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How can one be a fan of a game that is yet to come out?
you can like the aesthetic, the story crumbs, what is seen of the setting, the mechanics shown...
it's not knowing ahead of time whether you'll enjoy the game or not, although that is also somewhat possible to extrapolate with genre literacy.
Curious or interested, sure. But a fan? No, that’s terribly depressing. All anyone outside of the studio has witnessed so far is an advertising campaign. There’s nothing wrong with being a fan of things, but someone being a fan of this is just someone being manipulated by marketing.
if i thought about it harder i'd probably have a problem with fandom in general.