Are you holding off on any game in particular right now?

Submitted ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨glau@lemmy.world⁩ to ⁨patientgamers@sh.itjust.works⁩

I suppose Baldur’s Gate 3 could be an example for a lot of people. Any recent or just “recent” release you are waiting for to get at the moment?

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Kuma@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
For me is it starfield. I am a bit to hyped up for it. I will try to wait a year or more. Just like I did for cyberpunk and I was hyped for that game since the first trailer haha

if you wait that long then stuff that is still buggy usually have a mod that fix it.

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- Lethtor@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  I would wait on Starfield myself and wait for mods, but considering it’s part of gamepass, I see no reason to not give it a fair shake, especially since I have a few more months of gamepass I got gifted. I do however plan on buying the game like a year or two from now (or maybe ten, if Skyrim is anything to go on) on Steam to do another modded playthrough
  
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  - abraxas@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    Is it going to be on the PC version of Game Pass? I was going to wait because that’s a lot of money for me not having much time, but I can probably get behind “renting” it by paying for Game Pass.
    
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lustyargonian@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Oh so many!

Cyberpunk 2077 Elden Ring God of War Ragnarok Hogwarts Legacy Jedi Survivor Horizon Forbidden West Burning Shores Baldur’s Gate 3 (though it’s not on consoles yet …

I’ve a huge backlog that I’m chipping through one by one, and thse games are only going to get better with patches or cheaper with sales, I can wait for that and reduce my backlog at the same time :D

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- AsimovsRobot@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  BG3 is the only game I’ve bought at launch price in my life. No regrets, what an amazing job from Larian.
  
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- Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  Bout cyberpunk 2077 for $20 three months ago.
  
  Still buggy. It was okay. Lots of boring combat. But the story, acting, and world? Amazing! I had to use a mod to help change some of the hotkeys.
  
  After 25 hours… Update broke my save.
  
  Id say keep waiting until 2025 when the GoTY is released and fanpatches exist.
  
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Aviandelight@mander.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
I’ve been holding out on getting Stray for about a year now. I’m just not willing to pay full price for a relatively short game.

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- c0mbatbag3l@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  Same! It’s like Abzu, or Journey and I’ll get it when it’s 9.99 or less.
  
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  - WheeGeetheCat@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    Eh it has so much more production wise than journey though… I love journey, it’s a one of a kind play experience… but everything is minimalistic. Stray is the opposite so chucking them another 15 bucks to cover character design and animation, level design, voice acting, etc doesn’t feel too bad to me
    
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- Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  Same! Waiting for it to hit the $10-15 range.
  
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- TwilightVulpine@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  Same. It looks adorable but the price is a little too high for me.
  
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DocWurzel@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Starfield. Too expensive at release and likely to be buggy

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- OverfedRaccoon@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  Same. But add not having anything able to efficiently run it at a satisfactory level at the moment.
  
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sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Tears of the Kingdom - I thought BoTW was fun, but not as fun as older Zelda games; I’ll probably get it eventually, but I want to pay $40 or less

The Great War: Western Front - still seems pretty buggy, so I’ll wait a bit for patches

Victoria 3 - I love Paradox games, but they seem to need a few years to get good

Mount & Blade: Bannerlord - still getting patches and some new content, so I’ll keep waiting

Starfield - undoubtedly going to be buggy, so I’ll be waiting at least a few months, if not years, after launch to get it

I’m actually considering getting BG3 soon, once I get a few days to play a lot of it. It looks like a solid launch, so I’m happy to pay a bit more for something high quality. I hope they continue to work on it and maybe provide content heavy DLC at some point.
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- GentlemanLoser@ttrpg.network ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  Mount & Blade II is frustrating for me. I’m just not good enough at the combat to play on the front lines and I’m a shit commander trying to organize my troops in battle.
  
  Basically i just play the exploration and management side and auto-resolve the combats :/
  
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  - lightnsfw@reddthat.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    Doing the tournaments is a good way to practice combat.
    
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  - Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    Your comment is why Im still waiting.
    
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- manapropos@lemmy.basedcount.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  I bought Victoria 3 shortly after release and it’s frustrating how long it’s taking. It clearly has the potential to be a great game, but there’s still so much to be done.
  
  On the other hand, a buddy and I got into Victoria 2 a few months ago and it’s been a blast. A bit clunky at first but it’s so easy to map paint with a friend in vanilla
  
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Redredme@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
I’m holding out on starfield. There must be a cyberpunk moment waiting right around the corner because you can’t jam all that in a game and expect it to work too.

Also 80% what’s out there of so called features of this game only exists inside the heads of influencers. That hope is the real problem.

I tried holding out on armoured core. I couldn’t. Glad I didn’t. Amazing game. Easier then Elden ring but still very clearly a from software title.

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- twistypencil@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  People are mad because starfield doesn’t have things they never said they would have. It is not no man sky, but the comparison is going to be hard to shake
  
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  - c0mbatbag3l@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    No, they’re mad because the developers have a really bad habit of speaking in generalizations that they know will make the fans assume a bunch of shit and then claim it was all their fault later when it turns out none of that exists or works like they heavily insinuated.
    
    “Yeah you can walk around a whole planet!”
    
    If you don’t mind walking back to your ship so you can fly to the next chunk of the planet since there’s seemingly no mechanic to “call in” your ship and the terrain will eventually block you with invisible walls.
    
    It’s not the lack of features, it’s the developers willing to let the players invent things in their heads until release day when it inevitably comes crashing down.
    
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kid4today@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Diablo 4. I’m gonna wait quite a while for this one I think. Firstly I’m not willing to pay the price it is right now but mostly because the game needs to get better. It took a long time for Diablo 3 to turn in to a decent game.

Starfield. I’ll definitely be giving this one at least a year, probably more. Let’s see how buggy it is.

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- GrayBackgroundMusic@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  Diablo 4 at launch was decent. It’s been downhill since. The first patch sucked. The next patch (season 1) walked back half the changes, so it wasn’t terrible, but it wasn’t fun. Waiting on season 2. Contemplating POE.
  
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- GentlemanLoser@ttrpg.network ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  Personally I can’t wait to play Starfield so I can explore the same caves as in Fallout and Skyrim, and watch the familiar NPC animations they’ve used for fifteen years while paying $70 for the privilege of main quest breaking bugs
  
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  - c0mbatbag3l@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    I can’t wait to find out what generalizations they’ve been using to lie by omission and what game mechanics don’t exist as the hype train believes them to be.
    
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- Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  Bought Diablo 4 because how impressed I was at their Stress Test.
  
  It’s okay and I go through bouts of Buyers Remorse and “Well Blizzard games rarely go on sale”.
  
  I loved Diablo 2. And thought Diablo 3 expansion was pretty fun and arcade-y, but not what I wanted. Diablo 4 is right between the two but it just doesn’t suck me in for hundreds of hours. And I should have known. D2’s & D3’s expansion was when the game went real good. And maybe the same will happen for D4.
  
  Hate to say it, but wait for PoE2.
  
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TwilightVulpine@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
As always, waiting for sales.

Looking forward to Baldur’s Gate 3 and its horny crazy shenanigans, Cyberpunk 2077 now that it’s in better shape and I have a PC that can run it decently. Hi-Fi Rush is definitely on my list, rhythm action is a cool genre. I might go for Elden Ring if the price is good, see if I’m going to finally like a single souls games or if I’ll bounce off that one too.

Still waiting for a rare chance at a 33% off on Smash Bros Ultimate and who knows Wario Ware Get It Together.

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ICastFist@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
BG3, Elden Ring, Armored Core 6, just to name the high profile few I’m going to wait for significant price drops in maybe 2 years.

Besides, I do want to play several other RPGs before diving into Baldur’s Gate, especially Tyranny, Divinity Original Sin 1 and 2, and the Pathfinder games. Maybe also the old Neverwinter Nights, got the GOG version of them, am yet to begin a campaign

All in all, those ~5 old-ish RPGs alone can probably run me through an entire year.

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GrayBackgroundMusic@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Wayfinder. They released into early access and it’s very early. Needs more time to cook.

Palia. Interesting concept, but the launch reviews say it’s kinda shallow. I’ll check in a year or so to see if it’s got any depth.

Diablo 4. It started pretty good! Then went to the shitter and hasn’t recovered.

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- TwilightVulpine@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  Palia is decent for a farming sim but kinda barebones for its MMO aspirations. It needs more content. I wonder how it’s going to handle end game content without getting repetitive. For what’s worth, it’s free, so trying it a little comes at no cost.
  
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Nemo@midwest.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
I’m focused on back-to-school and getting some outdoor projects done before winter. To help with that, I disassembled my PC. Once snow starts falling and (hopefully) the Adventure Mode update is released, I plan to snuggle up and finally enjoy the graphical version of Dwarf Fortress.

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Weirdfish@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Well, I already have it, Quake 2. I haven’t played yet cause I’m trying to get a couple friends to coop our first go.

Was in the military when Quake came out, so it’s one if the few true classics I get to play now for the first time.

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Squirrel@thelemmy.club ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Baldur’s Gate 3

Armored Core 6

Remnant 2

…and (depending on your definition of “recent”) a lot more. Any of the big games coming over from PlayStation (God of War, Spider-Man), Cyberpunk, etc. I don’t generally buy games for over $20, unless it’s someone I want badly and it hasn’t gone below that after a couple years.

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- Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  Remnant 2 looked so sweet. So I got Remnant 1 on sale for like $5 to see what the deal was.
  
  Wow, that first game is pretty solid. And to read that Remnant 2 is the first game but way more polished and tighter? Hell yes.
  
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glau@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
For me there are a couple.

Hades (2020) - I’m not in any hurry with this one. I’d get it if GOG starts to sell it, otherwise I’ll wait a bit more.

Outer Wilds (2020) - I’m getting impatient with this. I’d like this more on GOG too, but I think I’ll just buy it when Steam winter sale comes.

The Guild III (2022) - quirky trade/life sim game and I have some fond memories of the second one. But that had quite a few bugs even long after release and I hear the third game still looks unfinished so I’m patient.

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- Proxima_Centauri11@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  It’s a shame that the Outer Wilds went for a timed exclusive to epic, but it did help me wait to get it!
  
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- Thassodar@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  GoG has a sale right now, and Outer Wilds is in it. I played when I had Game Pass but have almost no desire to buy it, even though I almost beat it.
  
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Xianshi@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Stray, cyberpunk and red dead 2 and forza. I’m waiting until they come down in price and it forces me to play through my backlog.

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sadie_sorceress@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
I really want Armored Core 6 after seeing gameplay but my budget is tight right now. Also itching for BG3 but I have owned BG1 EE for years so finally playing that, and also just bought BG2 EE last night on steam for $6 so those will hopefully hold me over a while.

And then there’s MK1 coming out soon but I know that’ll eventually be packaged with all the Kombat packs for cheap in a few years so holding off there too.

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Mandy@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
BG3 too Bust mostly cause of the two things I saw

A couple years ago, the intro cinematic, which was a tentacle spaceship flown by cuthulu

And the beastiality “joke”

The game made it kinda easy for me to be patient for the inevitable “GOTY” edition
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- dfc09@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  Mind flayers (the “Cthulhu”) are prominent bad guys in DnD, super popular. They’re canonically aberrations from a different realm, so they’re designed to be freaky Lovecraft aliens. Idk if you’re saying BG3 looks weird or crazy, but aliens and spelljammer space-ship like things are established canon in DnD, the source material.
  
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  - Mandy@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    im not entirely new to Dnd and im well aware that BG IS DnD, but i have never seen nor heard of the tentacle boys before, nor alien spaceships, ever
    
    but my second point is like 80% of my apprehension
    
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MinusPi@pawb.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
I bought and downloaded BG3, but I’m waiting to play it until I have the mental energy to really dig into it.

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Xenxs@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
BG3 like most people and I’ll hold of on Starfield for a few months to see how it held up against the hype.

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casualhippo@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
I’m a big Larian fan and D&D enjoyer, so I made an exception for BG3 since I knew I’d be sinking hundreds of hours easily into that game :P

I just picked up Moonlighter for like 3 bucks so that’s my next adventure.

Cyberpunk 2077 comes to mind with the Phantom Liberty DLC being around the corner. Also waiting out on Starfield to see how it goes, Fallout 3 and New Vegas have a special place in my heart but Bethesda has had a lot of misses for me since then.

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Rebels_Droppin@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Dark and Darker, it’s out on Chaff games but with their legal troubles I’m not sure I wanna give them my money and risk the game getting taken down again.

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Shurimal@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Starfield is honestly the only new game that mildly interests me (ES6 is years away still), and I'm holding out on that one until 1.) a GPU that can run it smoothly at 2,5k with no DLSS/FSR shenanigans costs 500€ or less so I can actually afford it; 2.) script extender comes out and lays the framework for not just mods, but amazing mods; 3.) the ongoing thargoid war reaches its conclusion and wraps up and doesn't immediately lead to rogue guardian AI showing up or Empire and Federation throwing themselves into mutual assured destruction or whatever.

On the other hand, if Starfield won't have HOTAS support, I'll probably put it on hold indefinitely and try out Star Citizen instead, if I ever get bored of Elite. Maybe pick it up when it's 10€ on a sale in half a decade. Fallout 3 didn't turn out to be my cup of tea, after all, and Starfield may fall in the same category. And this is fine.

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- absquatulate@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  I used to be in the same boat as you, pretty hopeful that Starfield will be the space game to replace Elite for me. But the more I read about it, the more I realize it can’t.
  
  I dread the day I put Elite down cause I’ll have no space sim to scratch the itch.
  
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  - c0mbatbag3l@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    My Phantom is always chilling in the black, ready for me to come log in and take her exploring again.
    
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Wardacus16@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
I’m still waiting on Star Wars Jedi: Survivor to go on sale. I refuse to pay full price, months after release, for a game that seemed to have a few performance issues on release, plus it’s an EA game. I also have a bit of a backlog of games I’m still playing, so I’m in no rush to buy a new game at the moment.

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- dandroid@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  It already went on sale once, but it wasn’t a very low sale. I think that’s a good sign that it won’t be too long before it drops to decent a price.
  
  It had an amazing story, but the visual glitches were constant. Luckily I didn’t run into any glitches that actually affected gameplay. But the visual glitches really broke immersion.
  
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DerteTrdelnik@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Pathfinder WOTR - they still have like 2 DLCs planned to release

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mmmmtoasty@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
So many great games I’m going to be waiting on until they go on sale:

Wukong

Lies of P

Starfield

Armored Core 6

Eiyuden Chronicle

Baldur’s Gate 3

A million little games that have just gotten out of early access on Steam
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rocky1138@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Xenoblade Chronicles 3. I played the first one on 3DS then Switch. I’m not playing 3 until I start then finish 2 and the expansion.

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DrQuint@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Out of choice? Because silksong is kind of doing its own thing.

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Boiglenoight@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
I bought and played Diablo 4 but got bored. Waiting for Blizzard to enhance the end game / seasons so they’re more interesting/on or with D3.

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Sharkwellington@lemmy.one ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Granblue Fantasy Versus since they’re coming out with Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising in November. I’m not in a rush since I have Street Fighter 6, and Guilty Gear Strive had a big update recently as well.

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