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.

  • melpomenesclevage@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    4 days ago

    the RDR’s, because, yeah, fuck launchers.

    ‘deathloop’ love arkane, looks like kinda my shit, but will not tolerate denuvo on my fucking machine, especially because I don’t have particularly high end hardware. I’d love to give them my money, but they don’t seem to want it.

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    5 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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    6 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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    6 days ago

    A couple of Sony games because they don’t want to sell them in my country 🤷 They leave no other choice but to pirate them.

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    I got fed up with Rockstar Launcher so I got myself a cracked version of Red Dead 2 a few days ago 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.

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    6 days ago

    Ghost of Tsushima amd ff7 remake because I’m waiting for steeper discounts

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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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    7 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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    7 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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      6 days ago

      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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      7 days ago

      Lol I was trying to play Dragon Age games a couple months ago, and the EA app is so terrible that I couldn’t get them to run on windows. But on Linux in the proton sandbox? No problem, worked right out of the box. 😂😂