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Why so negative?

Because this is CountMoneyBone we're talking about here. The most Negative Nelly on DarkSpyro.

Don't forget Gamemaster.

Oh, right.
Second most Negative Nelly, but only by a close margin.

9 Digital creation items?
Blind bags?
Pardom me but I think Count is rigth this time, Mystery chests look waaaay too sketchy.
Never trust a publisher to do something that won't **** everything up.

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9 Digital creation items?
Blind bags?
Pardom me but I think Count is rigth this time, Mystery chests look waaaay too sketchy.
Never trust a publisher to do something that won't **** everything up.

I actually like the blind bag mystery chest thing.
It seems that the color of the bag determines the rarity.

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I actually like the blind bag mystery chest thing.
It seems that the color of the bag determines the rarity.

You like to pay god knows how many to unlock parts to use on a toy that already costed you 10 bucks with the risk of getting duplicates?
Okay sure whatever you say mate.

Guys, we really have no idea how the chests work.

As far as I'm concerned, it just looks like they're a fast unlock for nine random parts you can get in the game without them if you want.

As for if they can be used more than once, I have no clue.

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Guys, we really have no idea how the chests work.

As far as I'm concerned, it just looks like they're a fast unlock for nine random parts you can get in the game without them if you want.

As for if they can be used more than once, I have no clue.

They probably will be able to be used once per day, like they did with SuperChargers with Legendary Treasures such as the Hand of Fate.

I'm interested to see if the chests show up on the collections screen. Hopefully either not at all or at most just one for each color (bronze, silver and gold).

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9 Digital creation items?
Blind bags?
Pardom me but I think Count is rigth this time, Mystery chests look waaaay too sketchy.
Never trust a publisher to do something that won't **** everything up.

exactly, i see no reasons for these blind bag chests at all to be made if you can just unlock all the parts in the game with a playthrough. i suspect this might actually be activisions replacement of the ingame microtransactions. this is more kid friendly than making kids go ask their parents to use their visa cards for ingame microtransactions.

See it as an option for some players to get parts more quickly. It's optional. If you hate the idea, don't support it and pretend it does not exist, then focus on the things that truly determine if you should skip the entirety of the game or not.

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See it as an option for some players to get parts more quickly. It's optional. If you hate the idea, don't support it and pretend it does not exist, then focus on the things that truly determine if you should skip the entirety of the game or not.

I second this.

But knowing Count here, he'll try and pass it off as a "forced gimmick" in order to keep hating on the game. It's what he does yearly.

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See it as an option for some players to get parts more quickly. It's optional. If you hate the idea, don't support it and pretend it does not exist, then focus on the things that truly determine if you should skip the entirety of the game or not.

I second this.

But knowing Count here, he'll try and pass it off as a "forced gimmick" in order to keep hating on the game. It's what he does yearly.

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See it as an option for some players to get parts more quickly. It's optional. If you hate the idea, don't support it and pretend it does not exist, then focus on the things that truly determine if you should skip the entirety of the game or not.

Highlighting because for some reason those words don't seem to be in Count's vocabulary.

I have to agree with Moneybone here on some points. Yes, it is not worth buying every character. Yes, the character creator is pretty much dead. Yes, like all of the recent Skylanders games, this is a paywall. I also would like to add that Kaos being pre-order exclusive is just plain stupid. What about everyone who is not able to pre-order the game. They will not be able to get Kaos without paying a cost of at least $100 (or likely more) online.

The only characters I even plan on getting are Hood Sickle, Crash, Cortex, and hopefully Kaos. (Not counting the starter.)

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I have to agree with Moneybone here on some points. Yes, it is not worth buying every character. Yes, the character creator is pretty much dead. Yes, like all of the recent Skylanders games, this is a paywall. I also would like to add that Kaos being pre-order exclusive is just plain stupid. What about everyone who is not able to pre-order the game. They will not be able to get Kaos without paying a cost of at least $100 (or likely more) online.

The only characters I even plan on getting are Hood Sickle, Crash, Cortex, and hopefully Kaos. (Not counting the starter.)

Kaos isn't EXCLUSIVE to pre-order.
It says that you can get him exclusively on Day 1 by pre-ordering. This means he will be available in a single pack eventually.
If you don't want the characters, don't buy them.

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See it as an option for some players to get parts more quickly. It's optional. If you hate the idea, don't support it and pretend it does not exist, then focus on the things that truly determine if you should skip the entirety of the game or not.

its as optional as the knight light/knightmare last upgrade being locked in an adventure pack....and everyone should not like blind bags. because its the most frustrating thing ever, buying blindly and risking to get something you already have bought. there is no fun in that, period.

^Nobody's saying they like blind bags. But nobody's saying you have to buy them either.

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I have to agree with Moneybone here on some points. Yes, it is not worth buying every character. Yes, the character creator is pretty much dead. Yes, like all of the recent Skylanders games, this is a paywall. I also would like to add that Kaos being pre-order exclusive is just plain stupid. What about everyone who is not able to pre-order the game. They will not be able to get Kaos without paying a cost of at least $100 (or likely more) online.

The only characters I even plan on getting are Hood Sickle, Crash, Cortex, and hopefully Kaos. (Not counting the starter.)

Kaos isn't EXCLUSIVE to pre-order.
It says that you can get him exclusively on Day 1 by pre-ordering. This means he will be available in a single pack eventually.
If you don't want the characters, don't buy them.

when they put 'exclusive' on things it means its not gonna be sold later. so dont expect everytime activision will be putting out to be put out later. because they can change their mind on the fly. with kaos its most likely they will release kaos as stand alone later. since they will probably not sell out on the preorders....

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^Nobody's saying they like blind bags. But nobody's saying you have to buy them either.

if you like to stare at your game screen of your 200 dollar game and see stuff missing, stuff that should have been in the game from the start. while you know they removed it to make you pay more, you're welcome..

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^Nobody's saying they like blind bags. But nobody's saying you have to buy them either.

if you like to stare at your game screen of your 200 dollar game and see stuff missing, stuff that should have been in the game from the start. while you know they removed it to make you pay more, you're welcome..

What are you even talking about!?
What's missing? What did they remove? I'm welcome for what!?

@Adam: He's convinced the Imaginite Mystery Chests unlock parts which are unobtainable in-game.

What he means is:
"stuff missing" = Locked items requiring Imaginite Mystery Chests to unlock
"removed" = Those missing parts were removed from in-game Imaginite Chests

Eh, I've gone full numb to microtransactions. Game developers just keep realizing the profit they can make if they tilt the odds in the buyer's favor.

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^Nobody's saying they like blind bags. But nobody's saying you have to buy them either.

if you like to stare at your game screen of your 200 dollar game and see stuff missing, stuff that should have been in the game from the start. while you know they removed it to make you pay more, you're welcome..

...No video game on Earth costs $200.

You take things to a stupidly extreme level sometimes.

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I have to agree with Moneybone here on some points. Yes, it is not worth buying every character. Yes, the character creator is pretty much dead. Yes, like all of the recent Skylanders games, this is a paywall. I also would like to add that Kaos being pre-order exclusive is just plain stupid. What about everyone who is not able to pre-order the game. They will not be able to get Kaos without paying a cost of at least $100 (or likely more) online.

The only characters I even plan on getting are Hood Sickle, Crash, Cortex, and hopefully Kaos. (Not counting the starter.)

Kaos isn't EXCLUSIVE to pre-order.
It says that you can get him exclusively on Day 1 by pre-ordering. This means he will be available in a single pack eventually.
If you don't want the characters, don't buy them.

when they put 'exclusive' on things it means its not gonna be sold later. so dont expect everytime activision will be putting out to be put out later. because they can change their mind on the fly. with kaos its most likely they will release kaos as stand alone later. since they will probably not sell out on the preorders....

Except for the fact that NOWHERE does it say Kaos is exclusive to pre-order. It says "a 14.99 value," but nowhere does it say exclusive.

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^Nobody's saying they like blind bags. But nobody's saying you have to buy them either.

if you like to stare at your game screen of your 200 dollar game and see stuff missing, stuff that should have been in the game from the start. while you know they removed it to make you pay more, you're welcome..

...No video game on Earth costs $200.

You take things to a stupidly extreme level sometimes.

actually...back on the original Xbox, there WAS a game that cost $200. Remember Steel Battalion? It came with that huge controller peripheral that replicated a mech cockpit?

Back to the topic, I don't think the creation gimmick is going to be a bust. In my teens and 20's I was an avid Dungeons and Dragons player. You rolled the dice, chose a race and class, equipped your character as best you could with meager starting in game currency, and adventured. You had to find or buy, with in game currency again, any further equipment. If you could not find a plus 4 sword, too bad you don't get to have one. All of the features your character got, you were stuck with until he/she died. My approach SI will be much the same, get enough of the figures, cc, and other stuff so that my party (family) can be successful, which I measure in hours spent together having fun.

Some Collector's Edition of games cost $200 and beyond.

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Back to the topic, I don't think the creation gimmick is going to be a bust. In my teens and 20's I was an avid Dungeons and Dragons player. You rolled the dice, chose a race and class, equipped your character as best you could with meager starting in game currency, and adventured. You had to find or buy, with in game currency again, any further equipment. If you could not find a plus 4 sword, too bad you don't get to have one. All of the features your character got, you were stuck with until he/she died. My approach SI will be much the same, get enough of the figures, cc, and other stuff so that my party (family) can be successful, which I measure in hours spent together having fun.

that rpg character how much did that cost you?... nothing...


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Some Collector's Edition of games cost $200 and beyond.

and this isnt a collector edition, what they put out is a bare minimum starter pack.

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Some Collector's Edition of games cost $200 and beyond.

and this isnt a collector edition, what they put out is a bare minimum starter pack.

The Starter Pack is $100 at the most...

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Some Collector's Edition of games cost $200 and beyond.

and this isnt a collector edition, what they put out is a bare minimum starter pack.

The Starter Pack is $100 at the most...

this is not like you buy the tomb raider game with a statue, map, dlc skins and a season pass etc... skylanders dont end, there is always the next thing to buy. and if you start buying you will end up good over 300 dollars or even more...

There was the cost of books, dice, adventures, etc. and there was the threat of all the effort that went in being lost by an over zealous ogre. When you buy stuff for this game, you are paying for the ability to re-use it indefinitely. I never really think about the price because I am not one who is out to get everything, and I certainly don't need to have it all immediately.

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Back to the topic, I don't think the creation gimmick is going to be a bust. In my teens and 20's I was an avid Dungeons and Dragons player. You rolled the dice, chose a race and class, equipped your character as best you could with meager starting in game currency, and adventured. You had to find or buy, with in game currency again, any further equipment. If you could not find a plus 4 sword, too bad you don't get to have one. All of the features your character got, you were stuck with until he/she died. My approach SI will be much the same, get enough of the figures, cc, and other stuff so that my party (family) can be successful, which I measure in hours spent together having fun.

that rpg character how much did that cost you?... nothing...


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Some Collector's Edition of games cost $200 and beyond.

and this isnt a collector edition, what they put out is a bare minimum starter pack.

Well don't buy it then ... If you don't like the game , don't kill other people's hype ...

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and this isnt a collector edition, what they put out is a bare minimum starter pack.

The Starter Pack is $100 at the most...

this is not like you buy the tomb raider game with a statue, map, dlc skins and a season pass etc... skylanders dont end, there is always the next thing to buy. and if you start buying you will end up good over 300 dollars or even more...

CAPTAIN OBVIOUS TO THE RESCUE!!!

Imma let you in on a little secret... We don't give a flying crap. We KNOW it's expensive! We still choose to buy it. If we don't like an aspect of the game or certain characters from it... WE AREN'T FORCED TO BUY IT!

I don't know why I'm still coming on this topic to see more from the most thick-skulled person on DarkSpyro.

Also, regarding the Blind Bags chest crap, the packaging just says they unlock nine digital parts (digital meaning in-game), not nine EXCLUSIVE digital parts. So I don't even know where you got the idea that you NEED to buy chests.

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There was the cost of books, dice, adventures, etc. and there was the threat of all the effort that went in being lost by an over zealous ogre. When you buy stuff for this game, you are paying for the ability to re-use it indefinitely. I never really think about the price because I am not one who is out to get everything, and I certainly don't need to have it all immediately.

You can't reuse it indefinately here, though. You chose that class once and kept it forever,like you bought the book with the stats but now you suddenly can't read the rest of it because reasons.

Keep in mind, I'm in no way in CMB's side. But I am still pissed at unresettable crystals.

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There was the cost of books, dice, adventures, etc. and there was the threat of all the effort that went in being lost by an over zealous ogre. When you buy stuff for this game, you are paying for the ability to re-use it indefinitely. I never really think about the price because I am not one who is out to get everything, and I certainly don't need to have it all immediately.

You can't reuse it indefinately here, though. You chose that class once and kept it forever,like you bought the book with the stats but now you suddenly can't read the rest of it because reasons.

Keep in mind, I'm in no way in CMB's side. But I am still pissed at unresettable crystals.

I totally understand your feelings on the non reset issue. My point is that you will have the character in the crystal forever, presumably. Just like every other skylander ever purchased, it gets tired but never dies. I am not saying that it would not be cool to reset them, just that as a former D&D player I do not agree with fail out of the gate thinking of our topic creator.

I wouldn't be surprised if Count is trolling us by repeatedly ignoring facts.

.....Actually, seeing as how many times he's done this, this is just another blundering ongoing discussion based on his denial and refusal to accept facts besides his own claims and people unintentionally boosting his ego.

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I wouldn't be surprised if Count is trolling us by repeatedly ignoring facts.

.....Actually, seeing as how many times he's done this, this is just another blundering ongoing discussion based on his denial and refusal to accept facts besides his own claims and people unintentionally boosting his ego.

This is exactly what I was thinking ...

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I have to agree with Moneybone here on some points. Yes, it is not worth buying every character. Yes, the character creator is pretty much dead. Yes, like all of the recent Skylanders games, this is a paywall. I also would like to add that Kaos being pre-order exclusive is just plain stupid. What about everyone who is not able to pre-order the game. They will not be able to get Kaos without paying a cost of at least $100 (or likely more) online.

The only characters I even plan on getting are Hood Sickle, Crash, Cortex, and hopefully Kaos. (Not counting the starter.)

Kaos isn't EXCLUSIVE to pre-order.
It says that you can get him exclusively on Day 1 by pre-ordering. This means he will be available in a single pack eventually.
If you don't want the characters, don't buy them.

I would put up the quote of Kaos being "out of reach" for people who did not pre-order, but I am too lazy to bother with that right now.

The biggest problem is, is you act like you can't play the game without getting everything. /most people have a ton of skylanders already, and some just like playing the game with new and old or old and old or new and new.

You want everything NOAW. And for free.


The battle packs are for extra items. You know, like how minecraft skins are for...extra skins. You act like you will get NOTHING if you can't have everything at once.


Eat a snickers and wait for black friday.

I reeeeeally can't wait for the next Skylander game to be announced so CountMoneyBone can complain even more about a franchise being too expensive that never was cheap to begin with.

WoW, only 200 dollars for day 1 wave 1 with Kaos, sounds like a great deal. Count me in. Last Year wave 1 was much more expensive.

Kaos is not exclusive only to pre-orders.
Kaos will be able to be purchased like any other Villain Sensei; he is the same price as all the others as well.
Kaos has his own page on the ToysRUs website. He will be available to pre-order when they make the button live.

Know what I noticed about the Blind Bags?

The colors are purple, blue, and green.

Purple is the color of Rare Imaginite.
Blue is the color of regular Imaginite.
Green is the color of Epic Imaginite.

My theory is that the color of the bags determine what the rarity of parts you would mostly get.

For example, a Purple blind bag, you would get a Silver chest, which contains mostly Rare Imaginite.
If you chose a Green Blind Bag, you would get a Gold Chest which contains mostly Epic Imaginite.
and if you chose Blue, you would mostly get just regular Imaginite, and its a Copper Chest.

Just a little theory I had. Let me know your thoughts.

this thread is more negative than an algebra test

Nothing is more negative then an Algebra test.

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Nothing is more negative then an Algebra test.

except countmoneybone.