I'm not giving America any of my money right now.
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Check this out (and its most voted comment that clarifies few errors)
https://programming.dev/post/26441066
That is a list of EU mande videogames.
Other than GOG is there even any other storefronts that don't give you a steam key that aren't American?
I think GOG is probably just the best way to go at this point.
~~There's Epic or you can buy directly from the publishers store front (e.g. EA), but GoG is the only one not forcing you to use a shitty launcher.~~ ignore that, i missed the "not American" requirement in your post.
It's difficult isn't it. Itch.io was my other choice but again it's an American company. It's kind of surprising that an alternative storefront hasn't really started to rise out of SEA + Japan and Korea considering how popular gaming is there.
As an American this is exactly why I’m not as well. GOG exists, and I have a decent library to fall back on regardless. Now’s the time for us to do that.
As an American i wish i could do the same.
I guess you can only support the least-fascist-right-now countries as much as you can?
Tangentially related but I was browsing the list of Steam curators and I was surprised by how many of them are dedicated to discouraging people from buying games from specific countries.
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Anything ubisoft. They told us to get comfortable not owning their games and I am happy to oblige.
Anything with DRM. I refuse to put up with it anymore.
Including Steam DRM?
Depends what you mean, Steam is not DRM, most of the game is sells don't have DRM. However Steam API has a DRM feature that developers can use of they choose to.
So what do you mean?
then why can't i download an installer without using their client?
because the game itself wants to load the steamapi program library and connect to the steam client. but there is no encryption or other heavy protection involved. grab a steamemu (like the famous goldberg emu), install it for the game (basically copy/replace a file) and done
Most of the games Steam sells are also shovelware.
Major releases typically use at least Steam DRM, and Steam itself only mentions if 3rd party DRM is included. So in most cases, you can't know if a game uses Steam DRM until after you've installed it.
the RDR's, because, yeah, fuck launchers.
'deathloop' love arkane, looks like kinda my shit, but will not tolerate denuvo on my fucking machine, especially because I don't have particularly high end hardware. I'd love to give them my money, but they don't seem to want it.
1: I didnt even notice the sale is happening (too many sales... Spring, Easter, Summer, Fall, Halloween (same as fall?), Winter/X-Mas, publisher sales).
2: Yakuza series.
3: Any other game because I spent most of my time on YT (sadly) or on Jellyfin (still TV but linux ISOs).
Also most modern games arent worth the effort.
Multiplayer games would require friends I don't have and those that I have (currently seem to) prefer games like Valorant (which I would play even less than CS2) or ZZZ (hoyo) which I don't really like either.
Single player games are interesting but I don't feel like gaming anymore.
But I did enjoy playing smaller ges like Exit 8. Fun game :)
Ubisoft and ea games; I do not want to deal with the launcher and ubisoft games are just so incredibly bad. They're like marvel movies but less entertaining
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.
I really got impatient last year and just decided to pirate games left and right.
I got Balatro, Iron Meat, Marvel vs Capcom Fighting Collection, MMPR: Rita's Rewind, Sea of Stars, Scott Pilgrim, Shadows of Doubt, Bit Trip ReRunner, Xenotilt and Castlevania Advance Collection.
I mean, it just feels like I'm seeing the same prices, every. damn. year. I'm sorry but I thought the point was mind-staggeringly good deals, not stagnated deals. And most of the games that are on sale, are games I don't particularly care for. While everything on my wishlist, stagnates, regardless of how old the game becomes.
Before I buy something, I look if theres a deal on isthereanydeal and if there is, I check the history.
If it's shit, I don't bother.
I won't buy any paradox games because they invariably end up with 100 DLCs each
And for all the money you spend on a Paradox game, you end up with something that feels like a half-finished beta.
It only feels like if you've played the previous, fully loaded $500 of DLC version.
On that note, absolutely steal Stellaris and its DLC.
I remember my first game of Stellaris many years ago - I had bought some pack that included some of the DLC out at the time. The crisis was bugged so that even after I beat the crisis and wiped it from the galaxy, the game didn't recognize that I had done so which left the game unbeatable. This was my first playthrough, no mods or anything like that, and I hit a game-breaking bug.
I played quite a bit of Stellaris as it was (still is?) a fun game, but I am more of a casual gamer and every time I picked the game up again they had changed at least one major mechanic, and there was yet another DLC out if you wanted the full experience. Encountering bugs in a play through was common, and game breaking ones would still pop up from time to time. Finally I just got fed up, especially for the cost of some of the pricier DLC you can buy a game like Factorio which is a much better value.
So at this point I'm done with Paradox. I suppose if I really had the urge to play Stellaris again I'd find something out on the high seas, but there's enough other, better polished, games out there to keep me busy.
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Ubisoft games. Too unreliable.
A couple of Sony games because they don't want to sell them in my country 🤷 They leave no other choice but to pirate them.
Ghost of Tsushima is well worth pirating!
I got fed up with Rockstar Launcher so I got myself a cracked version of Red Dead 2 a few days ago and I can't believe I put up with that goddamn launcher for as long as I did.
Next up I'll be trying the Red Dead Redemption remake/remaster.
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I was gonna buy the foundation game, so I checked out the pirated version (fitgirl repack) first. Seems like it doesn't run quite as well on my laptop. Had to play in low settings to be bearable.
saved some money, ig. There's always next sale.
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.
I knew this was a horse riding simulator and I had zero interest. like, how did that sneak up on you?
fuck the guy who thought fast travel is bad for immersion
Fast travel is a bit hidden in that game. You have to upgrade the boss's tent to unlock it.
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Wanted to try Hogwarts Legacy since it's on a big discount, but found out by a review that the game has a disclaimer that it will sell your personal information. Fuck that!
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).
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
The only game I'm kinda tempted to go find is the Sims 1 and 2. Not the rerelease. I want the originals
But overall, I have too little time and too many games already. I've been trying to find unique or fun games to stream
Ghost of Tsushima amd ff7 remake because I'm waiting for steeper discounts
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- Persona 5 Royal
- The Division 1
- Metaphor: ReFantazio
I already bought Persona 5 Royal a couple of years ago on PS4 (Royal + DLC of persona on sale). Really want to replay the game on my PC with 60FPS but refuse to pay another €25-60 euros for it, besides it has Denuvo. I might purchase it when, it's at least €20 or below.
Similar thing with The Division 1, would like to play the game again and it's only €5 euro on Steam right now but the Ubisoft launcher is what rubs me the wrong way. Plus also already bought the game when it was just released on PS4. Still debating for this one since it's only €5.
For Metaphor: ReFantazio, it's still way to pricey and it has Denuvo. So I will just wait it out until either Denuvo removed or an actual good sale happens.
Yes, I'm a pirate (you might notice due to the instance, I'm on). I know we can emulate Persona 5 Royal and there's a way to play the full game of Metaphor: ReFantazio. But since both of them are immensely big story games, I would like to have them 'legally' (cloud saves, Steam wise). Plus another reason is; my backlog is quite huge, got at least 45 games still to play (with only half of the weekends to actually game)
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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.
X4 Foundations Community of Planets Edition. Got it on GOG instead which was cheaper due to local prices. This is quite rare since usually it's the other way around.
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