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Which game have you been most patient for? (sh.itjust.works)
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Which game have you been the most patient for (as in, delaying purchase)?

For me, it would have to be GTA V. I stopped playing games for years, then built a new rig in 2018. Since then I've played through GTA IV (well, I beat the story, and it was amazing), but I never played GTA V.

My plan is to purchase it and start playing it the day GTA VI is released, as I have enough other games to get through in the meantime.

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[–] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 3 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Starfox 64, which I still haven’t played.

[–] zaemz@lemmy.world 1 points 15 hours ago

It's a pretty good game, doesn't take long to complete a playthrough, either. I think you'd enjoy it if the spirit moves you one of these days.

[–] tarsakos@lemmy.world 2 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Resident Evil Village. I played most of the middle games, but skipped the first one because I hate tank controls and 0 because I heard it was awful. I told myself I won't buy Village until I play those two. I own them, I just can't get myself to want to play them for more than ten minutes at a time.

[–] ThunderComplex@lemmy.today 1 points 14 hours ago

Similar boat here. I own all RE games (cept Requiem) and I really wanna play Village but omg it’s hard to get started. Took me a long time to get started on RE7 too. And I still got RE4make too but I wanted to finish RE4 first but also dropped that one ugh (tho technically I finished it on release already I want a fresh perspective).
But like holy hell the series has like 4 different entry points and my ADHD brain can’t handle it.

[–] W98BSoD@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 17 hours ago

Super Mario Run on the iPhone. I won’t buy it until it goes on sale and, since it’s Nintendo, it’ll never go on sale.

[–] thlibos@thelemmy.club 4 points 23 hours ago

Beyond Good & Evil 2?

[–] AceFuzzLord@lemmy.zip 2 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago)

I'm waiting until I finish Sonic & The Seven Rings before moving onto Sonic &.The Black Knight. I am very slowly going through the game I never beat growing up and at this rate I'll probably get around to finishing it near when the heat death of the universe occurs.

Looking forward to Black Knight since it was a game I wanted but never got. I just hope I can get an official wiimote by then because Seven Rings controls poorly on the 3rd party one I currently have.

[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 11 points 1 day ago

I'm still waiting for the right sale price to buy Cyberpunk 2077

[–] lustyargonian@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Rdr2. Still waiting for a fps patch on console (most powerful machine I possess)

[–] Akasazh@lemmy.world 1 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Im still waiting for a pc release of RDR1. And for RDR2 to srop in price significantly

[–] lustyargonian@lemmy.zip 3 points 18 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Akasazh@lemmy.world 2 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Ah I missed that. 50 euros tho for what's now an old game is a bit much

[–] b000rg@midwest.social 1 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

It pretty regularly goes on sale for 50% off. I'd never played it before, so I bought it at that price.

[–] Akasazh@lemmy.world 1 points 7 hours ago

I'll be patient a bit more

[–] Lushed_Lungfish@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Titanfall 3. Took a while but it was worth every single moment that the devs spent polishing it.

[–] Willdrick@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

Still hurts, why are you like this?

[–] Wahots@pawb.social 2 points 1 day ago

I want to grab mgsv when it drops below $20. $20 for a 2015 title feels a bit steep.

[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 6 points 1 day ago

I guess KSA (successor of KSP). Still in dev.

[–] BlueSquid0741@lemmy.sdf.org 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Final Fantasy vii, just bought it on gog. I think I first saw screenshots of it in a PC magazine almost 30 years ago.

[–] w24@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 day ago

Enjoy it, it's an incredible game.

[–] Denjin@feddit.uk 31 points 2 days ago (5 children)

Skyrim. I'll play it one day I swear.

[–] Postmortal_Pop@lemmy.world 15 points 2 days ago (9 children)

Honestly it's worth it if you're down for mods. It felt like an insult when it came out, it was like call of duty wearing morrowind's skin, but since then it's become a pretty robust modding community and Legacy of the Dragonborn is miles above anything in the base game.

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[–] OmegaMouse@pawb.social 39 points 2 days ago (15 children)

I've been meaning to try Factorio for years. But I'm worried that as soon as I do, I'm never going to get round to playing all the other games in my backlog...

[–] zero_spelled_with_an_ecks@programming.dev 22 points 2 days ago

Usually when I pick it up it's only for about two weeks. Then I get back to my job and leave the house again.

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[–] Quazatron@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago

Half-Life 3.

I'm still waiting, Gabe. No pressure. You do your thing.

[–] jimmy90@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

only just got bg3

too early

[–] chirayu_alias@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 day ago

Nobody mentioned Megaman X Corrupted? Really?

[–] Redacted@lemmy.zip 24 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Terraria, waiting to play it with friends when i make some

[–] tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 2 points 12 hours ago

I still recommend it solo. I started w friends but most of my time in game has been alone

[–] Romkslrqusz@lemmy.zip 20 points 2 days ago (5 children)

Still haven’t played Baldur’s Gate 3

I have several unfinished RPGs and really don’t want this one to get added to the list.

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[–] wildflowertea@mander.xyz 4 points 1 day ago

Assassin's Creed Odyssey. I am a big classic mythology nerd, but I got Valhalla as a present and I want to finish it first, yet life keeps getting in the way.

[–] Kirk@startrek.website 18 points 2 days ago (4 children)

CupHead is coming up on ten years old and I don't think it has ever dipped below $10 on Steam.

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[–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 20 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Oh, so you missed the time when Epic gave GTA V away for free? Bummer.

Though with all the launcher-hassle I actually prefer the pirated version.

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[–] Nemo@slrpnk.net 18 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I'm gonna play Super Mario Sunshine one of these days, I swear.

[–] Kirk@startrek.website 15 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

I played it on Dolphin emulator with a 60fps patch and some HD textures. It aged really well.

EDIT: Also a widescreen patch!

[–] phi@slrpnk.net 1 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Is it better than Galaxy 1 and 2? I 100%ed these two and i feel like sunshine would give me less of the same, am I wrong?

[–] Kirk@startrek.website 1 points 8 hours ago

Funny you should ask, I am actually playing Galaxy for the first time right now!

All I can say is that I really enjoyed Sunshine and will probably finish 100%ing it one day. With the patches I mentioned it feels about as modern as Galaxy (I suppose they are only five years apart). But better or worse? I can't yet say. I love the "Fludd" mechanic and find it really satisfying in 60fps.

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