What Do You Do Before A Game Releases?

[Saskia]

Now that sounds like fun! Ahh the good old days of WoW.
The last time I took a break from work for a game release was when Battle for Azeroth came out. That was a good time, but it got old fairly quickly and now I don't play WoW any more at all lol.

[ryvrdrgn14]

We used to schedule 2-3 days off work connected to a weekend when World of Warcraft released Wrath of the Lich King and Cataclysm. My friends at the office all played in the same server so we'd all go to a nearby computer LAN shop and level together to max.

[Saskia]

Schedule two weeks off work, and make sure the fridge is fully stocked so I don't have to leave the house.

[jwarrenviola]

I research what is known about it, and then wait for post release updates/ sales. I got kind of burned on mass effect andromeda when I preordered it, not to say I didn’t enjoy it, probably one of the few that stick by it, despite it’s bugs. It was the discontinued support and well failure to deliver on dlc. Hopefully a couple years pass and this title can be reborn properly. Only title I’m considering preordering and that’s still iffy, is cyberpunk 2077 and maybe the Star Wars title by respawn.

[TelperionST]

I'm usually reminded that I should play the previous game in the series, so I know how to play the new one. For example, Tropico 6 is getting released in a couple of months.

[ryvrdrgn14]

I don't really pay attention to when a new game is released since I wait for a lot of post-release reviews before even considering it. It doesn't affect my enjoyment of the titles I am currently playing. The last game I bought on release day was maybe the Cataclysm expansion for World of Warcraft back when I was still playing it.