discussion Do you download and play games immediately when they are first released? Or do you wait for second, third or more releases before playing?

[azhomeboy]

With a lot of games out there, do you take time to download and play them as soon as you see them? If yes or no, what are things you look for? Game file size? Screenshots? Potential content?

I personally would rather wait until a second release, just to see if the developer has the intention and ability to follow up the original idea.

 

[archaelon01]

Personally, I prefer to play completed games over demos, but I do know a lot of people would rather have progressive demo to see how the game progresses and how stuff are being added.

And I usually look for completed games that have content that I like, if the screenshots are appealing, I download and play it.

 

[werewolffromth]

To me it really depends on the type of game, if it seems to have an engaging gameplay element I'll give it a shot early. Otherwise I'll skip until a few updates have been rolled out

 

[SilentHunter]

I am constantly downloading game updates, which I am closely following the development of. If the game gets the status "completed", then I wait for some time until the bugfixes are released.

 

[jzarb15]

It depends on the excitement level I suppose. If it seems really promising and has some content, I'm happy to try a new release just to see if it's something I should be following. If I'm on the fence, I'll wait until it's fleshed out more to make my decision.

 

[sfuwiio373]

I usually wait a few releases before downloading any game and take a look at the screenshots and the changelog to see if i'm interested. I don't want to download a game just to finish it in under 10min