BTS – Entertainment value greater than cost?

[GoodGame]

I'd say yes, I got in excess of the original $29.00 worth, though it may have taken 3 months of patching and the community's mod efforts.

Simple Yes/No question: Is the value of the entertainment you have received from BTS greater than or equal to the cost of purchasing the game?

For example, if you spent $20 on the game, have you gotten at least $20 of entertainment value from the game?

 

[illram]

Considering the essentially unlimited replay value of Civ 4, yes it is.

If BtS ruined Civ4 for you then I could see why you would disagree, but I think BtS is a good expansion that adds depth and makes the game better.

 

[Slobadog]

No, it was not worth it . Due to constant MAFs which i never got before BTS.

 

[plesniak]

If I could get this much entertainment value from every twenty dollars I spent on entertainment I could probably get by on about 40 bucks a year for entertainment. This game and this franchise are somethings I will always use and come back to for many years to come.

 

[obliterate]

Definately got my money's worth.

I wish could buy the game for $90. It cost me $100AUS for vanilla and then $50 for each expansion.

 

[azzaman333]

It's much better than Vanilla or Warlords (or both put together) so yes.

 

[Tee Kay]

BtS is definitely worth the money.

 

[PutCashIn]

My bad dude, its $90NZ for 'Complete'

I think locally (new plymouth) BTS is about $64NZ at TWL...?

And again, yes it was worth it!

 

[PutCashIn]

And would a MAF be what happens if I play like a 18Civ Earth map and about the time when my espionage is large enough to see half the citys on the world and im playing in a slightly higher res than I should and Beep...computer restarts? or is that because I haven't been feeding the mouse enough lately?

 

[Slobadog]

And would a MAF be what happens if I play like a 18Civ Earth map and about the time when my espionage is large enough to see half the citys on the world and im playing in a slightly higher res than I should and Beep...computer restarts? or is that because I haven't been feeding the mouse enough lately?

I used to be able to play 18 civ earth map fine. I used only low anti aliasing. I would get slowdown. But not MAFs. Before BTS that is. BTS sometimes gives me MAFs when a game has barely started and the world is almost empty.

 

[dragodon64]

I would have payed $100 for it. So yes, to answer the question.

 

[Commander Bello]

Completely overprized.

 

[BoydofZINJ]

Let me see, I played the game probably 2 months straight... and it cost me $29.99... is two months of my life worth only $29.99?

 

[PutCashIn]

Maybe, thats up to you and your government.

So a MAF is when the comp goes blink? or is there a particular error given?
Ive noticed since espionage has been thrown back in that there has been a slight increase in hardware strain, despite BTS being futher optimised....just more maths I guess.

 

[Dnomal]

Yes, it was worth it. How many people have honestly gone back to warlords in disgust and refused to play BTS again? Or do they continue to play BTS and just complain endlessly about Firaxis doing their job and giving them what they wanted so much.

 

[Supr49er]

Of course.

 

[warpstorm]

Of course it is. While there are some flaws, it has given me plenty of good gameplay.

 

[Slobadog]

So a MAF is when the comp goes blink? or is there a particular error given?
Ive noticed since espionage has been thrown back in that there has been a slight increase in hardware strain, despite BTS being futher optimised....just more maths I guess.

MAF is when the the game exits to desktop suddenly, without warning. After wards a error message apears announcing a Memory Allocation failure.

 

[Ricci]

Simple Yes/No question: Is the value of the entertainment you have received from BTS greater than or equal to the cost of purchasing the game?

For example, if you spent $20 on the game, have you gotten at least $20 of entertainment value from the game?

This must be the most absurd question I've found in the forum, and there is very good competition I must add.
Obviously, I don't undestand the concept "..have you gotten at least $20 of entretainment value from the game?".

 

[BSmith1068]

This must be the most absurd question I've found in the forum, and there is very good competition I must add.
Obviously, I don't undestand the concept "..have you gotten at least $20 of entretainment value from the game?".

I am trying to show that a majority of forum users have gotten their money's worth from the game. The dollar figure I gave was just an example.

Since the main goal of a game is entertainment, a game could be considered successful if the value of the entertainment one receives from it is greater than what one paid.

There have been a lot of posts in some other threads that have been very anti-BTS (and Firaxis) which I think are somewhat extreme and most likely constitute a vocal minority. My attempt in this poll was to provide an alternate point of view without asking a leading question, and to show that many, many people feel that BTS is indeed successful and worth the money spent on it.

I agree that on the face of it it is an absurd question, but only because the results are so lopsided (as predicted).

Please note that I am not saying the game does not have it's faults, or that it can not be improved.