Should I just wait or buy now and wait?

[GosuCab]

always wanted to play gloomhaven saw the sale, was hyped then less hyped after reading the recent update apparently completly broke the game in several threads. Then again a 40% sale doesn't come around so often. Any chance this will be fixed soon? I don't want to invite my friends into a buggy mess that we drop after one session.

[adunwad]

Don't know the answer for question when it will be updated, but probably good time to buy. Still I did some gaming today solo. Not as nice as yesterday before update, but it is playable..

[Spaceboy]

You can go to properties -> beta -> open beta. Basically its the version before the patch and play with that. The game is great.

[TGSB]

Originally posted by Spaceboy:

You can go to properties -> beta -> open beta. Basically its the version before the patch and play with that. The game is great.

This is the way. The old version of the game was amazing. The new version might be playable once they fix the current mess.

[GosuCab]

Alright, thanks for the insight!

[Saints]

I'm curious about this too. Wondering about the history of this game and if it seems like it would be fixed/corrected soon.

[Spaceboy]

Live version still broken, but if you start playing on the rollback version you'll be fine.

[SorenK]

I rolled back to the beta and now all of my saved campaigns are gone.

[Saints]

Originally posted by Spaceboy:

Live version still broken, but if you start playing on the rollback version you'll be fine.

Thanks for sharing, I did see this above.

Originally posted by SorenK:

I rolled back to the beta and now all of my saved campaigns are gone.

Ugh, I'm sorry to hear that. This is a bit of what I'm worried about.
If the have a decent track record of fixing things then I'll dive in now, just been burned too many times.

[LFA]

Originally posted by SorenK:

I rolled back to the beta and now all of my saved campaigns are gone.

I haven't tried this myself yet, but see bottom of this post:
https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/780290/view/3746488274492648511?l=english

[Muzed]

I wouldn't have bought this game if friends didn't suggest playing. They abandoned the game before this happened. They noted this happened before when they bought awhile back too.

[Grimtoothy]

My advice is to wait about 6 - 12 months. This is for numerous reasons.

First, digitial GH is not even the most recent version of GH now. CG will roll out a new "updated" version in a bit. And digital gloomhaven will likely not update itself. So, once this new game hits, this versions price will plument like a rock.
Second, while there are performance improvements, their newest patch appears to have caused numerous problems. I'd give the new Devs time to fix it. OR - wait - and see if they dont. In that case, due to lack of support, I'd wouldn't buy the game at all.
Third and finally, the are trying to co launch this on consoles. The marketplace there is extremely competitive. So if you have the option to do so, I'd say wait until they offer a serious price discount there. It should happen in about 6 months.

[Artan]

Originally posted by Grimtoothy:

My advice is to wait about 6 - 12 months. This is for numerous reasons.

First, digitial GH is not even the most recent version of GH now. CG will roll out a new "updated" version in a bit. And digital gloomhaven will likely not update itself. So, once this new game hits, this versions price will plument like a rock.
Second, while there are performance improvements, their newest patch appears to have caused numerous problems. I'd give the new Devs time to fix it. OR - wait - and see if they dont. In that case, due to lack of support, I'd wouldn't buy the game at all.
Third and finally, the are trying to co launch this on consoles. The marketplace there is extremely competitive. So if you have the option to do so, I'd say wait until they offer a serious price discount there. It should happen in about 6 months.

I am afraid this is all close to the mark but in each case, not quite correct.

Originally posted by Grimtoothy:

First, digitial GH is not even the most recent version of GH now. CG will roll out a new "updated" version in a bit. And digital gloomhaven will likely not update itself. So, once this new game hits, this versions price will plument like a rock.

The above is referring to either the 2nd revision of Gloomhaven or Frosthaven physical boardgames but here is no other Gloomhaven digital in current development at this time and so if you are waiting for a 2nd revision digital or Frosthaven digital you will need to wait a very long time! the only exception is Tabletop Simulator which AFAIK will be getting a FH version with the approval of the IPs creator.

Originally posted by Grimtoothy:

Second, while there are performance improvements, their newest patch appears to have caused numerous problems. I'd give the new Devs time to fix it. OR - wait - and see if they dont. In that case, due to lack of support, I'd wouldn't buy the game at all.

This is true but the Devs have provided the option to roll back to the pre latest patch version which removes the issues that the mentioned patch causes. They are also releasing hotfixes to try and fix the patch they released and so between fixes and being able to play the pre latest broken patch version - this is now a non-issue.

Originally posted by Grimtoothy:

Third and finally, the are trying to co launch this on consoles. The marketplace there is extremely competitive. So if you have the option to do so, I'd say wait until they offer a serious price discount there. It should happen in about 6 months.

This was released on consoles on the 18th - 4 days ago - not in about 6 months. The patch mentioned above was the console release patch! The game is cross platform and so you can buy on whatever platform you like the most! PC is generally the best and the game is often on large discounts on Steam ALREADY. Much better discounts than you typically find on consoles which are usually a much higher prices release.

Steam price history can be looked up on the following site with this being the state page for Gloomhaven on Steam. If you scroll down the page you will find a graph showing the price over time!

https://steamdb.info/app/780290/

For more info etc check their Discord:
https://discord.gg/kDeDpwbw

[Grimtoothy]

Originally posted by Artan:

Originally posted by Grimtoothy:

My advice is to wait about 6 - 12 months. This is for numerous reasons.

First, digitial GH is not even the most recent version of GH now. CG will roll out a new "updated" version in a bit. And digital gloomhaven will likely not update itself. So, once this new game hits, this versions price will plument like a rock.
Second, while there are performance improvements, their newest patch appears to have caused numerous problems. I'd give the new Devs time to fix it. OR - wait - and see if they dont. In that case, due to lack of support, I'd wouldn't buy the game at all.
Third and finally, the are trying to co launch this on consoles. The marketplace there is extremely competitive. So if you have the option to do so, I'd say wait until they offer a serious price discount there. It should happen in about 6 months.

I am afraid this is all close to the mark but in each case, not quite correct.

Originally posted by Grimtoothy:

First, digitial GH is not even the most recent version of GH now. CG will roll out a new "updated" version in a bit. And digital gloomhaven will likely not update itself. So, once this new game hits, this versions price will plument like a rock.

The above is referring to either the 2nd revision of Gloomhaven or Frosthaven physical boardgames but here is no other Gloomhaven digital in current development at this time and so if you are waiting for a 2nd revision digital or Frosthaven digital you will need to wait a very long time! the only exception is Tabletop Simulator which AFAIK will be getting a FH version with the approval of the IPs creator.

Originally posted by Grimtoothy:

Second, while there are performance improvements, their newest patch appears to have caused numerous problems. I'd give the new Devs time to fix it. OR - wait - and see if they dont. In that case, due to lack of support, I'd wouldn't buy the game at all.

This is true but the Devs have provided the option to roll back to the pre latest patch version which removes the issues that the mentioned patch causes. They are also releasing hotfixes to try and fix the patch they released and so between fixes and being able to play the pre latest broken patch version - this is now a non-issue.

Originally posted by Grimtoothy:

Third and finally, the are trying to co launch this on consoles. The marketplace there is extremely competitive. So if you have the option to do so, I'd say wait until they offer a serious price discount there. It should happen in about 6 months.

This was released on consoles on the 18th - 4 days ago - not in about 6 months. The patch mentioned above was the console release patch! The game is cross platform and so you can buy on whatever platform you like the most! PC is generally the best and the game is often on large discounts on Steam ALREADY. Much better discounts than you typically find on consoles which are usually a much higher prices release.

Steam price history can be looked up on the following site with this being the state page for Gloomhaven on Steam. If you scroll down the page you will find a graph showing the price over time!

https://steamdb.info/app/780290/

For more info etc check their Discord:
https://discord.gg/kDeDpwbw

You misunderstand.
Yes, the second edition for GH is the tabletop version. But, there are SO MANY changes, its practially a new game. The developers are not even suggesting old players of GH get some kind of update pack. There is just so much new. This does not matter. It will cause this digital GH version's cost to fall. More people will just wait to play the newest edition. Even if it's not coming. Why pay for a game - for full price - that you know is already outdated? How many people will wait? IDK. But it will effect sales for sure.

The bug fixing is not a minor issue to the causal fan. These players will not want to dig around in files to manually move files. You underestimate the number of people who will shy away from this product due to the game crashes, errors and bugs. Word of mouth matters alot to game sales.

And finnally, I meant that the game price will go down, or have a deal in 6 months, on consoles. Its going to happen at some point in the next year.

So again, OP, I say wait. 6 - 12 months, this game might only cost you 10$ on consoles or even here on steam. And you avoid the bugs, crashes and such. And maybe you learn about how well this game will run and how well it will be maintained.

Hey - its not going anywhere. Waiting 6 months isn't a big deal.

And if you really want to play a turn based squad game, go play XCOM. Thats the game of the year some many years back.

[Ninja Sloth]

You should buy the game (it's great) but definitely roll it back to the previous patch using the beta option. The latest patch completely broke the game.

[Pablo10]

I've logged 250+ hours on the game. Then in the last few weeks a patch was released and now the game freezes during the initial loading. My recommendation:

DO NOT BUY UNTIL GAME IS FIXED

40% off a game you can't play isn't a good deal. You only give them an interest free business loan so they can pay their staff to fix a game that worked fine until they broke it.