Should You Pre-Order Anthem?

I'm in the never pre-order boat. I mean... why? Publishers try to lure you in with some gimmicks but aside from that you can basically only lose pre-ordering ANY game. It's not like they run out of stock or anything. You can basically buy it any time of day - so why not wait till release, see how that goes, how well the game runs and so on. Maybe reviews are up before the launch as well. I just don't see any benefit in pre-ordering unless maybe if you have crappy internet and thus want to pre-load a few days before the launch.

And when it comes to Anthem there is even less of a rush. Some people will be playing the game soon, a week before official launch. So there will probably be a lot of content online in that week. If the final game turns out better than the demo as they want us to believe then there is still plenty of time to buy it on the 22nd...

I'd say never pre-order. Too many times have game companies pulled the rug out from under players for what they promised vs what they got. Even well-loved, well-respected developers have been guilty of this. A pre-order is an invitation to be a sucker. "Take my money! I hope you do something good with it!" Then when the game comes out and it's not what you expected, depending on where you pre-ordered from, sometimes you can't even get your money back unless you've only put 2 or 5 or 10% of the game in. It's a terrible practice, and is evident with how they try to incentivize you to pre-order. "Get the Recon Deluxe Survival Axe with your pre-order." Etc.

That being said, I pre-ordered Anthem; the Legion of Dawn Edition.

👆👆👆👆👆👆 Sucker.

Edit:  To be clear, the finger is pointing to me, however I couldn't find a finger pointing up and to the left at a 45 degree angle.

Well at least one of those is true, yes?  "Microtransactions are cosmetic".  That's the truth, from what we know currently, yes?  

Ah, ic. I thought you were saying the stuff in the video was false, so I was just clarifying.

I'm firmly in the pre-order if you like camp. Support your local dev, or favourite dev or just to spite your favourite zealot. In the case of Anthem I'm on Origin access premier so I guess it's a pre-order.

The only scenario where I'd consider a pre-order is when I can be relatively sure that it's a product I will enjoy at a price I can live with because I have some idea of what to expect in terms of content and quality. For instance, I recently pre-ordered Die Neue These on Amazon, but I've already seen all 12 episodes of the remake; I know what I'm getting into, and I found the price to own these episodes to be acceptable. It's a more difficult criteria to apply to games, particularly AAA games that aren't sequels to already-established franchises. At the end of the day, it all comes down to how much risk you're comfortable with. Nowadays, with steep discounts just around the corner from release day, it's difficult to make a case for pre-orders. Not so long ago I pre-ordered the Shadow of the Tomb Raider Croft Edition, only for it to be discounted 50% barely a month after launch! A case can easily be made for late adopters getting an overall better deal (more content at a cheaper price) than early adopters (e.g.: GOTY editions). And we're not even considering the, sometimes high, number of bugs a game has at release (coughFailure76cough) as opposed to a couple of months down the line, to the point early buyers might be considered beta testers.

Bottom line, buyer beware.

But there are so many robots!

Yup, especially since the game is full of NPCs.

Meh if you want to pre order do it, if you don't simply don't but the one thing you definitely shouldn't do is let anyone tell you to or not to, make your own bloody mind up.

Personally the only time i pre order is when im no sure of my own money situation at about the release date or it is/was say a wow expansion

It all depends on how much the game company wants to bribe me with extras.

I've pre ordered and been very glad i did and i have pre ordered and regretted it.

I will not preorder this game for the following reasons.

- Not enough of a bribe for me to do so.
- The Demo had some large issues though many seemed to get fixed in demo #2
- I will not be able to play until the 2nd week of March.

When I do order it will be the higher end version though, the 'Legion of Dawn'?