Before you purchase a game...

[22_22]

What do you do?

Do you watch a trailer or maybe you play the demo first?

 

[CUD]

Well I would have seen a trailer at the very least.

 

[Demon_Skeith]

I do watch a trailer or read a preview article. Last time I bought a game blindly I wasted money.

 

[UnfortunatelyTooFortunate]

I generally read reviews, before I think about it.
I have been known to blind buy, though - for sure...Quite often. :/

I mostly get lucky.

 

[GracefulAssassin]

Which game DS?

And I usually watch one trailer, because I like to keep spoilers to a minimum. If it is a series I already know, I don't need previews, but if I am going into something, I read IGN's review.

 

[22_22]

If it's FIFA then I usually buy it... I do watch a few trailers first though.

I have bought a game without watching any trailers or reading any reviews... Didn't turn out so well... I had no idea what I was doing and the game was awful. Luckily it was only 98p or something and I traded it back in within 10 days for a full refund.

 

[GracefulAssassin]

98p?

 

[ToCool74]

I watch trailers and read reviews on it before making a purchase.

 

[Ghost]

Usually I'll see the trailer, or have played it before. That's usually at a friends house, not really anything demo-like.
I try not to make bad purchases or impulse buys.

 

[tetutato]

I watch the trailer, I watch gameplays, I read reviews, and I see screenshots.

 

[22_22]

98p?

2 pence off £1 in GPB, I just converted into USD using a website and it says 98p is worth $1.52

 

[GracefulAssassin]

Oh, okay. Yeah, I only know a few currency outside of the USA. lol

 

[Broken Wings]

Pretty much all I do before I get a game is read the plot. If it sounds like something I'd like is basically my deciding factor. I'll occasionally read a review or two about one, but not as much as I probably should. If it's one of those pricey games though, then I do a little more homework on it. Just wish they'd bring down the prices of the new releases at least. Which is probably why I wait a while for the price to drop too. ^^

 

[Demon_Skeith]

Which game DS?

I think it was a digimon rumble game.

 

[GamerPerfection]

I very rarely buy games. The only games I buy are those that I am likely to play online more often. If I just want to play the game campaign then i'll rent it from LoveFilm. So for me it's based on multiplayer and my interest in it, so I don't really watch trailers to decide.