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#controversialopinion
I think pirating games is a great method of "try-before-buying".
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In an age where companies have stopped releasing game demos, i would have to agree actually. It was the oddworld demos that got me into the series, i loved the demos so i had to buy the games to continue the story. (even today, whenever i see the intro to Oddysee, i expect to hear Abe say "and help me rescue the others" at the end, like he did in the demo).
Nowadays companies release bad games, barely in an alpha state (Assassin's Creed Unity is a prime example, even now with all the patches it might be worth calling it a beta) and expect us to buy them before they are even released without even giving us a demo to try if it's worth our hard earned money. I preordered ACU and regretted it. I trust JAW has learned from the Oddboxx and that it is worth the preorder in this case. They wouldn't release NNT if they weren't convinced it is ready to be released. But a company can only fool us so many times before I start pirating their games before i buy them, to see if they are worth the purchase. With all the shit big publishers have pulled in the last few years, they should expect us to pirate and they should make us want to buy their games after that, not punish their customers with the excuse "you're gonna pirate it anyway".
Better stop myself here, sorry for the rant.
P.S. attaching proof that i did preorder the game