The Pre-Order Waiting Room

DarkRanger · Post by **DarkRanger** » 01 Oct 2012, 13:51

Well, thought I'd create this little area where all of us can share pre-orders that we are waiting for. I'm getting so frustrated with discovering the awesome that is pre-order, because it made me realise that I am paying for something that does not exist yet, and then waiting for it to exist... Crazy, I know.

On that note, waiting for 2 pre-orders. I've got no idea how I'm going to devide my time between these two:
Assassins Creed III
Forza Horizon

Both on XBOX. With all the BF3 going on, my XBOX has been feeling a bit alone...

StarBound · Post by **StarBound** » 01 Oct 2012, 15:38

Black Ops 2 for PC with the CarePackage edition for the PS3.

Then I pre-purchased XCOM enemy unknown on Steam.

DarkRanger · Post by **DarkRanger** » 01 Oct 2012, 15:50

StarBound wrote:Then I pre-purchased XCOM enemy unknown on Steam.

Never heard of this. Read up on it on Wikipedia now, sounds... interesting...

rustypup · Post by **rustypup** » 01 Oct 2012, 16:32

Project Eternity - Obsidian

StarBound · Post by **StarBound** » 01 Oct 2012, 16:54

DarkRanger wrote:Never heard of this. Read up on it on Wikipedia now, sounds... interesting...

Maybe it was before your time. Or you weren't into strategy games at the time. I can't say I liked XCOM back in the day. I had Xcom 3 apocalypse but played it in real time. There is a demo available on steam but its set to easy. There is a way to edit the ini file to open up normal, classic and insane modes.

Post by **Anakha56** » 01 Oct 2012, 18:54

rustypup wrote:Project Eternity - Obsidian

+1 & Grim Dawn & Carmegeddon & probably something else I have forgotten...

Tribble · Post by **Tribble** » 01 Oct 2012, 19:19

Kids are waiting for WWE13

DarkRanger · Post by **DarkRanger** » 26 Oct 2012, 13:01

Woohooo, it's been delivered. Forza Horizon this weekend for me! For an hour... Then it's back to BF3 double xp weekend!

StarBound · Post by **StarBound** » 26 Oct 2012, 14:00

Done something stupid and supported a developer that slandered us pc gamers as pirates. That's right, I pre-ordered...
Assassin's creed 3 for PS3
Assassin's creed 3 liberation for PSVita
And after the trailer for it I also pre-ordered Halo 4 for the *****-box ...I mean xbox.

ADT · Post by **ADT** » 26 Oct 2012, 17:51

i wonder if the remake of baldur's gate en is going to be worth it?

garp · Post by **garp** » 29 Oct 2012, 06:19

Can someone explain the pre order process... I wanna pre order far cry 3, off Kalahari...As DarkRanger said, Do you order and pay, for something that doesn't exist yet. And then hope for the best?

Website · Post by **hamin_aus** » 29 Oct 2012, 07:48

You place an order and you go on the system but they only bill you when they ship the game

Unless you want a collectors edition, you get a discount by pre-ordering or something else niche, pre-ordering can be quite sad.

Tribble · Post by **Tribble** » 29 Oct 2012, 08:10

There are times when it is worth being sad.

DarkRanger · Post by **DarkRanger** » 29 Oct 2012, 08:39

jamin_za wrote:You place an order and you go on the system but they only bill you when they ship the game

Unless you want a collectors edition, you get a discount by pre-ordering or something else niche, pre-ordering can be quite sad.

Well not really. In SA you pay before hand. They don't deliver before you don't pay.

DarkRanger · Post by **DarkRanger** » 29 Oct 2012, 08:41

garp wrote:Can someone explain the pre order process... I wanna pre order far cry 3, off Kalahari...As DarkRanger said, Do you order and pay, for something that doesn't exist yet. And then hope for the best?

I would advise you buy it through takealot.com. Kalahari screwed me around on around 3 orders already (one of them preorder that I had to cancel eventually and go buy in the shop, for cheaper) so I won't be supporting them again.

DarkRanger · Post by **DarkRanger** » 29 Oct 2012, 08:45

I've got to say, I was pleasently suprised by FH. I expected a way more arcade like feel to it. And it's not. One thing that every Forza game does wrong is amount of cash you build up in a short time. I'm only starting with blue wristband, and I'm already 500 000 Cr up in the bank with a fully modded WRX STI and around 11 cars in the garage...

What I did see is that slides are easier to control and harder to get into. Don't know if it's just Forza 4 experience that makes it easier for me to know the limit or if it is actually like that.

Overall, great game, great idea. I'm thoroughly enjoying it.

Side Note: Just pre-ordered Crysis 3 for PC... FML... Did it again.

Post by **Stuart** » 29 Oct 2012, 08:49

DarkRanger wrote:
garp wrote:Can someone explain the pre order process... I wanna pre order far cry 3, off Kalahari...As DarkRanger said, Do you order and pay, for something that doesn't exist yet. And then hope for the best?
I would advise you buy it through takealot.com. Kalahari screwed me around on around 3 orders already (one of them preorder that I had to cancel eventually and go buy in the shop, for cheaper) so I won't be supporting them again.

Kalahari screwed me around; never had a problem with Takealot.

DarkRanger · Post by **DarkRanger** » 29 Oct 2012, 08:52

Stuart wrote:
DarkRanger wrote:
garp wrote:Can someone explain the pre order process... I wanna pre order far cry 3, off Kalahari...As DarkRanger said, Do you order and pay, for something that doesn't exist yet. And then hope for the best?
I would advise you buy it through takealot.com. Kalahari screwed me around on around 3 orders already (one of them preorder that I had to cancel eventually and go buy in the shop, for cheaper) so I won't be supporting them again.
Kalahari screwed me around; never had a problem with Takealot.

That's what I said ...

Post by **Stuart** » 29 Oct 2012, 08:57

DarkRanger wrote:
Stuart wrote:
DarkRanger wrote:
garp wrote:Can someone explain the pre order process... I wanna pre order far cry 3, off Kalahari...As DarkRanger said, Do you order and pay, for something that doesn't exist yet. And then hope for the best?
I would advise you buy it through takealot.com. Kalahari screwed me around on around 3 orders already (one of them preorder that I had to cancel eventually and go buy in the shop, for cheaper) so I won't be supporting them again.
Kalahari screwed me around; never had a problem with Takealot.
That's what I said ...

Sorry, there was supposed to be a "too" or "also" in there somewhere.

Website · Post by **hamin_aus** » 29 Oct 2012, 09:36

DarkRanger wrote: Well not really. In SA you pay before hand. They don't deliver before you don't pay.

wat.

You do the pre-order, they take you CC details there and then but dont charge you anything yet.
They only charge you when they have the game in their possession.
Once the charge clears they ship it.

Any other process is super dodgy and probably illegal.

DarkRanger · Post by **DarkRanger** » 29 Oct 2012, 09:45

jamin_za wrote:
DarkRanger wrote: Well not really. In SA you pay before hand. They don't deliver before you don't pay.
wat.

You do the pre-order, they take you CC details there and then but dont charge you anything yet.
They only charge you when they have the game in their possession.
Once the charge clears they ship it.

Any other process is super dodgy and probably illegal.

TIA. They charge it immediately.

StarBound · Post by **StarBound** » 29 Oct 2012, 09:57

TakeAlot isn't perfect but I've been with them since the days of Take2 and I have to say they are the best out of the 3 online game vendors.

How pre-ordering with takealot works is you order and 2 days prior to release you have to pay or have paid. They have payfast which is essencially EFT with credit card response time. I try not to use my CC except for steam. Even PSN is a pre-paid card after the hack.

Website · Post by **hamin_aus** » 29 Oct 2012, 10:00

DarkRanger wrote:They charge it immediately.

3rd world fraud

Edit:
Actually, my apologies DarkRanger, I must have developed a temporary case of autism...
I just checked my last pre-order (Borderlands 2) to see when they actually billed me and it was right away...

DarkRanger · Post by **DarkRanger** » 29 Oct 2012, 10:05

jamin_za wrote:
DarkRanger wrote:They charge it immediately.
3rd world fraud

Edit:
Actually, my apologies DarkRanger, I must have developed a temporary case of autism...
I just checked my last pre-order (Borderlands 2) to see when they actually billed me and it was right away...

No worries, I thought it might actually be different here than in Aus.

Website · Post by **hamin_aus** » 29 Oct 2012, 10:13

Yeah, I went digging in my game receipts to find out why I had that idea in my head...

Good old Blizzard.
My Diablo 3 pre-order was made in 2 months before the games release and I was only charged for the game 3 days before it arrived in the post.
Steam operates the way you said, as I'm sure do most other retailers

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