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Digital makes it much easier for steam to track. They can more easily identify steam accounts and emails that are part of scam networks. They have options like not allowing sales to be delivered to scammer@scam.com, or reverting transactions they believe are scams within 24 hours.

1 was definitely heavy asset reuse and clunky mechanics, but it’s part of the charm at that point. I think 2 burned me out because I went overboard on scanning everything which gets really boring really quickly. Then facing more grind in 3 to get to a point where combat is actually fun, wasn’t worth it.

I tried to do a playthrough again when it was free from prime, but I never finished 3. Knowing the lackluster ending waiting for me was a real downer. Also the early game is a bit of a slog.

So far just dlc for games I already own. Maybe I’ll get Slime Rancher.

It’s not so much that the games are bloated (they are), it’s that many are incredibly gated as well. There’s always been super grindy and bloated games, but the degree it’s done today is just different. You can’t just spend two weeks putting in 100+ hours into a modern game and complete everything. It’s no longer kill a million mobs to get this achievement, it’s kill 100 mobs max a day until you kill a million. It’s do this phase and wait a month for the next phase.

Diablo 2 is honest and open about it’s grinding, modern day games aren’t.