Definitely no preorder, I’m not buying a cat in a bag for no real benefit. Kickstarter is a bit different because the game might not be made at all if you don’t back, but in that case I’ll definitely research the people involved to get a better picture on how reliable they are and if they really need Kickstarter-style funding in the first place.
For early access, I try to judge whether the current state of the game is already worth the price. Games like Minecraft or 7 Days To Die provided great value even before their 1.0 version.
(continued) For your example, I’d be too worried about whether the game does the book justice to preorder. Maybe if the developer and publisher have a really good track record. But I don’t like to get invested like that, especially considering that I only play on Linux - even a really cool developer might release a game that is a bitch to get working on my system, even if their previous games worked great.
Are you looking for story or gameplay? Chaos Zero Nightmare is relatively new and is a roguelike deckbuilder with really good gameplay. Lots of synergies, lots of combos, lots of variations of every card letting you craft very specific decks that can make almost anything work if you just get lucky with finding just the right pieces and upgrades during a run.
The story is ass though (but at least there is a fast forward button) and some of the character designs do make me roll my eyes with how absurdly gooner-baity they are.
The Danmachi game recently went offline forever. They released a standalone version to play at home. I’m told its tuned to be a bit more fun and you can get all the stuff. Not sure if its been mirrored somewhere.
For me the best ones were Final Fantasy Brave Exvius and Love Live School Idol Festival. Currently playing Umamusume Pretty Derby and it’s fine but it’s kinda brutal if you’re trying to catch the meta as F2P.
Also gacha games are fine at launch (and maybe just before they close the doors forever). Other than that they’re just whalefest, especially if they’re popular.
No idea how long I’m gonna stick to Umamusume but I feel it won’t be years.
I’d go with Wuthering Waves and Zenless Zone Zero. Those two probably have over 100 hours of main story and character stories to play through. Where Winds Meet is new and popular. Haven’t played much but it seems good
I’ve been having a ton of issue with controller support on Mac for older games. It’s really hit or miss lately and It’s always difficult to find a workaround.
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