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Posted: Wed Jul 12, 2006 10:56 am
by Lugas
I've seen on mac gold, that Myth 3 can be bought (whilst stock last) for £29 (inc VAT). Is this a rip-off or not? Also, does anyone know how Myth 3 works on Intel Macs and if there should be a universal binary. Also, does Magma have the rights to update Myth 3? I figured that Magma does, 'cos we did for TFL and SB...
Posted: Wed Jul 12, 2006 11:01 am
by :) Da Cid (: McCl
"We" did? No, "they" did.
Personally I don't know the exchange rate or anything, but that sounds like too much for Myth III.
But that's because I hate it.
-TGP-
Posted: Wed Jul 12, 2006 12:01 pm
by Cobalt 7
You'd have to pay me to play Myth 3.
Posted: Wed Jul 12, 2006 12:19 pm
by Lugas
:) Da Cid (: McCl wrote:"We" did? No, "they" did.
Personally I don't know the exchange rate or anything, but that sounds like too much for Myth III.
But that's because I hate it.
-TGP-
After using the currency converter in dashboard, I have discovered that £29 ("British Pound Sterling") is equal to about $71 Australian Dollars.
Posted: Wed Jul 12, 2006 12:27 pm
by William Wallet
"After using the currency converter in dashboard, I have discovered that £29 ("British Pound Sterling") is equal to about $71 Australian Dollars. "
That's interesting, because I inputted $71 AUS into "Scotty's Currency Converter" and it fed out the following:
TOO F***ING MUCH!
Posted: Wed Jul 12, 2006 12:43 pm
by Lugas
William Wallet wrote:TOO F***ING MUCH!
Did it say £29? I am having a constant conflict of thoughts about what to do. If I do get it, it might not be worth it. But if I don't, it will probably dissapear soon. This will make me feel bad either way, especially because Take 2 won't release this as a download. Selfish b*******!
Posted: Wed Jul 12, 2006 3:41 pm
by A-Red
If that's similar to American dollars (and I think it's at least sort of close), it's too much. You can get it on Amazon for about $10, and probably on e-bay for like fifty cents.
Posted: Wed Jul 12, 2006 8:15 pm
by :) Da Cid (: McCl
Lugas wrote:After using the currency converter in dashboard, I have discovered that £29 ("British Pound Sterling") is equal to about $71 Australian Dollars.
Dude... don't. You can get xBox 360 games for $100 AUS each. You're paying more than it should be worth even when it was new, for a rather crappy game.
eBay ftw.
-TGP-
Posted: Wed Jul 12, 2006 8:33 pm
by Baron LeDant
I got Myth 3 for £20 or £25 when it was new, that is a major ripoff.
Not to mention how theres no community for myth 3, no active develepment and a whole host of gameplay issues.
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Posted: Thu Jul 13, 2006 1:00 am
by Baak
Is there a demo still floating about that works (i.e. that includes the FlyingFlip patches)? If so, I would suggest trying it first and see if you even like it before buying.
Personally, I bought it shortly after it came out simply because I wanted to have a "complete" Myth collection. I use a PC and it was significantly cheaper, which helped. The non-patched version majorly crashed my PC (only time I've ever had that happen) - so definitely patch it! In all these years I've played only a handful of Myth III games, mainly solo, versus thousands of Myth II games.
I'd say: if you're a die-hard Myth fan, you might want to have a copy. If not, track down a working demo (any help guys?) and test drive it first.
As I recall, the Mac version was always more expensive - about 3x as much. I see several copies of the PC version listed on UK Amazon for under £8, but the only Mac one (maybe the one you've looked at?) is around £25.
Posted: Thu Jul 13, 2006 3:01 am
by TarousZars
I bought the PC version like 5 years ago for $5 US. It's easy to get it working on a mac. I still like Myth 2 better but it is fun to give M3 a try every once in a while. It runs great on my Intel iMac. Much better than Myth 2 does actually.
So I'd say keep looking around, £29 is way too much imo. I bet you can find it for way less, and I wouldn't pay that much for it. I'd say its been worth the $5 i payed, maybe even twice that, but definately not £29.
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Posted: Thu Jul 13, 2006 10:54 am
by Lugas
Looking around hasn't really helped. About one or two years ago, I tried to order Myth 3 from Apple and then they pulled my order back saying its not available after the confirmation letter. How insane is that!!! Besides, £29 isn't a permanent loss and there are deals in the world much more outrageous than £29.
Also, no one's answered my questions related to M3 on intel macs!
Posted: Thu Jul 13, 2006 12:31 pm
by Scratch
TarousZars wrote:...It runs great on my Intel iMac. Much better than Myth 2 does actually....
Anyhoo, I'll second TZ's observations.
It does run great on Intel Macs.
With build 280 of Myth 2 1.5.2, they both run good now.
Posted: Thu Jul 13, 2006 1:53 pm
by Lugas
That's good news. I'm less hesitant to get an Intel iMac, except for the fact that Amber doesn't work on it.
Posted: Thu Jul 13, 2006 2:13 pm
by Orlando the Axe
don't pay that much for myth 3.