kimkom
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- Jan 28, 2013
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I think that there's a real problem with the comparison to major AAA titles...... Sure, I got Tomb Raider FREE with my graphics card, along with two other games, sure it was a AAA title, sure it entertained me for about 12 hrs. ...But I've put far more hours into TPA and it keeps getting new stuff. There's a new table today even. And well, the $100 I've put into three seasons so far for what should total 51 tables at the end of Season 3, that's actually a pretty good deal per table when a real arcade machine (If I can FIND ONE) would set me back $0.50-$1.00 per play and cost even more if I wanted to own it. Infact, to even find 51 pinball tables in one location, you'd have to go to either a massive arcade location or a pinball show to even have that many options available to you.
Ashley, I have no argument with any of your points. I even kind of agree with the 'pretty good deal' spin that seems to have comfortably weaved itself around these parts.
The real problem for me has never been the value for money aspect in terms of quantity, it's the value for money in terms of quality. Obviously we all know that Farsight are juggling a lot of balls. So many platforms, so many tables...
But when there are so many AAA titles offering state-of-the-art production/graphics/gameplay/audio etc, I feel that Farsight should be offering a better quality of product for the prices they are charging for their season packs. And charging even more just to look around the tables just isn't on either, in my opinion.
Couple that with some poor texture quality (by PC standards), lack of in-game portrait mode, delays in dx11 support, delays in emulation, all of the outstanding bugs that have been reported but not addressed, lack of animated backglasses for the early tables etc etc... And that's before we even get onto the more specialist areas such as cabinet support, which doesn't really interest me but I know a lot of members have been asking for.
Apologies if this sounds like a whine, it really isn't intended to be. But I'm getting more and more frustrated with the lack of progress.
Having said that, I think Mike R and Stuart W are doing a great job maintaining the PC version as best they can.
Yes, Farsight are only a small team. But if quality is suffering, features are being delayed, and issues are not being addressed, then the team needs more help!
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