Honestly, if the idea of no trials don’t bother you, there are plenty more reminders why YOU shouldn’t preorder.

  • Jordan Lund@lemmy.one
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    1 year ago

    I made a flow chart for this ages ago…

    Will it be legitimately hard to find? (Think Steel Battalion on Xbox.) No? Do not pre-order.

    Do you get anything for pre-ordering? No? Do not pre-order.

    Cosmetics only? Yes? Do not pre-order.

    Is it from a developer with an established track record? No? Do not pre-order.

    Is that established track record full of buggy launches (Bethesda)? Yes? Do not pre-order.

    Online only? Yes? Do not pre-order.

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        1 year ago

        Not sure how you got that from that message, there’s some games that would definitely qualify under this flow chart.

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            1 year ago

            To be fair I wait until after release to pick-up titles, will get FFXVI this weekend. Such a small cost, the risk is fine vs people spending thousands on other hobbies.

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          1 year ago

          FF16 was the first game I preordered in over a decade, and even then I only preordered it after I played the free demo and thoroughly enjoyed it.

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      Don’t encourage devs to gate content behind pre order exclusives. Day 1 DLC used to be seen for what it was: content that should be in the base game.

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      1 year ago

      Well yeah but half the fun of Bethesda games is their bugs lol. The space program run by giants was a bug everyone loves so they left it in