I was just skimming through reviews in the UK store, feeling somewhat puzzled at the outrage of ‘Where’s my water’ players unwilling to dish another buck for additional content.

And now this remark from Sean regarding ‘devs having the guts to release a game with only 16 levels’.

I think Sean’s right. A game for a buck’s gotta have plenty levels, because players that spend one dollar on a game want to make up for their loss with a product that will keep them going longer than a pair of jeans.

Fortunately there are still a lot of games (pick three: Nyxquest, Oscura and even the ridiculously short ‘Shaun the sheep’) that offer innovative / polished gameplay or graphics and top that with carefully designed levels.

Interestingly as soon as the price goes above one dollar, virtually all complaints about a game being too short disappear, because we find players that are actually interested in non diluted, quality content.