Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder2.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Xocyll Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action Subject: Re: STALKER 2 is out Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2024 05:44:10 -0500 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 23 Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2024 11:44:11 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="774d26d5dee7e2d7ea485af70317a321"; logging-data="1213491"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18tPhiH37jeTRdGK64Hxz0s" Cancel-Lock: sha1:nrCqhqZGuqddzW0WLWOaD5jFpfo= X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 2.0/32.640 Bytes: 1871 Spalls Hurgenson looked up from reading the entrails of the porn spammer to utter "The Augury is good, the signs say: >It happened. It really happened. STALKER 2 finally released. More >unexpected things have happened this year, but not more welcome. > >Not that I'm buying it. Not yet at least. Not that I besmirch the >developers getting paid for their hard work, but I just don't feel >like paying $60 USD for a game in a franchise I've only lukewarm >feelings toward. > >(Much less $80 or $110 USD for the Deluxe or Ultimate versions, >respectively. Honestly, the division of the game into these various >editions annoyed me enough to kill any desire to pay even the $60 USD >asking price for the standard edition). Hah, CDN prices $79.99, $109.99 and $149.99, and then taxed on top of that to become $90.39 for the 79.99. Nope! Wishlisted, so they'll send me an email when it's on sale. Xocyll