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[–] DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.com 33 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Never pre order.

Especially shit that has gone though development hell and multiple restructures

[–] etchinghillside@reddthat.com 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I was going to say – It’s almost offensive they even offered it. I know it has a bit of a fanbase but it’s been through the ringer trying to get out.

[–] Devmapall@lemmy.zip 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I really liked the first one when I was younger. More than it deserved probably. It hit a lot of the right stuff for me.

I don't have any good expectations for this new one. It should be something I'm looking forward too but I'm not. Much less pre ordering it.

I hope it's good. If it is I'll play it.

[–] Ugurcan@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

Keep your hopes down. The project has been restarted 4 times and lastly handed over to a small studio in a turmoil with no experience in the genre.

[–] Zagorath@aussie.zone 1 points 2 days ago

I've preordered games before and not regretted it.

This is definitely not going to be such a case. The amount of development hell this game has gone through, it'll be a miracle if it even ends up good enough that I decide to buy it at all. I'm certainly not buying it sight unseen.

They don't even seem to be offering any incentive to pre-order? Which honestly might be a good thing. It reduces the accusations of gating content...and they've got enough to deal with on that front already, considering two clans and a heap more content are gated behind day-one DLC. $45 day-one DLC, in fact (in Australia at least). That's as much as a full game in many cases. (Including all of the other games in the VtM franchise. In fact, of the 20 other games in the World of Darkness franchise linked in a collection on Steam from this game's Steam page, only 2 are more than half that.)