I’m surprised more people didn’t get refunds based on all tge reviews, or maybe it’s not reflected in their math.
It must have one of the highest negative reviews vs. sales ratios out there or it could be MWIII lol I have no idea how that’s there considering that a very small % actually use Steam to play it
Refunding a RPG is difficult. In less than 2 hours, which is required for refund, you will have created a character, walk slowly in a mining outpost, doing the tutorial and mined a few rocks, had one small fire fight, possibly tried flying the first space ship, if you’re a speed runner might’ve entered the first enemy base too, likely still level 1.
But when I look at playtime counters among negative reviews I ususlly see people with too high expectations jumping in because of hype and reacting and being cranky and giving a thumbs down while still keep playing the game and enjoying it for what it is.
You don’t spend 100 hours on a game you for real think is bad. That would be odd.
The only sub 2 hours reviews where a refund is likely is the 0.8 hours ”I’m doing my part” review bombings.
I made a score graph for myself, it started at 7.5, disappointment from not being Skyrim in space, climbed up to around 9 after pirate faction which I thought was awesome, then a dip down to 8 from NG+ hype disappointment around 80 hours in. Then I started another playthrough and has been playing it for another 130+ hours, currently sitting at 9 from being No Man’s Sky RPG.
I still have multiple factions left to do and can’t say where my final score would be when I’m truly done with it. But it’s my most played game of the year and my GOTY so it’ll likely be around 9 unless they mess up with some patch next year and break something I like.
It’s a divisive game. Possibly the most divisive since Death Stranding. Cyberpunk was similar but that was broken on console which added to the negativity, on PC is was great, my GOTY.
Oh well a lot can be said about this game, after seeing it on the Platinum lists on Steam and the Steam Deck Platinum I’m going to jump in again, I’ve had a break since early Dec when I started playing BG3 instead. Installing it on OLED Deck right now, says it’s not running well so we’ll see how that goes, can’t say my expectations are high right now but maybe it’s okay on a smaller screen who knows.