• conciselyverbose@kbin.social
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    10 months ago

    The first one is a decent game.

    But it also went to $20 extremely fast. Pretty much by itself, that takes the pressure off of rushing to buy it.

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      10 months ago

      I pre-ordered the game.

      Then, very quickly, the full game + all DLC was available for $20. And I was annoyed, because the DLC itself barely went on sale at all. I sure as shit am not about to pay more for it, after overpaying in the first place. So what do I get? Zero DLC. Nice.

      I learned my lesson. I’m waiting for the sale on part 2. And on this new prince of persia game.

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          10 months ago

          Pre-orders used to come with sweet incentives, since there’s otherwise no reason to do it. I’ve got cool tins, coins, plushies, and even a working mini harmonica from pre-orders I did in the 2000’s. Now they give you nothing but a few in-game items if you’re lucky. I have no idea why people even do it anymore.

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            10 months ago

            The ONLY two advantages to preordering now are game preloading, and exclusive preorder digital stuff for a game you were already going to buy at full price day one anyway.

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              10 months ago

              I preorder FFXIV expacs because it comes with an accessory to make leveling jobs wicked fast. So it’s worth it and a game I know I will play. Other games I wait. Not only do I know it won’t be my primary game, but I know not all games are going to be great.

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          10 months ago

          I pre-ordered a game once. It came out 09NOV2010.

          Still haven’t played it. Probably never will. The HD remaster is on steam now with mixed reviews.

          Never made that mistake again.

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          10 months ago

          I managed to buy mine on sale but not soon enough to get cheap parts… Waited out and found a bulk load being sold for mega cheap at a local warehouse.

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      10 months ago

      The second is a decent follow-up, too. There’s some things I wish it hadn’t changed while others I wish it had changed more, but honestly, I enjoyed playing it. A lot. Even the DLCs, though they are just more of the same and most will feel it’s too samey at that point.