Now that the word is out i can confirm that BattleForge sales of the retail boxes were more than disappointing. On the bright side the Microtransactions part runs really well: “The average spending per user was off the charts,” Gibeau said. “If you got someone to play the game, they became passionate about it.”
Read what else Frank Gibeau has to say about BattleForge in this article.
I like this quote. It’s from the worst review i’ve read in my entire life.
I’m not saying this because they give BattleForge a 5 of 10 but because the review is terribly written, contains almost no information and is basically just a rant about microtransactions and money winning the game. For example:
“People have every right to be wary of downloadable content and microtransactions. [...] PC gamers don’t put up with that sort of thing as much, which is why we suspect this will not be a hit.”
Things are written in this review which do not make any sense except for showing the reviewer’s inability of supporting his arguments, or even making an argument in the first place. I think it’s hilarious when David Jenkins of Teletext.co.uk wonders why EA bought Phenomic in the first place:
“They seem a curiously non-casual company for EA to want to buy but that’s none of our business.”
I concur, it is none of their business. So why does Mr. Jenkins even bother writing it in the first place?
Of course, there are also sentences that make no sense at all. Could be a simple typo but it shows the lack of effort that went into this review:
It’s only the fact that the underlying game isn’t terribly interesting that stops this being all a scandalous con.
BattleForge got a few reviews in the 60s and i can understand their argumentation. But what is becoming more and more obvious is that the lower the scores, the more the reviewers seem to hate micro-transactions. So this one marks the low end of BattleForge reviews, and what’s been (and will be) reviewed around this area of review scores (meaning below 6 of 10) is in fact the article writer’s disgust of the payment model. I would be surprised to see a review below a 6 of 10 score whose argumentation doesn’t build mainly on conveying reservations (to say the least) against the micro-transaction business model.
A few days ago i wrote a post about people trying to find illegal BattleForge serial numbers and tools that generate them.
As it turns out, a few of the search terms that lead to people visiting my blog seem to be about where the BattleForge serial number is located in the box. So in short words, let me explain where you can find the BattleForge serial number inside the game’s DVD box:
I hope i could help.
The BattleForge manual shows the colors of the magic powers. Ironically the manual is printed in black and white. Upps …
UPDATE: in case you are simply looking for where to find the BattleForge serial number inside the game’s DVD box then click here to see the post where i explain it step-by-step. Otherwise, if you are looking for an illegal serial number, by all means, read on.
Since the release of BattleForge people started getting to my site from search engines via these search phrases (i keep updating the list):
You’ve come to the right place, even though you won’t find what you were looking for (assuming you were looking for a way to play BattleForge illegally). Let me help you out: please understand the fact that BattleForge is an online game, and what that means. Seriously, stop looking for serial key generators. It is pointless. Stop wasting your time. You can only play with a valid serial number, and there are no generators that can provide you with a working serial!
Why? Do i really have to explain? Ok, in simple terms: each of the valid keys that went into the retail boxes is stored on the BattleForge servers. When you connect, your game’s key is verified that it exists on the server. If not, you can’t connect. The chances of a key generator “accidentally” generating one of the valid keys is slim. You ever got struck by lightning or hit by a meteor? That’s how likely that is. Actually, statistically speaking, much less likely than that. And of course, if you can’t connect, you can’t play. Not even singleplayer, which for BattleForge is comparable to playing solo in an MMO world.
If you like to try the game, please read a review, check out the BattleForge Demo (direct download of installer, ~84 MB) and then decide wether it’s worth to actually buy it, for example from Amazon. Here, let me make this part convenient for you:
Amazon Deutschland
Amazon UK
Amazon USA
Oh, and if you’re interested to learn what piracy does, and how rampant it probably is, read this blog entry.
PS: … and if you were thinking that listing all those search terms means i’m phishing for page views: you are correct. My intention is for potential players to learn that working serial key generators for BattleForge do (and can) not exist. It is also a document of historical proportions (kinda), showing that some people still do not understand server-side serial key validation and/or don’t know that there is a BattleForge Demo.
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