Houses that produce new adventurers of the other three races from the Crystal Chronicles world.
  • Three Races Pack (800 Points): All three new races in one slightly discounted set.
  • King's Change of Clothes (100 Points): A pirate outfit for the King.
  • Chime's Dress-Up (100 Points): A new outfit for the player's assistant Chime.
  • Sacred Shrine (200 Points): A shrine that lets warriors temporarily buff themselves up.
  • Gorgeous House (100 Points): A big house that many different people can live in.

Additional content has since been added and announced:

  • Castle Update (100 Points)
  • 11 Dungeons Pack (300 Points): A pack containing 11 new dungeons due out in late April 2008. Clearing these dungeons will reward the player with new buildings.
  • Tower of Eternity (300 Points): A special dungeon featuring a gigantic tower and a formidable monster. If the monster is destroyed, the player is rewarded with an invaluable treasure. This dungeon is due out in June 2008.
  • Library (200 Points): Gives the player the skill to memorize race-specific abilities and to train their warriors further. Also due in June 2008.

 Now I really think I am buying it tomorrow.  That sure looks like it could easily reach 10+ more hours on this game the way I play. Specially the extra dungeons.



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Phendrana on 13 May 2008
TheRealMafoo said:
sc94597 said:
disolitude said:
This game explains why GTA4 deserved a 10. I'm not saying this is a bad game as i, sure its great but if 2.5 hours of side scrolling gameplay gets you an 8.2 in 2008...GTA4 should be an 11.

Games are determined by how good they are/$. This game is really good for a $10 dollar game. Now if gta IV was $10 dollars it would deserve a 20 out 10, but it's not.


Ok, let's use that logic. You get 2.5 hours out of $10. That's $4 an hour. GTA has 100 hours of play, if you do all the side quests, not including the online play.

at $4 an hour, that's $400 worth of play for $60.

I would still only give it a 10 though ;)


Are we really comparing Lost Winds to GTA4 now? Even the Mario Kart comparisons were more relevant than this.



GooseGaws on 13 May 2008
.:Dark Prince:. said:
TheRealMafoo said:
sc94597 said:
disolitude said:
This game explains why GTA4 deserved a 10. I'm not saying this is a bad game as i, sure its great but if 2.5 hours of side scrolling gameplay gets you an 8.2 in 2008...GTA4 should be an 11.

Games are determined by how good they are/$. This game is really good for a $10 dollar game. Now if gta IV was $10 dollars it would deserve a 20 out 10, but it's not.


Ok, let's use that logic. You get 2.5 hours out of $10. That's $4 an hour. GTA has 100 hours of play, if you do all the side quests, not including the online play.

at $4 an hour, that's $400 worth of play for $60.

I would still only give it a 10 though ;)


So every single non-GTA IV game should get a low score because it's not 100 hours?

Can you create a game like DMC4 and make it last 100 hours? Assassin's Creed? Prince of Persia? Every shooter in the market?

 



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famousringo on 13 May 2008
sc94597 said:
snip

I found this on wikipedia. SO there is a dugeon pack only 300 points. So that could extend it a few hours.

The downloadable content was made available from April 1, 2008 and 8 items were initially offered:[3]

  • Lilty House, Selkie House, Yuke House (300 Points each): Houses that produce new adventurers of the other three races from the Crystal Chronicles world.
  • Three Races Pack (800 Points): All three new races in one slightly discounted set.
  • King's Change of Clothes (100 Points): A pirate outfit for the King.
  • Chime's Dress-Up (100 Points): A new outfit for the player's assistant Chime.
  • Sacred Shrine (200 Points): A shrine that lets warriors temporarily buff themselves up.
  • Gorgeous House (100 Points): A big house that many different people can live in.

Additional content has since been added and announced:

  • Castle Update (100 Points)
  • 11 Dungeons Pack (300 Points): A pack containing 11 new dungeons due out in late April 2008. Clearing these dungeons will reward the player with new buildings.
  • Tower of Eternity (300 Points): A special dungeon featuring a gigantic tower and a formidable monster. If the monster is destroyed, the player is rewarded with an invaluable treasure. This dungeon is due out in June 2008.
  • Library (200 Points): Gives the player the skill to memorize race-specific abilities and to train their warriors further. Also due in June 2008.

 And for those of us who like to keep score, buying all this content, plus the game itself, would cost a whopping 3700 Wii Points. Since I could get a disc-based game of higher quality which doesn't chew up valuable flash memory for a similar price, this is one WiiWare title I'm going to skip over. 

Lost Winds is beautiful and fun, though. I'm so glad Frontier is committing to this project. Although now I kinda wish they were working on something a little more ambitious...



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