what makes you buy a game?

Kuchiki_Byakuya · newbie! Joined: Jan 11, 2006 Posts: 16 Location: MD

what makes you guys make a decision of buying a brand new game? sometimes it is a difficult choice to buy a game because sometimes they can be very costly. is it because...

-you read the reviews of a certain title and got good reviews
-played the sequel/prequel of the title and enjoyed it
-saw the commercial for it and it looked cool
-a friend recommands a certain title
-rent game first and then if enjoyed it, you go after the title
-buy the game for pretty cover(yes suprisingly i know people that has bought games because of the cover)
-is a huge fan or a supporter of a certain game company

are any of these above an influence for you to spend money on?

as for me, i rarely read reviews on games because obviously reviews are just personal opinions and not everyone share the same opinion. what influences me mostly is when i play a sequel/prequel and enjoyed it. as for new titles, i usually heard recommandations from either a friend or a gamestore employee then i check out the certain title by renting first and see how that goes.

Loveless · Posted: Wed Jan 11, 2006 8:31 pm Post subject:

If it is good?

Elvin · Yari Ashigaru Joined: Jun 08, 2005 Posts: 283

your list pretty much sums it up, i'm not too sure about the last one but if i hear a game is made by the same company of another game i like then i'd atleast look it up online

Raiden · Posted: Wed Jan 11, 2006 8:59 pm Post subject:

mine would be:
the reputation of the company during their past games that they created.
Replay Value! Will it be worth buying if finishing it a few days and getting nothing but to start from point A again?
Magazine reviews; I trust this one 50% of the time.
Rental...my number one friend to find out if it's wirth buying or not.
gameplay, graphics and controls;
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subzero · Posted: Wed Jan 11, 2006 9:38 pm Post subject:

I buy the game that I waited for and the game that I wish to buy...

but for the new games sometimes I only pick the game wich I really wanted to play...like RPG or fighting...
also I do mind the game graphic... but even if it is good, usually I would check the game first what is it about... if it suite my genre then I'll reconsider to buy it...

and lastly I do buy games from famous publisher like square enix, EA, konami etc...

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silverkitsune · Posted: Wed Jan 11, 2006 10:55 pm Post subject:

I never buy a game for its box art or cover.
Everything I buy, I've already read about it or researched about it before. If I come across one in a store, I make a decision based on the information I have.

Big factors that influences my decisions are:
-Character designs : This one is very important to me. Sometimes the character designer is considered. example: Takehito Harada (disgaea)
Or more importantly, if the characters themselves are interesting. <this is important for me when I look at fighting games.
-The squels: Things like breath of fire 1 2 3 4 5... FF1-12... yeah.. , but no sports plz. Rolling Eyes

-Reviews: always check with game critics online, and don't look at just one review, check out several.

Things I don't consider (and you shouldn't either):
-Franchise names: movies, anime, celebrities(50 cent? ugh)... Some might be good, but rarely, almost never. Having these kind of games would shame my game collection. Over the decades of bad impressions, franchise named games have earned a bad stereotype and caused me to avoid them. I almost curve away when walking near those in a store...
Some of the exceptions would be few star wars games.

It's interesting to note that majority of the "most wanted console game charts" of western countries consists of just those above. Movie, celebrity, sports franchises.

TOP 20 IN EUROPE
1 Need for Speed: Most Wanted EA
2 King Kong: Official Game of the Movie Ubisoft
3 FIFA 06 EA
4 Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones Ubisoft
5 Pro Evolution Soccer 5 Konami
6 Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories Take 2
7 The Sims 2 EA
8 GUN Activision
9 Harry Potter & The Goblet of Fire EA
10 WWE Smackdown! Vs RAW 2006 THQ
11 True Crime: New York City Activision
12 Buzz! The Music Quiz Sony
13 Star Wars: Battlefront II LucasArts
14 Call of Duty 2: Big Red One Activision
15 Tony Hawk's American Wasteland Activision
16 Football Manager 2006 Sega
17 Tiger Woods PGA Tour 06 EA
18 Narnia: The Lion, The Witch & Wardrobe Buena Vista
19 50 Cent: Bulletproof VU Games
20 Call of Duty 2 Activision

somebody shoot me please...

While Japan's "most wanted console game chart" is:

TOP 20 MOST WANTED GAMES IN JAPAN:
1 Final Fantasy XII Square Enix
2 Mother 3 Nintendo
3 Metal Gear Solid 4 Konami
4 Biohazard 4 Capcom
5 Monster Hunter 2 Capcom
6 Kimi Kiss Enterbrain
7 Final Fantasy III Square Enix
8 Blue Dragon Microsoft
9 Sengoku Musou 2 Koei
10 Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess Nintendo
11 Devil Summoner: Kuzunoha Raidou Atlus
12 Dead or Alive 4 Tecmo
13 Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII Square Enix
14 Genso Suikoden V Konami
15 Xenosaga Episode III Namco
16 Onimusha: Dawn of Dreams Capcom
17 Ar-Toneliko: Sekai no Owari de Shi Tsudzukeru Shoujo Banpresto
18 Front Mission 5 Square Enix
19 Gyakutan Saiban 4 Capcom
20 Okami Capcom

100% original game titles... What a difference in taste. Obviously more sophisticated choices. It's like westerners are much more gullible to franchise marketing strategies...
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hehehehahaha · Posted: Fri Jan 13, 2006 11:20 pm Post subject:

one reason... if alot of ppl is buying it

hiroko · Posted: Fri Jan 13, 2006 11:28 pm Post subject: Re: what makes you buy a game?

Raiden · Posted: Sat Jan 14, 2006 12:07 am Post subject:

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bullrun · Posted: Sat Jan 14, 2006 1:07 pm Post subject:

I like games with intricate stoy lines so you sucked and you could play it for hours and hours. That way you get the most for your money. Mostly RPGs and Strategy games like thsee Fire Emblem games and Front Mission 4.

ltdedloser · Conscript Joined: Nov 16, 2005 Posts: 110

usually when i decide on buying a game i do a few things

- read up info about the games concept, inovation, main focus
- video previews/demos
- look at the back of the display box in stores
- the games reviews may be the sway me from buying or not buying the game if i cant choose
- and if its a series, i usually make my choice from my experiences with the previous installments.

SpikeJX · Heimin (Commoner) Joined: Dec 02, 2005 Posts: 68

i take everything into account. First of all i have to own the console that its on. Second i look at reviews and watch G4 (because their is likely to be a review on it on x-play or something if it is a popular interest.) I want to see game footage. And also i want to know if the storyline is good. If its an rpg ill probably get it if its good.

hokage_99 · Heimin (Commoner) Joined: Jun 20, 2005 Posts: 55

for me, i dont really care who made the game or whatnot. but if it has good graphics and a very interesting storyline. i'll get it.
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ilk1300 · Posted: Sun Jan 15, 2006 9:03 pm Post subject:

lol its pretty lame subject but as long as it look cool then there's no other reason not to buy it. ot if you dont have enough money to buy it....lol