Comments on: Men of War: Red Tide – The Verdict

By: Jakkar

Jakkar — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 21:49:23 +0000

Understood – but I’d regard a car as a tool with some frivolous shine and a slightly better engine, and a game as a work of art/craft.

I don’t rate a book better or worse because I got it from a library, or a film for its budget. The cost of a thing influences but does not significantly bias my opinion upon it. As an expansion, I don’t see the problem with ‘Tide. As a game, I agree. From there, it depends upon our perspectives, and upon the way they market it.

By: Mattias Tammet

Mattias Tammet — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 14:38:19 +0000

You don’t base a review upon its cost – *really?* So you consider reviews of the Fiat 500 and the Ferrari Enzo be based on equal terms?

As to what’s wrong with it – yes, it’s less ambitious than MoW. Yes, the absence of multiplayer is important. Yes, the missions aren’t as interesting as they felt in MoW. Notice that I scored it a “hit.” But I think that people generally have better things to do with both their money and their time.

By: Jakkar

Jakkar — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 13:52:56 +0000

Like I said, a oneday purchase. I’ve lived an impoverished life thus far, and buy ‘new’ games less than once a year =D

I agree, for the content this should have cost less – but I don’t base a review upon the cost, knowing that’s more in the hands of publishers and distributors. For what it is.. What’s the flaw? Just that it doesn’t have multiplayer or achieve anything more ambitious than Men of War?

By: Mattias Tammet

Mattias Tammet — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 13:40:11 +0000

It’s a rather interesting gift, considering that it costs more than the original.

By: Jakkar

Jakkar — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 03:37:19 +0000

I can’t see the downside in releasing the game, really. It’s a small singleplayer booster pack for a somewhat unreasonably high price, given that content – but it will earn them money, perhaps securing another ‘full’ game of this pedigree further down the line..

.. And for those who want more singleplayer goodness (me!), it’s a oneday purchase. Once I’ve actually managed to finish MoW itself. Faces of War took long enough X.x

Are you looking gift camel in mouth, offendi?