Found on the rimworld sub. Rent free, even in 2022
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I have to disagree about being worth it. It's given me hundreds of hours of content. That's a lot more than most other games.
Are there other games that can do the same thing for cheaper? Sure, I can name some as well. But the idea that Rimworld isn't worth it just because something like Terraria also exists isn't really addressing whether Rimworld is worth it, and more that there are better deals that exist.
That said, Tynan (Rimworld dev) definitely subscribes to the Nintendo model of discounts.
Agreed. Tynan is an ethical developer and the $30 I paid for it was more than worth it without any expansion packs. The price has gone up a grand total of $5 since I bought it. I'm no moralizer about piracy and I've done it myself but none of the typical justifications for piracy apply here.
Meh, if people still want to pirate it, I'm not going to lambast them for it. It's their life. But the idea that the game isn't worth the price? It's a load of shit, and that's as someone who still hasn't bought 2 of the 3 DLC that has come out (mostly because I haven't picked Rimworld up for a while and I'll probably get them when I relapse to play another couple hundred hours, not because "they're too expensive".
Anyone who's played the game knows that the price isn't too steep, and if you do think that, maybe Rimworld isn't a game you're going to get the most out of to begin with.
And rimworld is notorious for never going on sale for more than 10%. Im sorry but even triple AAA go cheaper, sooner. The og is worth maybe ten with the entire worth the actual asking price.
AAA goes cheaper sooner because it’s trash and people don’t buy it. Rimworld is worth every penny.
God forbid a guy think his work has value and not want to discount it on a whim to try and squeeze more pennies out in exchange for his pride.
Plenty of people have bought it at that price and say its well worth the money, sounds like capitalism is working exactly as intended in this case.
Yes, I did make reference to that by also poking fun at/criticising Nintendo.
Even on discount, those games are neither worth it, nor give anywhere near as much in hours of gameplay. This isn't a good metric for comparison.
It seems that your concern is less the price, and the fact that the price doesn't go down. The game is worth the price. Even just doing the "dollar per hour" metric, the game is incredibly cost effective for the entertainment you recieve.
You're so used to indie games being cheap that when one knows its value and just how much YOU, the end consumer, will get out of the game it's somehow deemed "not worth it".
A better deal does not mean that Rimworld isn't worth the price. It just means that others are willing to sell what they've got for less. "Is the game worth the price" has nothing to do with whether or not it goes on sale. It's purely about whether it is worth paying that price point for what you get out of it. And the answer is resoundingly that Rimworld is worth it, even when there are better deals out there.
The game is far outpaced by the mods for it. That’s the sad truth, if the product kept its value over time then maybe it would have more than two half assed updates that mods did better beforehand.
The mods don't detract from the value of the game. If anything, that still enhances it being worth it due to the fostering of an active and thriving modding community, something most games can only dream of having. You're grasping at straws to put down a fun game that you can get hundreds of hours out of, all to suggest that $35 isn't worth it.
I just don't get why this would be a hill to die on, when most AAA games won't get below $20 in 5 years (Rimworld being 4 years old) and you're lucky to get beyond 15 hours in most of those games, and those that do have more are exclusively open world and padded to all hell, and even that is usually less than 40 hours. Do the math. $20 for 15 hours, or $35 for 100+ hours. Sounds worth it to me.