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Title: Dungeon Keeper and the horrors of microtransactions
Post by: idolminds on Sunday, February 02, 2014, 09:38:27 AM
This is Dungeon Keeper, 1997:


You don't have to watch the whole thing, the first 5 minutes or so and you will get the idea of what you do in Dungeon Keeper.

And now see what he has to say about Dungeon Keeper, 2014 mobile version:


It's just really really sad.
Title: Re: Dungeon Keeper and the horrors of microtransactions
Post by: Xessive on Sunday, February 02, 2014, 09:49:22 AM
Damn, man. EA are slinking back in the negative direction. They hadn't reached positive yet but they were heading in a positive direction over the past few months.
Title: Re: Dungeon Keeper and the horrors of microtransactions
Post by: idolminds on Sunday, February 02, 2014, 09:51:04 AM
Oh, I just found this bit out. Why are there so many 5 star reviews? Well, the game prompts you to rate it and says "Give us 5 stars to receive free gems!" Interestingly, the developers can't actually tell what rating you gave so you could give it a 1 star rating and still get the gems, but the in-game prompt of course doesn't tell you that.

The good news about seeing this is I had a quick look around and I found my CD copy of Dungeon Keeper. Gonna see about getting it going.
Title: Re: Dungeon Keeper and the horrors of microtransactions
Post by: Xessive on Sunday, February 02, 2014, 10:53:16 AM
Such a shame for a great IP.

Btw, have you checked out Impire? It's very much inspired by DK but with some twists.
Title: Re: Dungeon Keeper and the horrors of microtransactions
Post by: idolminds on Sunday, February 02, 2014, 12:13:43 PM
I hadn't heard of Impire. Looks neat.
Title: Re: Dungeon Keeper and the horrors of microtransactions
Post by: Xessive on Tuesday, February 11, 2014, 12:09:33 PM
In a related note, Dungeons Gold Edition is on sale on Steam (http://store.steampowered.com/sub/14853/?snr=1_4_4__106_4), 75% off total $7.50.