Tried crusader kings 3 on game pass, I liked the game but every tube after 30min or an hour, the windows drm would have a hiccup and close the game, ended up getting a cracked version, while still paying for the subscription, never had a crash again… fuck this shitty drm.
Send_me_nude_girls@feddit.de 8 months ago
I’ve started to pirate games again, which I never saw a reason to in 15 years. Simply because 2 hours refund window isn’t enough for the crap they sell now. Performance from hell and half assed story after you left the tutorial. Gamepass kind of stopped me a bit on that, but it’s a subscription and only a matter of time till there’s competition with exclusives and increased price.
hihellobyeoh@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Jako301@feddit.de 8 months ago
Crusader kings 3 (just like all other Paradox Games) doesn’t even have DRM. You can start the whole game without steam or the shitty PDX launcher, so no idea what you are on about. A “cracked” version is the exact same piece of software.
hihellobyeoh@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Not a built in one, the one injected by windows store/Xbox game pass for windows.
khab@feddit.nu 8 months ago
Just wait, dude. Prices on games come down so fast, there’s really not much reason to pirate.
Underwaterbob@lemm.ee 8 months ago
I feel like they used to do this, now it’s a crapshoot. My Steam wishlist has become rife with games I’m kind of interested in, but never go on enough of a sale for me to seriously consider. Which is honestly probably not a problem given I already have more games than I’m likely to finish in my lifetime at the rate I play them now.
Send_me_nude_girls@feddit.de 8 months ago
Not an option. I dislike spoiler and I need a new PC to play coop games with friends. What’s the point of a new expensive PC if I play only old games? I also don’t feel like participating in gaming communities much, if everything has been discovered 1 or 2 years before me. No one gives a fuck if I find out some cool hidden features, if it has been discussed already and everyone can watch 1000 better YouTube guides. Playing on release is great entertainment for me and always will be.
Zagorath@aussie.zone 8 months ago
I’m gonna be honest, for me, everything you said there is precisely why I like being a patient gamer. Can play all the games I want without spending as much on hardware or on the games themselves. Am playing the most completed and patched version of the game. Have heaps of resources available online to help me optimise my gameplay.
Send_me_nude_girls@feddit.de 8 months ago
And that’s totally fine. People should show more empathy on why I don’t enjoy it the same way as you.
theragu40@lemmy.world 8 months ago
I totally get wanting to play the game when it’s fresh. You miss out on being part of the buzz of a new game if you wait to play it. Every gaming site is full of memes about a new game for the first few months after release and it’s definitely part of the experience to be on the “in” side of that.
With that said, I just pick and choose which games matter to me for that nowadays, and I commit myself to actually beating the games I buy (assuming I don’t hate them). Committing to beating them before buying a new game has really cut back on my buying of new games only to have it languish in my backlog and see price drops before I ever play it.
This way I do get to be part of that community for the games that really matter to me, but I also am not just buying everything out there at full price.
b0gl@sh.itjust.works 8 months ago
I just keep playing the same game I’ve played since 2004 and I’m fine with that.
ogginger43@infosec.pub 8 months ago
Not to mention cracked games let you avoid the company’s terrible launcher (looking at you uplay). Steaming pile of unnecessary garbage. I have cracked copies of a lot of the games I own for reasons like that, Pirated games just have a better offline experience in my opinion. Online games are another story.