Plus we're hyped to all hell and pre-ordering will feel like taking a tangible step towards making space great again.
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Pre-order this thursday?
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It is one of those questions that if asked cannot really be answered. Either you know why we want to pre-order or you don't, we cannot explain it to you anymore than why the sky is blue.
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Ok. I think people preorder for different reasons. A lot of it is "I gotta have it first". It's a mentality that is widely viewed as the worst aspect of "Preorder culture". Some people Preorder to show support for a studio. Like it or not, a high number of preorders is a good thing for a company. Some people have poor spending habits. They know they want to buy the game, but are actually not responsible enough to save money. This is a common cause. I know several of my friends who have the money now, and they want the preorder because they don't know if they can hold on to the cash.
Personally, and I might be alone here, I'm an anxious person. I can actually get stressed waiting for something to happen. I'm itching for this game. The act of preordering takes the edge off. It may sound strange, but it does. Plus I heart Paradox. After hearing the Jimquisition do a convincing argument not to preorder things unless you trust the company, Paradox is the only company I tend to preorder from anymore.
Anyway, that is just my view on the matter. I'm no industry expert. Just some guy who loves video games.
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Man, if even the race creator. So we could start getting our non-ironman games ready.
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an explanation that has to be explained is not an explanation
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...You win this round.an explanation that has to be explained is not an explanation
Stellaris 2 confirmed!
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Genrally I'd agree with you, but PDS is one of 2 devs that I'll preorder from. I trust them to provide a great game with hundreds of hours of gameplay and years of support. That trust is why I'm willing to front money on a PDS game, and even get the digital "collectors" edition with a whole bunch of gumph that I dont need. I want to support such a great studio.
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"the sky is blue because we live inside the eye of a blue-eyed giant named 'Macumber'"
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Can you explain why not?
If you're going to buy it then why not? It is Paradox who have a proven track record, so there is no need to wait for reviews (which is the only reason I can think of why not to pre-order).
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I'm against pre-ordering when there's only trailers and few gameplay snippets of the game when the pre-order goes up. Here we have quite a few hours of gameplay streamed, so I feel safe enough to pre-order if I so want. The game is looking good, the pre-order wouldn't be done with nothing but hopes and dreams. Although there's quite a bit of hopes and dreams involved in it.
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an explanation that has to be explained is not an explanation
scattering of light through atmospheric particles? like from a prism?
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I would never pre order a game. However i view Stellaris as a life style product not a game. I am pre ordering it in the same way i would have pre ordered an electric car if i had the money.
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Maybe they will load one of their in-house multiplayer games and continue with it for the 2 hours? Because if it is a multiplayer game - 2 hours might not be enough to start a multiplayer game from scratch. :s
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Will pre-order twice the game in order to be allowed to review it and stream it in French few days before the game is out
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an explanation that has to be explained is not an explanation
All explanations need explanation if you don't accept them Richard Feynman demonstrates very well