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Xeno Crisis is now available DRM-free.

Xeno Crisis is an arena shooter in which one or two players take control of battle-hardened marines embarking on a deadly mission to confront an alien menace and get home alive! Run and gun your way through thousands of adversaries as you explore the devastated research outpost, searching for survivors, and ultimately facing the origin of the outpost's demise.
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Lodium: *snip*
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Dray2k: All true but it doesn't take future predictions into consideration. For instance buying games is largely centralized and steamlined now which does affect prices significantly because supply and demand are more effectively met this way. Some other things include work on instruction manuals and side-stories, stuff like that.

At any case, not taking price calculations into account it still doesn't mean that a games based around a fairly well known era should be priced this much even inside a economic vacuum (you have to compete with other developers inside the market as well, but thats also a part of calculating the price) so my point still stands. Still its always good to see and remember how much games were priced "back in the day" and that video games back during the early 90s and mid 90s really were really a very special thing for many. We're really in the times where almost everyone in the world can enjoy at least some sort of video game because digital devices became really widespread and with the help of the internet things became really easy to distribute effectively.

Still, this reminds back when I bought Transport Tycoon and Sim City for what would be around 90 and 75 USD respectively back then. Those really were some very heavy purchases to make just for video games.
Well, you also got alot of more goodies with the games in the 90,s
especially in pc games
'but that more and less disapeared after games went more and more digital.
Save for the collectors editions and special editions and other such Editions the arent much left of those days were you recived tons of goodies with the purchache of a pc game.
Ecxeption to this was budget editions wich didnt contain a lot of stuff
So thats also an argument against high pricing since alot of the cost surronding the production of physical games are gone, though the sallary of the devs and the expenses have risen as well since it now costs more to buy equpment and paying office rent.
Post edited October 29, 2019 by Lodium
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Lodium: *snip*
Yeah thats what I've meant by "streamlining". They basically slimmed down the process of making video games to just the video game itself from a development standpoint but they also automated the distribution processes as well for publishers, well at least to a large margin.

Things are super fast to handle and effective nowadays. So many people are making games I bet that the amount of just games released through digital distribution methods easily goes into the ten thousands. I'm fairly sure that things will streamlined much more in the far future as well, down to maing games really with just a few clicks and almost no effort, but thats still very far into the future.

I really like these oldschool games because it reminds me of those simplier times as well, where not only the game itself has mattered. I really hope that there is some dev out there that also provide old-school manuals and printable covers out there to get the "whole" experience again. I would gladly pay some more for such a "full oldschool" edition.
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Lodium: *snip*
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Dray2k: Yeah thats what I've meant by "streamlining". They basically slimmed down the process of making video games to just the video game itself from a development standpoint but they also automated the distribution processes as well for publishers, well at least to a large margin.

Things are super fast to handle and effective nowadays. So many people are making games I bet that the amount of just games released through digital distribution methods easily goes into the ten thousands. I'm fairly sure that things will streamlined much more in the far future as well, down to maing games really with just a few clicks and almost no effort, but thats still very far into the future.

I really like these oldschool games because it reminds me of those simplier times as well, where not only the game itself has mattered. I really hope that there is some dev out there that also provide old-school manuals and printable covers out there to get the "whole" experience again. I would gladly pay some more for such a "full oldschool" edition.
I think most devs today are expecting the custommers to print out the printable stuff (Pdf files)
in other words leave the work to the customers save for the Something editions they charge more for.
But i agree that i sometimes miss those simpler times
were you got a box, a game and goodies in one package.
Does this come with the ROM?
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Does Xeno Crisis multiplayer have A Server Browser List?

There are video games that have Co-op that have A Server Browser List.
Does it have Co-Op via LAN?
It has multiplayer co-op via a new, revolutionary "two people in the same room" technology. It totally eliminates server browsers, lag, and being paired with annoying randos! (Unless one breaks into your house and forces you to play.)
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eric5h5: It has multiplayer co-op via a new, revolutionary "two people in the same room" technology. It totally eliminates server browsers, lag, and being paired with annoying randos! (Unless one breaks into your house and forces you to play.)
Yes. Two (or more) people in the same room is the concept of LAN multiplayer. There are no servers, browsers and no random players.

... but perhaps you are too young to know Local Area Networks.

So, can someone who knows what a LAN is answer, whether this game can be played via LAN?
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David9855: Very expensive for a retro game, shame they didn't give it some retro pricing.
Now now, let them milk the retro-connoisseurs for a year or two. Fair is fair. ;p
LAN isn't necessarily in the same room, plus I was responding to the previous post as well. Anyway, perhaps that wasn't clear enough and you'd better understand "Two people in the same room on the same computer".
Post edited October 29, 2019 by eric5h5
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Lifthrasil: Does it have Co-Op via LAN?
Why would anyone want LAN play for a videogame with fixed screen and no hidden information between players? Coop arcade games are meant to be played side by side with your fellow.
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Lifthrasil: Does it have Co-Op via LAN?
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Hollyhock: Why would anyone want LAN play for a videogame with fixed screen and no hidden information between players? Coop arcade games are meant to be played side by side with your fellow.
Because when playing via LAN, both players can use keyboard and/or mouse. Otherwise both players have to mash buttons on the same keyboard which is a bit awkward. And no, I'm not going to get controllers just to play this game.
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Hollyhock: Why would anyone want LAN play for a videogame with fixed screen and no hidden information between players? Coop arcade games are meant to be played side by side with your fellow.
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Lifthrasil: Because when playing via LAN, both players can use keyboard and/or mouse. Otherwise both players have to mash buttons on the same keyboard which is a bit awkward. And no, I'm not going to get controllers just to play this game.
In the Amiga and commedore days you coud actually hook up two gamepads/game joysticks to one machine