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From: candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid>
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Subject: Re: Starfield - bored already.
Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2024 15:40:06 -0000 (UTC)
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JAB <noway@nochance.com> wrote at 08:02 this Thursday (GMT):
> On 11/09/2024 14:30, candycanearter07 wrote:
>> JAB <noway@nochance.com> wrote at 08:19 this Wednesday (GMT):
>>> On 11/09/2024 03:05, PW wrote:
>>>> I didn't get as far as you did Justisaur, but I too got bored with it
>>>> quickly.  Then I read a review that I need to meet my in-laws made me
>>>> quit immediately.  That is not what I expected Starfield to be like.
>>>> And I preordered it!
>>>>
>>>
>>> I just don't think pre-orders are worth the risk any more especially in
>>> the age of digital store fronts. You might get some virtual 'baubles' or
>>> even access a few days early* but that's about it. In return you get the
>>> possibility that the game won't deliver what it said and the enjoyment
>>> of playing a game that is likely to be buggy. The last one I did was
>>> Bioshock and it wasn't it bad game as such but just not the excellent
>>> game I though I was getting.
>>>
>>> *There now seems to be a trend of providing even early access but only
>>> in premium editions. Oh joy, I get to pay extra to give you some free
>>> testing. Sounds reasonable.
>> 
>> 
>> Early access is especially frustrating with multiplayer games since it's
>> literally (even more) pay to win since you get more time to build your
>> level and stuff
>
> I'm ok with the the more traditional idea of early access in that it's a 
> two way exchange of you get to play a game, although unfinished, early 
> and we get you to be a free tester for it. It's this new one of the game 
> is finished (well as much as that means nowadays) and here's what we are 
> going to do to screw a bit more money out of you.


Right, and modern game seem to be broken for months after "release"
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