• callouscomic@lemm.ee
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    3 months ago

    Does going gold mean anything anymore? Nearly every major game is garbage at release and needs tons of patches and fixes.

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      3 months ago

      It is called “going gold” because it is the gold standard for measuring the tolerance level for embarrassment from releasing the pile of garbage a project produced. Going gold is done at exactly the point when that drops from intolerable to tolerable to the stake holders.

  • TurboHarbinger@feddit.cl
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    3 months ago

    Lol this is the most expensive game I have in my wishlist, and I bet it won’t be good until it gets an expansion.

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    3 months ago

    My interest depends on their dlc policy. I play 4x games with friends and some of my friends can’t always buy the latest cool dlc. I want to be able to play with stuff I paid for even when I play with them.

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    3 months ago

    I generally like the Civ games but I’m definitely not a Day 1 player. I’ll probably pick this up in a heavily discounted bundle with the inevitable expansions and at least some of the DLC in a Steam sale a couple years from now.

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      3 months ago

      This is the way. Civ 6 is so cheap when it goes on sale now. I bet it’s a more complete game than Civ 7 too but I might be wrong.

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          3 months ago

          There’s no Clash of Clans style micro transactions if that’s what you’re concerned about. There’s not pay to win. The in-app purchases are just for more content. The Anthology bundle should include everything from what I can tell.

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          3 months ago

          I have no idea. The DLCs you can buy from Steam or Epic (or get the bundle).

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            3 months ago

            Right, could be an in-game button that takes you to the DLC page

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    3 months ago

    After thinking about it for weeks I think I’ve finally settled on buying it, assuming day 1 performance is good. No preorders. I’m not installing that denuvo garbage on my pc though so at least civ 7 has finally made me switch to Linux last weekend.

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      3 months ago

      I would’ve bought it day 1 assuming reviews come back okay, but I refuse to ever spend $70 on a base game. I’ll wait for a sale if that’s what they’re charging.