Here’s some on my list:

  • Red Dead Redemption 2 - I do not want to deal with the Rockstar Games launcher.

  • Tom Clancy’s Breakpoint - The game’s add-on packs feel like Ubisoft is trying to nickel and dime gamers who would instinctively buy the GOTY equivalent of a title. I do not want to deal with a Ubisoft launcher or account.

  • Zombi - According to the Steam reviews it required a Uplay login to validate the game before you play and that version of the Ubisoft service no longer exists. This seems to have been rectified but I still don’t trust it and don’t want to go through the refund process if it hasn’t.

  • Skyrim VR - I’ve already bought too many copies of Skyrim.

A bit of a “this is why I pirate” thread but more targeted at individual games.

    • Ilandar@lemm.ee
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      20 days ago

      I’m not sure if you meant literally no free time to play video games, or just not willing to make time for a perceived steep learning curve, but if it’s the latter then maybe you could reconsider. The basics can be learnt very quickly via YouTube and it’s possible to have quite a bit of fun casually playing an hour here or there as the Rifleman class simply treating it like a milsim Battlefield without ever diving into the deeper mechanics.

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        20 days ago

        Don’t know about what OP meant but for me it’s no time (or willpower) to deal with communications. Because of this I never really got into the game. I would play (and a lot) if there was a skirmish mode with bots.

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          19 days ago

          It’s actually not a very comms heavy game now. Like some players definitely enjoy their milsim call-outs and coordinating more closely with their squad, but a lot of players like myself are just totally silent. It was added to Xbox Game Pass last year, and that has introduced a ton of more casual players.

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        20 days ago

        The former; the gunplay, maps, and strategical aspects seem excellent, and it looks beautiful. But I spend about 20 minutes in gaming spread over Quake Live and FPV. SkyDive. These are perfect to just play a quick match or two.

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    18 days ago

    Wanted to try Hogwarts Legacy since it’s on a big discount, but found out by a review that the game has a disclaimer that it will sell your personal information. Fuck that!

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    20 days ago

    I mean pretty much anything from EA, Ubisoft, 2K, Blizzard/Microsoft, Xbox, Rockstar, etc.

    I did actually end up buying a Sony game after they dropped the account-linking requirement.

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    20 days ago

    I got caught out by RDR2, tried playing it a few evenings ago, even signed up for a crappy Rockstar account only to be greeted by the “this game is registered to another account” message. Screw them

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      Got this when I went to play fucking Max Payne 3 a few months ago. Why the hell does a 10 year old name need a rockstar account and why is it such a pain in the dick to restore access? It was easier to just pirate the fucking game and actually own it.

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        20 days ago

        Depends what you mean, Steam is not DRM, most of the game is sells don’t have DRM. However Steam API has a DRM feature that developers can use of they choose to.

        So what do you mean?

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          Most of the games Steam sells are also shovelware.

          Major releases typically use at least Steam DRM, and Steam itself only mentions if 3rd party DRM is included. So in most cases, you can’t know if a game uses Steam DRM until after you’ve installed it.

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            19 days ago

            because the game itself wants to load the steamapi program library and connect to the steam client. but there is no encryption or other heavy protection involved. grab a steamemu (like the famous goldberg emu), install it for the game (basically copy/replace a file) and done

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    Red Dead Redemption 2

    RDR2 went on sale for $20 a couple of months back which was about what I was willing to pay for it, so I grabbed it then. I tried playing it and it’s just boring. WAY too much riding around on horses just getting to the next bit of action or story. I dropped it and doubt I’ll ever get back to it.

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    19 days ago

    I really got impatient last year and just decided to pirate games left and right.

    I got Balatro, Iron Meat, Marvel vs Capcom Fighting Collection, MMPR: Rita’s Rewind, Sea of Stars, Scott Pilgrim, Shadows of Doubt, Bit Trip ReRunner, Xenotilt and Castlevania Advance Collection.

    I mean, it just feels like I’m seeing the same prices, every. damn. year. I’m sorry but I thought the point was mind-staggeringly good deals, not stagnated deals. And most of the games that are on sale, are games I don’t particularly care for. While everything on my wishlist, stagnates, regardless of how old the game becomes.

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      18 days ago

      Before I buy something, I look if theres a deal on isthereanydeal and if there is, I check the history.
      If it’s shit, I don’t bother.

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    18 days ago

    Ubisoft and ea games; I do not want to deal with the launcher and ubisoft games are just so incredibly bad. They’re like marvel movies but less entertaining

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    20 days ago

    I only bought games that cost 1.99 like portals 2 and undertale

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    • Persona 5 Royal
    • The Division 1
    • Metaphor: ReFantazio

    I already bought Persona 5 Royal a couple of years ago on PS4 (Royal + DLC of persona on sale). Really want to replay the game on my PC with 60FPS but refuse to pay another €25-60 euros for it, besides it has Denuvo. I might purchase it when, it’s at least €20 or below.

    Similar thing with The Division 1, would like to play the game again and it’s only €5 euro on Steam right now but the Ubisoft launcher is what rubs me the wrong way. Plus also already bought the game when it was just released on PS4. Still debating for this one since it’s only €5.

    For Metaphor: ReFantazio, it’s still way to pricey and it has Denuvo. So I will just wait it out until either Denuvo removed or an actual good sale happens.

    Yes, I’m a pirate (you might notice due to the instance, I’m on). I know we can emulate Persona 5 Royal and there’s a way to play the full game of Metaphor: ReFantazio. But since both of them are immensely big story games, I would like to have them ‘legally’ (cloud saves, Steam wise). Plus another reason is; my backlog is quite huge, got at least 45 games still to play (with only half of the weekends to actually game)

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      18 days ago

      You can play the division (1)? I thought it was like a hybrid online game and most of the content is basically inaccessible (I got TD2 for free from somewhere).

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        Yeah, The Division games are online. So can’t pirate them. But they very often go on sale (on Steam) for really cheap €5-10 euros. The problem is Ubisoft launcher.

        I’m not sure about content being inaccessible though.

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    19 days ago

    I was gonna buy the foundation game, so I checked out the pirated version (fitgirl repack) first. Seems like it doesn’t run quite as well on my laptop. Had to play in low settings to be bearable.

    saved some money, ig. There’s always next sale.

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    a few weeks ago I have seen watchdogs legion in a few streams an liked it. Recently it had a sale (maybe now again) but saw that it uses denuvo, the ubisoft launcher and that it needs a ubisoft account. no thank you. I’ll rather pirate it and be reassured that it’ll have less malware in it

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      I’m surprised this series of games isn’t bigger on Lemmy just due to the whole computer, hacking, type aspect of the game.

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    20 days ago

    I don’t think I’ll buy Stellaris DLC unless it’s 90% off

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    1: I didnt even notice the sale is happening (too many sales… Spring, Easter, Summer, Fall, Halloween (same as fall?), Winter/X-Mas, publisher sales).
    2: Yakuza series.
    3: Any other game because I spent most of my time on YT (sadly) or on Jellyfin (still TV but linux ISOs).

    Also most modern games arent worth the effort.
    Multiplayer games would require friends I don’t have and those that I have (currently seem to) prefer games like Valorant (which I would play even less than CS2) or ZZZ (hoyo) which I don’t really like either.
    Single player games are interesting but I don’t feel like gaming anymore.
    But I did enjoy playing smaller ges like Exit 8. Fun game :)