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mrmule@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

• mysticpickle@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Dear God no. Refund Disco Elysium if you can. Some shady asshole ended up stealing the game from the original creators so any purchases you make ends up lining the pockets of the thieves.

  medium.com/…/to-fans-of-disco-elysium-concerning-…

  The original creators have actually encouraged people to prepare the game instead.

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  • mrmule@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Awesome, thank you. Refund requested

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  • TheKMAP@lemmynsfw.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Sounds like they lost their lawsuit then, if their post is three years old and the devs are publicly encouraging people to commit crimes.

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    • JackbyDev@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Just because something is legally correct doesn’t mean it is ethical. Just because something is illegal doesn’t mean it is immoral.

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• slaneesh_is_right@lemmy.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Disco isnso good. But even the devs said they would rather have it that people pirate the game bacause they got fucked over and don’t make money of the game anymore.

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  • BlackAura@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    I actually looked up the source for this and couldn’t find it.

    That being said I agree with the sentiment.

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    • mysticpickle@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      medium.com/…/to-fans-of-disco-elysium-concerning-…

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  • planish@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    How did that happen?

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    • BlackAura@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      There’s a rather long documentary on it. I want to say by NoClips but not totally sure.

      Short version is they came up with the idea in the 90s I want to say, playing tabletop with a friend group. Two main designers. Helped set up a company to make a computer RPG version and designed and built the game with a team. Outsider investing came in and bought up some amount of the company.

      Once game was built and shipped and they were looking into what to do next they were effectively ousted from the company. So the two original designers of the game now get nothing and lost control of their passion project.

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• ivanafterall@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Disco Elysium drama aside, this is an absurdly great trio of games. Literally thousands of potential hours. Psssst: KSP mods.

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