I would like to share my thoughts about Hero Mages and the costs/character packs available. I purchased the $3 Hero Mages app for my Android smartphone, and think it is a well thought-out game with a lot of potential, especially for a wide base of players. There are a couple hitches, however.
For a game that costs $3, $10 character packs are highly expensive and don't seem justifiable for the casual, less-than-die-hard Hero Mages fans/players. After playing the tutorial, I enjoyed the game and was willing to spend $3 for the full game. I didn't realize I was not getting all the characters, which was disappointing. Furthermore, I was appalled that it cost $10 for additional character packs (on top of that, you don't even get ALL of the characters for $10). To have all the characters playable, I would need to spend $20, which is almost seven times what I paid for the game in the first place.
I understand that the developer wants to receive financial support, and I'm sure that some players are willing to pay the high costs for additional in-game content, but I would like to suggest to the developer to lower the costs of the additional content. As an example, I recommended this game to a friend of mine, who tried out the tutorial for free and thought it was awesome. Just like me, though, he was disheartened to see that on top of $3 to purchase the game (very reasonable for an Android App), he would have to spend $20 for additional content. I believe the developer's most important resources (even more important than money), are the customers. My suggestions would be to drop the additional content costs (or, worst case scenario, significantly lower it, ie $1 per character pack), and to possibly raise the price of the game by $1/$2. The potential to gain many more players and build the game's fan base would increase significantly.
I am interested in hearing what other players and even the developer thinks.
For a game that costs $3, $10 character packs are highly expensive and don't seem justifiable for the casual, less-than-die-hard Hero Mages fans/players. After playing the tutorial, I enjoyed the game and was willing to spend $3 for the full game. I didn't realize I was not getting all the characters, which was disappointing. Furthermore, I was appalled that it cost $10 for additional character packs (on top of that, you don't even get ALL of the characters for $10). To have all the characters playable, I would need to spend $20, which is almost seven times what I paid for the game in the first place.
I understand that the developer wants to receive financial support, and I'm sure that some players are willing to pay the high costs for additional in-game content, but I would like to suggest to the developer to lower the costs of the additional content. As an example, I recommended this game to a friend of mine, who tried out the tutorial for free and thought it was awesome. Just like me, though, he was disheartened to see that on top of $3 to purchase the game (very reasonable for an Android App), he would have to spend $20 for additional content. I believe the developer's most important resources (even more important than money), are the customers. My suggestions would be to drop the additional content costs (or, worst case scenario, significantly lower it, ie $1 per character pack), and to possibly raise the price of the game by $1/$2. The potential to gain many more players and build the game's fan base would increase significantly.
I am interested in hearing what other players and even the developer thinks.