I only understand preordering a game these days if someone has bad internet and they preordered a physical copy, or if they are preordering a Collector’s Edition that comes with physical stuff like a statue or whatever.
With digital platforms like steam where there are zero chances of a game not being in stock prepurchasing benefits are limited to the few bonuses they give out like exclusive skins and crap.
I have bought a game at full price over $40 maybe once a year but not a prepurchase unless they had a free beta before the game was released. Nearly all of them were multiplayer games where I had played the beta with friends and we ended up putting in hundreds of hours.
Sadly, not enough games have free versions to try out so most games I purchase for $40 or less.
If you liked Erikshom then you might also enjoy Desperados 3. It goes on sale very regularly and can likely get a copy for about $5 USD if you wait a little while.
Oh I loved Desperados 3! 😁 I paid £18 for it back in March 22 and spent 61hrs in it. Excellent game. Shadow Gambit is meant to be good too by the same people.
£70 for a game was never justifiable. In the last 5 years these have been my most expensive purchases:
£27 Eriksholm: The Stolen Dream (Finished it - Superb game!) £50 Assassin’s Creed Shadows (Played 6hrs - REGRET! Won’t ever spend that much on a game again) £26 Manor Lords (Played 4 hours - REGRET!) £28 No Rest For The Wicked (Played 8hrs - Will play more) £28 Tower Simulator 3 (Played 19hrs - Superb game!) £34 X-Plane 12 (Played 8hrs - REGRET!)
Now… people who PRE-purchase games for £70… That’s truly mind boggling.
Warframe and Soulframe are free and have provided me over 6000hours of fun over the course of both their launches.
I only understand preordering a game these days if someone has bad internet and they preordered a physical copy, or if they are preordering a Collector’s Edition that comes with physical stuff like a statue or whatever.
So many good indie games that are under $10 that people sleep on.
With digital platforms like steam where there are zero chances of a game not being in stock prepurchasing benefits are limited to the few bonuses they give out like exclusive skins and crap.
I have bought a game at full price over $40 maybe once a year but not a prepurchase unless they had a free beta before the game was released. Nearly all of them were multiplayer games where I had played the beta with friends and we ended up putting in hundreds of hours.
Sadly, not enough games have free versions to try out so most games I purchase for $40 or less.
If you liked Erikshom then you might also enjoy Desperados 3. It goes on sale very regularly and can likely get a copy for about $5 USD if you wait a little while.
Oh I loved Desperados 3! 😁 I paid £18 for it back in March 22 and spent 61hrs in it. Excellent game. Shadow Gambit is meant to be good too by the same people.
Once you run out of Mimimi’s games then there’s one more called Sumerian Six with the exact same play style.
Hey thanks for that. I hadn’t heard of this one. Looks really good! Grabbing the demo now 🙂👍