Here’s some on my list:
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Red Dead Redemption 2 - I do not want to deal with the Rockstar Games launcher.
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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.
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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.
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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.
Ghost of Tsushima amd ff7 remake because I’m waiting for steeper discounts
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 :)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
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.
They’re all still too expensive for me. Like Flight Simulator 2020. I do believe the effort they put into it is probably worth 35 €. But I wouldn’t play enough for it to be worth 35 € for me. And I’m still salty about the time when they accidentally discounted it by 85 % instead of 15 % and snatched it right out of my cart when I was about to pay.
I’ve wanted to try out NFS Unbound for a while now, it regularly goes down to single digit prices but I’d rather eat shit than install an EA launcher on my machine.
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
I’m surprised this series of games isn’t bigger on Lemmy just due to the whole computer, hacking, type aspect of the game.
I only bought games that cost 1.99 like portals 2 and undertale
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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Check this out (and its most voted comment that clarifies few errors)
https://programming.dev/post/26441066
That is a list of EU mande videogames.
Other than GOG is there even any other storefronts that don’t give you a steam key that aren’t American?
There’s Epic or you can buy directly from the publishers store front (e.g. EA), but GoG is the only one not forcing you to use a shitty launcher.ignore that, i missed the “not American” requirement in your post.It’s difficult isn’t it. Itch.io was my other choice but again it’s an American company. It’s kind of surprising that an alternative storefront hasn’t really started to rise out of SEA + Japan and Korea considering how popular gaming is there.
I think GOG is probably just the best way to go at this point.
Tangentially related but I was browsing the list of Steam curators and I was surprised by how many of them are dedicated to discouraging people from buying games from specific countries.
As an American i wish i could do the same.
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.
Anything with DRM. I refuse to put up with it anymore.
Including Steam DRM?
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?
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.
then why can’t i download an installer without using their client?
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
I got fed up with Rockstar Launcher so I got myself a cracked version of Red Dead 2 a few days and I can’t believe I put up with that goddamn launcher for as long as I did.
Next up I’ll be trying the Red Dead Redemption remake/remaster.
I’ve had such a hard time managing to get these games specifically because I’m new to the games side of things. If it’s not against the rules/ you don’t mind answering, which site on the megathread did you use to get it?
I’ve had luck with Dodi’s repacks.
I won’t buy any paradox games because they invariably end up with 100 DLCs each
And for all the money you spend on a Paradox game, you end up with something that feels like a half-finished beta.
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.
Hell Let Loose, simply no time.
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.
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.
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.
