Capcom 90% of the time. Their only game from this gen that I didn't buy was Infinite.
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Ever bought a game out of blind trust on a Dev?
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Every game by Tetsuya Takahashi (Xeno games).
Every "Souls" like game by From Soft.
Every Blizzard game.
No regrets so far, those get a free pass from me every day.
Also FF, even if XV made me question future day one purchases.
Also not a dev but every Disgaea title should be mine, even if I barely scratch the surface.
Every "Souls" like game by From Soft.
Every Blizzard game.
No regrets so far, those get a free pass from me every day.
Also FF, even if XV made me question future day one purchases.
Also not a dev but every Disgaea title should be mine, even if I barely scratch the surface.
Nah, it's when you play Genital Jousting with the screen turned off.
Bethesda games. I bought Skyrim and Fallout 4 on release day. I actually preordered them. Same goes for all Bioware games until Andromeda. Bought Andromeda on release day and while it wasn't utterly horrible or anything and I still enjoyed it, it left many things to be desired. Biggest regret was actually buying Imperator Rome out of blind trust, it's REALLY boring and I think most people stopped playing it.
Anything Supergiant Makes.
Anything Kamiya makes.
Anything Itsuno makes.
Anything Yasumi Matsuno makes.
Day 1 on any fighting game from french bread, capcom, Namco, NRS, or ASW.
Anything Kamiya makes.
Anything Itsuno makes.
Anything Yasumi Matsuno makes.
Day 1 on any fighting game from french bread, capcom, Namco, NRS, or ASW.
No, I only buy games that interest me, not because of a developer. I have many favorite developers and I won't buy their games if what they make don't interest me.
Same here. I used to be a massive Supergiant fanboy, to the point where I bought pretty much every item they had for sale at their store, and copies of their games for every platform on which they were released.
Loved Bastion, and Transistor improved on everything when compared to its predecessor, becoming one of my favorite games of all time. So, I assumed that Pyre would continue the trend. Nope. It turned out to be a "sports" game hidden within a Visual Novel, which is a genre that I absolutely detest.
Gone were the lovely narration (an announcer during the matches just isn't the same thing), the story told through gameplay, the different loadouts... Even the ending sucked (considering that you don't really get to see it).
Then they pulled all their shenanigans with the Epic Game Store. Safe to say that I'm never buying a game from them again.
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Oh, absolutely. These days, you hardly have to, but I still do for a few. Retro, From, Platinum, Wayforward.
And being burned by trusting the company name is how I learned the difference between a developer and a publisher, way back in the day.
And being burned by trusting the company name is how I learned the difference between a developer and a publisher, way back in the day.
Pretty much all of my games.
If a developer consistently makes games I enjoy, then I'm going to end up trusting that their next game will be good too.
I've only ever been burned once (Sticker Star which was returned), but so far it has been working just fine for me.
If I don't know the companies involved, I'll do some research.
If a developer consistently makes games I enjoy, then I'm going to end up trusting that their next game will be good too.
I've only ever been burned once (Sticker Star which was returned), but so far it has been working just fine for me.
If I don't know the companies involved, I'll do some research.
Almost funny seeing people mention Pyre of an example of blindly trusting a game and ending up burned by it, because I had almost the exact opposite happen with the game. Never would have given it a shot if it hadn't been made by Supergiant and I ended up loving it. Honestly and truly think they're some of the greatest indie developers out there and are doing fantastic things with the medium. Did it again with Hades, considering I've never purchased an Early Access game and roguelikes are almost never my thing, but I haven't had the chance to play it since I bought it.
The price change debacle was unfortunate but it hasn't really swayed me to boycott the studio.
The price change debacle was unfortunate but it hasn't really swayed me to boycott the studio.
The last time i blindly thrusted a developer was for Sekiro.
I did not regret it. It was a lot of fun.
I did not regret it. It was a lot of fun.
Ironically despite loving Runman: Race Around the World and Towerfall, I still haven't picked up Celeste. The only games I ever pre-order are the Pokemon games, and mainly because I know my wife and I both will like them.
This for sure, but for me this also extends to some studios/devs solely on the basis of how they make games (regardless of quality or how much I enjoyed a recent title), or what stories/styles they are trying to portray. I even do it for some developers who consistently make games I do not joy or play more than an hour, just because I want to support what they bring to games for others.
I also don't fault anyone at all for not being in the "you have my blind unconditional support" - there are a lot of factors at play. Some people don't have the fiscal luxury of that kind of blind faith; others might have had faith for someone other publisher or title and been burned bad.
From the other side of the coin: as a publisher, having a player base that trusts you blindly is something you dream of, but you absolutely do not take lightly or assume will occur. The only thing more valuable than traditional objective business stuff like revenue, MAU and talent is trust, irregardless if it's trust towards purchase intent, trust towards satisfaction, or even just trust towards competency.
Demon's Souls because I loved Otogi 1 and 2.
Best blind buy, but I know the dev purchase ever.
Best blind buy, but I know the dev purchase ever.
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Well I ought to restate (long-ish post ahead):
I did play around 2 to 3 hours worth of TW2 on 360 a few years back before dropping it (could not get into it at the time). Then I heard about the X update and bought another copy of the 360 version (ebay) cause I lost the older disc. Played that for half an hour before dropping it again because... I thought I ought to read the Witcher Books.
What a bloody brilliant I idea! Except, I have bought 4 of the books and am about 2/3rd ways through the 1st (I started over a month ago). As a slowpoke, I would wager that by the time I am done with the books (w/o change in pace) it will be 2021 at the earliest before I can get back to TW2.
I'm the same. After Bastion I bought Transistor and Pyre at launch. I held off of Hades because it was early access but I buckled on that too. At this point I don't think it matters at all, I'm buying whatever they put out.
