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Originally Posted by avwjase
Arguing like this is why I quit coming to these boards 2 or so years ago. Look, OOTP has done some things in the past I didn't like. Saying they had no time to patch OOTP 6 one week and the next week dropping a $10 "upgrade" on us. That irked me. Joining SI and changing their game entirely... what was wrong with the 6.5 layout, I wonder?
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I can't say I agree with this. 6.5 was a lot more than bug fixes ie a patch. It added features and was well worth the $10. Many stayed with v6 and continued to enjoy the game while many upgraded for "only $10", much like v8 will only be $5.
Without the ground up rewrite, as Markus has stated many times, we'd still be struggling along cobbling together a game with spaghetti code. When you add all of the things that the SI branded game added you have to have a bigger GUI to get to those features. I for one don't see how the old simple GUI would work with today's ootp.
Like today's issues there will always be different views. Just wanted to post my 2 cents and certainly respect your viewpoint.
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Originally Posted by avwjase
However, I don't see the beef here. Battists has explained why things are they way they are. They can't patch an SI game. They can't put out an identical one with a new name. So, I think their solution was a pretty good one. I mean, I don't mind "donating" $5 to OOTP Developments because it's my favorite gaming company out there and I'm ecstatic they are back on their own. I feel they produce their best work w/o interference. I mean, I still play OOTP 6.5 to this day.
Plus, if what I was told is true and you get 2 new licenses with an upgrade then I truly don't know what you can complain about then. Since when has two new licenses ever been offered for _any_ text sim for $5? Upgrade to OOTP 8 and give your old OOTP 2007 license to someone who's never played the game for Christmas. That's what I'll probably end up doing. They'll love it.
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I do agree with you here. I'm sure they'd love to give v8 to all of the 2007 owners. However it would have to be licensed and elicense would have to get their licensing charge. So they are trying to get us the game for $6, I assume this is approx what elicense charges ootp for their service. They certainly, as a small company, can't afford to dish our "free" versions at a cost of $6 a piece.
IMHO it is a good value at $6 since you are getting two new licenses. My first thought was to not get v8 because there aren't enough things in there to make it worth it to me since I only play solo and have never used cato. However, after reading your post, I like the idea of buying 8 and gifting v2007 to my son. He has thought about trying the game many times and I told him how good 07 was but he's never been to sure if spending $30 on it would end up being a wast of money. This will give him the opportunity to finally try oopt at no cost to him. The way he likes to sim ahead to do careers in some of his console games (like many ootpers he just looks at the numbers and likes to do the drafts and transactions so it's not really just about the graphics) shows me that if he tries ootp he will more than likely be hooked and buy future versions.