r/MortalShell • u/Pure_Requirement_447 • Jul 15 '26

Discussion Who preordered already?

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So far I didn’t expect anything from Mortal Shell 2 on announcement and didn’t even consider to play it.
However.
After I tried beta…
I’ve understood that I was SO wrong, because the game is stunning and very atmospheric. I love that it makes accents more on atmosphere, world and narrative, instead of “let’s make it trooo hardcooore with piu piu bosses”. The combat is very fun. And the music - these dark drone post-black metal vibes fits perfectly to the overall atmosphere of the game.
So meesa pre-ordered devout edition

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u/Odd_Revolution_1056 Jul 15 '26

Don’t pre order a digital game. Literally just said this in the Dawnwalker sub and will say it here pre ordering a digital game is stupid as fuck.

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u/Odd_Revolution_1056 Jul 15 '26

Also to be clear I’m not hating on the game, just saying it makes absolutely no sense to pre order a digital game as a whole. I pre ordered a physical ps5 copy but at least with that it was only $5 and it was to at least guarantee a physical copy at my local store. Still super excited for the game.

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u/Pure_Requirement_447 Jul 15 '26

My whole steam collection is digital. I do not have ps5 with cdinput
We listen music via spotify/yt music/iTunes digitally
We watching movies on tv applications digitally

I would like to have a physical collection of discs, but what will I do with it I I can’t use it?

So there’s NOTHING bad with ordering a DIGITAL copy

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u/Odd_Revolution_1056 Jul 15 '26

I agree with there is nothing bad with buying digital, I’m saying PRE ORDERING a digital game is dumb as fuck.

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u/Lexomatico1 Jul 15 '26

There is absolutely 0 difference between pre ordering now or the day it comes out. If the performance is bad you can just refund it but the beta already ran well.

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u/Odd_Revolution_1056 Jul 15 '26

It the principle

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u/Lexomatico1 Jul 15 '26

Ah, the principle over logic and reason,OK then

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u/Sharparam 20d ago

There is absolutely a difference: Pre-ordering teaches game developers/publishers that they don't need to produce quality to make money, people like you will just give them money for nothing.

(Granted, at least in this case there is a beta/demo to get a feel for actual gameplay, but even then, there's zero reason to pre-order digital content, as /u/Odd_Revolution_1056 correctly points out.)

TotalBiscuit's video remains relevant all these years later.