The classic "to buy or not to buy" question

[Rasbelin]

Read the thread title. I.e. is RoN worth to buy it, if you like RTS and TBS games, play all Civ titles, RT and HoMM3? I've tried to follow the progress of RoN and seen quite much from it, but I'm not yet convinced, so some feedback would be welcome.

Thanks!

[Alex]

I'll buy it anyway, so...

[Bridger]

Demo should be out soon (around the release i reckon), judge from that.

[Rasbelin]

Alex,

never heard of "try before you buy"?

[Wtiberon]

So far I'm leaning toward not buy but the Demo will be a huge help if it impresses me enough.

[vovan]

Originally posted by Rasbelin
never heard of "try before you buy"?

It's not nice to download games off of p2p networks, Rasbey.

[Rasbelin]

Bad me.



Nah, seriously I'm not going to get an illgeal copy for testing. The demo already sounds good enough for that.

[One_Dead_Villy]

Re: The classic "to buy or not to buy" question

Originally posted by Rasbelin
Read the thread title. I.e. is RoN worth to buy it, if you like RTS and TBS games, play all Civ titles, RT and HoMM3?

If you like all those...man its a no brainer...this game is it.

[tniem]

Ras,

I know he gave you very little information but why ask whether to buy or not and then say why not wait to try it before buying? Isn't that the point of this thread to figure out if you can buy it without trying a demo?

[Rasbelin]

Tniem,

yes, indeed, I'm trying to figure out if it's a good buy. However I just added that the demo will be good enough for a trial, while other comments can help the decision making.

Tass,

[Cookie Monster]

Unfortunately today's pcgame market forces the consumer to approach buying new games differently than in the past.

Nowadays it seems that games are released buggy and/or full of CTD's and other gameplay problems. Looking at the market from the publishers' point of view they need to rush games out to make money. If this means an unfinished product, then so be it! Damn the consumer, he is to be used to beta test the game. If there is enough interest then we'll think about patching it. (MOO3, Civ3, etc. etc.)

Consumers are forced to wait for demos, reviews both professional and from forums, borrowing the game from a friend, or other means before buying because it's not fair to just blindly spend your money on trash with no hope of cash refund. Therefor research is key before buying. Hold off for a week or two before buying.

I recently purchased GalCiv after waiting 2 weeks after it was in stores. I'm glad I did because even though GalCiv turned out to be a great game right out of the box it was usefull to read other player's comments. In all the forums I browsed I found many more positive statements about GalCiv than negative ones. I will definately do the same for RON. I want to buy it the day it comes out but I will control my urge and wait for what the word on the street is.

Money and time is too valuable to waste on garbage, buyer beware.

[Bridger]

https://www.gamerankings.com

Use that site to the fullest! It collects all the (p)reviews of a game into one list for your browsing pleasure, and even avrages out the ratings that each review gives.

[PrinceBimz]

I know I am buying it.

[MxM]

My local gamespot has 7 days return policy. It is very convenient, and I actually end up buying more games. True, returning some, but overall I think gamespot makes more money on me with this policy than without it.

To answer the original question, I would buy this particular game on the day of release anyhow, with or without return policy.

[yin26]

Buy it. If you're not completely impressed, I'll buy the copy from you.