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Originally Posted by cDnStealth
I think boycotting a publisher/developer and potentially missing out on great games because you got burned once is pretty stupid. Ya, by all accounts SimCity was a terrible game. My spider sense was tingling within minutes of booting up the beta.
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Simcity had giant bust written all over it from the announcement on. At no stage did that game show any promise to deliver on what was expected. Games from the former Maxis umbrella have been like that since Spore dropped.
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Originally Posted by cDnStealth
This isn't necessarily directed at you but one of the lessons people need to learn is that pre ordering games is for suckers. There is very little benefit in buying a game before it releases. Any discount or pre-order DLC can be had later once you've made an informed decision based on reviews and impressions. This is especially true on PC where discounts come up often.
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1000 times, this. Do not buy into hype. Ever. Large gaming companies like this have millions of dollars ear marked for advertisement and media. Also avoid main stream reviewing services like IGN. Rely on user votes and word of mouth.
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Originally Posted by cDnStealth
Perhaps it's just me but I've noticed many developers lately (not just EA) are running with the attitude of release a game in a buggy mess and fix it post launch. It's pretty easy to avoid this kind of garbage if you wait to see what kind of state a game is in when it releases.
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Releasing games as buggy has always been a thing, but like most things they can catch lightning in a bottle on the internet and explode as a huge issue. The BF4 netcode thing is a good example. 95% Of people wouldn't notice it if the internet hadn't caught wind. That said, EA is really bad about this. They force games out far to early on a regular basis. I can't remember what game it was, but there was an EA game that an insider was saying was only 50% done on release. I think it may have been Dragon Age II.