Gamers who preorder non-physical games need a legitimate intervention
this post was submitted on 05 Oct 2023
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But ... but... collector and exclusive content!
If it's not physical swag it's just DRM'd pixels that you don't actually own. 🤷
I know, and I didn't pre order anything for a very long time (and don't plan to). But unfortunately as long as some players get attracted with this kind of shitty "exclusive" the whole community will have to suffer from the companies pushing this behavior.
Be vocal about it with everyone you know. Change someone’s mind and encourage them to do the same.
I don't pre-order but what's wrong with it? Buy right before release and then ask for a refund if you don't like it.
I did it ONCE and got burned so bad I've never even considered it ever again. Just Cause 4. So bad, it's not even on the lists of biggest letdowns. A letdown of letdowns.
Assassins Creed games are basically the Derek Zoolander calendar where each month showcases a different one of his looks.
What a beautiful image!
Took me a while to realize what you meant by that list of games. I thought I was on the piracy community so I was thinking "why would I want to pirate any of those???"
Played Starfield so I can have memories of how it used to be. Putting it down for a year for the modders to do their holy work.
Arkham Asylum is dope. My favourite of the trilogy.
Have fun with this one :)
Just bought Cyberpunk 2077 after the 2.0 update dropped and it was half off. Worth it!
Arkham Asylum was a blast, any of the Arkham series really is a solid choice
Is there anything non-indie that's released in the last 2-3 years and hasn't been an absolute shit show on launch?
Elden Ring, Tears of The Kingdom, Baldurs Gate 3 comes to mind.
The release of Baldur's Gate 3 was when I re-purchased Baldur's Gate 1 for a play. Owned the physical for windows 98 back in the day and wanted to give it a nostalgia run while I wait for the price to come down on BG3.
Armored Core 6 as well
Elden Ring PC port was rough but the game itself was great
Yeah, performances were shit, barely playable in the open world with a r7 2700 and a 1080ti
I definitely seem to have gotten lucky with that. Were the issues performance related or something else?