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When will people learn? Seriously. They keep touching fire and act equally surprised every time they get burned.

No Man's Sky. (Great now but holy hell was it a shit show)

Cyberpunk

Diablo IV

Far Cry 6

StarField

And now this latest Assasins Creed: Mirage.

Probably forgetting plenty of recent releases too that just faded into nothingness.

Personally, I'll be starting Batman Arkham Asylum this weekend. Heard it was pretty good. Should keep me busy for a while.

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[-] CMDR_Horn@lemmy.ml 47 points 2 years ago

Gamers who preorder non-physical games need a legitimate intervention

[-] Merwyn@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 years ago

But ... but... collector and exclusive content!

[-] TallonMetroid@lemmy.world 21 points 2 years ago

If it's not physical swag it's just DRM'd pixels that you don't actually own. 🤷

[-] Merwyn@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 years ago

I know, and I didn't pre order anything for a very long time (and don't plan to). But unfortunately as long as some players get attracted with this kind of shitty "exclusive" the whole community will have to suffer from the companies pushing this behavior.

[-] CMDR_Horn@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

Be vocal about it with everyone you know. Change someone’s mind and encourage them to do the same.

[-] Rose@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

I don't pre-order but what's wrong with it? Buy right before release and then ask for a refund if you don't like it.

[-] AnIntenseMoist@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I did it ONCE and got burned so bad I've never even considered it ever again. Just Cause 4. So bad, it's not even on the lists of biggest letdowns. A letdown of letdowns.

[-] HidingCat@kbin.social 19 points 2 years ago

Yea, I'll never get it. See the YouTube comments after every new game trailer, full of idiots hyping themselves up for no reason.

I swear, it's like witnessing dogs go into a frenzy when the food is being prepared. At least dogs can be trained to stay put and eat on command.

[-] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 11 points 2 years ago

Assassins Creed games are basically the Derek Zoolander calendar where each month showcases a different one of his looks.

[-] fibojoly@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 years ago

What a beautiful image!

[-] DrQuint@lemm.ee 6 points 2 years ago

Took me a while to realize what you meant by that list of games. I thought I was on the piracy community so I was thinking "why would I want to pirate any of those???"

[-] Coasting0942@reddthat.com 6 points 2 years ago

Played Starfield so I can have memories of how it used to be. Putting it down for a year for the modders to do their holy work.

[-] toiletwhole@feddit.de 6 points 2 years ago

Arkham Asylum is dope. My favourite of the trilogy.

Have fun with this one :)

[-] lambda@programming.dev 5 points 2 years ago

Just bought Cyberpunk 2077 after the 2.0 update dropped and it was half off. Worth it!

[-] guywithadeathwish@feddit.uk 4 points 2 years ago

Arkham Asylum was a blast, any of the Arkham series really is a solid choice

[-] Darkassassin07@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 years ago

Is there anything non-indie that's released in the last 2-3 years and hasn't been an absolute shit show on launch?

[-] Atomic@sh.itjust.works 24 points 2 years ago

Elden Ring, Tears of The Kingdom, Baldurs Gate 3 comes to mind.

[-] magic_lobster_party@kbin.social 9 points 2 years ago

Armored Core 6 as well

[-] Lemisset@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

The release of Baldur's Gate 3 was when I re-purchased Baldur's Gate 1 for a play. Owned the physical for windows 98 back in the day and wanted to give it a nostalgia run while I wait for the price to come down on BG3.

[-] freebread@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago

Elden Ring PC port was rough but the game itself was great

[-] StinkyRedMan@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Yeah, performances were shit, barely playable in the open world with a r7 2700 and a 1080ti

[-] Sigh_Bafanada@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

I definitely seem to have gotten lucky with that. Were the issues performance related or something else?

[-] eu@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago

Nintendo's first-party titles are usually very polished on release (Pokemon being a notable exception). Other than that, Elden Ring and Baldur's Gate 3 are two recent major titles that I didn't hear many complaints about, though I'm not sure if the latter counts since it released a couple years ago in Early Access.

[-] emmanuel_car@kbin.social 6 points 2 years ago

Pokémon games are developed by Game Freak, so although they’re published by Nintendo & The Pokémon Company I wouldn’t put them in the same category as a Zelda or Mario game.

[-] ADHDefy@kbin.social 0 points 2 years ago

lol I kept being like, "oh, there was..." and then remembering that it was an indie game.

God of War: Ragnarok was pretty polished at launch. There was also LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga that launched in really good shape, IIRC. Tears of The Kingdom wasn't too bad either. Those are the only AAA games that I can think of from the last couple of years that weren't shitshows.

[-] Darkassassin07@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 years ago

Well, at least it's not empty; but that's a pretty short list...

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