@ChugKendall Whys it a joke? Everyone on here has different amount of hours played and some possibly feel ripped off. Maybe some just don't like to be taken advantage of and will fight for their money, I don't see anything wrong with that.
@ChugKendall Why is it that over the years I always read "No one forced you to buy it" excuse. I am always for the consumer or the working man, anyone who defends big company's or corporations in regards to falsely promoting products or basically lying in general to make a Christmas cash grab has in my opinion more money than sense if you can excuse those actions.
The game is riddled with bugs, the lore changed suddenly during promotion and the updates are being pushed back to god knows when. I have always tried to be optimistic about the game but even the developers want this game to disappear overnight and to me that sends alarm bells ringing. The bare minimum will be done to this for legal reasons.
You can quote as many fancy Latin phrases all you want, it wont change anything. You're the typical poster boy that these company's want to hear in times like this.
@ChugKendall The argument about the refund window is weak, as it's extremely short (I believe in some plataforms you can't ask for a refund if you've played for more than 2 hours). Also, many people knew/expected some bugs would've been repaired over time and tried to stay optimistic about the game's development. However, it's very hard to stay optimistic when EA/DICE gives little to no feedback to the community. Basically, everyone bought a faulty product where fixes were promised, but so far, nothing was done. And now we can't even ask for a refund because we're out of the refund window. Unfortunately, there is no warranty for games, which would've helped a lot...
By no means I want to trash the game or the devs. The game IS fun, although I agree it's not really a "Battlefield game" and there is a lot of fixing to do. But I believe EA/DICE should either be more clear on the roadmap about the game's development/fix, or just straight up admit failure and allow everyone (who wants to) to get a refund. If I knew what to expect on the future of this game, I would consider waiting for the fixes to come and keep playing.
By your reasoning I could sell you a car that I promise runs 300 km/h when in reality it only drives 100 km/h. And then, when ask me to fix it and I say: "Not now, but maybe in 8-9 months."
Do you feel you would have a right to get your money back or do you would accept the blame and say to yourself, "OK, you are right. It's on me, because I made a poor buying decision".
I know, not the best analogy, but I guess you get the point.
@ChugKendall What is this? an episode of Sherlock Holmes or Hercurle Poirot! What's with all this investigating. What about the parents who bought the game for their kids at Christmas or the youngster who just wanted a good game to play, they shouldn't have to "investigate" anything they only want a working game.
If I did what you say to do I would get nowhere in life, "investigating" as you say is for getting a Mortgage or buying a car, not a £70 game that is dead on arrival.
Dice/EA I'm sure all got paid well for what they all did, is it not too much to ask that they deliver on what they promised, well come to think of it, IT IS.
@David6479 wrote:@ChugKendallWhat about the parents who bought the game for their kids at Christmas or the youngster who just wanted a good game to play, they shouldn't have to "investigate" anything they only want a working game.
These parents already failed to even look at the age rating then.
@UP_Hawxxeye Well I can't argue with that one, I'll change it to family member then. It really makes no difference here as its bought as a gift.
@David6479
The problem at the end is that anyone who has been a savvy battlefield player should had known that a modern battlefield title arriving in a playable enough state is the exception instead of the rule.
While the state of this game is regretful and contemptible, it should not had been in any way unexpected for all first time players of battlefield.
I absolutely agree that there need to be laws that protect the buyers from games that seem to come 1 year before they are ready to be sold.
But as things are right now, EA can legally keep all the money and all those who regret their purchase can do is to keep shaming them and not buy from them again.
@UP_Hawxxeye I just know that there are many, many gamers out there that saved hard for this game only to find they have wasted money they could have used for something else. I just didn't like the idea of them being called "Opportunists" when clearly they have fell for in my opinion a Christmas cash grab.
@ChugKendall wrote:
Asking for it now, after months of playing it (the overwhelming majority of the people asking for refunds)
What are you basing this claim on?
If Steam player statistics are a good indicator for the other platforms, people playing this game more than halved within just 10 days of release!
It seems that the overwhelming majority of people asking for refunds are likely those who stopped playing back in November, the same month the game was released.
So the overwhelming majority of those asking for refunds, that you're referring to, are only of those here that are vocal in the forums and not those of the currently 174,000 who signed the petition or the 96% of Steam players who stopped playing?
I don't doubt that people found here in these forums played it regularly and are now asking for a refund, but lots of people stopped playing it, have asked for refunds and continue to ask for a refund.
Also, some people wanted to wait for the game to get better and it's only become worse.
@ChugKendall The difference between me and you is I do it when it counts and I always win in the end. Your talking as If I'm asking for the refund, that's how little you know. I've had the game since pre order with over 100hrs played and I will not be asking for any refund. Like I said I'm always on the side of the consumer and fully support anyone who feels scammed, especially at Christmas time!
They buttered us up good into thinking this game was going to be epic.
Battlefield 2042 is so bad that I will not buy anymore EA games. Its the worst game I’ve ever played.
