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But what if it sucked? You can easily rage-complete a bad game within the refund window.
If the meal is bad, don’t finish it and then ask for a refund.
There's nuance here. If it's 'bad' as in like the meat is still raw, or there's a lump of the chef's hair wadded up in it, then yeah it's refund time.
If it's 'bad' as in they made it properly but you didn't like it, just suck it up and don't order it next time. It's good to try new things, but you can't expect all of them to be a banger. The number of people I've seen punish the restaurant for giving them exactly what they asked for is kinda bonkers.
Except most people said that they liked the game, left a good review and still refunded it, makes no sense
Who keeps playing a game they don’t like? Why would you do that to yourself?
I rarely do that, but when I do, it's not a case of too boring (those I just forget about entirely). It's the kind of game that feels so wrong I just have to see how bad it gets.
Okamiden on the DS is my go-to example. Absolute fan of the original, but I finished that pseudosequel in one long, angry session.
Another would be Pokémon Pearl. Terribly balanced with the most tedious world to traverse I've experienced in a Pokémon game. It was part of a gen 4 to gen 7 playthrough with dex transfer so I committed to it. Black, Z, Alpha Sapphire, Moon? Yeah, had fun with all of them. Pearl was complete ass.
That sounds like something for people who like being angry, in which case I'd argue the sense of defeating the game is the enjoyment you got out of it.
But Jesus, just pirate. Get off steam
If you try a new flavor of chips and hate them do you take them back to the store for a refund? If they were stale, sure. If the game was buggy as hell and didn't run right I'd say submit for a refund.
Depends how bad. But I wouldn't complete it if it was bad enough to return
A lot of products used to say "satisfaction guaranteed". So you could literally return products you had consumed. I don't know how many people did that though.
Most of those guarantees involve mailing your receipt and the proof of purchase to the company along with a letter explaining how you were not satisfied before they will get around to mailing you a check for the $4.73 in 8-12 weeks.
Yes, so Steam is better and more consumer friendly than them.
Some of them went over the top the try to 'make it right'. Dude I went to highschool with did this shit almost like it was a hobby. He'd call the customer support line and complain about whatever bullshit he could come up with - gummy lump in his drink, hard flake in his bag of chips that 'might have been a fingernail!... they'd take his number and address, and that was usually the end of it.
Then occasionally a box would randomly show up at his front door with like 50 bottles of soda or candy bars or w/e, and a letter apologizing for the trouble lol.
Manipulative little shit. And that was when we were like 14 years old... dude's probably running his own organized crime ring nowadays. xD
Those kinds of people are why all these shitty poliicies have to be put i place.
Absolutely. That dude was likely personally responsible for a good handful of these policies. Nowadays I'd be willing to bet that he's either in jail or actively flirting with it.
Or dead.
I swear to Glob, another one that compares this situation to eating food. We've had that in another thread already. You could compare it to watching a movie maybe, but how are you people always going for the food comparison?
It's more active than just watching something, like you've constantly got to drive the experience forward and so decide whether to continue.
But yeah I've also walked out of movies and got a refund. I wouldn't do it after the movie though
Lol "you people." This whole comment section needs a cold shower.
Most stores around here don't accept food refunds unless they're unopened or completely covered in mold.
One time I returned a single coconut because the inside was completely moldy and the lady behind me accused me of drinking the water and returning the flesh... I was like lady I have a job i don't even care about the 2 bucks. I just figured how else are they going to know that they got a bunch of bad coconuts if I don't come leave a record. Im not trying to run a scam for moldy fruit water.
She actually said that makes sense and dropped it but I was shocked... like you really think someone laundering coconut water one fuzzy nut at a time?
The perfect crime...
I think you’re getting lost in the weeds here, friend
This is the sociopathy.
Sociopathy is not typically linked with emotion, no.
This is the sociopathy.
It's only a 2 hour window. I think very reasonable that you might play a game for 90 minutes and then at the end say "wait, that's it‽ That's not worth $x!"
Imagine eating a meal for two hours and then when the bill comes say "that's it?"
I get that you might expect more. I felt that way about Cyberpunk. I'd barely got going, and I wouldn't recommend it, but I still liked it.
And I dunno the fact that it's indies doesn't count for nothing in my books. I'd say go case by case, but generally I agree with the indie dev that it's scummy and I don't support it.
I'll confess I did this once -- with Duke Nukem Forever. My old best bud and I played the fuck out of Duke3D back in the day (including building our own levels) and 3DRealms cockteased everyone for well over a decade with their supposed 'ultimate' title. So when it finally released I HAD to play it. And of course there was no way it could live up to the hype. It was an inconsistent mess and I powered through it in under 2 hours. I guess I'm glad I played it but it wasn't even remotely revolutionary... At beast or was like a collection of fan mods bundled into an 'official' title. Not at all worth the asking price. I have no desire to revisit any of it so overall I don't feel like I ripped them off; if anything I feel like they disappointed me majorly as a fan.
I played it so others don't have to. Yeah, that's how I'll spin it 😂
If it aucked and you experienced that whole piece of art you don't get your money back. You don't get your money back for a bad movie my guy.
Art gallery's don't give refunds and they ALL suck.
OPERA IS A REAL THING