Freeverse releases a Horde of Orcs on the Mac

I downloaded and ran Horde of Orcs, realised I was already running [a processor-intensive application] and immediately quit the game. I just went to try and run it again but now my trial has expired. I didn't play it for *one* minute, never mind 60.

If a trial is designed to show users what the purchased product is like, I'd imagine the purchased version of Horde of Orcs to be full of promise, but with little thought given to user experience; a huge disappointment.

-- And if you don't like a fully 3D TD game with hidden easter eggs and the committed support

What value do easter eggs add to the game? They were cute once way back when the first apps had them but now they're just ore bloat in the bloatware... and excuses for raising prices.

I opened it started playing for about 3 minutes, paused it and when I came back from lunch my trial had expired.

Maybe limit the levels or something but 60 minutes?

I'm surprised so many are surpriosed at the price. Freeverse is known for overpricing their apps.

And if anyone from Freeverse is still reading this thread; I'm still ticked off at the Sound Studio price jump. It's a great app (not that you guys programmed it), but worth half what you're charging. It went from $35 to $80, and all you did was change the "2" to a "3" at the end of the title.

Weak.

isn't this blake buck as Orc?

I enjoyed it and bought it. Of course, I'm a DTD addict, but I think the game looks and runs quite nicely on my 24" Al iMac. I, for one, do recommend it, thought I agree that it would probably be better priced at $15 than $25.

I think this is an interesting game with two major flaws. The first is the price, which is IMHO too high for any casual game, let alone one that has a 100 other versions online for free. Second, I have to agree that the graphics are a bit underwhelming for 2007. If the price were lower, perhaps I could let that slide somewhat.

$25?? Are you kidding me? This game is worth $5-10. It's basically just a port of a flash game that looks like it is running in the quake 2 engine.

I wouldn't be surprised if freeverse paid for this post.

Interesting, the game is called "When Orcs Attack" on the online version of the game: http://www.mrjoy.com/games/webplayer/6 (requires a plugin). It's also available for windows, so I guess you still haven't had a Mac only experience.

I downloaded the demo and started playing. 15 minutes later, I was buying it-- especially since it's on MacSantaDeals.com today (12/12/2007) with 20% off.