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symbolic posted:what do goons think of early access, when you're paying to beta test the game for the devs? it made it alright to charge whatever the gently caress for a broken game that will never make it out of alpha/beta
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I wait 3-6 months and get the "Super best awesome game ever" for 50% of the launch price and all the DLC free.
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Aug 26, 2016 23:00
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Devil may cry 2 broke me of that long ago, but back then it wasn't uncommon for stores to sell out of a game where I live. The only game I can think of in recent years that was actually hard to find upon release was last of us. DMC2 was such trash that it's really rare that I buy a game without waiting for reviews, and I'm sure as hell not preordering anything.
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Aug 26, 2016 23:01
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symbolic posted:what do goons think of early access, when you're paying to beta test the game for the devs? i think it depends on how playable the game is and what they charge for it. like I got Kerbal space program back in 2012 for $15 and I got my money's worth in the first month because it was still a lot of fun as-is.
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Aug 26, 2016 23:34
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nomadologique posted:i pre ordered overwatch and lmao that is the worst mistake i've made in like 10 or 15 years You preordered Overwatch? You used to be my hero. Did you hear that sound just now? That's the sound of you falling off the pedestal I put you on. I had Duke Nukem Forever preordered because I wanted a stupid bust of Duke, but I played the demo for 10 minutes and canceled.
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Aug 26, 2016 23:36
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Farmer Crack-rear end posted:it's not like this is loving 1997 where not pre-ordering means you might have to wait longer to get a game because the store sold out of their first shipment. poo poo's all digital now. more like no mans LIE amirite 
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Aug 26, 2016 23:41
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mind the walrus posted:MGSV legitimately sucked dick solely because it pulled one of those faux-cinematic "you're a wounded soldier wandering through a hospital" moments where the controls are rear end and you have to sit around listening to an NPC blather on about poo poo you don't care about before you've even gotten oriented. I sat through 20 minutes of bullshit before I set down the controller and said "no way." Pretty sure you could have hobbled your way out of that burning hospital in the time it took you to tell us you're not 13 years old
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Aug 26, 2016 23:57
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I traded in a bunch of pretty good ps3 games to buy PC brink on launch day. That was by far the most I've ever been disappointed in a game. It was made by the guys who did Wolfenstein: ET. How did they gently caress it up so badly? 
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Aug 27, 2016 00:26
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symbolic posted:what do goons think of early access, when you're paying to beta test the game for the devs? 
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^^^^^^  I have no words for this. Well besides that those people are depressingly delusional. And dumb. And if it wasn't so funny it would be sad. symbolic posted:what do goons think of early access, when you're paying to beta test the game for the devs? This, I'm not as concerned about. If the game is playable and actually good for being early access, then I can understand. I might even have an early access game, not sure. The thing is, if I'm beta testing a game for you then I want a discount. I'm not paying full price for an unfinished game.
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Aug 27, 2016 01:15
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Pennywise the Frown posted:This, I'm not as concerned about. If the game is playable and actually good for being early access, then I can understand. I might even have an early access game, not sure.
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Aug 27, 2016 01:25
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Crow_Rodeo posted:more like no mans LIE amirite daaaaaaaaaaaamn      
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Jesustheastronaut! posted:Pretty sure you could have hobbled your way out of that burning hospital in the time it took you to tell us you're not 13 years old Yeah but I had more fun doing this.
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who the hell even pays full price when the game is going to be half price in 6 months on steam..Pennywise the Frown posted:This, I'm not as concerned about. If the game is playable and actually good for being early access, then I can understand. I might even have an early access game, not sure. It sucks to get burned out on a game before it even comes out though. With some games I don't want to play all over again when its "finished".
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Aug 27, 2016 07:04
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Last one I did was for Xenoblade because of the weird distribution deal with Nintendo and Gamestop.
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The two games I want to play on early access are Days of War and Secrets of Grindea. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=633799024 http://store.steampowered.com/app/269770/ I'm willing to pay money to play them early, am I an idiot?
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Pawn 17 posted:who the hell even pays full price when the game is going to be half price in 6 months on steam..
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ColoradoCleric posted:The two games I want to play on early access are Days of War and Secrets of Grindea. Eh, I'd say no. Like I said, I think early access isn't bad unless you get a discount or something. Again, even if it's early access, I'd wait for reviews. Since it is early access it could be even a bigger piece of poo poo right out the gate. Who knows though? I THINK I got Battle of Empires 1914-1918 early access because it had a heavy discount during a sale and because there are basically zero WWI RTS games and very, very few WWI games that exist at all. If it was an early access game then that was a big mistake. According to the reviews now, you basically have a base game and have to buy everything for it. To be honest I haven't even played it yet though.  Glad I got it on sale. So even with early access....... wait for the reviews. Don't get it on day 1, or wait for a discount or sale because same with preordering you have no clue what you are getting into. Otherwise, yes you are an idiot. disclaimer: These are my stupid opinions. edit: I can't tell looking at my library which games I've gotten early access and I'm not about to go through each one to see if it is. But I STILL don't even get those unless it's on sale. I honestly have no idea when I bought a game at full price. Must be around 5+ years. At least. Pennywise the Frown fucked around with this message at 19:21 on Aug 28, 2016 |
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Aug 28, 2016 17:56
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symbolic posted:what do goons think of early access, when you're paying to beta test the game for the devs? i made the mistake of this with Starbound. I'm never doing Early Access again, gently caress you chucklefish
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BillmasterCozb posted:i made the mistake of this with Starbound. hoo boy
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Aug 28, 2016 19:16
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I preordered Pokémon Moon because I like Pokémon 
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Aug 28, 2016 19:24
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Preordering saved me a poo poo ton of money. I preordered a bunch of games when the Canadian dollar wasn't absolute poo poo. I'm getting Zelda for 50CAD. It's going for nearly 90CAD with the new Canadian dollar. Preordering games is more freezing the price. If the economy doesn't tank cancel the preorder. If it does, you just got the game half off.
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Aug 28, 2016 19:37
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Houle posted:Preordering saved me a poo poo ton of money. I preordered a bunch of games when the Canadian dollar wasn't absolute poo poo. I'm getting Zelda for 50CAD. It's going for nearly 90CAD with the new Canadian dollar. The US dollar isn't quite as volatile. So you are working off of the fluctuation of currency as opposed to waiting until the game goes on sale. With a preorder, you generally pay full price..... but you might get a lovely pink gun or some other dumb poo poo for buying the game before it comes out.
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The gently caress kind of name is Secrets of Grindea
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mdm posted:The gently caress kind of name is Secrets of Grindea It's too obvious of a joke, but do they run with it?
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Pawn 17 posted:who the hell even pays full price when the game is going to be half price in 6 months on steam.. cuz I wanna play it now and who cares about $20 lol
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Moridin920 posted:cuz I wanna play it now and who cares about $20 lol I feel like that too sometimes, but there are so many good games coming out each year, it's really easy to build up a queue and play everything 6 months after release. Some online only multiplayer games are worth full price right away though I guess.
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Aug 29, 2016 07:52
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I found an Oblivion shirt, so i guess i pre-ordered that? Which is probably why i've never pre ordered anything since. I also 'pre-ordered' Xcom 2 a few hours before it was released on steam, so not sure that actually counts as i was going to buy it anyway. (and i had been watching all the people playing it and knew it would be good enough to justify the price)
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Aug 29, 2016 10:31
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I don't buy games anymore until I see some post release gameplay. Actually that's a lie, the last game I bought at release was Dark Souls 3 but I haven't even been playing it 
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Aug 29, 2016 10:44
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Aug 29, 2016 10:49
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Preordering on Amazon is nice cuz of the discount. Preordering at GameStop is dumb as gently caress because you get no discount, still have to return later to pick it up, and unless you're preordering some huge hyped POS they'll have plenty of copies of anyways, you'll likely not even get your game at release.
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Aug 29, 2016 14:55
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Gutcruncher posted:Preordering on Amazon is nice cuz of the discount. Preordering at GameStop is dumb as gently caress because you get no discount, still have to return later to pick it up, and unless you're preordering some huge hyped POS they'll have plenty of copies of anyways, you'll likely not even get your game at release. Because people intend to sell back the game, and get credit towards gameinformer or the next console. Hardware sales are back in style
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Edgar posted:Amazon Prime gives a discount if you preorder half the time the 'second' shipment of games have the preorder codes in the cases as well so you don't even miss out on that poo poo
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Aug 29, 2016 16:54
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symbolic posted:what do goons think of early access, when you're paying to beta test the game for the devs? Worth it if one (or more) of these is true: A: You really care about the game in question and want to be able to contribute your opinion towards how the game is designed/balanced. B: The early access gets you a full copy of the game on release and is cheaper than the price will be on release. C: You know you will just really love the game and OH MY GOD I NEED TO PLAY IT NOW!
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Pawn 17 posted:I feel like that too sometimes, but there are so many good games coming out each year, it's really easy to build up a queue and play everything 6 months after release. Yeah I mean don't get me wrong the games on my 'buy now gently caress it' list are not many and I end up waiting to see how things pan out most of the time.
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Aug 29, 2016 16:58
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wyntyr posted:I preordered Pokémon Moon because I like Pokémon
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RVWinkle posted:Another time I tried to buy Unreal Tournament 2k4 from Gamestop on release day and the fucker gave me a whole bunch of poo poo for not pre ordering. I went to GameStop and bought Lollipop Chainsaw on release day and the goon behind the counter scolded me for not pre-ordering because now I wouldn't get the sexy extra pre-order costumes.
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Aug 29, 2016 18:00
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AutomaticPrince posted:I went to GameStop and bought Lollipop Chainsaw on release day and the goon behind the counter scolded me for not pre-ordering because now I wouldn't get the sexy extra pre-order costumes. yeah bro now you can't fap optimally what were you thinking
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Aug 29, 2016 18:31
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Gamestop employee insulted a customer for not preordering a game soon enough to get a limited edition. Then they insulted another customer for WANTING to preorder a game early. All while bugging you to preorder a game when you check out. Wasn't there a big story of a guy who preordered and prepaid for a big limited edition of a game from Gamestop only to show up during the day of the midnight launch to pick it up and they told him, "Oh, we plum ran out of that limited edition. We were supposed to get 4, but only got 3, so you should have been here at midnight."
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I was about to say pretty much nothing since Zelda 64 but I forgot about that Xenoblade Wii game which I ended up enjoying but eh wasn't my kinda game any more. Sold it for about the same as I paid for it on SA Mart so someone's happy with it 
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