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BattleBit Remastered is dominating Steam because there's no catch: it's just a lot of game for $15 | pcgamer (www.pcgamer.com)

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[–] [email protected] 24 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

We're conditioned to invest, both financially and emotionally, not only in what a game is right now, but what it will be in a year. We cling to roadmaps like lifeboats and wield Reddit threads as weapons of sentiment for or against the developers we've hitched our wagons to. It's a fuzzy parasocial relationship that only gets less healthy the more money is wrapped up in it. I'm sick of games that glare at me with dollar signs in their eyes from the moment I press play.

This review heated up fast