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.

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[–] arsCynic@beehaw.org 2 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Hell Let Loose, simply no time.

[–] Ilandar@lemm.ee 2 points 2 months ago (6 children)

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.

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[–] cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

any sims dlc or kit

[–] CorrodedCranium@leminal.space 2 points 2 months ago

I wonder if they will ever release a definitive edition of The Sims 3 or 4. Even with a 90% discount the number of DLCs keep complete versions of the game rather expensive.

[–] fuwa@lemmy.dbzer0.com 20 points 2 months ago (5 children)

I won't buy any paradox games because they invariably end up with 100 DLCs each

[–] Routhinator@startrek.website 4 points 2 months ago

Studio fan death by 1000 papercuts.

This is where I've gotten to with their games as well. I love them, but tired of it basically becoming an MMORPG DLC subscription.

Most of the game genres they excel at are the type I like buying and playing because they are complete from day one, and you maybe get 1 to 3 DLCs. Like movies, the trilogy (original game and two nice DLCs) is the sweet spot.

Stellaris got insane and most of the individual races should have been bundled somehow into larger expansion packs.

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[–] Psiczar@aussie.zone 5 points 2 months ago

The latest Indiana Jones game, because it’s too damn expensive. It’s normally $120 AUD and has been discounted to $95 AUD. When it’s below $50, then I’ll consider it.

[–] Xianshi@lemm.ee 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] CorrodedCranium@leminal.space 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Are you looking for a percentage amount or a dollar amount? Which would seem more appealing?

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[–] NeryK@sh.itjust.works 11 points 2 months ago

Prince of Persia The Lost Crown looks like a banger, but I am unwilling to spend any amount money on it until Ubi gets the memo and strips Denuvo from it (at least outside of the launch window).

[–] iSeth@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I don't think I'll buy Stellaris DLC unless it's 90% off

[–] ocean@lemmy.selfhostcat.com 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Is the game on sale?

[–] iSeth@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Many DLC are.

Idk about the base game

[–] Xed@lemm.ee 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I only bought games that cost 1.99 like portals 2 and undertale

[–] CorrodedCranium@leminal.space 3 points 2 months ago

That's how I ended up with so many games in my backlog

[–] Davel23@fedia.io 13 points 2 months ago (2 children)

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.

[–] johnnyb@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

fuck the guy who thought fast travel is bad for immersion

[–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 12 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Fast travel is a bit hidden in that game. You have to upgrade the boss's tent to unlock it.

[–] Davel23@fedia.io 4 points 2 months ago

I did get far enough to unlock fast travel, but it's extremely limited to the point of uselessness.

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[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 29 points 2 months 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.

[–] wingsfortheirsmiles@feddit.uk 24 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] radau@lemmy.dbzer0.com 18 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months 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.

[–] ElectricAirship@lemmy.dbzer0.com 19 points 2 months ago (4 children)

The assassin's creed games because of Uplay being a pain on linux.

[–] IrritableOcelot@beehaw.org 10 points 2 months 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. 😂😂

[–] Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Apparently the next one wont require uplay (on steam) and will be supported on linux. I'm still not interested in it because of the trend of assassins creed becoming supermassive open world RPGs but it would be nice if it became a trend.

[–] nichtburningturtle@feddit.org 7 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Assassin's Creed died a long time ago. The skinwalkers can't compare.

[–] Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 2 months ago

I liked Origins, but not as an Assassins creed game. I'd say Assassins Creed died with Syndicate.

[–] DebatableRaccoon@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 months ago

Absolutely this. I have to admit I'm seeing some things I like in Shadows much more akin to what we should have been having for the past decade but I just don't trust Ubisoft anymore and even on Deaths' door they can't let the corpo scummery go and I refuse to have Uplay or Denuvo infect my computer so I'll not play it until it's been broken.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 months ago

I played Anno 1800 with Proton a week or two ago and it worked just fine... I didn't have to log in, I just exited Uplay when it popped up and the game still worked.

Dunno if that's the case for all Uplay games or if I got lucky.

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[–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 11 points 2 months ago

They're all still too expensive for me. Like Flight Simulator 2020. I do believe the effort they put into it is probably worth 35 €. But I wouldn't play enough for it to be worth 35 € for me. And I'm still salty about the time when they accidentally discounted it by 85 % instead of 15 % and snatched it right out of my cart when I was about to pay.

[–] theskyisfalling@lemmy.dbzer0.com 24 points 2 months ago

I've wanted to try out NFS Unbound for a while now, it regularly goes down to single digit prices but I'd rather eat shit than install an EA launcher on my machine.

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