Had you actually played this game, you would know why they value the engine at 10,000 bucks.
It's not that it's such a great engine at all, it's because of the business model they use to squeeze money out of players. They sell things called credits for real money. You can exchange these credits for the in-game stuff, such as new skills, houses, pets, special artifact items etc.
40 of those credits cost $20 and you can't really get much for 40 credits. Therefore, some people buy hundrends and some even thousands of these credits. I know of several people who spent over $1000 USD on this game, something they would never do if it was just your standard subscription model like MMORPGs use.
Fact is, IRE owners are getting hella rich with the game and so that's why the engine costs that much.
The only thing that keeps me from using Linux all the time is the fact that I can't get my USB modem to work with it. I've been trying to get it to work for months now. Browsing the net for drivers, reading documentation, installing new kernels... Nothing. That's why use Windows.
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Had you actually played this game, you would know why they value the engine at 10,000 bucks.
It's not that it's such a great engine at all, it's because of the business model they use to squeeze money out of players. They sell things called credits for real money. You can exchange these credits for the in-game stuff, such as new skills, houses, pets, special artifact items etc.
40 of those credits cost $20 and you can't really get much for 40 credits. Therefore, some people buy hundrends and some even thousands of these credits. I know of several people who spent over $1000 USD on this game, something they would never do if it was just your standard subscription model like MMORPGs use.
Fact is, IRE owners are getting hella rich with the game and so that's why the engine costs that much.
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The only thing that keeps me from using Linux all the time is the fact that I can't get my USB modem to work with it. I've been trying to get it to work for months now. Browsing the net for drivers, reading documentation, installing new kernels... Nothing. That's why use Windows.
Not the rest of the world, just the US.
Check out all the awards Neverwinter Nights has already won. A pretty high count considering the game hasn't been released yet, huh?
Where??
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