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[rubik's dude]

If you've ever gotten to that point, what game did it for you?

For me it was Gungrave Gore. I was already on the fence about buying games on release, but this was a long awaited sequel to a 20 year old game, so out of excitement I pre-ordered it. Big mistake, the game was totally broken. It took months for it to be fixed with patches, and even then, they released an "Ultimate Edition" on another platform that had a bunch of DLC none of the other platforms got.

I was so disappointed and swore off getting any new games within the first six months of release after that. Any of y'all have similar stories?

 

[DeNitro]

One of the most disappointing day-one purchases I made was Resident Evil 6 on the PS3. As a huge fan of the series, I went in expecting the same thrilling survival horror experience I loved in earlier titles, but what I got felt more like an action blockbuster trying to cater to everyone.

 

[Magic Carpet]

Cyberpunk 2077 was that game, then I broke and bought the Starfield expansion to play early.
I convinced myself I would never buy on release and then convinced myself to forget all about it.

 

[H From Steps]

The dreaded Anthem that game change my whole perspective on day one buys.

 

[Hero of Spielberg]

Destiny. I actually preordered it, thinking it would be a fleshed out campaign.

I didn't even know what GaaS was at that stage. I felt like a rube.

 

[mitch1971]

No game. Finances did.

 

[GreatnessRD]

Call of Casual Modern Garbage 3.

But I did sneak in one or two Day 1 games since, but I assure you it isn't or never will be commonplace for me to do it again. Fuck modern gaming

 

[rm082e]

Final Fantasy 13.

 

[rubik's dude]

I didn't even know what GaaS was at that stage. I felt like a rube.

Damn that is rough. To go into a game with excitement, only for it to be a GaaS title, and not even knowing what that is yet. That'd definitely do it for me, too.

 

[Kronark]

I won't say I never pre-order anymore because Capcom / From Software usually do me right and you can get 15-25% off a lot of their releases on PC from the right places early on. 99% of the time I'm happy with the games I'm picking out.

But a recent punch in the gut that made me scale back and definitely pre-order less was Just Cause 4. I know this isn't a high end franchise but I really loved Just Cause 3 and I was really excited for the sequel. It was just a complete failure on launch with absolutely muddy textures, PS3 era graphics, less features than the game before. Couldn't even blow up bridges anymore in a game about large scale physics destruction.

 

[Hero of Spielberg]

Damn that is rough. To go into a game with excitement, only for it to be a GaaS title, and not even knowing what that is yet. That'd definitely do it for me, too.

All the concept art made me think it was going to be some action-adventure game where you played a scavenger on various planets. Then I started it up and I've got dinklebot and a bunch of basic shitty missions and no story.

I found out that day that GaaS is not for me.

 

[ReBurn]

I've never been so traumatized by a bad purchase that I won't buy another game on release day. I grew up buying bad games because all we had were a couple of screenshots on the back of a box. If Sword of Sodan couldn't put me off of day 1 purchases no game could.

I rarely buy games on launch day because I just don't feel FOMO anymore. Few games are actually finished when they release these days so there's no hurry to buy them. I bought a few last year and have no regrets. Nothing so far this year is looking like a day 1 for me.

 

[Antwix]

Mass Effect Andromeda. What a pile of shit. One of the very very few games that actually pissed me off playing through it.

Spoiler

I'm looking forward to buying the next Mass Effect

 

[JayK47]

I'm apparently not smart enough to completely stop buying some games new. I think Starfield was the last one. For me, it isn't all games, it is developer specific. I no longer buy day one from a long list of developers. It is still safe to buy many games from Japanese developers, as they seem to release games basically complete day one, in particular the types of jRPGs I like.

 

[Husky]

I think I had this lesson hammered into me over a decade ago, just by watching the countless launch fiascos covered by TotalBiscuit.

Mass Effect Andromeda. What a pile of shit. One of the very very few games that actually pissed me off playing through it.

I bought this on sale and regret the purchase. At least I bailed on the game early.

 

[IAmRei]

I regret the time i bought spiderman 2...

 

[Kacho]

None. An occasional bad purchase doesn’t terrify me for eternity.

 

[Billbofet]

Ubisoft
Wait three days for a 60% discount

 

[Rentahamster]

None in recent memory. I think I do pretty good research for my day one purchases. The next day one buy will be Civilization 7. I hope it's good!

 

[Big Baller]

Cyberpunk obviously

 

[bitbydeath]

I regret the time i bought spiderman 2...

Same, it was enough to turn me off Insomniac.