Are you going to pre-order?

ergo · Post by **ergo** » Sat, 2. Dec 17, 20:08

hell no till I see reviews after 2-3 months and see what they have delivered this time.

Saber15 · Post by **Saber15** » Sun, 3. Dec 17, 00:28

Maybe. I'll need to see more, but what they've shown so far has been very promising, and has addressed my main issues with X:R

I preordered X Rebirth, and to be honest I wasn't actually that disappointed because I knew that they were going for a totally different take on the series, and I knew from previous egosoft releases that it was going to be a bug-ridden mess at release, doubly so because it was made from scratch, unlike X3TC or X3AP which were built heavily on the previous title (and still bug infested at release)

I played it for a bit to check out the awesome graphics and soundtracks, and let it sit in my library for about a year while all the missing features were added. Now it's a pretty fun game, though not really what I'm looking for in an X-game.

Rice · Post by **Rice** » Sun, 3. Dec 17, 00:49

Greenhorn wrote:(4) Will boron, make it in there?

only as Fish and chips variant at the local Spacebar called BoFu ( slice of Boron with crispy Fungals)

the game won't flee from me so i have no need to preorder, it's not like those days where you needed to camp the local store to grab your copy or wait weeks for the next Charge.... well i live in the nowhere so it was never a real problem back in the old days, as i was oon of 40 customers at all who bought a game from that store and they planned in advance with their customers what they should order with lists along those standart 1-2 shelfcopies. ^^

will surely grab it when i have time for it ^^

Observe · Post by **Observe** » Sun, 3. Dec 17, 00:52

I've never pre-ordered anything in my life and the point of doing so escapes me.

Sockrox · Post by **Sockrox** » Wed, 6. Dec 17, 03:52

Nope. Goodwill got burned with afterbirth.

[FFCW]Urizen · Post by **[FFCW]Urizen** » Wed, 6. Dec 17, 09:09

Observe wrote:I've never pre-ordered anything in my life and the point of doing so escapes me.

Depending on the preorder, you´re not so wrong. But for example, I prepurchased Fallout 4 and bought the season pass right away. I saved 5 bucks on Fo4 and another 20 on the season pass. Granted, the save on the season pass was an unknown at the time, but 5 bucks are 5 bucks. IIRC I got a similar save on MEA.

schedarx · Post by **schedarx** » Thu, 7. Dec 17, 16:10

Yes if it will be cheaper. Yes if it's going to be EA. No if it's just pre-order.

Doomdog19 · Post by **Doomdog19** » Sun, 10. Dec 17, 19:48

The only way I'll pre-order X4 is if I'm pre-ordering a box edition of the game. When I say box edition, that doesn't mean a CD to install Steam and a key to download it... I want a legitimate X4 CD edition so I can install whenever I want without being reliant on Steam.

Will I pre-order from Steam? After XR, never again.

Skeeter · Post by **Skeeter** » Sun, 10. Dec 17, 20:32

Why a boxed copy, no one uses optical media anymore for pc games it's all downloading ones like steam.

Observe · Post by **Observe** » Sun, 10. Dec 17, 21:12

Skeeter wrote:Why a boxed copy, no one uses optical media anymore for pc games it's all downloading ones like steam.

Because some of us live in third-world countries like the United States, where internet in rural areas is spotty to non-existent and very expensive. Minor updates are one thing, but gigabyte downloads can be problematic.

nemesis1982 · Post by **nemesis1982** » Tue, 12. Dec 17, 11:27

I selected no. However, I might reconsider if the preorder price in under 40 euro.

If egosoft will do the different preorder bonuses from different shops I'll have to consider if I'll actually buy the game. I HATE those!

Skeeter · Post by **Skeeter** » Tue, 12. Dec 17, 12:17

Observe wrote:
Skeeter wrote:Why a boxed copy, no one uses optical media anymore for pc games it's all downloading ones like steam.
Because some of us live in third-world countries like the United States, where internet in rural areas is spotty to non-existent and very expensive. Minor updates are one thing, but gigabyte downloads can be problematic.

That's a shame, tho I think all retail copies of X games have been full on cd/dvd releases so x4 won't be any different imo. Then all u worry about is patches.

mr.malcom · Post by **mr.malcom** » Tue, 12. Dec 17, 19:51

Preorder an X Game after the X-Ribirth Preorder disaster?

Serious?

No Way!

This will be the first X-Game I'm definitely waiting for a test.

soulmonarch · Post by **soulmonarch** » Wed, 13. Dec 17, 19:24

I desperately want to, but I've been hurt before! T_T

I am cautiously optimistic though.

Thufar · Post by **Thufar** » Wed, 13. Dec 17, 21:12

The answer for me has always been yes. I've liked all Egosoft's games, even Rebirth. However, with each live stream, I'm even more optimistic about the X4.

Given Egosoft's support of all their games post release, I'm quite comfortable in prepurchasing.

Regards,
Thu

dreamer2008 · Post by **dreamer2008** » Wed, 13. Dec 17, 21:19

After seeing what happens with preorders in general, not only X Rebirth, the answer is a resounding no. I love X3 TC+Albion Prelude, but I will wait for reviews for X4.

iforgotmysocks · Post by **iforgotmysocks** » Thu, 14. Dec 17, 00:30

Egosoft is probably the only company i'm preordering from. (While X-R is the first game i ever preordered)

I quite enjoy helping the process of bringing their games to shape and i'm quite confident that it won't take as long as it did with Rebirth ever again. :3

raess2013 · Post by **raess2013** » Fri, 15. Dec 17, 21:00

no, no, no, no, nooooooo. After X:Rebirth I never preordered again. Good was I pissed.

patient zero · Post by **patient zero** » Fri, 15. Dec 17, 22:17

Observe wrote:
Skeeter wrote:Why a boxed copy, no one uses optical media anymore for pc games it's all downloading ones like steam.
Because some of us live in third-world countries like the United States, where internet in rural areas is spotty to non-existent and very expensive. Minor updates are one thing, but gigabyte downloads can be problematic.

Roger that. I despise software that requires a constant connection to the web just so someone can monitor what I'm doing. And I despise companies that don't care if they burn out the data limits on my web account. Other things being equal, I will always choose a physical copy over a virtual copy.

Re: Preordering

No. I won't pay full retail price for anything without knowing what I'm getting. But I did buy Egosoft's catalog on Steam just to give them some financial aid.

vkerinav · Post by **vkerinav** » Sat, 16. Dec 17, 03:06

As a philosophical question, what's the difference between per-ordering, and ordering the instant it becomes available?

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Are you going to pre-order?

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