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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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I suppose Baldur's Gate 3 could be an example for a lot of people. Any recent or just "recent" release you are waiting for to get at the moment?

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[–] Thecalicocar@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Saints Row. I don't see it being a possibility but I have this false hope that volition will bounce back and give a good game.

Cyberpunk 2077. Waiting for the complete police overhaul to play the game. Have not played it yet.

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[–] Mandy@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

BG3 too Bust mostly cause of the two things I saw

  1. A couple years ago, the intro cinematic, which was a tentacle spaceship flown by cuthulu
  2. And the beastiality "joke"

The game made it kinda easy for me to be patient for the inevitable "GOTY" edition

[–] dfc09@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Mind flayers (the "Cthulhu") are prominent bad guys in DnD, super popular. They're canonically aberrations from a different realm, so they're designed to be freaky Lovecraft aliens. Idk if you're saying BG3 looks weird or crazy, but aliens and spelljammer space-ship like things are established canon in DnD, the source material.

[–] Mandy@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

im not entirely new to Dnd and im well aware that BG IS DnD, but i have never seen nor heard of the tentacle boys before, nor alien spaceships, ever

but my second point is like 80% of my apprehension

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[–] wabafee@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Waiting for Elden ring to go on sale. Have enough games to keep me busy at the moment. But I'm getting there almost done with the Dark souls series.

[–] Sharkwellington@lemmy.one 2 points 1 year ago

Granblue Fantasy Versus since they're coming out with Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising in November. I'm not in a rush since I have Street Fighter 6, and Guilty Gear Strive had a big update recently as well.

[–] angelorohit@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

Aliens Dark Descent!

[–] GregorGizeh@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 year ago

Not one that’s already out, but I am anticipating the cyberpunk expansion and starfield. Especially the latter will be hard to be patient on if it’s anything close to what is promised so far.

[–] sonovebitch@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Waiting for an eventual Elden Ring + all DLCs sale, whenever that (may) happen

[–] Dragonmind@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Honestly in the indie area, it's not recent, but Blade Kitten. Spotted that on Steam and remembered having fun with it on my Xbox 360 long ago. Real cheap at 3$.

But I need to finish more indie games First! So it will be a reward once I finish Protodroid Delta. Which would've been a lot easier if it had cloud support so I could play it on my Steam Deck without restarting the game, but nooo

[–] DerteTrdelnik@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Pathfinder WOTR - they still have like 2 DLCs planned to release

[–] casualhippo@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

I'm a big Larian fan and D&D enjoyer, so I made an exception for BG3 since I knew I'd be sinking hundreds of hours easily into that game :P

I just picked up Moonlighter for like 3 bucks so that's my next adventure.

Cyberpunk 2077 comes to mind with the Phantom Liberty DLC being around the corner. Also waiting out on Starfield to see how it goes, Fallout 3 and New Vegas have a special place in my heart but Bethesda has had a lot of misses for me since then.

[–] limeaide@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

I've been waiting for tears of the kingdom. I know the game won't go on sale by a lot, so I'll just wait for a good deal at my local swap meet.

[–] Xenxs@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

BG3 like most people and I'll hold of on Starfield for a few months to see how it held up against the hype.

[–] Rebels_Droppin@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Dark and Darker, it's out on Chaff games but with their legal troubles I'm not sure I wanna give them my money and risk the game getting taken down again.

[–] Boiglenoight@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I bought and played Diablo 4 but got bored. Waiting for Blizzard to enhance the end game / seasons so they’re more interesting/on or with D3.

[–] DrQuint@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

Out of choice? Because silksong is kind of doing its own thing.

[–] Heavybell@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Does Starfield count? I know it's not out yet but I have no plans to get it until/unless it starts getting near universal praise for quality and stability.

That's my usual approach for Bethesda games. After about six months, the community will have made some much-needed quality of life mods, and Bethesda will peobably have fixed any major performance issues or game-breaking, savefile-bricking bugs.

And this is supposed to be a huge game, so there will be a few serious issues as a matter of course.

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