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When to pre-order or pay for early access
d_20
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A lot of people say they have soured on pre-orders and early access, but clearly a lot of people still pay up before knowing what they are getting.
Under what circumstances will you pre-order or pay for early access?
Under what circumstances will you pre-order or pay for early access?
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The EA label has basically lost any and all meaning it had at the start. If a game is being sold in EA, it's basically no different than a release at this point to anyone with a brain.
If you release a buggy product into EA for $$, most of the time that would hurt you more than help you due to word-of-mouth and bad reviews. I don't think most 'average' gamers differentiate between EA and 'official' release at all.
If a game is for sale, then a game is for sale and should be fully-functioning and playable. If it's not, then people will bash and review bomb it pretty quickly.
Personally, the only time I really ever bought in early to a game was Mount&Blade back before Early Access was even a thing.
And, the reason I was willing to do that is because they had a free demo trial thing that really let you experience the game before purchase.
For the most part, these days, I always wait until games have launched, released all their DLC, and bundled it all into one GOTY edition pack, etc., rather than buying half-finished games, or buying them piece-meal.
It's for a similar line of thought that I will not financially support the development of a game unless that support comes with the potential for financial return on my end.
Logic, my dear, merely enables one to be wrong with great authority.
I'll consider buying Crowfall and paying for VIP under this situation as the skill training (progression) counter gets started.
Outside of training I may not bother to log in much until they finish their "tweaking" and go into full launch (start marketing it, their words) as I hate major change on a new game I'm trying to enjoy.
Heck, I might buy 2 or 3 accounts and VIP sub if it looks like multiboxing is worthwhile.
After all, I enjoy "cheating" and spoiling every one else's fun, or so I'm told.
Finally I get to grief others, maybe I should buy 4 or 5 to start? (That way I can be a whale too)
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I don't do early access.
- Al
Personally the only modern MMORPG trend that annoys me is the idea that MMOs need to be designed in a way to attract people who don't actually like MMOs. Which to me makes about as much sense as someone trying to figure out a way to get vegetarians to eat at their steakhouse.- FARGIN_WAR
Waiting has reaped many benefits for me, though. Many bugs fixed, mods ironed out if modding is an option, and cheaper prices often including all DLC in a nice "Game of the Year" or similar package.
I just find waiting preferable to paying to be a tester
- Al
Personally the only modern MMORPG trend that annoys me is the idea that MMOs need to be designed in a way to attract people who don't actually like MMOs. Which to me makes about as much sense as someone trying to figure out a way to get vegetarians to eat at their steakhouse.- FARGIN_WAR
"We all do the best we can based on life experience, point of view, and our ability to believe in ourselves." - Naropa "We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are." SR Covey
I have my own set of criteria that are independent of the masses or critics. But I enjoy supporting creative artists in all types of endeavors, and I pre-order projects across a range of genres, not simply in video games. Books, board games, tabletop games (the Expanse Kickstarter blew my mind; TAKE MY MONEY!), MMORPGs, scrollers, adventure games (playing Hero-U presently, from the folks who made the Quest for Glory games back in the day).
I love supporting artists, and I enjoy watching projects unfold, as well as being able to be hands-on during development.
Have I been let down a few times? Yep. So what. I've had some shitty hamburgers at some shitty restaurants in my life, but that doesn't stop me from loving hamburgers and eating them a few times per year and trying new ones at new places.
Though I fully expect to play The Division 2 (I love the original), I'm going to wait this time because of what happened with Destiny 1/2.
I normally won't even buy a game like an MMO till after it has launched and been around for a few months to work out it's kinks and problems.
At the same time, I will gladly Pre-order expansions if I like the game.
With that said, I did pre-order EQ, but that was.. well OMFG Everquest, dawn of the MMO as we know it today.
I will also be pre-ordering Crowfall, only because I really like what I have seen so far from them, and unless something goes Dali on them, the game looks solid and like something I will enjoy.
In the end, I guess it's up to an individual to chose what they want to invest into, and need to find something that works for them. What works for me, does not work other people, as I know many that really take a lot of issue with being in beta or first day kind of stuff, where that is mainly meaningless to me.
So to each their own.
I would rather pay that bit extra if I really felt I wanted the pre-order specials (usually don't) than buy games I find I don't want to play.
funnily enough....