Well, MW3 and BO2 were a little disappointing, Ghosts, AW, BO3 and IW were all absolute failures. It is hard to keep your hopes up after all we saw.

It's not the game that doesn't change, but it's fanbase. Everyone seeks and demands something new, but they still want everything to remain the same. Sadly it doesn't work that way.

Indeed, if I were to ask people if they wanted more of the same or something new I'd make it very clear that they can not have both. Not only would it simply not make sense, it would be impossible. You just can't make something new out of the same old thing.

Scolding someone =/= Educating someone, maybe think a bit more before you accuse someone.

if I was scolding him, I would have used harsh words, and told him what to do, which I did not, I simply told him a scenario, that we've all seen greedy publishers and companies pull off.

same question to you, why do you even care on what I do with my time?

I'm merely curious, I don't even really care. I'm not here to judge or anything.

I care because I care about quality of games, and I demand quality from games I care about, this game could be a great turning point for CoD, or it can be another disaster.

I hate CoD for what it is today, but that doesn't mean I don't care about the series, its a series I've played many hours with my friends, specifically the MW series with its amazing singleplayer campaign, and I demand to see that kind of quality back from CoD, and more, if its too much to ask from Activition then so be it, at least I know I made an attempt rather than sit here and do nothing.

Ok, I wasn't asking about the game itself but rather why you care that Stropicall chose to spend their money on the game ahead of its release.

Connect the dots mate, people that are pre-ordering games affects a quality of a game negatively at least most of the time, because you're already giving the publisher the assurance of profit, so why would they care whatever state the game is released, I mean they already have you're cash, especially with a company like Activition on the helm that thinks short term, and doesn't care what status they uphold, so whats stopping them from rushing and releasing an unpolished game?

when it comes to early access, I check the track record of the company and its developers, check a game called Factorio for an example, its in early access, I bought it, why? because I see the developers actively communicating with the community, and the game itself feels finished, even in its early access state, and I agree with many of their business practices such as not using a silly pricetag of #.99 to make it feel like its cheaper than it is, never offer a sale discount during sale to avoid attracting the wrong type of consumer. etc.

well.... there's the original Watch Dogs, The Division, Rainbow Six Siege, Witcher 3, Final Fantasy 13 Lightning Returns, Dark Souls 2, which all suffered downgrades.

Publishers can also rush games such as Battlefield 4, when it launched it was plagued with bugs and was unplayable due to the frequent crashes.

also how can you be sure that nothing will change once pre-orders begin? its impossible to know that, they can always change something on the last minute.

What the frick do visuals have do with anything? While I understand why downgraded visuals would put some off, video games are about content and the enjoyment of such.

Also that is just the nature of game development, things change. Some for the better, others for the worse. If I pre-order a game and turns out to be bad which can quickly become apparent in the first hour of gameplay alone, I'd refund it just like any other.

Visuals are also a form of content, and you can't specifically say what people enjoy, as each have their own form of enjoyment, and yes, visuals also affect a persons enjoyment of a game, while I do agree, Visuals should not go over Gameplay and Story, but again Visuals will affect Gameplay and Story no matter what, The Division received backlash from this, for a game that looks realistic, you wouldn't really expect enemies to be bullet sponges.

And I disagree, to think AAA high budget game, is downgraded from what they've shown us previously, especially if its just visuals, they have no excuse to downgrade it, as they've already shown us that the game is capable of handling such visuals.

Look if you want to buy a game because you know you're gonna buy it anyway then buy it, but me personally I prefer to play it smart and know what I get with my money, and support those (1/2)

companies/publishers who release complete and polished games, listens to their consumers, challenges the market, and push the standard for video games higher.

Refunds is not an option for me and maybe for others too, I use steam wallet cards to purchase my games, so if I do end up refunding a game, the cash will still be bound to steam, and will not be usable for me anymore, unless I have planned to buy some other game.(2/2)