• ludwig@reddthat.com
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    1 year ago

    I’ve vowed never to pre-order, period.

    Or at least until there are solid reviews, which was what I did with ToTK.

    Gaming companies have to earn their money from me every single time.

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      1 year ago

      Steam muddies this a bit though, since you have two weeks or two hours of playtime to try it out and get your full money back, so it removes a lot of the risk in the first place; in some cases, it removes all of it.

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        1 year ago

        I’ve spent like 5 hours tweaking & compiling shaders in TLoU. lol
        And it took 1-2 months for it to be in a playable state.

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          1 year ago

          No other game takes that long to compile shaders, so that could have been a red flag for a refund on its own. And you can pay attention to forums and games press in the meantime to find out when it’s in a playable state before you repurchase it. But on launch day, you could have it preloaded and smoke test it with no risk.