A gaming community free from the hype and oversaturation of current releases, catering to gamers who wait at least 12 months after release to play a game. Whether it's price, waiting for bugs/issues to be patched, DLC to be released, don't meet the system requirements, or just haven't had the time to keep up with the latest releases.
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For me is it starfield. I am a bit to hyped up for it. I will try to wait a year or more. Just like I did for cyberpunk and I was hyped for that game since the first trailer haha
if you wait that long then stuff that is still buggy usually have a mod that fix it.
Same here. Any Bethesda game deserves time to simmer for a good while before playing in my opinion.
This is gonna sound crazy, but I've basically played every Bethesda game (except redguard) from release, going all the way back to Arena. I know they have bugs, but they're not really more buggy on release (or later) than a lot of other games I'd played back then. I agree that we should always be expecting better from game companies that are expecting more profit, but if I compare tES games to my other faves... well, let me use examples.
I love Vampire Bloodlines. Famously fan patched for its extreme bugginess after the studio dissolved. Master of Magic? Yup, fan patched. In fact, I think almost every game I put on my top 20 list has fan patched for major bugs that never got fixed in the full lifecycle of the game.
I would wait on Starfield myself and wait for mods, but considering it's part of gamepass, I see no reason to not give it a fair shake, especially since I have a few more months of gamepass I got gifted. I do however plan on buying the game like a year or two from now (or maybe ten, if Skyrim is anything to go on) on Steam to do another modded playthrough
Oh so many!
I've a huge backlog that I'm chipping through one by one, and thse games are only going to get better with patches or cheaper with sales, I can wait for that and reduce my backlog at the same time :D
Bout cyberpunk 2077 for $20 three months ago.
Still buggy. It was okay. Lots of boring combat. But the story, acting, and world? Amazing! I had to use a mod to help change some of the hotkeys.
After 25 hours... Update broke my save.
Id say keep waiting until 2025 when the GoTY is released and fanpatches exist.
Starfield, waiting to see how many issues it has and what actual gameplay and graphics looks like.
I've been holding out on getting Stray for about a year now. I'm just not willing to pay full price for a relatively short game.
Same. It looks adorable but the price is a little too high for me.
Starfield. Too expensive at release and likely to be buggy
Same. But add not having anything able to efficiently run it at a satisfactory level at the moment.
Every playstation exclusive that ends up on PC.
Those Spiderman games look SWEET. I'm super excited about Ghost of Tsushima and can't wait for it to be released in 2024, and finally play it in 2027 when it's on sale.
The Expanse: A Telltale Series
I see it has been received well but I'm avoiding all details and waiting for all episodes to be released.
My friend was the motion capture actress for the main character in this game! Her job is so much cooler than mine...
I am still waiting for Cyberpunk 2077 to go better than half price.
Stray as well, it seems too expensive for a short game.
For me there are a couple.
Hades (2020) - I'm not in any hurry with this one. I'd get it if GOG starts to sell it, otherwise I'll wait a bit more.
Outer Wilds (2020) - I'm getting impatient with this. I'd like this more on GOG too, but I think I'll just buy it when Steam winter sale comes.
The Guild III (2022) - quirky trade/life sim game and I have some fond memories of the second one. But that had quite a few bugs even long after release and I hear the third game still looks unfinished so I'm patient.
It's a shame that the Outer Wilds went for a timed exclusive to epic, but it did help me wait to get it!
Hades is so very good.. I don't think it will come to gog soon ish because, if I remember correct that is, epic payed a lot of bucks for it.
Their exclusivity period is over either way. The game has been on Steam for years. I don't think it would block a GOG release in any way now.
I'm actually considering getting BG3 soon, once I get a few days to play a lot of it. It looks like a solid launch, so I'm happy to pay a bit more for something high quality. I hope they continue to work on it and maybe provide content heavy DLC at some point.
Starfield, Baldur‘s Gate 3, and Cyberpunk.
I‘m so tempted to just be part of the Starfield start hype but… let‘s be honest, it‘s a Bethesda game so it probably needs another year of patches and mods.
And Baldur‘s Gate seems to also require a few patches and I‘m not paying more than 40 bucks for any digital copy of a game, even if it‘s the second coming of Christ among videogames.
Cyberpunk I‘m merely waiting to have a PC that is powerful enough to play it in all its glory. So probably gotta wait half a decade lol
Obviously, on top of my mentioned reasons, it‘s not like I don‘t have 100+ untouched games dozens of them critically acclaimed, so it’s not like I’m just staring at my wall waiting for my moment to strike lol
I'm holding out on starfield. There must be a cyberpunk moment waiting right around the corner because you can't jam all that in a game and expect it to work too.
Also 80% what's out there of so called features of this game only exists inside the heads of influencers. That hopium is the real problem.
I tried holding out on armoured core. I couldn't. Glad I didn't. Amazing game. Easier then Elden ring but still very clearly a from software title.
People are mad because starfield doesn't have things they never said they would have. It is not no man sky, but the comparison is going to be hard to shake
Just Starfield. They keep making statements that, as a long time Bethesda fan, sound ridiculous. Tell me lies, tell me sweet sweet lies, Todd. I would like to be pleasantly surprised, but I am reserving judgment for the actual release of the game.
Remember when Todd went on stage and spent 5 minutes joking about the "tell me lies" memes before lying his ass off to sell the steaming pile of shit that was Fallout 76?
I bet he's laughing his ass off at all the Starfield preorders, cupping his hands together like a Saturday morning villain and preparing to drink the tears of his customers - Granting him eternal youth.
I'm savoring Baldur's Gate 3, not necessarily waiting to play it per se but not wanting to binge it. I'm planning on waiting on Starfield for at least a few months.
Im just waiting to get a new computer before I burn through my steam games. I havent purchased a new game in a long time. My backlog is huge!
Armored Core 6, Jedi Survivor, Starfield. Until some sale I think. I’ve already bought Elden Ring, Diablo 4, and Baldurs Gate 3 this year, and I might get another before the year ends. Gotta slow it down lol
Edit: Hogwart’s Legacy, forgot about that one.
As always, waiting for sales.
Looking forward to Baldur's Gate 3 and its horny crazy shenanigans, Cyberpunk 2077 now that it's in better shape and I have a PC that can run it decently. Hi-Fi Rush is definitely on my list, rhythm action is a cool genre. I might go for Elden Ring if the price is good, see if I'm going to finally like a single souls games or if I'll bounce off that one too.
Still waiting for a rare chance at a 33% off on Smash Bros Ultimate and who knows Wario Ware Get It Together.
Stray, cyberpunk and red dead 2 and forza. I'm waiting until they come down in price and it forces me to play through my backlog.
I splurged on Baldur's Gate and have enjoyed every minute I've put in so far. I'll have to get back to Tears of the Kingdom at some point too.
But I'll be fully holding off on Armored Core, Starfield and the Metal Gear Solid Master Collection for a while.
BG3, Elden Ring, Armored Core 6, just to name the high profile few I'm going to wait for significant price drops in maybe 2 years.
Besides, I do want to play several other RPGs before diving into Baldur's Gate, especially Tyranny, Divinity Original Sin 1 and 2, and the Pathfinder games. Maybe also the old Neverwinter Nights, got the GOG version of them, am yet to begin a campaign
All in all, those ~5 old-ish RPGs alone can probably run me through an entire year.
I'm focused on back-to-school and getting some outdoor projects done before winter. To help with that, I disassembled my PC. Once snow starts falling and (hopefully) the Adventure Mode update is released, I plan to snuggle up and finally enjoy the graphical version of Dwarf Fortress.
Wayfinder. They released into early access and it's very early. Needs more time to cook.
Palia. Interesting concept, but the launch reviews say it's kinda shallow. I'll check in a year or so to see if it's got any depth.
Diablo 4. It started pretty good! Then went to the shitter and hasn't recovered.
I really want Armored Core 6 after seeing gameplay but my budget is tight right now. Also itching for BG3 but I have owned BG1 EE for years so finally playing that, and also just bought BG2 EE last night on steam for $6 so those will hopefully hold me over a while.
And then there's MK1 coming out soon but I know that'll eventually be packaged with all the Kombat packs for cheap in a few years so holding off there too.
Baldur's Gate 3
Armored Core 6
Remnant 2
...and (depending on your definition of "recent") a lot more. Any of the big games coming over from PlayStation (God of War, Spider-Man), Cyberpunk, etc. I don't generally buy games for over $20, unless it's someone I want badly and it hasn't gone below that after a couple years.
Diablo 4. I’m gonna wait quite a while for this one I think. Firstly I’m not willing to pay the price it is right now but mostly because the game needs to get better. It took a long time for Diablo 3 to turn in to a decent game.
Starfield. I’ll definitely be giving this one at least a year, probably more. I’m expecting it to be riddled with bugs at release, possibly even borderline unplayable.
Diablo 4 at launch was decent. It's been downhill since. The first patch sucked. The next patch (season 1) walked back half the changes, so it wasn't terrible, but it wasn't fun. Waiting on season 2. Contemplating POE.
Like many others Balders Gate 3. I am now going through the first two. Hopefully when I have completed I and II I might have a PC that can run BD3.
I'm still waiting on Star Wars Jedi: Survivor to go on sale. I refuse to pay full price, months after release, for a game that seemed to have a few performance issues on release, plus it's an EA game. I also have a bit of a backlog of games I'm still playing, so I'm in no rush to buy a new game at the moment.
I purchased outer wilds and soma… haven’t touched them.
You're holding off on two serious video game gems right there. Hope you get time to play them soon. :)
Well, I already have it, Quake 2. I haven't played yet cause I'm trying to get a couple friends to coop our first go.
Was in the military when Quake came out, so it's one if the few true classics I get to play now for the first time.
I'm not a big CRPG guy but all this talk about Balder's Gate has definitely sparked my interests, that said there's three or four games coming out in the next month that I'd much more likely to enjoy (Trine, Lies of P, LOTF and Starfield) so I'll hold off and wait for a price reduction.