So it appears that Steam have decided to offer refunds for 2042 owners who have passed the 2 hour playtime cutoff, so now's your chance to recoup your cash from this blackhole.
It's going to be interesting to see EA's reaction to this.
Are Steam trying to make sure they are not involved in a possible lawsuit? Speculation on my part ofc but companies don't usually give up money voluntarily. Regardless it's another nail in the 2042 coffin.
@Kyosji wrote:
@Dogg-eXoDusMy only fear is that it's going through a 3rd party that still accesses origin, so will it be treated like a charge back? If so, EA will just ban your account and all games tied to it as per usual.
It's a valid fear, but I'm not sure how they could legally enforce that. Steam has to have autonomy over decisions on their own Store and EA have agreed to the T&C's to have the game on Steam.
@TTZ_Dipsy Usually you have to pay double for that kind of action. LMAO
Anyone who can verify this is true?
I have 280 hrs but I'm mostly forcing myself to play it because I spent 90 euros on it... Mostly log in, play 1 match, log out...
Would reconsider IF we had SOME news or an update on things and what's to come but these twitter posts and lack of info just scare me. It feels very Anthem-like and I don't want to hold on to this game and eventually get a "well, we were gonna fix it but instead we're just shutting it down"...
If march is the first time we get any actual content and its bad content then it would have truly been a waste of the money...
So many other decent/indie games I can buy with 90 euros :O
Personally I wrote off the amount I paid for the game because I know there's no hope of me getting a refund and I'm not forcing myself to play it just because I've spent money on it because I don't enjoy it at all. I'd much rather play BFV, BF1, Insurgency, or Squad to get my FPS fix and I play a fair amount of Assetto Corsa Competizione as well so I've got enough to keep me busy rather than waste time playing a game I don't like.
Buying games on release is always a gamble and always has been, it's worse now that everything is a digital download nowadays because back in the day if you bought a game and didn't like it you could just sell the disc to someone else. It's a real shame these didital stores don't offer us the ability to sell our digital copies to eachother but that's just the way it is. The difference this time is the fact that the BF franchise has almost always stuck to the same tried and tested format that evolved over time into the product that people actually want (yes it's had its fair share of hiccups but always ends up back with the core format) so you could pre order it with some confidence with what you were actually getting. 2042 is so far off the mark in so many aspects that it's just not a BF game and never will be (imo)
TL:DR Pre ordering or buying games on release is always a gamble, yes I'd like my money back but you win some and you lose some, I've had every BF since BC2 (except Hardline) and I've had many many hours enjoyment out of them but 2042 just isn't for me, just like Hardline wasn't, fortunately Hardline was advertised correctly so I knew ahead of time that I wouldn't like it so didn't pre order or buy it, 2042 on the other hand is, well, ya know...
