Yes it's that question again. Are you a beta gamer.

Yes, but it depends on the game. There are some games where I'll love to see how they evolve and develop, but there are other games where I'd rather wait for the final product.

-Byshop

....do you mean someone who plays betas? I mean, I've played a lot of betas over the years but it is not a priority. I also rarely buy DLC, most of it is shite anyway.

I figured a Beta gamer was someone who's almost ready to be a gamer but needs some final tweaks and requires some stress tests and bug checks before they can head out to join the others.

I think it is very important to see the mistakes that the beta version has before the game.

Very few games are worth the price of admission to me, so in the last decade I can count the games I bought on day one on one hand. The broken state games are released in these days was the final nail in the coffin.

How is it so hard to read an OP? Really? Is the title all you look at?

Either way, as to me, yes, I fit the Beta description very well.

@lorddaggeroff Tend to pre-order games I'm very excited for and wait on a sale/ GOTY edition for games I'm lukewarm over.

So, from your perceptive I am a 'Beta' gamer. However consider I actually play Betas and Alphas that statement means little to me, I know what a Beta really is.

An example of this is I was part of Bloodbornes and Dark Soul IIIs Stress Test and enjoyed my time in them as well. You can call all the extra content and refinement the real product but for the games I show interest in that's more of a balance revaluation/ small bugs I never, or rarely encountered.

Some games I buy day one, some games I don’t. Some games I purchase dlc for and some games I don’t. I just buy stuff that interests me. I always stay very well informed on games in general and have been an avid gamer for over 40 years now so I’m quite good at knowing what I’ll like and what I won’t like and I’ve been very satisfied with nearly everything that I purchase for a very long time now. Not really sure what type of gamer that makes me though.

I'm an alpha gamer.

Definitely a non-beta gamer! I like waiting before buying just in case it's not as good as it seems, or if there are lots of bugs on launch that are eventually worked out. Plus I like getting GOTY editions because it works out much cheaper, and I often feel like I'm getting a more enjoyable experience. The last game I bought on launch day was Halo Reach.

... you made all that shit up didn't you

I used to play alpha and beta versions all the time, since it was great having discussions with the developers about what works, what doesn't work, and seeing features change over development.

I don't really have time for that anymore, so I usually just buy games at launch now. I guess I still Kickstart things though - does that count?

Some games, but very few honestly. Last game I can think of that I bought in early access was We Happy Few. Although I did get to mess around in the Yooka Laylee Toybox since I backed it on Kickstarter as well.

I'm a VHS gamer.

At first I thought you talked about Beta testing game ... those I did a few and always hope the final product to be different ... saddly never happen.

Yes I preorder some games, never buy DLC. Final Fantasy, DOOM, South Park and Persona games I'll preorder.