I preordered this. It looks great, it's definitely my kind of game, I generally really like adult swim published titles, and, to me, preorders aren't "what's wrong with the video game industry", it's a legitimate means to show support for the devs and the publishers. If you have doubts, don't preorder. If you know nothing about the dev or the publisher, don't preorder. If you feel the price is too steep for what you can afford, while knowing next to nothing about the game, don't preorder. But if you trust the dev or the publisher, if they're somewhat "indie" and tend to release good games, or if you know the track record of either one and feel this could be your thing, then, there's nothing wrong in showing support and preordering a game.

I absolutely respect the anti-preorder people, but sometimes they tend to cross that line that separates sane people from paranoids with persecutory delusions.

I have preordered A LOT of games, here on GOG, and I have yet to regret one of those. As long as you trust either the publisher or the dev, as long as you know about the game and are absolutely positive you're going to like it, there's nothing wrong with preordering, it's just the customer showing support for people they believe deserve it. Plus, it shows publishers that GOG is a viable store to sell their games on, it shows publishers DRM-free pays off, too, and that paying customers will preorder their game on GOG just like they would have on "other better-known stores" (that's Steam, by the way).

Now, the waiting game begins! One month to go.

Classic Zelda games, too, I think: action-adventure, big semi-open world that opens up in chunks, big boss fights, collect the items from bosses to open the way to the final boss (who has been there in the center the whole time), easy to die if you get sloppy.

But yeah, there are multiple influences of course, and the Soulsborne games have definitely forged their own subgenre.

If you haven't played it, I recommend giving Nioh a shot - it's a great game. Only major gripe is a lack of new enemy types in the later part of the game. It's a Souls-like but features some great innovations on the mechanics.

I preordered this one, but I do hope the Chosen of Death pack is sold as DLC later. Preorder exclusive game content sucks - even skins and other minor content. Often it never becomes (legally) available to the majority of players (relevant GOG mix I've made).

Grim Dawn (Loyalist Upgrade DLC) and Kingdom Come (Treasures of the Past DLC) got it right - if you're going to have a preorder bonus, allow those who missed the preorder or couldn't afford it to pay a bit extra to get the content later.

If any devs are reading, there's an article on Wikipedia about the Nightmare (edit: can't get the link to work on this forum - search Nightmare horse). We need it! ;)

Very fluid looking in motion. If the combat feels just as smooth this might be quite good.