What do you think would be a fair price for Siege of Dragonspear?

JuliusBorisov

Note: this poll is only about the most expensive version of Adventure Y i.e. the PC version. Android and iOS versions are generally cheaper.

Edit: http://www.gamestar.de/spiele/baldurs-gate-enhanced-edition-siege-of-dragonspear/artikel/siege_of_dragonspear,51968,3233354,fazit.html tells us the price will be around $20.

booinyoureyes

It is impossible to say at this point, since they have not given the "estimated play time" figures yet.

It does seem to be quite the story when you consider the background they gave, so it will hopefully be a bit longer than, say, Trials of the Luremaster or Watcher's Keep. I will buy it no matter what, but determining what I consider to be a fair price (though, really, a "fair price" is whatever people are willing to spend) is difficult without knowing how expansive the game will be.

SethDavis

buahahaha

JuliusBorisov

I understand what you're saying, @booinyoureyes‌ . Before creating this poll I've given it a thought. And have come to conclusion that even now, when I don't know about the longevity of this adventure, I can try to evaluate my feelings towards this subject.

BGEE's price is 19.99 USD. This is a full game with huge re-play value. We have 4 new NPCs there (although their stories are not long and detailed if compared to BG2EE).

BG2EE's price is 24.95 USD. This is even a bigger game with huge re-play value as well. We have 5 new NPCs with more detailed stories. We have ToB.

So to me, setting a similar price for an expansion (or a game that will have a limited storyline if compared to BGEE and BG2EE) seems wrong.

Taking into account all the background, the voice-overs, the meaning of this adventure for CHARNAME, and in the same time the fact that the scope of Adventure Y, no matter what "estimated play time" it has, is significantly less that the scope of BGEE, I would vote for the golden mean - 10 USD.

Pibaro

I'm going to pay whatever it will cost.
But I really don't know what to say other than this:
The more it will cost, the bigger it's going to be. So I hope it will be very expensive

wubble

the laptop i have with me at uni is really basic, IE games are the best games i can play(i can play better graphics but not much with a good story). I'll be buying adventure y no matter the cost.

Excalibur_2102

Im suprised @elminster isnt interested in this?

elminster

Excalibur_2102 said:

Im suprised @elminster isnt interested in this?

You'll note that I "agreed" with Booinyoureyes comment. This just happened to be the closest thing to an "i don't know" option.

Excalibur_2102

ahh okay, I agree as well... But I just didnt vote

Lord_Tansheron

For a full game, ~20 is completely fair.

If it's just an expansion to existing games, obviously less would be appropriate.

I have no problems whatsoever with paying for good products, and given that IWD:EE was quite well-done my confidence in the company is high enough to do it gladly.

meagloth

yeaaa. i'm not voting till I know what it is.

Ravenslight

It would be hard for me to say at this point. So much is unknown. One of the big factors that would influence me in what I would be willing to pay is the unknown, expansion or stand alone game. A stand alone thing like the Black Pits would hold a lot less interest for me then an expansion covering some events between BGI and BGII.

deltago

Any new items introduced in Adventure Y will not carry over into BG2 due to the opening where you lose all your stuff. If they do carry over, they can be easily unlocked or modded into BG2 So new items, IMO, shouldn't effect the price.

Length of the adventure as well as any exclusive kits would be the driving factor in price.
It's a DLC so I'd price it as 50 cents per hour of main story game play, 25 cents per hour of subquest game play, $1 per new exclusive kit offered +1.

So if it is a 6 hour main plot playtime with a few (lets say 4) subquests and a 3 new kits, it'd be $8.

Regardless of what is in the game, it shouldn't be more than half the price of the original release. so 8 to 10 dollars.

Frond

I'll pay whatever they want.

Take my money!

Kamigoroshi

I'd say a free pizza is a fair price. Two if the expansion adds a romanceable, non-humanoid monster NPC.

artificial_sunlight

€13.75 or more
basicly what @deltago‌ said but with double numbers.

Flashburn

$10-$15 sounds reasonable to me, depending on its length.

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jackjack

Given what I know about it thus far, I'd pay 8 bucks for it.

wubble

Fortunately the pound is doing rather well at the moment 20 dollars is around 12.8 pounds, though we'll see how that changes in may. Also if I don't spend the money I borrowed from the government on adventure Y I'll only spend it on booze.

artificial_sunlight

@wubble‌ you British lad, keep of my ale... *Hick*

lroumen

Ravenslight said:

the unknown, expansion or stand alone game. A stand alone thing like the Black Pits would hold a lot less interest for me then an expansion covering some events between BGI and BGII.

oh. I did not even consider "standalone" like that. I was thinking more like standalone is a separate game download still featuring the bg1 characters, allowing import of bgee final save, and it's own export of final save into bg2ee.

And expansion would be a downloadable content for bgee (like appstore) that would continue the game within bgee actually.

HerrderGezeiten

At 50-60€ I would maybe start to raise a eyebrow, so I'm not worried.

SharGuidesMyHand

bengoshi said:

BGEE's price is 19.99 USD. This is a full game with huge re-play value. We have 4 new NPCs there (although their stories are not long and detailed if compared to BG2EE).

BG2EE's price is 24.95 USD. This is even a bigger game with huge re-play value as well. We have 5 new NPCs with more detailed stories. We have ToB.

So to me, setting a similar price for an expansion (or a game that will have a limited storyline if compared to BGEE and BG2EE) seems wrong.

While I basically agree with everything you say, I just love BG so much that I would still be willing to pay around $20 even for just a simple "expansion."

spacejaws

I set a preliminary price of $10. I don't see why Ios should be cheaper but there you go.

I also think the price point is hugely dependant on average content size. For a 6 - 10 hour story I would pay $10 potentially more depending on what the content is (short and sweet could win me over)

LordRumfish

Specifically $20 sounds pretty good to me as a price, less if it is the length and scope of the original Black Pits (I'll call that $5 or so), more if it has an enormous world full of side quests and voice acting (a la Baldur's Gate, for which I would pay $40 to $60 because I've probably spent well over 500 hours playing various installations of Baldur's Gate). Based on my guess of what little we know, I'm going with $20 for now, though realistically I'm so happy about my character Veraka that any new expansion (or game where I could import her) is probably going to get purchased.

CoryNewb

I will gladly pay $15 or more for some original BG related content. If it is more, I'll buy it, but the $15 range seems decent.

JuliusBorisov

booinyoureyes said:

It is impossible to say at this point, since they have not given the "estimated play time" figures yet.

It does seem to be quite the story when you consider the background they gave, so it will hopefully be a bit longer than, say, Trials of the Luremaster or Watcher's Keep. I will buy it no matter what, but determining what I consider to be a fair price (though, really, a "fair price" is whatever people are willing to spend) is difficult without knowing how expansive the game will be.

Now we have finally got the answer on this subject:

Adventure Y has shaped up to be larger than ToTSC but not quite the size of ToB.

So, what do people think with the new information available? Does it change your estimation? Are you ready to give your opinion?

JuliusBorisov

As for me, I've expected that size of the Adventure Y. I think it's entirely the size that could be the best for such a project - not big so that the quality of the writing and the quests would be solid and not small so that people wouldn't complain they get too little.

So I still find the price of approximately 9.99 USD to be fair.

Ravenslight

With the information I have now, I am ready to vote.

I think around 10 USD sounds about right. Though truthfully, I might pay a bit more if I keep hearing such promising news as I have been. I am looking forward to this with increasing anticipation!

SionIV

It all comes down to how interested i am in what they are offering, I could pay 50 USD if it was a game i was interested in.

So it's very hit or miss for me, i'll pay for it because it's a good game, or i won't get it at all, price isn't important for me.