discussion Do you prefer to play games on release day or wait a while?

[Karamchad]

I don't understand the anxiousness over a new game, the need to have it on hands day one. Games are incredible complex products to create, with millions of coding that normally is in conflict with something. Waiting for a game patch or fix is pretty much the normal now.
Even games from a golden era like Diablo 2 required a bunch of updates to fix and adjust.

 

[kikswit]

In an H-game, 0.1 versions usually don't have much content anyway, so I let em simmer for a while.

 

[juustomestari]

Well, I don’t preorder ever since Cyberpunk and also since Cyberpunk I’m usually waiting for a week just to get the most critical hotfixes in. Been let down too many times with buggy and unfinished triple A games.

 

[LewdSardin]

For a long time I have a giant backlog of games I bought yet have to play still and a wishlist equal in size, so release day is irrelevant for me. The real question is "in how many years will I get to playing this new game?". To give you a hint: I'm now starting Dragon Age Origins, a game released in 2009!
I don't think I'll play games on release date though, I need reviews and actual gameplay to judge a game. Not to mention bugs. I make see enough bugs at work, I'll pass on them in my free time tyvm

 

[gestved]

I don't believe in buying games at launch, I have so much shit already to play that I can't in good conscious justify paying full price for a game, it would need to be a completely exceptional game. Last game I remember buying at launch was Metroid Dread and only because I had the possibility of doing it relatively cheap and I kinda felt in debt with the franchise for playing a bunch of their games and never actually buying them before.

 

[manfromtaured]

I used to like to play them right away but after being disappointed so many times I prefer to wait

 

[User_120092]

Wait for all the patches and updates.

 

[bingbear]

Every game out there is seems to need a patch or two just to be stable enough without save destroying crashes. Some games like No Man's Sky needed years before they were really worthy of my time. No reason for me to play on day 1.

I am a patient gamer and will wait for the patches, walk through, DLC, and the 50-90% sale.

 

[janitorman]

I feel like its pretty hard to argue with a 0.3 version, it shows a little commitment to the project. Obviously if it's too good a concept to pass up then day 1

 

[dereguedeixe]

I am a guy who loves to get trophies. And sometimes it would be amazing to get it on release because of some bug that would make it easier to get some trophies, and sometimes it would be better to wait for the gamr to get balanced and not having to deal with game ending bugs.

On the aspect of purely playing, i would love to play a game like the last of us 2 or god of war ragnarok without the fear of taking too long and get spoiled

 

[User_111574]

A very good example of why you should take your time is presented to us by Electronic Arts. Their latest updates of The Sims 4 are bugfixes of bugfixes of bugfixes of bugfixes, and the bugs persist, especially disastrous after their attempt to put an owl on a globe, namely - to transfer the game to DitrectX 11. In general, the last stable version, if my memory serves me correctly, was released somewhere in the first half of spring, further - endless dancing with tambourine around the bugs.
So it's better to wait.

 

[User_40809]

Considering the amount of bugs in recently released games, it's best to wait a bit.

 

[Riyuko00]

it depends on the publisher/developer

 

[bv220040]

I wait til theres enough content unless I really enjoy the game

 

[onlark]

I usually wait a while, since I have so many games in my backlog.

 

[Harrison89]

Games on here i play whenever, depends on the mood,unless there's no content.

Video games I play on release if it's something I'm very interested in or wait if I've got plenty to play.

 

[rrkun98]

I'm poor, it's not like I have a choice.

 

[SinVector]

Wait until other people find and report the bugs and the dev issues a patch to fix them.

 

[User_120199]

I'd rather wait so that the first bugs can be fixed

 

[jinkaz]

if it's a game I'm hyped and excited for I'll try to play as soon as possible, but if it's a game I'm interested in but I wasn't actively waiting for it I'm going to wait a week or two