this post was submitted on 23 Jul 2023
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Another reason I have the company blocked on steam.
If I buy your game and after the download I have to ping your servers through a client to run the .exe I do NOT own that game.
That's about when I initiate the refund and block all companies listed in production.
Heroes of Might and Magic for me. Bought it, installed, saw I needed a 3rd party launcher, went through the hassle to create an account, got spammed with upsale bullshit once, Uninstalled and demanded refund. Steam was like "ok, fair enough"
Haven't bought a 3rd party launcher game since, except GTA which I didn't really understand that's what I was doing.