The first game I bought online May 5, 2008

I bought a game online for the first time 2 days ago. Sure, I used to buy games offline, and online too, but then I just bought a CD-key for an MMORPG called Guild Wars through eBay. Just a CD-key. But this time the game is distributed online and one have to download it afterwards.

So, the game (King’s Bounty: The Legend — an RPG with turn-based battles) was available to buy online using different kinds of e-money, particularly Yandex.Money and WebMoney (both are russian enterprises). It cost me 350 Russian roubles (approx. $15). Then I had to download it to my PC — the game weigh 1.9 Gb whereas I have a 2.5 Gb a month limit on that. But the game is worth it. I love it, actually.

The game is made by a Russian company and it is completely in Russian. Russians are particularly good at making turn-based and real-time strategies, for example, Heroes of Might and Magic V, Silent Storm (both created by Nival Interactive), Space Rangers 2: Dominators (by Elemental Games), and many more. But they suck at FPSes and racing games, to be honest.