Werehunter wrote:Yeah, I wasn't a huge fan of Maddison in previous games. Though she was the winner of the poll he ran about people's favorite character, with Rachel coming in second.
Oh and Libris, he does have the option to buy games without using offsite. Though they are bundled. The full pack is 8 games for about $20.00.
An update on this... Back in October I attempted to buy the download of the online games via his "Paypal Store" but it didn't work.. I mentioned it under the Pool-Party topic about a week or so later, having reported the problem but getting the usual response from Chaotic (i.e. none).
Finding myself with time on my hands I finally gave in to temptation and attempted to try again yesterday. The result was exactly the same. This is despite the fact that he has updated the list of games in the pack to include Maddison, so it's obviously not just a forgotten area of his website.
I have left feedback again but I guess Chaotic will treat it with the usual amount of disdain.
Before anyone starts clicking on the links and telling me they work you should know that anyone who persists with the transaction is taken to their Paypal account where they can even "pay" the $20 but as soon as you hit the button to complete it just takes you back to Chaotic's "shopping basket". The only upside is that no money is actually charged to your Paypal account.
Presumably some people will have taken out the ultra-short 2 month subscriptions, assuming the "Paypal Store" to be a dead link but I've never been a huge fan of his and I'm damned if I'm going to be conned out of $20 just to play for 2 months. I don't trust some of these payment processing sites anyway - and Chaotic seems to use a different one to anyone else, presumably because they charge him less. Given his attitude to his customers I somehow doubt Chaotic would choose a partner because of their track record in reliability, security and trust.
Basically the set of games are NOT available to download for $20 and to my knowledge it never have been. This sort of false claim would actually be unlawful here in the UK.