kai2: Are there games that you purchased but then wished you hadn't?
Kingdom Come: Deliverance and
Omerta: City of Gangsters. And probably some others too.
Not because they are bad games or anything (I haven't yet played either of those two games), but because I bought the base version + some DLCs for it... and a bit later they released a Royal/Gold Edition that includes all the released DLCs. I wish I had waited.
I am missing one one or two DLCs from KC:D, but they cost so much bought separately that it would probably make more sense to buy the Royal Edition on some sale instead, rendering my earlier purchases redundant.
Also in the case of Omerta, I recall they fixed some critical bug only in the Gold Edition, not the base version I had. So even if I have all the DLCs for Omerta, my non-Gold edition is still a worse version of the game. Unless. they have later fixed the bug also in the base version.
At least with The Witcher 3, CDPR released the GOTY edition "for free" for those who had the original version + some of the DLCs...
Themken: Hmmm... buying Fallout 3 before the GotY was released. First paying a lot then even more to get the dlcs. It was not worth that much even I enjoyed the game.
Ok so basically the same story as with me.
I very rarely, if ever, start playing a new game right after I have purchased it, so in my case it makes more sense to wait until all DLCs are released, and/or they release the GOTY/Gold Edition, or maybe even a remake (unless the remake sucks of course; what a dilemma).
I made an exception with The Witcher 3 and Cyberpunk 2077, even preordering both games. to support CDPR's and GOG's stance on DRM. At least with TW3 I didn't regret it as I felt CDPR still treated me with respect, later adding the GOTY edition to my account free of charge. That's the way to do it!