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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 3 hours ago

Starfox 64, which I still haven’t played.

[-] zaemz@lemmy.world 1 points 2 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 1 points 3 hours ago

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 1 hour 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 1 points 4 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 3 points 10 hours ago

Beyond Good & Evil 2?

[-] AceFuzzLord@lemmy.zip 1 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 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.

[-] Wahots@pawb.social 2 points 13 hours ago

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

[-] lustyargonian@lemmy.zip 1 points 13 hours ago

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

[-] Akasazh@lemmy.world 1 points 10 hours ago

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

[-] lustyargonian@lemmy.zip 3 points 5 hours ago
[-] Akasazh@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago

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

[-] ICastFist@programming.dev 9 points 22 hours ago

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

[-] Lushed_Lungfish@lemmy.ca 5 points 21 hours ago

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

[-] Willdrick@lemmy.world 3 points 13 hours ago

Still hurts, why are you like this?

[-] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 4 points 21 hours ago

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

[-] BlueSquid0741@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 1 day ago

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 2 points 23 hours ago

Enjoy it, it's an incredible game.

[-] 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?

[-] Quazatron@lemmy.world 13 points 1 day ago

Half-Life 3.

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

[-] anakin78z@lemmy.world 1 points 19 hours ago

Elden Ring. Every time I get close to buying it, something else has a better sale. One of these days though...

[-] Denjin@feddit.uk 30 points 1 day ago

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

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[-] OmegaMouse@pawb.social 37 points 1 day ago

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...

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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[-] wildflowertea@mander.xyz 3 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.

[-] Whimsical418@aussie.zone 3 points 1 day ago

Silksong, as I had to wait until the evening after its release day to play it.

But seriously, probably baldurs gate 3. Been keeping an eye on it since I got a half decent PC a few years ago, never been discounted enough to seriously consider for me.

[-] Romkslrqusz@lemmy.zip 19 points 1 day ago

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.

[-] Pazintach@piefed.social 1 points 21 hours ago

I'm holding off to this too. I still want to finish the two Divinity: Original Sins first, yet haven't been able to do so. Also there are several unfinished Pillars of Eternity saves, haven't been able to play Kingdom Come: Deliverance, too. There is simply not enough time.😭

[-] peteypete420@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 day ago

It aint the best of the best, but it is good and people can argue (legitimately) it is one of the best of the best.

Do you play any irl DnD or tabletop rpgs? Cause the dice system in video games i think is terrible, and it turned me off of bg3 immediately. And im a tabletop rpg player.

Now months later, im enjoying it, i dont finish most rpgs. Do with that what you will, but at the least wait for a decent sale price

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[-] Redacted@lemmy.zip 21 points 1 day ago

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

[-] Ryanmiller70@lemmy.zip 7 points 1 day ago

Looking at my Steam wishlist, Dead Cells is the game that's been on there the longest. It looks like a fun game, but it also being a roguelike always has me hesitant to pull the trigger on it.

[-] phi@slrpnk.net 1 points 10 hours ago

One of my absolute favourites! Pull it! :)

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[-] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 21 points 1 day ago

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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[-] Kirk@startrek.website 14 points 1 day ago

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

Its worth ten bucks for sure, as long as you like brutally hard retro platformers. I wish I did, because that game is gorgeous

[-] KingGimpicus@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 day ago

I waited a LONG time to pick up Gran Turismo 7, and boy do I feel like that was a waste. I had fond memories of playing a previous GT title on ps3 with my dad before he passed away, but GT7 is just awful. I HATE how the chat bubble heads "explain" the gameplay. I HATE pretty much every menu outside of the standard gameplay pause menu. I HATE new car showroom/marketplace/museum whatever the fuck it is.

Idk if I missed more than a few entries in the series but this shit is the most infantile, disrespectful talk down I've ever recieved from a video game.

[-] joshg253@piefed.zip 1 points 2 hours ago

GT7 is still crap this many years later. I'll never pre-order another game because of it.

[-] Nemo@slrpnk.net 15 points 1 day ago

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

[-] Kirk@startrek.website 12 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

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 10 hours ago

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?

[-] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago

I waited years for the FF7 Remake and then even more years for the FF7 Remake to come to PC and then even more years for the sequel to the FF7 Remake to come to PC and now I'm waiting for the three-quel to release, at which point I will begin waiting for it to come to PC.

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[-] DeLorean12@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 day ago

We waited for Hytale to be released for 7 or 8 years. Worth the wait though

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