Nobody’s denying that Gears of War 3 – released tomorrow – is a great game. Peter scored it a fantastic 9/10 and I’m about to dig into it properly tonight.
[videoyoutube]What I won’t be doing though, is splashing out $45/£30 so that I can have all the weapon skins, something that Epic’s Rod Fergusson announced over the weekend. These aren’t weapons, they’re skins – and they’re, well, expensive.Sure, they’re optional, but they’re also vastly overpriced and – as far as I concerned – aimed at precisely the sort of people that are Gears’ biggest fans – the hardcore, who have to have everything.
The ‘launch collection’ is 3600 Microsoft Points which is the best value deal, the ‘Weapon Collections’ are 1200 Points (5 weapons) and it drills down from there, letting you dip into individual skins.
Only seven skins are unlockable in the game, the rest – detailed here – need to be bought. The backlash, as you’d expect, hasn’t been kind.
Via GAF.
Hoopiness
Ridiculous. But….even more ridiculous are the idiots that make this worthwhile for them by buying it. A fool and his money…