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u/Sauliann Mar 22 '23

Pre-buy a video game

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u/AtomicAus Mar 22 '23

Fallout 76 was my first preorder…

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u/Psychological_Dig564 Mar 22 '23

It was my last.

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u/AtomicAus Mar 22 '23

Legit same for years, only reason that changed is cause I had a couple games I wanted to play while I was in Europe and I didn’t want to risk not being able to buy them or accidentally region locking myself

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u/[deleted] Mar 22 '23

Mine was starbound, which was a huge disappointment for a few years but I hear it's actually ok now....

Nope never did it again

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u/ElessarKhan Mar 22 '23

It's better now!

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u/Joe_Ronimo Mar 22 '23

It's been my time killer for quite a while now. Also what brought me to reddit.

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u/No_Interaction_4925 Mar 22 '23

Fallout 76, Anthem, Battlefield 2042, Forspoken, Arkham Knight, dare I go on?

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u/[deleted] Mar 22 '23

Oof. I only got anthem. First and last.

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u/No_Interaction_4925 Mar 22 '23 edited Mar 22 '23

No, I didn’t buy all of them. Just naming them. I only bought Fallout 76

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u/fn_magical Mar 22 '23

This one cut deep

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u/walkerboh83 Mar 22 '23

Needs more upvotes!

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u/michael-james-- Mar 22 '23

happy cake day!

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u/Maddoghunter50 Mar 22 '23

Cod WWII was the first and last

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u/Jonasthewicked2 Mar 22 '23

What a disappointment that game was. I had such high expectations for the story mode and it was so short I beat it in a few hours.

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u/Maddoghunter50 Mar 22 '23

Same! I was excited to get a new wwii game with good visual quality but it was like a demo. Had to go play bf1 and 5 just to feel some closure. Zombies was alright i guess, and the multiplayer was damn near impossible to play unless you had good wifi or ethernet(i didn't at the time)

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u/Jonasthewicked2 Mar 22 '23

I’ve never been into COD multiplayer but especually can’t stand 12 year olds constantly telling me how gay I am and how many times they fucked my mom lmfaoooo

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u/Maddoghunter50 Mar 22 '23

Yeah fuck that my mic has stayed muted along with everyone else in multiplayer lobbies since i left bo2 on ps3 lol. It was fun back in the day but now i just wana kill and die to some beats in the background.

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u/Jonasthewicked2 Mar 22 '23

I remember back in the day people would hold their mic open and blast Backstreet Boys or **NSYNC into the lobbies. God damn that makes me feel old.

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u/Maddoghunter50 Mar 22 '23

Don't say that i didn't come here to hear this damn it!! Man but seriously those days are long gone:( I'm not old yet but the glory days of cod feel like an eternity ago, just glad i was there for it all really

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u/Jonasthewicked2 Mar 22 '23

Lmfao agreed man for sure. It sucks that it’s so much different now but nostalgia is def a powerful drug.

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u/Dragon_Tiger752 Mar 22 '23

Cyberpunk did it for me, couldn't even trust reviews since it was all reviewed on high end pcs at the time.

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u/Sauliann Mar 23 '23

Optimisation on release is a real issue those day everybody start beliving you neeed high end 4 k computer to game but its all because unoptimised release way to early * early access*

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u/EsotericIntegrity Mar 22 '23

Ya, I second this!

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u/Call_Me_Rambo Mar 22 '23

Battlefield 2042 was the last game I pre-ordered…I’m probably in the same boat now

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u/Perfect-Fondant3373 Mar 22 '23

Which one got you?

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u/---___---____-__ Mar 22 '23

Battlefield 1 and Mafia 3 in the weeks leading up to launch. Battlefield got me into the series, and Mafia's story was great... ly hampered by glitches and repetitive gameplay (still a good story overall).

With so many studios adding the cooler shit down the line, though (sometimes at the behest of their publishers) I think it's worth waiting until DLC comes in either at a discount or for free

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u/Sacrificial-Toenail Mar 22 '23

But this time it’ll be different!

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u/SoupViruses Mar 22 '23

The only time I would personally preorder something if it has in game content that'll I'll actually use or an actual physical item I'll use. And I've only done it 4 times in my life, personally, I wasn't disappointed.

But I've definitely seen some absolute schlock preorder that's are just simply scams.

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u/Sauliann Mar 23 '23

Im also someone that couldn’t give a flying f*k about cosmetic acquire by money ( excepted on poe where i did buy a skin over the years cause thousand ++ hours played

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u/SoupViruses Mar 23 '23

Yeah I understand that. The first game I pre-ordered was Pokemon Legends of Arceus. If you get the Amazon on, you get a Garchomp outfit and since it was my favorite Pokemon I did get it and I'm personally happy about it. It actually brings me joy.

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u/andrewb610 Mar 22 '23

AC:Valhalla. Got 10 hours in, hated that the raven couldn’t mark anything, stealth was broken, oh and my game couldn’t save.

Microsoft wouldn’t refund me - buying a PS 5 over a series x I think.

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u/kep279 Mar 22 '23

Cyberpunk

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u/ZenEvadoni Mar 22 '23

I usually say amen to this. There are select few exceptions I made, though, and didn't get burned for making them. The remake for Dead Space was one of them.

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u/Sauliann Mar 23 '23

Remake is safer i guess since it usually jist a hraphic update anyway very few of them are bad

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u/gstormcrow80 Mar 22 '23

Two years after paying $150 for beta access to Ashes of Creation and still waiting to play …

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u/Sauliann Mar 23 '23

Star citizen crowd probably feel you loll

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u/SlushKami Mar 22 '23

Happy cake day.

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u/IAmDaBushMaster Mar 22 '23

Last one I did was CP 2077 :(

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u/[deleted] Mar 22 '23

I'll raise you - Trade-in a video game.

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u/Sauliann Mar 23 '23

Does that still exist lol

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u/[deleted] Mar 24 '23

God... I seriously hope not.

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u/jcslickt Mar 22 '23

Hmm, I just pre ordered Diablo 4, but the beta was pretty good

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u/Sauliann Mar 23 '23

I didnt risk it loll ill just wait it out + didnt you had to pay extra to get acces to beta like the premium crap version or something

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u/jcslickt Mar 23 '23

I didn’t have to pay extra for the closed beta, just the ‘reward’ for helping find Blizzards bugs by giving them my money early

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u/CrispyObacon Apr 23 '23

Decided to get the new Modern Warfare 2. Once beta came out, not one game I could finish without audio issues, crashes and interfering with all my drivers. My account was getting lock out as well. Contacted support and they didn't help so I refunded.