Which game have you been the most patient for (as in, delaying purchase)?
For me, it would have to be GTA V. I stopped playing games for years, then built a new rig in 2018. Since then I’ve played through GTA IV (well, I beat the story, and it was amazing), but I never played GTA V.
My plan is to purchase it and start playing it the day GTA VI is released, as I have enough other games to get through in the meantime.
Titanfall 3. Took a while but it was worth every single moment that the devs spent polishing it.
Still hurts, why are you like this?
TES6
I admire your restraint!
It’s not been easy. There’s also Mass Effect, which I got around to playing last year — but that’s largely because I forgot about it after being patient about it for only a couple of years.
How was it? Any desire to play the full series?
It was good, although its age really showed even compared to the sequel which I’d already played. Strong start to the series. They did some kind of remaster a few years ago which was what reminded me to try the original, so maybe that’s worth it if you don’t like old-game mechanics.
Interesting. Will definitely try ME at some point, didn’t realize there even was a remaster.
Rimworld.
It’s on my list of games to play and steam will recommend it at least once a day but I just haven’t purchased it yet.For me, it needs to go on an actual sale. I feel like it’s never really gone on sale, or at least not a relatively good one.
Like it’s always been at least $30+, and I’d like to get it for at least $20.
The dev is quite against the deep discount sales for Rimworld, it never drops below a few quid off. It is 100% worth it at full price however so take the plunge when you’re ready, you won’t regret it. I’ve got a good few hundred hours, it’s one of my most played games. I come back and start a new colony at least once a year or so. All the explanations are great and add something cool to the base game. I haven’t even looked at mods for it yet but there’s a huge scene for those.
I see it like Factorio. It started as a crowdfund/Kickstarter so selling it below the price the backers paid diminishes the trust the backers showed.
Imo that’s backwards. Who cares. The backers backed it because they believed in the vision, and now it’s been realized, so it’s done.
It’d be like getting mad that I bought a game full-price and then some time later it goes on sale.
Hell, I hope someone over there is reading this:
Considering your crowd-funded game’s MSRP floor as equal to a donation tier of said backers?
Easy solve.
Announce the sale and follow immediately with “Backer’s Choice”: either a refund of the difference or a free copy to gift to someone.
Boom. Sales through the roof like beanstalks.
Now, go get me that golden egg, ya marketing spooks.🤌🏼
Elden Ring. After listening to my PS4 struggle with CyberPunk 2077, I decided that I would be better off waiting until I purchased better hardware for both.
Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth. I could have got it for PS5 but I knew I would end up also buying it for PC, so I just waited the year or whatever.
Doing the same with Death Stranding 2.
Still haven’t played Baldur’s Gate 3
I have several unfinished RPGs and really don’t want this one to get added to the list.
It aint the best of the best, but it is good and people can argue (legitimately) it is one of the best of the best.
Do you play any irl DnD or tabletop rpgs? Cause the dice system in video games i think is terrible, and it turned me off of bg3 immediately. And im a tabletop rpg player.
Now months later, im enjoying it, i dont finish most rpgs. Do with that what you will, but at the least wait for a decent sale price
I’ve played some tabletop in the past (10+ years ago) as a noob, never quite got super deep - it was mostly an activity to enjoy with friends.
With the way my life is structured these days, I’d be a key contributor to “schedules & conflicts” and don’t want to burden a party with my inability to fully commit to a campaign.
CRPGs give me the advantage of being able to start and stop whenever, short or long sessions.
I want to grab mgsv when it drops below $20. $20 for a 2015 title feels a bit steep.
Beyond Good & Evil 2?
I’m still waiting for the right sale price to buy Cyberpunk 2077
Rdr2. Still waiting for a fps patch on console (most powerful machine I possess)
Im still waiting for a pc release of RDR1. And for RDR2 to srop in price significantly
RDR1 is on PC already!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2668510/Red_Dead_Redemption/
Ah I missed that. 50 euros tho for what’s now an old game is a bit much
It pretty regularly goes on sale for 50% off. I’d never played it before, so I bought it at that price.
I’ll be patient a bit more
Still waiting for Microsoft Flightsimulator 2020 to fall to a price that’s worth it for the amount of time I would be playing with it.
And I’m still salty for the time they accidentally discounted it by 85 % and removed it from my shopping cart just as I was about to pay.
I personally would never buy the game out of spite if they did that to me.
Oh, so you missed the time when Epic gave GTA V away for free? Bummer.
Though with all the launcher-hassle I actually prefer the pirated version.
I did, yep. I mean, my PC is fairly old so I don’t think I’ll play the current “enhanced” version on Steam even when I do eventually get round to trying it.
Final Fantasy vii, just bought it on gog. I think I first saw screenshots of it in a PC magazine almost 30 years ago.
Enjoy it, it’s an incredible game.
I’ve been meaning to try Factorio for years. But I’m worried that as soon as I do, I’m never going to get round to playing all the other games in my backlog…
I just played it recently for the first time. Took me about 50 hours from start to rocket launch (the win condition) in the default, recommended free-play campaign + a few more hours before that to go through the tutorial stages.
Haven’t tried the Space Age expansion yet, so not sure what to expect there on time commitment.
Haven’t tried the Space Age expansion yet, so not sure what to expect there on time commitment.
Massive increase in time commitment there.
You still start the same way, but now launching a rocket isn’t the end of the game … it’s just the end of the first act. Now you also build orbiting space stations and interplanetary spaceships (which require launching dozens of rockets to build), so you can go colonize 4 more planets, each with their own new challenges and new resources to gather and exploit. Each one of those can easily take just as much time to colonize as your original planet, if not more. You’ll need to build autonomous spaceships to regularly ferry supplies and finished products around the solar system to where they’re needed. Then finally build a big, badass spaceship capable of reaching the edge of the solar system, and that is the new win condition.
After playing Space Age, the original Factorio game seems like just a tutorial level.
They actually moved some of the base game content from the starting planet to other planets with the DLC. And you can transport things between planets to kick start your factory, so each new planet should take significantly less time than the starting planet. So it’s not really as long as playing through the whole base game then 4x more.
Still takes longer to beat but not like 5x. Closer to 2x for most people I think. Don’t be afraid. The interplanetary factory must grow.
It’s not about the destination, it’s about the optimisation tangent we spend 15 hours on, we met along the way.
The Devs have stated the game will not be on sale. The price is what they felt a fair price is for their game. Its in a blog post somewhere
Ah I know, I’m not waiting for a sale. Just need more spare time lol
Yeah same. I feel like it would be irresponsible to buy it now, cause my kids are still very dependent on me and it‘d be a shame for them growing up without a father. So until then, the factory must
growwait :<
I did this with Rimworld. Started a few months ago, approaching 400 hours, and I was totally correct.
Usually when I pick it up it’s only for about two weeks. Then I get back to my job and leave the house again.
One of the nice things about Factorio is that you can finish a level and put it down and come back later. That’s harder to do with an RPG like Expedition 33 or Dragon Age.
Not a ton of plot. It’s mostly just a building sim.
How does one ‘finish a level’ in Factorio? I thought it was pretty open ended (until you launch a rocket)?
But I do get what you mean - it’s definitely harder to drop and return to a story based game.
Finish a run, excuse me
My last run was over 300 hours… But you are right. I haven’t really picked it up again since.
Missing out on one of the best video games ever made out of fear of the backlog is ridiculous. Play it.
I mean I say it kinda tongue-in-cheek! I’ll play it eventually, it’s not going anywhere :)
I’m not holding out on any game at the moment. I nuked my wishlist and told myself I’m not even going to look at the Steam store page until I can get some of my backlog down.
If I had to choose a game that I’m holding out on currently, it’s probably HD2 for a combo of the above and price
What is HD2?
hell divers 2, my friend group is pressing me hard to buy it
