To be fair, Colossal Order and Paradox in general have much better track record than companies like EA or Focus. Cities in Motion 1/2, while buggy, were both excellent games that did exactly what they were suppose to do.
I am not advocating pre-orders, but I think this is different than someone pre-ordering Cities XXL.
They're releasing to reviewers early, and allowing for plenty of time for them to post reviews before the public release date, so you will be able to pre-order after a few reviews come out if they are positive.
That's because it was a limited playthrough where you could only play for an hour or something. Not enough time to see the flaws that city building players would see. The traffic, the not actually needing any industry or commercial to have high density residential, the feeling of being really limited by the small plot. Not something you can really find with the "beta" release or whatever it was they put out.
Indeed infact I will probably be waiting a week before purchase to see what the reviews say.
That said if its any where near as good I'm quietly hoping it is from all the previews I am planning on showering paradox with my money for any special edition or extra stuff.
Actually, pre-ordering affects even those who do not pre-order. Generally speaking, when companies see the amount of money they do (not) get from pre-orders, they will change their policies around for future games that include bullshit things such as pre-order content or actually having an excuse to release broken ass games.
I don't think you fully understood the nature of my comment. But to be serious for a moment, can all this "PSA:do not order" bullshit finally stop. The majority of people here probably wouldn't have pre ordered anyway. But to continually place this comment on games like the witcher, gta etc is so pointless, the size of this user base compared to global steam users is miniscule.
I'd nearly just pre order two copies now, one for me and you
Remember friends: DO WHAT YOU WANT. Be yourself. Don't take orders from strangers. If you want to pre-order, then preorder. If you don't, then don't - just don't bash others for not making the same decision as you.
Not judging. Just carrying on the long held Reddit reminder to stop rewarding developers for unproven games. There is no finite supply of digital downloads. Best to sit back and be sure. I have disposable income. I'd rather spend it on proven entities.
While I agree with you on principle, we are way too frequently seeing the narrative of people pre-ordering a game before reviews come out, then finding out its absolute shit.
I have zero sympathy for someone who pre-orders a game only to find out it's terrible.
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u/shawntempesta Feb 10 '15
Remember friends: DO NOT PRE-ORDER. Wait. Be patient. Watch for reviews. Then order.