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Talking Point: Should We Still Be Pre-Ordering Games?

Pre-order this feature and get a free plush of me.

A year ago, Story of Seasons: Pioneers of Olive Town came out on the Nintendo Switch. As the latest instalment in the beloved Story of Seasons (the series formerly known as Harvest Moon) series, it was pretty hyped up in the fiercely-devoted farming game fanbase… only to be more of a fart than a fanfare.

The pre-order bonuses were pretty enticing: A very cute buffalo plushie and buffalo costume were both perfectly pitched for the intended audience, who enjoy both cute things and cattle with gigantically disproportioned heads. But it can’t have felt good to pre-order Pioneers of Olive Town, even with all the cute bonuses, only to receive a pretty mediocre 6/10 game that didn’t quite feel finished.

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