And pre-loading.
So has the open beta moved anyone to buy it? Or did it just confirm a decision to buy or not buy?
As an aside I tried playing 2070 again and just could not get into it. The color pallet still turns me off and the futuristic tech does not grab me like historical games do. I know it is still the same A > B > C supply chains but it means so much more to me when it is Wool > Clothing rather than some science fiction mumbo-jumbo.
@Granath Lets make it easy… ;)
- Pre-ordered, and possibly already pre-loading!
- Buying it on release day / after a few reviews.
- Waiting for sale.
- Not buying it.
- Shirtz Bonnets!
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For me personally, I enjoyed my time with the open beta. The game is really polished, looks lovely, and I can’t really fault how it plays. Nevertheless, I also had the feeling that I have played this game before, it doesn’t do much to really reinvigorate the genre that I can see (at least in the early game, not saying the full game won’t be different!) so I would rather replay Zeus (which I am doing) than dropping down for this one straight away. Will wait for reviews / sales / no more epic exclusivity.
Despite owning Anno 1404 (psychical copy & digital), and apparently Anno 1602 through Uplay (which I only discovered after having to use Uplay for The Division 2), I haven’t played either of them so it is my first Anno game.
I also own Zeus & Pharaoh with expansions but haven’t tried them either; I stalled at Caesar 3 years ago for some reason.
Multiplayer with Vulcans?
Waiting for the GMG key.
My concern is my game got really laggy when I started getting up to tier three and built some colonies in the New World and started switching between the regions. Im running a GTX 970 with an I5-4690k and 8gb of ram. That meets the base for the recommended specs. I enjoyed it so I’ll take the risk.
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$60 is a hard sell for me these days for a game that would really be a casual timewaster for me, but it did convince me to check out 1404 when I have some time to spend on the genre.
I went into the beta with high expectations based on reports from the closed beta. Then I hit the same point as @Tim_N
I also had the feeling that I have played this game before
And I moved into the “definitely won’t buy it camp, I’ll just play some older Annos I already have”.
Then I went and played some older Annos I already have, and I realised I was already missing some of the improvements in 1800 so I moved back into the “you know what, maybe an upgraded version of this game is exactly what I want” so now I’m in the definite buy camp again!
What a ride!.
The overheating I had during beta convinced me to wait a while. My 8 year old machine is probably going to bite the dust soon, so this can wait for my new machine. Maybe I can use some of the Uplay coins to get a discount by then. Really enjoyed it though, and am looking forward to playing it, but I always have plenty of Anno installed (2205 getting regular playtime currently), so I can wait. Love these games, perfect after work Bonsai tree relaxation, prune a bit here, move a little there, add a piece there.
It convinced me that it’s enough like other Annos that I will never love the game. It seems like a good enough Anno that I’d probably get it on a steep sale.
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Robc04 is gonna buy another Anno game! ;)
But not right away! I mostly promise!
I was already going to get it, but once it’s on sale; $60 is a bit much when I have a backlog. I really liked the beta, though, and was super bummed when it was already over by the time the kids were in bed on Sunday.
Re: Zeus unthread, for some reason I just couldn’t get into it, despite loving Pharaoh. Maybe I should take that to a different thread, though.
Waiting for a sale on some hardware that can run it. :)