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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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[–] Coelacanth@feddit.nu 5 points 1 month ago

I would probably say Withering Rooms. I've been super interested in it since it released but have managed to restrain myself to wait for a deep(er) sale.

[–] Peruvian_Skies@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (4 children)

I'm waiting for Civilization VII's first expansion to come out before buying the base game, as that's usually the time when a Civ game has had all the problematic bugs and balancing issues worked out.

[–] Madzielle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 month ago

Hopefully.

I've been playing Civ 6 still, it's hard for me to get my hopes up for 7.

[–] glimse@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

Same thing I came here to say.

I got the itch and played a campaign on 6 last week and was thinking about what 7 would need for me to buy it...and the answer is an expansion and a deep discount. The feature changed are kinda meh to me

Or maybe hearing that all the buggy stuff that bugs me about 6 is fixed.

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

Nobody mentioned Megaman X Corrupted? Really?

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

only just got bg3

too early

[–] wildflowertea@mander.xyz 4 points 1 month 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.

[–] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Starfox 64, which I still haven’t played.

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[–] Zephorah@discuss.online 4 points 1 month ago

A playable PC version of RE4. It finally happened, but it took them long enough.

[–] thlibos@thelemmy.club 4 points 1 month ago

Beyond Good & Evil 2?

[–] DeLorean12@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 month ago

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

[–] Whimsical418@aussie.zone 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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.

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[–] tarsakos@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month 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.

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[–] lustyargonian@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 month ago (5 children)

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

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[–] AceFuzzLord@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month 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.

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