CarrionCrow: I'm now curious...how many people really do spend 40 dollars on adventure games?
ddickinson: I would think very few people, or at least I would hope so. Like you said, good point-and-click games are for the most part enjoyable interactive stories (not to be mistaken for those horrible interactive novel games where you literally click a few buttons and end up just watching cutscene after cutscene). Once you have discovered the story, there is little else to do.
I don't think I would ever pay that kind of price for a game you would really only place once. It's not like it's going to be a long game like an RPG, and it's definitely got limited replay value. It just goes to show how greedy developers and publishers are getting with overpricing their games. Just look at all the other games you can get for a fraction of the price that offer so much more than this game.
I never really got into point and click / adventure games. The only one I every really played and enjoyed was Discworld Noir, and while I wouldn't pay more than £10 or so for a working version I would definitely play it again (but it has been years since I've played it, so the puzzles would be pretty much as new anyway).
These days I find it hard to justify £40 for any game, but I know I'll pay it for console games when I have the money again because there isn't really another option :/
