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Should I cancel my Stranger Things LE order?

By _xizor

4 years ago


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“Should I cancel my Stranger Things LE order?”

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#20 4 years ago

You played a Pro, thought it was “okay”, and you’ve got an LE on order...

It begs the question - why? I always assumed people bought LEs of pins they were really invested in, theme, gameplay, whatever.

The idea that you’re apparently going to buy the most expensive version of a pin that you think is “okay” is mind blowing to me.

#112 4 years ago
Quoted from iceman44:

That's what they said about "The Walking Dud" and BM66. Lyman came through and made them great.
People are always way too early to judge because they think they have to blurt out some opinion without all the facts. But that's just Pinside and what we do here.
The fact is that the code, sound and callouts aren't finished. If you love the theme you are going to like the game. If it's not what you expected then that "is what it is".
Bunch of parrots that can't think or formulate an opinion for themselves.
Based on the streams i've watched the game has great potential. Maybe it never reaches that potential, we'll see what happens. THEME is #1.

You should buy a pin based on what it is NOW, for the most part, not what you think it will be in X months time.

All you can be sure of in terms of what you’re going to get for your money is what you pay for on the day you buy it. That’s what is being sold. That’s all you’re entitled to.

“Investing” in the anticipated future awesomeness of a pin seems like a risky strategy to me. Even if you assumed Lyman had a desire to beef up these pins to a standard worthy of the money - he might not be able to, either due to time constraints working on other pins, or he might simply not care about it as much as you think he does. You’re betting a lot of money on a belief that he’ll have some kind of BM66/TWD epiphany and desire to revolutionise every pin he touches.

Obviously things are a bit muddy with everyone releasing things with half finished code, so you can be sure of a reasonable amount of polish after you’ve bought it, but when it comes to wholesale changes you’re very much in the lap of the Gods. In my opinion you’d be nuts to drop money on Stranger Things if you’re not satisfied with it “as is” because you think “in a year or more this will have amazing depth, just wait and see”.

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