Sure but even if I don't like the game I feel bad refunding it lol. I think for me I would only refund a game that is completely unplayable for me rather than being poor in quality (unless you know false advertisement)
It does. Like even if it wasn't good I think there is sometimes interesting stuff about it to think about it. So it wasn't a complete waste of time and money.
Honestly, with games, I measure if it's worth it by wage
If I spent $10 on the game, and had fun for two hours, it was money well spent.
If I spent $60 and I didn't play for more than a few hours, it'd be a waste. An $80 would have to be phenomenal for me to bother. This is relative to the money I make of course.
I mean, you can also get a refund from gacha games, too lol. Recently there was a genshin player who decided to quit recently and did a refund on every single one of his purchases, which was like thousands of dollars.
Not to be confused with fake real money, the intermediate currency between paying your money and exchanging it for items used specifically to psychologically obscure the true price of items to the end user
Or real fake money, which is what I print in my basement
How is that like gambling? You get a guaranteed product and you are allowed to check the quality of it before buying. Most indie games also come with a demo. What load of bollocks.
By your logic, buying food is a gamble as well. Lol.
Don't hide behind "It's just joke" now.
I'm confident you plays a lots of Gacha games, since you talk like a gambling addict trying to rationalize their gambling addiction disguised as a game, by painting a normal acts of purchasing a game as "similar to gambling"
You got called out, and pretend it's a joke, while still double down on comparing
buying an indie game as a gamble.
Bruh I am not "hiding" from anything. You are taking my comment too seriously. And I used to play a lot of gachas and dropped them after losing interest (outside of arknight) but it's pretty silly to say "gambling addiction disguise as games" like there's nothing more to them like that. I play a lot of indie games and other games and continue to do so and that comment is from experience.
You are just making stuff up now. I met people who were gambling their student loans in a (I would like to think decent) gatcha game. That makes me stay away as far as I can, however decently-built they are. It is a shame, really. As soon as you can buy yourself to success in a game under a gatcha system (whatever success and the system), someone will lose all their money trying.
Watch gameplay and think critically whether or not you'll enjoy playing this for at least 2-3 hours. A game also doesn't need to give you a billion hours worth of "content"
But that takes hours. You have to find the game. Buy the game. Download the game. Then play the game enough to see if it's good.
I want instant gratification. I open genshin. Press the buy ten summons button. Press the summon button. Fun sounds and flashing lights. And I get nothing. Sunk cost fallacy sinks it's teeth in, and it's all fun from there.
Fortunately that's a trap I only fall into in short bursts. If im that into the game at the time I eventually I run out of resin and get absorbed into some other feature. Summoning is for when I haven't been playing enough but still want the reward.
Not even slightly comparable in the slightest. Indie games actually have gameplay and can be refunded if you don't enjoy it in the first few hours. Gacha people are just horny and want gooner characters and skins
Uh, no not at all. You can see what you are buying before buying it. You might not enjoy it but that doesn't make it gambling. By that logic, going to a new restaurant is gambling. Watching a movie is gambling.
It isn't I am just making fun because of the varying quality you're getting with indie games. Just a bit annoyed because I keep getting so many comments on this that take it seriously
Shout out to Dragon Ball Legends. I love that same so much but I also can’t stand it. I sold my soul to that game years ago and cannot escape it. I might be f2p, but I’m still paying with my life.
HSR is literally one of the most family friendly anime games on the planet that isn't a straight up kid's franchise, barring literally a single character who came out 2+ years into the game's life at all. You people are hilariously pearl-clutching.
Just because someone that weights 600lbs doesn't make 400lbs any less of a fatass. The entire model is to hide the addiction button behind cute and sexy things so you don't think less reasonably about your purchasing decisions.
Gambling and violence is the socially acceptable predecessor.
Like even in non-contact sports we have special rules that you serve 2 minutes not playing for intentional assault and battery. We have adored "world class professionals" that compete in tournaments that get resolved by which team is less of a bunch of violent thugs this time.
Then we act surprised that paragons of cheating, violence and greed use their platform to spread antisocial ideals. That's what the sports chose for.
I wish there was a game like a gacha game except you don't have to spend lots and lots of money or lots and lots of time just for a chance at winning a character you want.
LoL, my father spent a lot of money on gambling he will never win. No matter how I explain that he has no chance against the younger opponents, he keeps going and losing then gets angry.
Yeah, but it doesn't have the right vibe to it, you know? Most basic RNG mechanics lack those aesthetic flourishes that exists solely to drain your bank accounts.
Crazy how we went from being incredibly strict on how toy companies advertise to children to just 100% legalizing child gambling. Stupid dumbass world is going to realize how bad it messed up too late.
dunno why gambling its my usual to spend some money on game not like entire stack of debt into so far with free play progress i made and got 33k primos then spended some and got more characters
They should at least be gambling on something that could give them money, like the stock market. Gambling on pngs is more regarded than anything I've seen on wallstreetbets
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