razorfish

I wrote: but that I'm still being asked to pay full-price for it. And the Major responded: Full price ? $20 plus $8 S&H is a pretty trivial amount of money these days. About the same as getting two people into a movie with popcorn and drinks and that recreational experience only lasts a couple of hours. Trivial?-I guess so, but I'd also be hard pressed to find anyone who'd just give me $20 cuz I had a pretty face Anyway, it is more the principle of the thing... My point is that I already feel that I own the right to use 95+% of the code that's in TacOps v3.0 by virtue of my having purchased the previous two releases-I mean the game just hasn't changed that much. To make things worse for me, I remember the days when Arsenal would release substantial updates with new units, patches and (most importantly)scenarios, and would then make such updates available to licensed users for a nominal cost. Oh well, I'll be quiet now lest anyone think me a stingy a** who can contribute absolutely nothing positive to this forum. However, let me shift gears here and say that I have NOT, NOT ANYWHERE found a more dedicated and supportive game designer than MajorH (perhaps crazy too since it IS a niche market ). I do not for one second feel that I am being gouged by him-if anyone's doing the gouging, it's Fortune herself. So, if you haven't experienced the addiction that is TacOps, by all means get v3.0 cuz for $20, it truly is a deal.

I have a question which I don't want to be taken by anyone here as disrespectful: Namely, why has this game been re-released twice without significant changes? The scenarios, AI, interface, and units are effectively the same as the original version released in the early 90's by Arsenal Publishing, and to my mind these new versions are not different enough to warrant the shelling out of $20 every time TacOps is picked up by a different publisher-I have already invested $60 into TacOps since its initial release, and don't know why I'm being asked to spend more. I know that some changes have been made, but mostly it seems that TacOps Classic and v3.0 are simply milking this particular cash cow for every drop she's worth. Major, is there a significantly new product on the horizon? What about the much anticipated TacOps 98? Again, I really don't want to give the wrong impression on what I'm asking. I know that this is a niche market and that any financial backing is welcome when it appears. I have spent many enjoyable years playing TacOps and haven't come anywhere close to getting bored with the game (even using the original AI scenarios). I'm just disappointed that this new version doesn't offer much over my Classic edition, but that I'm still being asked to pay full-price for it.