I suppose Baldur’s Gate 3 could be an example for a lot of people. Any recent or just “recent” release you are waiting for to get at the moment?
For me is it starfield. I am a bit to hyped up for it. I will try to wait a year or more. Just like I did for cyberpunk and I was hyped for that game since the first trailer haha
if you wait that long then stuff that is still buggy usually have a mod that fix it.
Same here. Any Bethesda game deserves time to simmer for a good while before playing in my opinion.
This is gonna sound crazy, but I’ve basically played every Bethesda game (except redguard) from release, going all the way back to Arena. I know they have bugs, but they’re not really more buggy on release (or later) than a lot of other games I’d played back then. I agree that we should always be expecting better from game companies that are expecting more profit, but if I compare tES games to my other faves… well, let me use examples.
I love Vampire Bloodlines. Famously fan patched for its extreme bugginess after the studio dissolved. Master of Magic? Yup, fan patched. In fact, I think almost every game I put on my top 20 list has fan patched for major bugs that never got fixed in the full lifecycle of the game.
Are you saying it is fine if it is buggy or that it won’t be worse than other games? Because if starfield that seem to be a lot bigger than cyberpunk has as many bugs as cyberpunk did at release then I won’t be playing starfield for a while.
But at least they patch their games for many years, skyrim even got new editions and special edition got their last bug patch last year. So I am not worried that it will be a buggy mess forever just that I have to wait a bit for it to be good enough to not be immersion breaking. Last thing I want is being frustrated because of bugs.
Are you saying it is fine if it is buggy or that it won’t be worse than other games?
No, I’m going to say they’re a lot less buggy than people say, and not comparably buggy to most other games I’ve enjoyed in my life. Of course they should strive for improvement. That should go without saying.
But at least they patch their games for many years, Skyrim even got new editions and special edition got their last bug patch last year
100% agreed.
I would wait on Starfield myself and wait for mods, but considering it’s part of gamepass, I see no reason to not give it a fair shake, especially since I have a few more months of gamepass I got gifted. I do however plan on buying the game like a year or two from now (or maybe ten, if Skyrim is anything to go on) on Steam to do another modded playthrough
Is it going to be on the PC version of Game Pass? I was going to wait because that’s a lot of money for me not having much time, but I can probably get behind “renting” it by paying for Game Pass.
Yeah, it is. Apparently you can even get the early access if you really wanted to by just buying the deluxe upgrade and skip buying the base game. I have it pre-downloaded for the main release (no idea if I even have time to play it then)
Nice! I might not have to be patient for Starfield at all. I mean, at least after Wheel of Time season 2 anyway.
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In waiting on it because my vr headset isn’t as good as it could be
I finally got one and played it this summer, worth the wait for sure
Starfield, waiting to see how many issues it has and what actual gameplay and graphics looks like.
Yeah I’m shocked at how quick people forgot Fallout 76, and the plethora of other broken Bethesda releases.
Don’t get me wrong I’d love for it to be good, but I’ve just been burned too many times to trust it at launch haha
This will be their first major release under daddy Microsoft, so things may be different. Or they may not. Let’s wait and see!
first major release under daddy Microsoft, so things may be different
I wouldn’t hold my breath:
- Bethesda’s management have always unvalued spending effort on engine development
- Microsoft’s awful mandated top-down rules are what seriously messed up Halo Infinite:
- To go into this point in more detail:
- 343 industries hired a large amount of “temporary” contractors to work on Halo Infinite (this is standard in AAA games)
- For legal reasons, any contractor who had worked on a project for 18 months is given workers protections
- Microsoft mandated that each contractor be “let go” right before reaching this 18 month time-frame.
- During the regular process of development, different developers would build different things, then over time either help out with any questions on how to use it, or tweak it to support a new use case.
- During Microsoft’s mandated development, the developer who built a tool or best knew how it worked was let go. Since it’s easier to write new code rather than read existing code unassisted the developer who needs something done before a deadline has to build a new tool. After 5 years we now have 40 something tools that are all built based on different assumptions that keep overwriting each other’s results in wildly expected way. No one knows how anything works anymore.
Yeah I imagine Microsoft will push for less bugs, which seems to be the case, but that game engine is so jank. Unless they made giant upgrades to it, I expect it to still have many of the same old limitations
I honestly didn’t even know that it was coming out so soon, so if it’s shit, eh.
Same, I’m probably going to wait until the first sale since I don’t want to support $70 as the new game standard unless the game is actually worth it (not a big ridden mess and bugs get patched in a timely manner, content and gameplay lives up to the hype, etc). If it sounds like there aren’t many bugs and the content lives up to the hype I may buy it at $70, but I’m trying to avoid it without missing out
It’s on Game Pass if you’re on PC/Xbox and your country is covered. Feels good to be able to play a triple A game for “free” tbh
I’m just glad it’s on gamepass so I can try it out without having to pay full price
Oh so many!
- Cyberpunk 2077
- Elden Ring
- God of War Ragnarok
- Hogwarts Legacy
- Jedi Survivor
- Horizon Forbidden West Burning Shores
- Baldur’s Gate 3 (though it’s not on consoles yet …
I’ve a huge backlog that I’m chipping through one by one, and thse games are only going to get better with patches or cheaper with sales, I can wait for that and reduce my backlog at the same time :D
Bout cyberpunk 2077 for $20 three months ago.
Still buggy. It was okay. Lots of boring combat. But the story, acting, and world? Amazing! I had to use a mod to help change some of the hotkeys.
After 25 hours… Update broke my save.
Id say keep waiting until 2025 when the GoTY is released and fanpatches exist.
BG3 is the only game I’ve bought at launch price in my life. No regrets, what an amazing job from Larian.
+1 for God of war ragnarock, no ps5 here so I’ll be waiting for steam release. I just played the prequel this year anyways so I can wait
I’ve been holding out on getting Stray for about a year now. I’m just not willing to pay full price for a relatively short game.
Same. It looks adorable but the price is a little too high for me.
I thought it was worth the $30, but I do wish it had a bit more. Like an extra Zoomies mode for timed runs or races.
I’m sure it really is worth the money but I’m a patient gamer because I’m cheap. I’d rather support a good company in other ways like buying soundtracks and swag versus getting burned on a overpriced game.
Same! It’s like Abzu, or Journey and I’ll get it when it’s 9.99 or less.
Eh it has so much more production wise than journey though… I love journey, it’s a one of a kind play experience… but everything is minimalistic. Stray is the opposite so chucking them another 15 bucks to cover character design and animation, level design, voice acting, etc doesn’t feel too bad to me
Same! Waiting for it to hit the $10-15 range.
Every playstation exclusive that ends up on PC.
Those Spiderman games look SWEET. I’m super excited about Ghost of Tsushima and can’t wait for it to be released in 2024, and finally play it in 2027 when it’s on sale.
Same here, I don’t have $499 burning in my pocket to justify getting Spider-Man 2 when I have a perfectly serviceable PC that can do about as much as a PS5 and then some.
Starfield. Too expensive at release and likely to be buggy
Same. But add not having anything able to efficiently run it at a satisfactory level at the moment.
The Expanse: A Telltale Series
I see it has been received well but I’m avoiding all details and waiting for all episodes to be released.
My friend was the motion capture actress for the main character in this game! Her job is so much cooler than mine…
I was a patient reader and just finished the last Expanse book last weekend (it was fantastic). Now I’m having to work very hard to remain patient for this game. I may buy it just to support the franchise and play it on my own time later.
Tears of the Kingdom because I basically just purchased Breath of the Wild a few months ago and haven’t finished it.
Baldur’s Gate 3, because my friends want to play it all together and so I’m waiting for them
Starfield, Baldur‘s Gate 3, and Cyberpunk.
I‘m so tempted to just be part of the Starfield start hype but… let‘s be honest, it‘s a Bethesda game so it probably needs another year of patches and mods.
And Baldur‘s Gate seems to also require a few patches and I‘m not paying more than 40 bucks for any digital copy of a game, even if it‘s the second coming of Christ among videogames.
Cyberpunk I‘m merely waiting to have a PC that is powerful enough to play it in all its glory. So probably gotta wait half a decade lol
Obviously, on top of my mentioned reasons, it‘s not like I don‘t have 100+ untouched games dozens of them critically acclaimed, so it’s not like I’m just staring at my wall waiting for my moment to strike lol
BG3 is the only game in my life I’ve bought at launch. No regrets. This studio definitely deserves the full price tag. I’ve experienced like 5 bugs throughout my 130 hours of playing. I came from a poorer country and still made sense to me to vote with my wallet what games should be striving to look like on launch.
I am still waiting for Cyberpunk 2077 to go better than half price.
Stray as well, it seems too expensive for a short game.
For me there are a couple.
Hades (2020) - I’m not in any hurry with this one. I’d get it if GOG starts to sell it, otherwise I’ll wait a bit more.
Outer Wilds (2020) - I’m getting impatient with this. I’d like this more on GOG too, but I think I’ll just buy it when Steam winter sale comes.
The Guild III (2022) - quirky trade/life sim game and I have some fond memories of the second one. But that had quite a few bugs even long after release and I hear the third game still looks unfinished so I’m patient.
It’s a shame that the Outer Wilds went for a timed exclusive to epic, but it did help me wait to get it!
Hades is so very good… I don’t think it will come to gog soon ish because, if I remember correct that is, epic payed a lot of bucks for it.
Their exclusivity period is over either way. The game has been on Steam for years. I don’t think it would block a GOG release in any way now.
GoG has a sale right now, and Outer Wilds is in it. I played when I had Game Pass but have almost no desire to buy it, even though I almost beat it.
Are you sure that’s Outer Wilds? https://store.steampowered.com/app/753640/Outer_Wilds
Maybe what you are thinking of is Outer Worlds, which is a common mix-up. https://store.steampowered.com/app/578650/The_Outer_Worlds
I don’t think Outer Wilds is on GOG unfortunately.
You’re right, Outer Worlds. My bad.
im so patient that im waiting for BG3 to come to ps5
Have some respect for those of us waiting for Xbox 🥲
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Just Starfield. They keep making statements that, as a long time Bethesda fan, sound ridiculous. Tell me lies, tell me sweet sweet lies, Todd. I would like to be pleasantly surprised, but I am reserving judgment for the actual release of the game.
Remember when Todd went on stage and spent 5 minutes joking about the “tell me lies” memes before lying his ass off to sell the steaming pile of shit that was Fallout 76?
I bet he’s laughing his ass off at all the Starfield preorders, cupping his hands together like a Saturday morning villain and preparing to drink the tears of his customers - Granting him eternal youth.
I believe every single thing you said to be true, except the part about eternal youth. He is definitely looking older lol
Maybe a Sith like extension of life? He’ll still be around in 50 years, but looking like Palpatine after being left scarred and deformed.
it just works
I’m holding out on starfield. There must be a cyberpunk moment waiting right around the corner because you can’t jam all that in a game and expect it to work too.
Also 80% what’s out there of so called features of this game only exists inside the heads of influencers. That hopium is the real problem.
I tried holding out on armoured core. I couldn’t. Glad I didn’t. Amazing game. Easier then Elden ring but still very clearly a from software title.
People are mad because starfield doesn’t have things they never said they would have. It is not no man sky, but the comparison is going to be hard to shake
No, they’re mad because the developers have a really bad habit of speaking in generalizations that they know will make the fans assume a bunch of shit and then claim it was all their fault later when it turns out none of that exists or works like they heavily insinuated.
“Yeah you can walk around a whole planet!”
If you don’t mind walking back to your ship so you can fly to the next chunk of the planet since there’s seemingly no mechanic to “call in” your ship and the terrain will eventually block you with invisible walls.
It’s not the lack of features, it’s the developers willing to let the players invent things in their heads until release day when it inevitably comes crashing down.
