discussion Do you prefer to play games on release day or wait a while?

[CondomStretch]

I'll also wait until any patches or mods have been updated.

Same, I recently re-downloaded the Witcher 3 to play the remastered version but I was that they fucked up some of the lighting for the game.

In most cases I wait to buy the game because I largely play single player games so there really is no rush for me. I also don't play too many new games and just stick to older games and replay them like Skyrim and Terraria but play with new mods every time.

 

[dasdas24]

I don't really prefer to wait a while but it just happens by virtue of having a long list of older games to play. By the time I come around to something I have "waited" a while.

 

[ontach]

Same, I recently re-downloaded the Witcher 3 to play the remastered version but I was that they fucked up some of the lighting for the game.

In most cases I wait to buy the game because I largely play single player games so there really is no rush for me. I also don't play too many new games and just stick to older games and replay them like Skyrim and Terraria but play with new mods every time.

I was talking about the games on sites like this - Renpy, Unity, HTML etc. For AAA games I usually wait until they are on sale. Besides, I have a potato PC so my options are limited. For instance, while I own and enjoy Witcher 3, my system doesn't meet the minimum requirements for the remastered version, so until I upgrade, I'll have to stick with the old version.

I too prefer single player games, preferably third person games where I can see my character. I enjoy playing with mods, so I often have two versions of a game - a legal Steam version where mods are not allowed and a pirated version which I can play with whichever mods I like.

 

[CondomStretch]

I was talking about the games on sites like this - Renpy, Unity, HTML etc. For AAA games I usually wait until they are on sale. Besides, I have a potato PC so my options are limited. For instance, while I own and enjoy Witcher 3, my system doesn't meet the minimum requirements for the remastered version, so until I upgrade, I'll have to stick with the old version.

I too prefer single player games, preferably third person games where I can see my character. I enjoy playing with mods, so I often have two versions of a game - a legal Steam version where mods are not allowed and a pirated version which I can play with whichever mods I like.

Ah, that makes more sense I rarely shell out full price for AAA games unless I know I will love the game largely due to the high price. The only games I bought brand new in recent memory was Minecraft Dungeons II because I loved the first one and Palworld because I thought the idea behind it was great. The current climate of gaming pricing also makes getting new games so much worse because system upgrading is so expensive, games are getting less optimized forcing you to upgrade, and games are progressively increasing in price.

 

[Rikimaru29]

I mean, a normal game, if we get the monetary issue out of the way, do you prefer to play it as soon as possible or wait a reasonable amount of time?

The thing is that for me it is not worth playing a game as soon as it is released on the market, ignoring the question of price, the developers take time to add content and fix things, look at cyberpunk as an example, 3 years until the dlc is released and the game is completed as such, an extreme case I know, but I have realized that if I give the games a year or so (I admit sometimes more) as a rule it is much better for me when it comes to play them, there are DLCs, the bugs and technical problems are gone, more free content, etc... the only games that I see worth having as soon as possible are those intended for multiplayer.

With all this I do not want to belittle those who buy them on day 1, they are the ones who basically maintain the video game companies, what I can criticize is the developers who, instead of launching games that lack some polish, launch unfinished games .

It depends. If it something I know or continuation of a franchise or series I'll buy day one regardless of pre-conception. New Mass Effect - pre-ordering actually. Any new Fifa, naaaah I'll wait a few months. New Division pre-order and so on.