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.

  • Davel23@fedia.io
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    21 days ago

    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.

    • Ilandar@lemm.eeEnglish
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      21 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.

      • muhyb@programming.devEnglish
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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.

        • Ilandar@lemm.eeEnglish
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          20 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.

          • OhVenus_Baby@lemmy.mlEnglish
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            2 days ago

            This is accurate right now especially. It was milsim at first and has gotten a lot more relaxed and enjoyable.

  • ReversalHatchery@beehaw.orgEnglish
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    20 days ago

    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

    • OhVenus_Baby@lemmy.mlEnglish
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      2 days ago

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

      • ReversalHatchery@beehaw.orgEnglish
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        2 days ago

        yeah and also my impression was that it kind of talks about the horrors mass surveillance brings and tries to spread awareness. I was disappointed when my favorite streamer, a Cory Doctorow reader and someone who has a crossed out surveillance camera as their steam profile pic, was just bitching about how it runs and some of the bugs it had, while saying nothing about the story. But at the same time it was kind of expected, they live off of google (youtube) and amazon (twitch) money for a long time now…