I'm just trying to save money on it. My computer isn't that great and I have to run SR3 on low, I don't want to buy it on ps3. I should be getting a new computer soon that'll run it better, with it at a cheaper price. Also, trailers leading up to release showed very little anything new, to the point where Volition staff expressed their disdain with the latest batch of trailers due to the lack of new content, being able to 100% the game in 20 hours is not a ridiculous claim that the game is light on content. My worries were that SR4 was possible rushed out product, similar to SR3. I prefer SR2 to SR3. I'd much rather wait a few weeks and get GTAV, which I know won't be light on content, off and online.
Initial reveal, SR4 looked fine. But a month before release, we see the same old shit? It's not going to do much to sway me into buying it. Signal up a GTAV gameplay trailers, which looks refreshing and something I want right now, and I'm even less impressed with the SRIV media releases. I am extremely picky with games I buy on release, or buy close to release, most games I buy at a discount. My most important requirement for a 60 dollar game, is a game that is content rich. If I can see everything there is to do in the game in 20 hours, I have little obligation to buy it. You played Skyrim, right? How many hours did you pluck into Skyrim? 100? How would you feel if the sequel to Skyrim, is a game with far, far less content, but it's still a great game? How about we make the sequel to THAT, a game you can experience everything in 20 hours? Fuck that. I'm not buying that at release. Everything after that is a replay, but it's still not exactly new content. I play sandbox games for content, it is that simple.
Games I have bought this year:
Monster Hunter 3U - 100 hours clocked
Animal Crossing: New Leaf: 150 hours clocked
SMT4 - 60 hours clocked
Notice a pattern? What do you think I value in a genre that's seemingly about exploration and fucking around? GTAV is a game that is guaranteed to last me 100 hours. Every numbered GTA has. That game is out what, three weeks after SR4? SR4 is what, a game you see everything in 10 hours? Get 100% in 20 hours? It costs, how much exactly? It takes place in the same city as 3? How much value is in this game? How long will I play it? Maybe I should concentrate on something besides games before GTAV comes out? Maybe I'd rather play something else in the mean time, rather than spend 30-50 bucks on a game I can beat in 10 hours in a genre that I play for exploration and content?
You're acting like this is a unique thing with me. It isn't. I passed on Etrian Odyssey IV because SMT4 and Soul Hackers were right around the corner. I have Soul Hackers sitting here, I have clocked all of an hour because SMT4 takes priority over it. Waste of money.
Lesson one about my buying habits: I am rarely, rarely ever disappointed in games I buy. The reason I raise a storm when I *am* disappointed in a game is because I'm meticulous with what I buy: I know what I like, and I'm rarely disappointed.
Goddamn, I should play some Dynasty Warriors 8 before GTAV drops, haven't gotten to that yet, but instead I guess I'm guess I'm explaining to people word by word about the merits of waiting, buying for cheap, and enjoying a game you got for 20 bucks that has 20 dollars worth of content.