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[–] 198 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (26 children)
  1. It’s $80
  2. It’s on Gamespass, where I assume a lot of doom fans who might have otherwise purchased are likely to be.
  3. It’s shouldered up against Expedition 33 and Oblivion Remake, both over $20 cheaper and highly acclaimed.
  4. It’s $80
  5. (Edit) shitty DRM
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  • [–] 35 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Mostly this. I’m not paying for something that comes with malware. Not for $80, $20, or $1. Nobody should pay for malware.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago

    Yup. I would have bought Persona 5 Royale and SMT V on day one, if there was no Denuvo. I normally don't open my wallet for $60 games.

    Super Robot Wars Y? Not on my radar anymore. Denuvo has cost the companies at least $300+, and I am not a rich dude.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    Denuvo is the only reason I'm waiting. I'm on Linux, and I'm not risking that Proton change license issue. And also I hate the performance hit that Denuvo causes.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (4 children)

    Proton ? What's up with that ?

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Denuvo will revoke your licence to play a game if it thinks you've installed the game on computers with different hardware. Issue is it gets confused by changing the proton version that runs the game, thinking it's a new install on a new computer, and so quickly bans you from playing the game.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

    That, unfortunately https://www.404media.co/doom-the-dark-ages-drm-is-locking-out-linux-users-who-bought-the-game/ namely that each new Proton "install" e.g. switching version because there is a bug counts as a new install which are limited.

    For the bigger picture https://www.defectivebydesign.org/

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

    Steam, the cheapest I see it as is 79,99€ where I am, which is actually US$90. I just assumed the US store did a straight numeral conversion to dollars, but you’re getting a discount too, it seems.

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    up against Expedition 33

    I mean... I don't play Doom due to DRM but also to be fair Expedition 33, which I'm enjoying quite a lot on Linux, is "just" 40ish hours whereas Doom is (check notes) less than 20hrs to complete? WTH. Nope.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (3 children)

    20 and 40 hours both sound pretty terrible for such expensive games. Got far more out of games like Factorio and for a lot less.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (2 children)

    I'd rather have a 20 hour game that is engaging the entire time than a game that has a ton of filler in it.

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