Then you grab your receipt, march your happy butt on into the store and request a full refund which they can't deny you. I've never really had that trouble because I'm good at knowing games I'll like and what games I won't. And, just because a game gets bad reviews doesn't mean you won't like it as I have owned plenty of games that rated in the 4's that I absolutely loved. *cough* Operation Raccoon City *cough*
Opinions of video games are in the eyes of the beholder, and the quality of the game is only determined by how much you actually enjoy it yourself. Not by how much someone who got paid to play it liked it. Although, I won't deny that it's a good benchmark. But, I've also had plenty of high rated games that I don't like, or won't even bat an eye regardless of popularity. Like, I will never spend a dollar Super Meat Boy. I just think the whole game looks stupid and there's no possible way I would ever like it.
Opinions of video games are in the eyes of the beholder, and the quality of the game is only determined by how much you actually enjoy it yourself. Not by how much someone who got paid to play it liked it. Although, I won't deny that it's a good benchmark. But, I've also had plenty of high rated games that I don't like, or won't even bat an eye regardless of popularity. Like, I will never spend a dollar Super Meat Boy. I just think the whole game looks stupid and there's no possible way I would ever like it.
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So you're pre-ordering a game that you've never paid before, unsure whether you like it or not.
See, it's **** like that that pissed people off about Arkham Origins, AC anything past one, Borderlands Prequel, Aliens: Colonial Marines LMFAO... hell, any game that any gamer didn't like for glaring reasons that was pre-ordered.
Like, literally the only good reason you'd have for pre-ordering was if you spent time playing it in Alpha or Beta releases and even then it's shaky.
Let the game release, let the idiots who DID pre-order complain about it, see reviews on it and then you can be more certain it's a purchase you're going to be satisfied with. There's only two games I've pre-ordered in the last 4 years that I wasn't disappointed with in some way and that was Skyrim and Dynasty Warriors: Xtreme Legends. Everything else had bugs or problems or it was just a **** game on release that it wasn't worth pre-ordering and in some cases, was super-glad I didn't pre-order them (Assassin's Creed: Unity, lol). I don't want to waste my time being frustrated on a game because of some issue that could easily have been avoided had I just not pre-ordered, waited and see. Plus, good deals usually come AFTER the game is released and pre-order content isn't ever actually worth the extra money, lmfao.
And best of all, I don't have to waste time refunding games (plus, there's the risk of you not being able to refund it according to Steam standards).
The reason isn't solely monetary.
See, it's **** like that that pissed people off about Arkham Origins, AC anything past one, Borderlands Prequel, Aliens: Colonial Marines LMFAO... hell, any game that any gamer didn't like for glaring reasons that was pre-ordered.
Like, literally the only good reason you'd have for pre-ordering was if you spent time playing it in Alpha or Beta releases and even then it's shaky.
Let the game release, let the idiots who DID pre-order complain about it, see reviews on it and then you can be more certain it's a purchase you're going to be satisfied with. There's only two games I've pre-ordered in the last 4 years that I wasn't disappointed with in some way and that was Skyrim and Dynasty Warriors: Xtreme Legends. Everything else had bugs or problems or it was just a **** game on release that it wasn't worth pre-ordering and in some cases, was super-glad I didn't pre-order them (Assassin's Creed: Unity, lol). I don't want to waste my time being frustrated on a game because of some issue that could easily have been avoided had I just not pre-ordered, waited and see. Plus, good deals usually come AFTER the game is released and pre-order content isn't ever actually worth the extra money, lmfao.
And best of all, I don't have to waste time refunding games (plus, there's the risk of you not being able to refund it according to Steam standards).
The reason isn't solely monetary.
Basically, you wrote a whole lot of stuff which can basically be described into, "don't buy into the hype." Which is understandable, don't buy into the hype. Buy into what you think you want, personally I have a good sense of knowing what I want.
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On the "pirating is super bad" argument, here's what I do for games that are mainstream/still in circulation. Pirate it, play it for an hour. If I like it, I buy it. If not, well then I don't waste money on something that I don't like.
And besides, if the company hypes the game and then cashes in on the pre-orders they may not have any incentive to give you a decent product now.
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BigBoxGamer wrote:
Basically, you wrote a whole lot of stuff which can basically be described into, "don't buy into the hype." Which is understandable, don't buy into the hype. Buy into what you think you want, personally I have a good sense of knowing what I want.
Not exactly. There are far more advantages to not pre-ordering than there are pre-ordering. There are literally no advantages to pre-ordering except to get it exactly at release and 'extra content', whilst not pre-ordering saves a whole lot more hassle, plus better deals usually come out after release in order to try and increase its sales.
It may be an incentive to not trust the company again unless they can prove they've cleaned up their act. Otherwise, I avoid specifically buying into hype and I can usually tell what I'm getting into by looking at the product. If some looks great, and seems too good to be true. Chances are that it's exactly that, too good to be true. Take Watch_Dogs for example, tons of hype surrounding but after time my interest started to wear off. Because they only showed the same type of gameplay over and over, and that raised a ton of red flags for me. Although, I didn't have money I wouldn't have pre-ordered even if I did because my game designer's intuition sees something they're showing that I don't like.
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sirell wrote:
Not exactly. There are far more advantages to not pre-ordering than there are pre-ordering. There are literally no advantages to pre-ordering except to get it exactly at release and 'extra content', whilst not pre-ordering saves a whole lot more hassle, plus better deals usually come out after release in order to try and increase its sales.
I personally disagree, I think there's more to gain from pre-ordering.
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You already spent the money and you have no idea if the game will be even any good. It's not like you get anything out of pre-ordering it, usually at least.