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Goodeye8, do games w (Rant) Don't buy Rockstar games.

Mandatory launchers can fuck right off. I was lucky enough to get Rockstar support to accept my Steam purchases but even then I had to try twice because the first time they pretty much blew me off.

I also had a similar issue with Ubisoft. There it was actually easier to restore my old email than get Ubisoft support to cooperate.

In short, fuck forced launchers and anyone who says "it's just another account". Yeah, it is at the moment but who knows 10 years from now. You'll be locked out of your games because some fuckery happens and support won't do shit.

Flagstaff,
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Mandatory launchers can fuck right off.

… Iike Steam’s? 😛

Goodeye8, (edited )

You know what I meant. If I buy a game on one launcher it shouldn't open another launcher that then launches the game. The other launcher is completely unnecessary but it is mandatory to launch the game, hence mandatory launcher.

Edit: just to make it clear, if I make another account on another store that IMO is fine. I don't have a problem with having steam, gog and itch accounts. But when I buy a game on one storefront/launcher and then I have to make an account on another storefront/launcher to play the game I already bought, that's bullshit. In OPs case he was forced to make an account for a game he bought elsewhere and is now being punished because the company is stupid.

Flagstaff,
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Oops, I misunderstood and agree; I didn’t realize a second launcher was the issue here. That is messed up.

ech,
Flagstaff,
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I am aware of this list. Try comparing it to itch.io and GOG, though.

Lfrith,

Think It’s the complaint is where a launcher is required on top of a launcher. Like if you buy Cyberpunk 2077 from Steam, GOG, or Epic it doesn’t required another launcher on top of the launcher you bought it from.

Good thing is that it does seem like majority of games don’t do that. Even EA is moving away from it.

farcaller,

That’s not the best example, because CP2077 has its own launcher (at least the steam one)

Lfrith, (edited )

–launcher-skip

And I’m talking about launcher the type you have to log in again.

Example being Ubisoft games where you get it from Steam or Epic and then have to install UPlay and then log into UPlay.

I’ll even use Finals as an example which isn’t DRM free. You install on Steam and go on playing with no additional login into a secondary launcher. Or you install from Gamepass with no additional login for a secondary launcher.

Lembot_0004, do games w (Rant) Don't buy Rockstar games.

Ok, I won’t. I don’t like launchers anyway.

Dudewitbow, do games w (Rant) Don't buy Rockstar games.

yeah this is the circle of ownership because the only way to get your account back at this point is social engineering, which is a serious topic about getting accounts hacked which different companies will handle seriously, as it requires a level of “trust me bro” on identity, If possible, id try to look for a CS that will take receipts of the game purchases to help further prove your identity.

voracitude, do games w (Rant) Don't buy Rockstar games.

First of all, I agree entirely. Now: Pounds, so you’re in the UK. Have a read about your options with the ombudsman service: …org.uk/…/how-to-use-an-ombudsman-in-england/

the Financial Ombudsman Service sorts out problems with banks, insurance, PPI, loans, mortgages, pensions and deals with other money and financial complaints - read our advice about getting your money back if you paid by card or PayPal

If nothing else you’re putting them on blast with the government, and that contributes to the paper trail for eventual action. In the meantime it might get your complaint resolved. Did you try tweeting at their official account too? Sometimes that can help get things moving.

Lyra_Lycan,

Thank you! I didn’t think an ombudsman would be at all helpful against a game company, I should reconsider aha. No Twitter account but that’s good advice!

meliante,

It’s not a game company. It’s a company period. It sold you something that you’re not able to use.

TWeaK,

Yes but the financial ombudsman regulates financial services.

thejoker954,

Through “no fault” of the company and years after the purchase.

Its not the companies fault he couldnt be assed to :

  1. Diversify his email addresses in the 1st place
  2. Update his email address.

When you put all your eggs in one basket, you’ve really got no one else to blame when you then decide to throw the basket away.

meliante,

Still paid them money and they’re not allowing him to use what he bought.

Wildmimic,

But they are also required to make sure noone else gets access to the account, and so it's OPs job to prove ownership of the account - which he can't, or else the situation would have been resolved after Rockstar supports questions.

meliante,

No. There are other ways to prove ownership. They’re just being stubborn and not flexible.

The OP was dumb, they’re being assholes.

TWeaK,

You’re right, this is more of an issue with your purchase not being complete. I think your legal remedies would either be through your card provider (probably too late) or civil action directly to Rockstar.

Little8Lost, do games w (Rant) Don't buy Rockstar games.
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I advise you to try out GOG and itch.io as they sell games wbthout DRM

Lyra_Lycan,

Thanks, yes that’s good advice. I’ve got an account with GOG and use their launcher

Flagstaff,
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Although l think it sacrifices achievement progress, you may consider Heroic Games Launcher instead, which is open-source.

CountVlad47, do games w (Rant) Don't buy Rockstar games.

Maybe I was lucky, but I had the same issue where I no longer had access to my old e-mail account and they sorted it out for me within a few hours (after a few e-mails back and forth).

It probably helped that I was able to provide them with a screenshot of the game in my Steam library as well as a list of all the games linked to my Rockstar account with dates of purchase. To find the dates of purchase on Steam I went to “account details” and “view purchase history”.

Lyra_Lycan,

Thanks - from what I can gather the support member is a roulette spin with each message - hopefully I can use your tips and increase my chances of success

tomasz, do wolnyinternet w Serwis typu news-agregator

Squid jest od lat popularna apka w tym temacie

rysiek,

link?

noodlejetski,
rysiek,

dzięks, obczaję

tomasz, do wolnyinternet w Serwis typu news-agregator

Squid jest od lat popularna apka w tym temacie

HelluvaKick, do games w What games have mastered "Both emotional extremes"?

Mother 3 is both the funniest, most charming game and also the most emotionally brutal story about loss, grief, and growing up with trauma. Never has a Gameboy advance game made me cry so much

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SlothMama, do games w What games have mastered "Both emotional extremes"?

Omori. Somber, sad, but goofy and joyful.

Other times terrifying, horrifying worse than a horror game.

I wept through the last five hours of this game, just straight up crying.

This game gave me everything from anxiety to existential dread, to laughs and moments that made my go aww.

This game spoke to me.

SereneSadie, do games w What games have mastered "Both emotional extremes"?

I dunno, I think GTA5’s true ending with the trio working together to close off each other’s loose ends is a pretty satisfying finale.

I agree with the assessment in regards to 4 though. To me, it always came off as ‘nothing gets better, even if we have to shoehorn in a reason for that because we didn’t actually make a different finale’.

littleomid, do games w What games have mastered "Both emotional extremes"?

The Dark Souls series imo.

rafoix, do games w Best Co-Op Games?

Lots of great options here already. I don’t see Larian’s Baldurs Gate 3 and Divinity Original Sin 2 here.

The screen gets a bit cramped in co-op but it’s perfectly playable and loads of fun playing these masterpiece RPGs on a couch with a significant other or a friend.

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